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Chapter 35), this notice announces the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
intention to request an extension for and
a revision to the Advisory Committee
and Research and Promotion
Background Information collection
form. The primary objective is to
determine the qualifications, suitability,
and availability of a candidate to serve
on advisory committees and/or research
and promotion boards.
Title: Advisory Committee and
Research and Promotion Background
Information.
OMB Number: 0505–0001.
Expiration Date of Approval:
September 30, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension and
Revision of a currently approved
information collection document.
Abstract: The primary objective is to
determine the qualifications, suitability,
and availability of a candidate to serve
on advisory committees and/or research
and promotion boards. The information
will be used to both conduct
background clearances on the
candidates and to compile annual
reports regarding membership.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 30 minutes per
response.
Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: One (1).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 5,958.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed 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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Cikena
Reid, Committee Management Officer,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, White House Liaison
Office, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
the Whitten Building, Room 540–A,
Washington, DC 20250; fax: (202) 720–
9286; or email: Cikena.Reid@
osec.usda.gov. Comments must be
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postmarked 10 business days prior to
the deadline to ensure timely receipt.
All comments received will be
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same
address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 18, 2018.
Stephen L. Censky,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 21, 2018.
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 October 26, 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: Emergency Management
Response System (EMRS).
OMB Control Number: 0579–0071.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate
pests or diseases of livestock or poultry.
The Secretary may also prohibit or
restrict import or export of any animal
or related material if necessary to
prevent the spread of any livestock or
poultry pest or disease. Through the
Foreign Animal Disease Surveillance
Program, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary
Services compiles essential
epidemiological and diagnostic data that
are used to define foreign animal
diseases (FAD) and their risk factors.
The data is compiled through the
Veterinary Services Emergency
Management Response System, a webbased database for reporting
investigations of suspected FAD
occurrences.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS collects information such as the
purpose of the diagnostician’s visit to
the site, the name and address of the
owner/manager and the site, the type of
operation being investigated, the
number of and type of animals on the
premises, vaccination information on
the animals in the herd or flock,
biosecurity practices at the site, whether
any animals have been moved to or from
the premises and when this movement
occurred, number of sick or dead
animals, the results of physical
examinations of the affected animals,
the results of postmortem examinations,
and the number and kinds of samples
taken, and the name of the suspected
disease.
APHIS uses the collected information
to effectively prevent FAD occurrences
and protect the health of the United
States. Without the information, APHIS
has no way to detect and monitor FAD
outbreaks in the United States.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses; and State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Number of Respondents: 136.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting,
on occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,632.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Peppers from
Certain Central American Countries.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0274.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C.
7701–7772), the Secretary of Agriculture
is authorized to carry out operations or
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests new to the United States or
not known to be widely distributed
throughout the United States.
Regulations authorized by the PPA
concerning the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States from
certain parts of the world are contained
in ‘‘Subpart Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7
CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–72). The
fruits and vegetables regulations allow
certain type of peppers grown in
approved registered production sites in
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to be
imported, under certain conditions, into
the United States without treatment
while continuing to provide protection
against the introduction of quarantine
pests into the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: The
regulations require the use of
information collection activities
including inspections by Central
American national plant protection
organization officials, phytosanitary
certificate, labeling of boxes, monitor
traps, trapping records, bilateral
workplan, production site registrations,
quality control program, and emergency
action notifications. If the information
were not collected, it would cripple the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service ability to regulate and prevent
the importation or spread of plant pests
and diseases from entering the United
States.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4,285.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Peppers from the
Republic of Korea.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0282.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C.
7701–et seq.), the Secretary of
Agriculture is authorized to carry out
operations or measures to detect,
eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or
retard the spread of plant pests new to
the United States or not known to be
widely distributed throughout the
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United States. Regulations authorized
by the PPA concerning the importation
of fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world
are contained in ‘‘Subpart Fruits and
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through
319.56–83). The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fruits
and vegetables regulations allow the
importation of peppers from the
Republic of Korea under certain
conditions into the continental United
States.
