Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Location of Irradiation Treatment Facilities in the United States, 5409-5410 [2019-02848]
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(NPPO) officials from Peru, grower
registration and agreement, fruit fly
trapping, monitoring, recordkeeping,
and a phytosanitary certificate.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities 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 7.382 hours per
response.
Respondents: The NPPO of Peru and
importers and growers of citrus fruit
from Peru.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 31.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 137.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 4,245.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 31,339 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, on February 14,
2019.
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–2018–0107]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Location of
Irradiation Treatment Facilities in the
United States
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
location of irradiation treatment
facilities in the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before April 22,
2019.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0107.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2018–0107, 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-2018-0107 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.
ADDRESSES:
For
information on the regulations for the
location of irradiation treatment
facilities in the United States, contact
Dr. Robert Baca, Assistant Director,
Compliance and Environmental
Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–2292. For more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Location of Irradiation
Treatment Facilities in the United
States.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0383.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The regulations contained in
7 CFR part 305 (referred to below as the
regulations) set out the general
requirements for performing treatments
and certifying or approving treatment
facilities for fruits, vegetables, and other
articles to prevent the introduction or
dissemination of plant pests or noxious
weeds into or through the United States.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture administers these
regulations.
Section 305.9 provides generic criteria
for new irradiation treatment facilities
in the United States to be located
anywhere in the United States, subject
to approval. APHIS also allows the
irradiation treatment of certain imported
fruit from various countries upon arrival
in the United States. The regulations
facilitate the importation of
commodities requiring irradiation
treatment while continuing to provide
protection against the introduction of
pests of concern into the United States.
The information collection activities
associated with the location of
irradiation facilities include request for
initial certification and inspection of
facility, certification and recertification,
denial and withdrawal of certification,
compliance agreements, irradiation
facilities treating imported articles,
irradiation treatment framework
equivalency workplan, irradiation
facilities notification, recordkeeping,
facility contingency plan, letter of
concurrence or non-agreement,
treatment arrangements, pest
management plan, and facility layout
map. In addition, each facility must
provide APHIS with an updated map
identifying places where horticultural or
other crops are grown within 4 square
miles of the facility.
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;
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(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 3.13 hours per
response.
Respondents: Irradiation facilities in
the United States, State governments,
importers, and foreign government and
national plant protection organization
officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 19.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 16.6.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 315.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 987 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 14th day of
February 2019.
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–2018–0069]
Availability of an Environmental
Assessment for Field Testing of a
Vaccine for Use Against Newcastle
Disease and Marek’s Disease
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has prepared an
environmental assessment concerning
authorization to ship for the purpose of
field testing, and then to field test, an
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unlicensed Marek’s Disease-Newcastle
Disease Vaccine, Serotype 3, Live
Marek’s Disease Vector. Based on the
environmental assessment, risk analysis,
and other relevant data, we have
reached a preliminary determination
that field testing this veterinary vaccine
will not have a significant impact on the
quality of the human environment. We
are making the documents available to
the public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 25,
2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#
!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2018-0069.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2018–0069, 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-2018-0069 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: Dr.
Donna Malloy, Operational Support
Section, Center for Veterinary Biologics,
Policy, Evaluation, and Licensing, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 148,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; phone (301)
851–3426, fax (301) 734–4314.
For information regarding the
environmental assessment or the risk
analysis, or to request a copy of the
environmental assessment (as well as
the risk analysis with confidential
business information redacted), contact
Dr. Patricia L. Foley, Risk Manager,
Center for Veterinary Biologics, Policy,
Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, APHIS,
1920 Dayton Avenue, P.O. Box 844,
Ames, IA 50010; phone (515) 337–6100,
fax (515) 337–6120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151
et seq.), the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is
authorized to promulgate regulations
designed to ensure that veterinary
biological products are pure, safe,
potent, and efficacious before a
veterinary biological product license
may be issued. Veterinary biological
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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 of such products. APHIS
also enforces requirements concerning
production, packaging, labeling, and
shipping of these products and sets
standards for the testing of these
products. Regulations concerning
veterinary biological products are
contained in 9 CFR parts 101 to 124.
A field test is generally necessary to
satisfy prelicensing requirements for
veterinary biological products. Prior to
conducting a field test on an unlicensed
product, an applicant must obtain
approval from APHIS, as well as obtain
APHIS’ authorization to ship the
product for field testing.
To determine whether to authorize
shipment and grant approval for the
field testing of the unlicensed product
referenced in this notice, APHIS
considers the potential effects of this
product on the safety of animals, public
health, and the environment. Based
upon a risk analysis and other relevant
data, APHIS has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA)
concerning the field testing of the
following unlicensed veterinary
biological product:
Requester: Zoetis Inc.
Product: Marek’s Disease-Newcastle
Disease Vaccine, Serotype 3, Live
Marek’s Disease Vector.
Possible Field Test Locations:
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia,
Maryland, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
The above-mentioned product is a
live Marek’s disease serotype 3 vaccine
virus containing a gene from the
Newcastle disease virus. It has been
shown to be effective for the vaccination
of 18 to 19-day-old embryonated
chicken eggs or the subcutaneous
vaccination of healthy 1-day-old chicks
against Marek’s disease and Newcastle
disease.
The EA has been prepared in
accordance with: (1) The National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality for
implementing the procedural provisions
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3)
USDA regulations implementing NEPA
(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2018-0107]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Location of Irradiation Treatment Facilities in
the United States
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 location
of irradiation treatment facilities in the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2018-0107.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2018-0107, 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-
0107 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 location of irradiation treatment facilities in the United States,
contact Dr. Robert Baca, Assistant Director, Compliance and
Environmental Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 150,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2292. For more detailed information
on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS'
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Location of Irradiation Treatment Facilities in the United
States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0383.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The regulations contained in 7 CFR part 305 (referred to
below as the regulations) set out the general requirements for
performing treatments and certifying or approving treatment facilities
for fruits, vegetables, and other articles to prevent the introduction
or dissemination of plant pests or noxious weeds into or through the
United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture administers these regulations.
Section 305.9 provides generic criteria for new irradiation
treatment facilities in the United States to be located anywhere in the
United States, subject to approval. APHIS also allows the irradiation
treatment of certain imported fruit from various countries upon arrival
in the United States. The regulations facilitate the importation of
commodities requiring irradiation treatment while continuing to provide
protection against the introduction of pests of concern into the United
States.
The information collection activities associated with the location
of irradiation facilities include request for initial certification and
inspection of facility, certification and recertification, denial and
withdrawal of certification, compliance agreements, irradiation
facilities treating imported articles, irradiation treatment framework
equivalency workplan, irradiation facilities notification,
recordkeeping, facility contingency plan, letter of concurrence or non-
agreement, treatment arrangements, pest management plan, and facility
layout map. In addition, each facility must provide APHIS with an
updated map identifying places where horticultural or other crops are
grown within 4 square miles of the facility.
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;
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(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 3.13 hours per response.
Respondents: Irradiation facilities in the United States, State
governments, importers, and foreign government and national plant
protection organization officials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 19.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 16.6.
Estimated annual number of responses: 315.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 987 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 14th day of February 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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