Notice of Request for Reinstatement of Approval of an Information Collection; Foreign Quarantine Notices, 4023-4024 [2018-01575]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0108]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Foreign Quarantine Notices
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a reinstatement of approval of
an information collection associated
with the regulations to prevent the
introduction or spread of foreign plants
pests and diseases into or within the
United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 30,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2017-0108.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2017–0108, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
APHIS-2017-0108 or in our reading
room, which is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street
and Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
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sure someone is there to help you,
please call 202–799–7039 before
coming.
For
information on the foreign quarantine
notices, contact Mr. Marc Phillips,
Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2114.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Foreign Quarantine Notices.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0049.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: 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 to prevent the
introduction of plant pests and diseases
into the United States or their
dissemination within the United States.
This authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), which administers
regulations to implement the PPA.
Regulations governing the importation
of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs,
seeds, unmanufactured wood articles,
and other plant products are contained
in 7 CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine
Notices.’’ Regulations governing the
transit of certain products or articles
that are classified as prohibited or
restricted products or articles are
contained in 7 CFR part 352, ‘‘Plant
Quarantine Safeguard Regulations.’’
The movement of plants and plant
products requires various information
collection activities, such as operational
workplans; cooperative service
agreements; trust funds; production or
processing site/facility registrations;
foreign site certification of inspection
and/or treatment; applications for
permits; appeals of denial or revocation
of permits; requests for additional
mailing labels; compliance agreements;
phytosanitary certificates; labeling;
importer documents; agreements for
post entry quarantine State screening
notices; 30-day article notifications;
requests for emergency transshipment or
division; notices of arrival; emergency
action notifications; and monitoring/
recordkeeping from entities responsible
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for growing, packing, handling,
transporting, and importing foreign
plants parts (roots, bulbs, seeds, fruit,
leaves, etc.), plant products, timber, and
timber products. In addition, APHIS
collects required information from
national plant protection organizations
(NPPOs) as part of the commodity
import approval process.
For efficiency, we have consolidated
current information collections and
existing activities related to 7 CFR parts
319 and 352 into this information
collection request. The information
collected is vital to helping APHIS
ensure that plants and plant products do
not harbor plant pests or diseases that,
if introduced into the United States,
could cause millions of dollars in
damage to U.S. agriculture.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, for 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.01 hours per
response.
Respondents: Facilities; growers;
producers; production, processing, and
packing sites; importers; individuals;
businesses; brokers; shippers; NPPOs;
and foreign plant protection authorities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 22,115.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2,326.
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Estimated annual number of
responses: 51,437,932.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 535,352 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
January 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2018–0001]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Virus-SerumToxin Act and Regulations
Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the Virus-Serum-Toxin
Act and regulations.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 30,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2018–0001, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
APHIS-2018-0001 or in our reading
room, which is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street
and Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
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SUMMARY:
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through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
For
information on the regulations related to
the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and
regulations, contact Dr. Donna Malloy,
Section Leader, Operational Support,
Center for Veterinary Biologics Policy,
Evaluation, and Licensing, VS,
APHIS,4700 River Road Unit 148,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851–
3426. For copies of more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and
Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0013.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Virus-SerumToxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151–159), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) is authorized to
promulgate regulations designed to
prevent the importation, preparation,
sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary
biological products. These regulations
are contained in 9 CFR parts 102 to 124.
Veterinary biological products
include viruses, serums, toxins, and
analogous products of natural or
synthetic origin such as vaccines,
antitoxins, or the immunizing
components of microorganisms
intended for the diagnosis, treatment, or
prevention of diseases in domestic
animals.
APHIS issues licenses to qualified
establishments that produce veterinary
biological products and issues permits
to importers seeking to import such
products into the United States. APHIS
also enforces regulations concerning
production, packaging, labeling, and
shipping of these products, and sets
standards for the testing of these
products. These regulations ensure that
veterinary biological products used in
the United States are not worthless,
contaminated, dangerous, or harmful.
To help ensure that veterinary
biological products used in the United
States are pure, safe, potent, and
effective, APHIS requires certain
information collection activities,
including, among other things,
establishment, personnel qualification,
and product licenses; product permits;
packaging and labeling; requests for
materials; shipment authorizations;
product and test reports; preparation
and usage requests; development and
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field study summaries; stop distribution
and sale notifications and inventories;
due diligence petitions; and
recordkeeping.
The information collection activities
above are currently approved by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act
and regulations under OMB control
numbers 0579–0013 and 0579–0460.
After OMB approves this combined
information collection package (0579–
0013), APHIS will retire OMB control
number 0579–0460.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as described, for an additional
3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.001 hours per
response.
Respondents: Veterinary biological
product developers and producers,
foreign government officials, State
government officials, and private
individuals.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 405.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 737,790.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 298,804,802.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 91,000 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
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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
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0108]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of Approval of an Information
Collection; Foreign Quarantine Notices
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement of approval of an information collection; comment
request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request a reinstatement of approval of an information
collection associated with the regulations to prevent the introduction
or spread of foreign plants pests and diseases into or within the
United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
30, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0108.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0108, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-
0108 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC.
Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call 202-799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the foreign
quarantine notices, contact Mr. Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851-2114. For copies of more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Foreign Quarantine Notices.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0049.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: 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 to prevent the introduction of plant pests and diseases into
the United States or their dissemination within the United States. This
authority has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), which administers regulations to implement the PPA.
Regulations governing the importation of plants, fruits, vegetables,
roots, bulbs, seeds, unmanufactured wood articles, and other plant
products are contained in 7 CFR part 319, ``Foreign Quarantine
Notices.'' Regulations governing the transit of certain products or
articles that are classified as prohibited or restricted products or
articles are contained in 7 CFR part 352, ``Plant Quarantine Safeguard
Regulations.''
The movement of plants and plant products requires various
information collection activities, such as operational workplans;
cooperative service agreements; trust funds; production or processing
site/facility registrations; foreign site certification of inspection
and/or treatment; applications for permits; appeals of denial or
revocation of permits; requests for additional mailing labels;
compliance agreements; phytosanitary certificates; labeling; importer
documents; agreements for post entry quarantine State screening
notices; 30-day article notifications; requests for emergency
transshipment or division; notices of arrival; emergency action
notifications; and monitoring/recordkeeping from entities responsible
for growing, packing, handling, transporting, and importing foreign
plants parts (roots, bulbs, seeds, fruit, leaves, etc.), plant
products, timber, and timber products. In addition, APHIS collects
required information from national plant protection organizations
(NPPOs) as part of the commodity import approval process.
For efficiency, we have consolidated current information
collections and existing activities related to 7 CFR parts 319 and 352
into this information collection request. The information collected is
vital to helping APHIS ensure that plants and plant products do not
harbor plant pests or diseases that, if introduced into the United
States, could cause millions of dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities, as described, for 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.01 hours per response.
Respondents: Facilities; growers; producers; production,
processing, and packing sites; importers; individuals; businesses;
brokers; shippers; NPPOs; and foreign plant protection authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 22,115.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 2,326.
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Estimated annual number of responses: 51,437,932.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 535,352 hours. (Due
to averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product
of the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden
per response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of January 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-01575 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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