Need and Use of the Information: The
regulations require the use of
information collection activities
including a phytosanitary certificate and
declaration issued by the National Plant
Quarantine Service of Korea,
greenhouse registrations, inspections,
and emergency action notifications.
Failing to collect this information would
cripple APHIS’ ability to regulate and
prevent the importation or spread of
plant pests and diseases from entering
the United States.
Description of Respondents: Federal
Government (Foreign); Business or other
for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 29.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Movement of Plants and Plant
Products from Hawaii and the
Territories.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0346.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C 7701), the
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
prohibit or restrict the importation,
entry, or movement of fruits, vegetables,
plants, and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of pests or diseases into the
United States, or dissemination of pests
and diseases within the United States.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and
Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible for
implementing this Act and does so
through the enforcement of its Hawaiian
and territorial quarantine regulations
contained in Part 318 of Title 7, Code
of Federal Regulations.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will use the following forms and
activities to collect information: PPQ
530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, PPQ 540,
Labeling of Boxes for Pest Free Areas,
Inspection and Certification, Trapping
and Surveillance, Contingency Plans
approved by APHIS, Updated Mapping
Identifying Places Where Horticultural
or Other Crops are Grown, Written
Request for Facility Approval—and
Recertification, Recordkeeping,
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Decertification of Pest Free Areas—and
Reinstatement, Notification of
Emergency Conveyance, Aircraft/Ship
Inspections of Departure, Production
Site Registration, Packing House
Registration, and Box Markings. If
APHIS did not collect this information
or if APHIS collected this information
less frequently, the spread of dangerous
plant diseases and pests could cause
millions of dollars in damage to U.S.
agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profits; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 203.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8,318.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Papayas from
Peru.
Control Number: 0579–0410.
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 319.56–81).
Under § 319.56–25, papaya fruit from
Peru may be imported into the
continental United States under certain
conditions that prevent the introduction
of plant pests 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 grower registrations,
applications for import permit, notices
of arrival, emergency action
notifications, and recordkeeping. Also,
consignments of fruit must be
accompanied by phytosanitary
certificates issued by the National Plant
Protection Organization (NPPO) of Peru
and containing additional declaration
stating the provisions of 7 CFR 319.56–
25 have been met. These activities for
this commodity are the minimum
necessary to protect crops and the
agriculture industry from dangerous
plant pests and diseases.
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Description of Respondents:
Commercial growers and importers,
Foreign Governments.
Number of Respondents: 52
Frequency of Responses: Reporting on
occasion, and recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 1,507.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Apples from
China.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0423.
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 into the United States or
their dissemination within the United
States. The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56)
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.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS uses the following information
collection activities to prevent the
spread of fruit flies and other plant pests
from entering into the United States:
Operational workplan, production site,
and packinghouse registrations, tracking
system, box labeling, phytosanitary
certificates with declarations,
inspections, investigation for detection,
handling procedures, and emergency
action notification. Falling to collect
this information would cripple APHIS’
ability to ensure that apples from China
are not carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 186.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,117.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed
Loans for Fiscal Year 2019; Maximum
Portion of Guarantee Authority
Available for Fiscal Year 2019; Annual
Renewal Fee for Fiscal Year 2019
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
This notice helps to improve
applicants’ awareness of the Guarantee
Fee rates for Guaranteed Loans for fiscal
year (FY) 2019, the Maximum Portion of
Guarantee Authority Available for FY
2019, and the Annual Renewal Fee for
FY 2019 when applying for guaranteed
loans under the Business and Industry
(B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program.
The Agency has the authority to
charge a guarantee fee and an annual
renewal fee for loans made under the
B&I Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant
to that authority, and subject to the
Continuing Resolution, the Agency is
establishing an initial guarantee fee rate
of 3 percent and an annual renewal fee
rate of one-half of 1 percent for the B&I
Guaranteed Loan Program.
The initial guarantee fee is paid at the
time the Loan Note Guarantee is issued.
The annual renewal fee is paid by the
lender to the Agency once a year.
Payment of the annual renewal fee is
required in order to maintain the
enforceability of the guarantee.
Additionally, the Agency will require
the borrower to have an active System
for Award Management (SAM)
registration prior to obligation and
maintain the active registration until all
funds are disbursed.
