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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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December 14, 2017.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding (1) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by January 18, 2018
will be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725–17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
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potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification
Requirements and Addition of RustResistant Varieties.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0186.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant products to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. Black stem
rust is one of the most destructive plant
diseases of small grains that are known
to exist in the United States. The disease
is caused by a fungus that reduces the
quality and yield of infected wheat, oat,
barley, and rye crops by robbing host
plants of food and water.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information to
prevent the spread of black stem rust by
providing for and requiring the accurate
identification of rust-resistant varieties
by inspectors. Businesses that request
APHIS to add a variety to the list of rustresistant barberries, need to provide
APHIS with a written description and
color pictures that can be used by the
State nursery inspectors to clearly
identify the variety and distinguish it
from other varieties. This action enables
nurseries to move the species into and
through protected areas and to
propagate and sell the species in States
or parts of States designated as
protected areas.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 4.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 32.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Pine Shoot Beetle
Host Material from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0257.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–
7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is
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authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The Animal
Plant and Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) foreign quarantine regulations
restrict the importation of pine shoot
beetle host material into the United
States from Canada. Pine shoot beetle
(PSB) is a pest of pine trees. It can cause
damage in weak and dying trees where
reproductive and immature stages of
PSB occur, and in the new growth of
healthy trees. PSB can damage urban
ornamental trees and can cause
economic losses to the timber,
Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect the information
using Compliance Agreements (and
information collected from any appeal
process of the agreement), Importer
Document (written statement), Appeal
of Compliance and Canadian
Phytosanitary Certificates to protect the
United States from the introduction of
pine shoot beetle and other plant
diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 21.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 91.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Fresh Mangoes
from Jamaica into the Continental
United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0419.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701, et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants, and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The
regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruit and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through
319.56–77, referred to as the
regulations) prohibit or restrict the
importation of fruits and vegetables into
the United States from certain parts of
the world to prevent the introduction
and dissemination of plant pests that are
new to or not widely distributed within
the United States. In accordance with
§ 319.56–71, mangoes may be imported
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from Jamaica into the continental
United States under certain conditions
to prevent the introduction of plant
pests into the United States.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will use the following
information collection activities to
support the importation of mangoes
from Jamaica: (1) Operational Workplan;
(2) Production Site Registration; (3) Pest
Detection Investigation; (4) Heat
Treatment Certified Facility; (5) Heat
Treatment Monitoring and Inspections;
(6) Trust Fund Agreement; (7)
Phytosanitary Certificate w/additional
Declaration; (8) Inspection; and (9)
Emergency Action Notification. Failure
to collect this information would
cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure that
mangoes from Jamaica are not carrying
plant pests.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses or other for-profit; Foreign
Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 427.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Fresh Blueberry
Fruit from Morocco into the Continental
United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0421.
Summary of Collection: The Plant
Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.) authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to restrict the importation,
entry, or interstate movement of plants,
plant products, and other articles within
the United States to prevent the
introduction of plant pests or their
dissemination. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant
Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
Program enforces the Act by regulating
the importation of fruits and vegetables
into the United States. These regulations
are found in Section 319 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) under
‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7
CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–80).
Under § 319.56–69, fresh fruit of
highbrush blueberries (Vaccinium
coymbosum L. and hybrid varieties V.
corymbosum x angustifolium (V. x
atlanticum and V. corymbosum x
virgatum)) from Morocco may be
imported into the continental United
States under certain conditions that
prevent the introduction of plant pests
Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit
fly) and fungus Monilinia fructigena
(Honey ex Whetzel) into the country.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will use information collection
activities and actions to ensure these
conditions are met. These activities
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include registering production sites,
inspecting crops, performing remedial
actions, obtaining foreign phytosanitary
certificates with declarations, and
submitting applications for permits and
appeals if denied. Activities also
include submitting notices of arrival
and responding to emergency action
notifications. These activities for this
commodity are the minimum necessary
to protect crops and the agriculture
industry from dangerous foreign plant
pests and diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Foreign Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting on
occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 82.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; National
Woodland Owner Survey
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the renewal of the
National Woodland Owner Survey
information collection.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before February 20, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Brett
Butler, USDA Forest Service, 160
Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 413–545–1860 or by email
to: bbutler01@fs.fed.us.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites and
upon request. For this reason, please do
not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information
or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the internet. Please note
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that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
The public may inspect the draft
supporting statement and/or comments
received at 160 Holdsworth Way, Room
202, Amherst, MA 01003 during normal
business hours. Visitors are encouraged
to call ahead to 413–545–1387 to
facilitate entry to the building. The
public may request an electronic copy of
the draft supporting statement and/or
any comments received be sent via
return email. Requests should be
emailed to bbutler01@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brett Butler, Northern Research Station,
413–545–1387. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Woodland Owner
Survey.
