Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Fruits and Vegetables, 33193-33194 [2018-15230]
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goods and services for the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP), School
Breakfast Program (SBP), Fresh Fruit
and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Summer
Food Service Program (SFSP), and Child
and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
and to better understand how SFAs
make decisions that lead to these
procurement practices. Study findings
will describe similarities and
differences in how SFAs procure goods
and services and explain key issues and
experiences of SFAs. Using a nationally
representative sample of SFAs, this
study will be one of the first Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) studies of SFA
procurement practices for Child
Nutrition (CN) meal programs that
comprehensively examines the use of
Food Service Management Companies
and Cooperative Purchasing
Agreements, recordkeeping, local
purchases, and food purchase
specifications. Procurement for CN meal
programs can be affected by federal
regulations (such as the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act,
which set procurement requirements for
NSLP and SBP in 2014), policy memos,
program guidance, and grant funding, in
addition to State and local policies.
Additionally, there are governmentwide regulations under 7 CFR 210.21,
220.16, 225.17, 226.22, and 2 CFR 200
that also apply to these procurements.
SFA procurement procedures must
adhere to CN program and governmentwide regulations and guidance, and
State and local policies related to
procurement.
Need and Use of the Information:
This study will collect data on a
voluntary basis from SFAs using a web
survey and in-depth interviews. FNS
will use the information collected
through this study to better understand
how SFAs make decisions that lead to
their procurement practices for CN
programs, to assist SFAs in
understanding FNS regulations and
complying with program requirements,
to provide more effective policy
guidance, and to provide supplemental
training.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 760.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One-time.
Total Burden Hours: 1,268.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2018–0040]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Fruits and Vegetables
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension 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 revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the regulations for the
importation of fruits and vegetables into
the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before September
17, 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-2018-0040.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2018–0040, 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/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0040 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.
SUMMARY:
For
information on the regulations for the
importation of fruits and vegetables into
the United States, contact Mr. Juan
´
Roman, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2242.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Title: Importation of Fruits and
Vegetables.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0264.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension 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 into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, which
administers regulations to implement
the PPA.
The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits
and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1
through 319.56–83) allow a number of
fruits and vegetables to be imported into
the United States, under specified
conditions, from certain parts of the
world while continuing to protect
against the introduction of pests into the
United States. Under these regulations,
the importation of a variety of fruits and
vegetables from specified countries
require the use of information collection
activities such as phytosanitary
certificates, trapping records,
compliance agreements, application of
sterile insect technique, monitoring,
safeguarding, emergency action
notifications, and notices of arrival.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (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
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is estimated to average 0.45 hours per
response.
Respondents: National plant
protection organization officials of
countries exporting to the United States
and businesses.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 65.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 855.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 381 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 11th day of
July 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Forest
Industries and Logging Operations
Data Collection Systems
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
USDA Forest Service is seeking
comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on the
renewal of a currently approved
information collection, Forest Industries
and Logging Operations Data Collection
Systems (0596–0010), with a revision for
a new sampling approach.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before September 17, 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: USDA,
Forest Service, Attn: James Bentley,
Southern Research Station, Forest
Inventory and Analysis, 4700 Old
Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.
Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 865–862–0262 or by email
to: jamesbentley@fs.fed.us.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites and
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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
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 comments
received at the Southern Research
Station, 4700 Old Kingston Pike,
Knoxville, TN, during normal business
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call
ahead to 865–862–2000 to facilitate
entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Bentley, Southern Research
Station, at 865–862–2056. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Forest Industries and Logging
Operations Data Collection Systems.
OMB Number: 0596–0010.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2019.
Type of Request: Renewal with
Revision.
Abstract: The Forest and Range
Renewable Resources Planning Act of
1974 and the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Research Act of
1978 require the Forest Service to
evaluate trends in the use of logs and
wood chips, to forecast anticipated
levels of logs and wood chips, and to
analyze changes in the harvest of these
resources from the Nation’s forest
resource. This important survey has
been conducted since the 1940s, with
various adjustments along the ways to
accommodate new questions or data
collection needs. Information provided
in this data collection can be used to:
• Describe the timber resource and its
use in detail;
• Evaluate trends in resource use;
• Forecast future anticipated level of
demand on the resource; and
• Analyze the ramifications of any
changes in timber demand.
For this renewal, we are proposing a
new sample design to guide the annual
collection of information from primary
wood-using mills, replacing the periodic
approach. This new approach is more
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efficient and cost-effective, and
ultimately will generate more accurate,
comprehensive, and timely information.
To collect this information, USDA
Forest Service or state natural resource
agency personnel will use three
questionnaires. Two questionnaires, the
Pulpwood Questionnaire and the Logs
and Other Roundwood Questionnaire,
will be paper or electronic. Paper
questionnaires will be returned in prepaid postage envelopes, and electronic
questionnaires returned via email. The
third questionnaire, the Logging
Operations Questionnaire, will be
administered in person by field
personnel collecting tree utilization data
at sampled logging sites.
Pulpwood Received Questionnaire:
USDA Forest Service personnel will use
this questionnaire to collect and
evaluate information from pulp mills in
order to monitor the volume, types,
species, sources, and prices of timber
products harvested throughout the
United States. The data collected will be
used to provide essential information
about the current use of the Nation’s
timber resources for pulpwood
industrial products and is not available
from other sources.
Logs and Other Roundwood Received
Questionnaire: This questionnaire is
used by USDA Forest Service or state
natural resource agency personnel to
collect and evaluate information from
the other, non-pulp, primary woodusing mills, including small, part-time
mills, as well as large corporate entities.
Primary wood-using mills are facilities
that use harvested wood in log or chip
form, such as sawlogs, veneer logs,
composite panel, posts, and poles, to
manufacture a secondary product, such
as lumber or veneer. USDA Forest
Service personnel evaluate the
information collected and use it to
monitor the volume types, species,
sources, and prices of timber products
harvested throughout the United States.
Logging Operations Questionnaire:
This questionnaire is used by USDA
Forest Service and/or state natural
resource agency personnel to collect and
evaluate information from logging
operations, to help characterize the
logging industry and its response to
outside influences. The information will
be used to measure the ‘health’ of the
logging industry, as well as to provide
background information for decisionmaking.
Affected Public: Individuals and the
Private Sector (Businesses and NonProfit Organizations), in particular mill
owners, procurement foresters, logging
operations owners, and loggers will be
affected.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2018-0040]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of Fruits and Vegetables
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension 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 revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the regulations for the
importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
September 17, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2018-0040.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2018-0040, 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-
0040 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 regulations for
the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States,
contact Mr. Juan Rom[aacute]n, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist,
RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851-2242. 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: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0264.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension 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 into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
which administers regulations to implement the PPA.
The regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56-1 through 319.56-83) allow a number of fruits and vegetables to
be imported into the United States, under specified conditions, from
certain parts of the world while continuing to protect against the
introduction of pests into the United States. Under these regulations,
the importation of a variety of fruits and vegetables from specified
countries require the use of information collection activities such as
phytosanitary certificates, trapping records, compliance agreements,
application of sterile insect technique, monitoring, safeguarding,
emergency action notifications, and notices of arrival.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (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
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is estimated to average 0.45 hours per response.
Respondents: National plant protection organization officials of
countries exporting to the United States and businesses.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 65.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of responses: 855.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 381 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 11th day of July 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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