DATES: Applicability date: September
26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tanner Hinkel, USDA, Rural
Development, Business Programs,
Business and Industry Division, STOP
3224, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone
(202) 720–1970, email tanner.hinkel@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
As set
forth in 7 CFR 4279.120, the Agency has
the authority to charge an initial
guarantee fee and an annual renewal fee
for loans made under the B&I
Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to
that authority, and subject to the
Continuing Resolution, the Agency is
establishing an initial guarantee fee rate
of 3 percent and an annual renewal fee
rate of one-half of 1 percent for the B&I
Guaranteed Loan Program. Unless
precluded by a subsequent FY 2019
appropriation, these rates will apply to
all loans obligated in FY 2019 that are
made under the B&I Guaranteed Loan
Program. As established in 7 CFR
4279.120(b)(1), the amount of the
annual fee on each guaranteed loan will
be determined by multiplying the
annual fee rate by the outstanding
principal loan balance as of December
31, multiplied by the percentage of
guarantee.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.120(a) and
4279.119(b), each fiscal year, the
Agency shall establish a limit on the
maximum portion of B&I guarantee
authority available for that fiscal year
that may be used to guarantee loans
with a reduced guarantee fee or
guaranteed loans with an increased
percentage of guarantee. The Agency
has established that not more than 12
percent of the Agency’s apportioned B&I
guarantee authority will be reserved for
loan guarantee requests with a reduced
fee, and not more than 15 percent of the
Agency’s apportioned B&I guarantee
authority will be reserved for
guaranteed loan requests with an
increased percentage of guarantee. Once
the respective limits are reached, all
additional loans will be at the standard
fee and guarantee limits.
Allowing a reduced guarantee fee or
increased percentage of guarantee on
certain B&I guaranteed loans that meet
the conditions set forth in 7 CFR
4279.120 and 4279.119 will increase the
Agency’s ability to focus guarantee
assistance on projects that the Agency
has found particularly meritorious.
Subject to annual limits set by the
Agency in this notice, the Agency may
charge a reduced guarantee fee if
requested by the lender for loans of $5
million or less when the borrower’s
business supports value-added
agriculture and results in farmers
benefitting financially, promotes access
to healthy foods, or is a high impact
business development investment
located in a rural community that is
experiencing long-term population
decline; has remained in poverty for the
last 30 years; is experiencing trauma as
a result of natural disaster; is located in
a city or county with an unemployment
rate 125 percent of the statewide rate or
greater; or is located within the
boundaries of a federally recognized
Indian tribe’s reservation or within
tribal trust lands or within land owned
by an Alaska Native Regional or Village
Corporation as defined by the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act. Subject to
annual limits set by the Agency in this
notice, the Agency may allow increased
percentages of guarantee for highpriority projects or loans where the
lender needs the increased percentage of
guarantee due to its legal or regulatory
lending limit.
As set forth in 2 CFR 25.200(b), each
entity that applies and does not have an
exemption under 2 CFR 25.110 must be
registered in the SAM prior to
submitting an application or plan,
maintain an active SAM registration
with current information at all times
during which it has an active Federal
award or an application or plan under
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 21, 2018.
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 October
26, 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: Emergency Management Response System (EMRS).
OMB Control Number: 0579-0071.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to
detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or
poultry. The Secretary may also prohibit or restrict import or export
of any animal or related material if necessary to prevent the spread of
any livestock or poultry pest or disease. Through the Foreign Animal
Disease Surveillance Program, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services compiles essential epidemiological
and diagnostic data that are used to define foreign animal diseases
(FAD) and their risk factors. The data is compiled through the
Veterinary Services Emergency Management Response System, a web-based
database for reporting investigations of suspected FAD occurrences.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS collects information such as
the purpose of the diagnostician's visit to the site, the name and
address of the owner/manager and the site, the type of operation being
investigated, the number of and type of animals on the premises,
vaccination information on the animals in the herd or flock,
biosecurity practices at the site, whether any animals have been moved
to or from the premises and when this movement occurred, number of sick
or dead animals, the results of physical examinations of the affected
animals, the results of postmortem examinations, and the number and
kinds of samples taken, and the name of the suspected disease.