OMB Number: 0596–0078.
Expiration Date of Approval: 11/30/
2018.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Abstract: There are an estimated 816
million acres of forestland across the
United States. Of this forestland, over
half is owned by millions of
corporations, families, individuals,
tribes, and other private groups with the
remaining managed by over a thousand
different federal, state, and local
government agencies. Understanding
the attitudes and behaviors of the
owners and managers of the forestland
is critical for understanding the current
and future state of the nation’s forests.
The Forest Service conducts the
National Woodland Owner Survey
(NWOS) to increase our understanding
of:
• Who owns and manages the
forestland of the United States;
• Why they own/manage it;
• How they have used it; and
• How they intend to use it.
This information is used by policy
analysts, foresters, educators, and
researchers to facilitate the planning
and implementation of forest policies
and programs.
The Forest Service’s direction and
authority to conduct the NWOS is from
the Forest and Range Land Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974, the
Forest and Range Land Renewable
Resources Act of 1978. These acts assign
responsibility for the inventory and
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[FR Doc No: 2017-27249]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 14, 2017.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding (1) whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by January
18, 2018 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to:
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office
Building, 725-17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification Requirements and Addition of
Rust-Resistant Varieties.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0186.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant
products to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. Black stem rust
is one of the most destructive plant diseases of small grains that are
known to exist in the United States. The disease is caused by a fungus
that reduces the quality and yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and
rye crops by robbing host plants of food and water.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
prevent the spread of black stem rust by providing for and requiring
the accurate identification of rust-resistant varieties by inspectors.
Businesses that request APHIS to add a variety to the list of rust-
resistant barberries, need to provide APHIS with a written description
and color pictures that can be used by the State nursery inspectors to
clearly identify the variety and distinguish it from other varieties.
This action enables nurseries to move the species into and through
protected areas and to propagate and sell the species in States or
parts of States designated as protected areas.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 32.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material from Canada.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0257.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal Plant and
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) foreign quarantine regulations
restrict the importation of pine shoot beetle host material into the
United States from Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest of pine
trees. It can cause damage in weak and dying trees where reproductive
and immature stages of PSB occur, and in the new growth of healthy
trees. PSB can damage urban ornamental trees and can cause economic
losses to the timber, Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the information
using Compliance Agreements (and information collected from any appeal
process of the agreement), Importer Document (written statement),
Appeal of Compliance and Canadian Phytosanitary Certificates to protect
the United States from the introduction of pine shoot beetle and other
plant diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 21.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 91.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Fresh Mangoes from Jamaica into the
Continental United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0419.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701, et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants, and plant
pests to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States
or their dissemination within the United States. The regulations in
``Subpart-Fruit and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-77,
referred to as the regulations) prohibit or restrict the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
world to prevent the introduction and dissemination of plant pests that
are new to or not widely distributed within the United States. In
accordance with Sec. 319.56-71, mangoes may be imported
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from Jamaica into the continental United States under certain
conditions to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following
information collection activities to support the importation of mangoes
from Jamaica: (1) Operational Workplan; (2) Production Site
Registration; (3) Pest Detection Investigation; (4) Heat Treatment
Certified Facility; (5) Heat Treatment Monitoring and Inspections; (6)
Trust Fund Agreement; (7) Phytosanitary Certificate w/additional
Declaration; (8) Inspection; and (9) Emergency Action Notification.
Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability to
ensure that mangoes from Jamaica are not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit; Foreign
Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 427.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Fresh Blueberry Fruit from Morocco into the
Continental United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0421.
Summary of Collection: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701
et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the
importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products,
and other articles within the United States to prevent the introduction
of plant pests or their dissemination. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
Program enforces the Act by regulating the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States. These regulations are found in
Section 319 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under ``Subpart--
Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through 319.56-80). Under Sec.
319.56-69, fresh fruit of highbrush blueberries (Vaccinium coymbosum L.
and hybrid varieties V. corymbosum x angustifolium (V. x atlanticum and
V. corymbosum x virgatum)) from Morocco may be imported into the
continental United States under certain conditions that prevent the
introduction of plant pests Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit
fly) and fungus Monilinia fructigena (Honey ex Whetzel) into the
country.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use information
collection activities and actions to ensure these conditions are met.
These activities include registering production sites, inspecting
crops, performing remedial actions, obtaining foreign phytosanitary
certificates with declarations, and submitting applications for permits
and appeals if denied. Activities also include submitting notices of
arrival and responding to emergency action notifications. These
activities for this commodity are the minimum necessary to protect
crops and the agriculture industry from dangerous foreign plant pests
and diseases.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Foreign
Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting on occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 82.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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