APHIS uses the collected information to effectively prevent FAD
occurrences and protect the health of the United States. Without the
information, APHIS has no way to detect and monitor FAD outbreaks in
the United States.
Description of Respondents: Businesses; and State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Number of Respondents: 136.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting, on occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,632.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Peppers from Certain Central American
Countries.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0274.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7
U.S.C. 7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry
out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control,
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States.
Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits
and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world
are contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1
through 319.56-72). The fruits and vegetables regulations allow certain
type of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to be
imported, under certain conditions, into the United States without
treatment while continuing to provide protection against the
introduction of quarantine pests into the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: The regulations require the use of
information collection activities including inspections by Central
American national plant protection organization officials,
phytosanitary certificate, labeling of boxes, monitor traps, trapping
records, bilateral workplan, production site registrations, quality
control program, and emergency action notifications. If the information
were not collected, it would cripple the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service ability to regulate and prevent the importation or
spread of plant pests and diseases from entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Businesses; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4,285.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Peppers from the Republic of Korea.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0282.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7
U.S.C. 7701-et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United
States or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United
States. Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the
world are contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-
1 through 319.56-83). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) fruits and vegetables regulations allow the importation of
peppers from the Republic of Korea under certain conditions into the
continental United States.
Need and Use of the Information: The regulations require the use of
information collection activities including a phytosanitary certificate
and declaration issued by the National Plant Quarantine Service of
Korea, greenhouse registrations, inspections, and emergency action
notifications. Failing to collect this information would cripple APHIS'
ability to regulate and prevent the importation or spread of plant
pests and diseases from entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Federal Government (Foreign); Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 29.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Movement of Plants and Plant Products from Hawaii and the
Territories.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0346.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of fruits, vegetables,
plants, and plant pests to prevent the introduction of pests or
diseases into the United States, or dissemination of pests and diseases
within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible
for implementing this Act and does so through the enforcement of its
Hawaiian and territorial quarantine regulations contained in Part 318
of Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following forms
and activities to collect information: PPQ 530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, PPQ
540, Labeling of Boxes for Pest Free Areas, Inspection and
Certification, Trapping and Surveillance, Contingency Plans approved by
APHIS, Updated Mapping Identifying Places Where Horticultural or Other
Crops are Grown, Written Request for Facility Approval--and
Recertification, Recordkeeping, Decertification of Pest Free Areas--and
Reinstatement, Notification of Emergency Conveyance, Aircraft/Ship
Inspections of Departure, Production Site Registration, Packing House
Registration, and Box Markings. If APHIS did not collect this
information or if APHIS collected this information less frequently, the
spread of dangerous plant diseases and pests could cause millions of
dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 203.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8,318.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Papayas from Peru.
Control Number: 0579-0410.
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 319.56-81). Under Sec.
319.56-25, papaya fruit from Peru may be imported into the continental
United States under certain conditions that prevent the introduction of
plant pests 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 grower registrations, applications for import
permit, notices of arrival, emergency action notifications, and
recordkeeping. Also, consignments of fruit must be accompanied by
phytosanitary certificates issued by the National Plant Protection
Organization (NPPO) of Peru and containing additional declaration
stating the provisions of 7 CFR 319.56-25 have been met. These
activities for this commodity are the minimum necessary to protect
crops and the agriculture industry from dangerous plant pests and
diseases.
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Description of Respondents: Commercial growers and importers,
Foreign Governments.
Number of Respondents: 52
Frequency of Responses: Reporting on occasion, and recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 1,507.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Apples from China.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0423.
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 into the United States or their
dissemination within the United States. The regulations in ``Subpart--
Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56) 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.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following
information collection activities to prevent the spread of fruit flies
and other plant pests from entering into the United States: Operational
workplan, production site, and packinghouse registrations, tracking
system, box labeling, phytosanitary certificates with declarations,
inspections, investigation for detection, handling procedures, and
emergency action notification. Falling to collect this information
would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that apples from China are not
carrying plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 186.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,117.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20939 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
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