Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions and Indemnity Program, 66146-66147 [2019-26115]
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Vol. 84, No. 232
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Submission for Review
U.S. Agency for International
Development.
ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on the following new
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Comments are requested concerning (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the
sustaining USAID-funded programming
beyond USAID funding; (2) the accuracy
of USAID’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (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 respondents.
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 30 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
the proposed information collection to
Elena Walls, USAID, Bureau of
Economic Growth, Education and
Environment (E3)/Office of Education at
ewalls@usaid.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elena Walls, USAID, Bureau of
Economic Growth, Education and
Environment (E3)/Office of Education at
ewalls@usaid.gov or 202–468–3810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Forms for reporting on
contributions to USAID-funded
education activities by host country
governments, non-governmental entities
and implementing partners.
Analysis: Data from these forms are
required for measuring costs of USAIDfunded education interventions. The
results of the cost analysis will be used
to inform scale and sustainability of
USAID-funded interventions, for
improving planning, budgeting and
management of activities, and for
reporting to Congress and other
stakeholders.
OMB Number: N/A, new data
collection.
Agency Form No.: 1420–17.
Agency: U.S. Agency for International
Development.
Federal Register: This information
was previously published in the Federal
Register on July 18, 2019 allowing for a
60-day public comment period, under
Document #2019–15228.
Affected Public: Organizations that
are awarded USAID awards (contracts
and cooperative agreements) to
implement education activities.
Number of Respondents: 120.
Frequency: Once per year.
Estimated number of hours: 960
hours.
Dated: November 26, 2019.
Benjamin Sylla,
Evidence Team Lead, Engagement, Policy and
Planning Division, Office of Education, U.S.
Agency for International Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0074]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Scrapie in
Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement
Restrictions and Indemnity Program
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
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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 current regulations
for the interstate movement of sheep
and goats and an indemnity program to
control the spread of scrapie. This
notice is separate from any new
rulemaking.
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February 3,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0074.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2019–0074, 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-2019-0074 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 current domestic
regulations to control the spread of
scrapie, contact Dr. Diane Sutton,
Assistant Director Ruminant Health
Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
851–3509. For more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Interstate Movement Restrictions and
Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0101.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture is authorized, among
other things, to prohibit or restrict the
interstate movement of animals and
animal products to prevent the
dissemination within the United States
of animal diseases and pests of livestock
and to conduct programs to detect,
control, and eradicate pests and diseases
of livestock.
Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative,
and eventually fatal disease affecting the
nervous system of sheep and goats. Its
control is complicated because the
disease has an extremely long
incubation period without clinical signs
of disease and no known treatment.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 79
restrict the interstate movement of
certain sheep and goats to control the
spread of scrapie, and 9 CFR part 54
contains regulations for an indemnity
program, flock cleanup, testing, and a
Scrapie Free Flock Certification Program
(SFCP).
The scrapie disease control program
information collection activities include
cooperative agreements; grants;
memoranda of understanding; APHIS
forms for inspection and epidemiology
data; applications to participate in the
SFCP; flock plans; post-exposure
management and monitoring plans;
record suspect/dead animals; scrapie
test records; applications for indemnity
payments; certificates, permits, and
owner statements for the interstate
movement of certain sheep and goats;
applications for premises identification
numbers; applications for official APHIS
identification; designated scrapie
epidemiologist training; and other
program-related activities.
In addition, APHIS is adding new
information collection activities to the
current domestic scrapie program that
include State burden from interstate
certificates of veterinary inspection,
private laboratory approval requests,
contributions of breed registry
associations, epidemiology and
identification compliance reporting,
declination to respond, epidemiology
training, and disposal cost information.
As a consequence, we have adjusted the
estimates of burden accordingly. In
addition, the adjusted estimates also
reflect increases in identification tag
orders and the number of specimen
submissions per laboratory to better
represent our current activities.
The information collection activities
above are currently approved by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under OMB control numbers
0579–0101 (Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Interstate Movement Restrictions and
Indemnity Program), and 0579–0469
(Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Flock
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Certification, Interstate Movement and
Indemnity Revisions). After OMB
approves this combined information
collection package (0579–0101), APHIS
will retire OMB control number 0579–
0469.
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
is estimated to average 0.66 hours per
response.
Respondents: Flock owners; market
owners, operators, or managers; dealers;
slaughter plant owners, operators, or
managers; feedlot owners, operators, or
managers; tag manufacturers; managers
of producer organizations; accredited
veterinarians; and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 100,050.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.55.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,355,937.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 898,574 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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Done in Washington, DC, this 26th day of
November 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–2018–0064]
Availability of an Environmental
Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact; Southwestern
Willow Flycatcher Conservation
Program
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the United States Department of
Agriculture and its sub-agency, the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, have prepared an
environmental assessment and finding
of no significant impact for a
conservation program pursuant to the
Endangered Species Act to benefit the
southwestern willow flycatcher, a small,
neotropical migrant bird found in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. Based on
our finding of no significant impact, we
have determined that an environmental
impact statement need not be prepared.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Kai Caraher, Biological Scientist, PHP,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 150,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–
2345; Kai.Caraher@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Saltcedar, also known as tamarisk
(Tamarix species), is an invasive plant
widely established in riparian areas in
the western United States. This nonnative weed, which can take the form of
a shrub or small tree, was introduced
into the United States in the latter part
of the 19th century. Although saltcedar
is an invasive plant, native animals have
adapted to its presence.
In 1986, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) began research
into the potential for biological control
of saltcedar. From 1998 to 2000, ARS
conducted open field release trials of
tamarisk leaf beetles (Diorhabda
species) to determine the conditions
under which releases could succeed.
These field trials took place after ARS
consulted with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) to ensure
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2019-0074]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement
Restrictions and Indemnity Program
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 current regulations for the
interstate movement of sheep and goats and an indemnity program to
control the spread of scrapie. This notice is separate from any new
rulemaking.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
February 3, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0074.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2019-0074, 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-2019-
0074 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 current
domestic regulations to control the spread of scrapie, contact Dr.
Diane Sutton, Assistant Director Ruminant Health Programs, VS, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3509. For more
detailed information on the information collection, contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions
and Indemnity Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0101.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized,
among other things, to prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of
animals and animal products to prevent the dissemination within the
United States of animal diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct
programs to detect, control, and eradicate pests and diseases of
livestock.
Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative, and eventually fatal
disease affecting the nervous system of sheep and goats. Its control is
complicated because the disease has an extremely long incubation period
without clinical signs of disease and no known treatment.
APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 79 restrict the interstate movement
of certain sheep and goats to control the spread of scrapie, and 9 CFR
part 54 contains regulations for an indemnity program, flock cleanup,
testing, and a Scrapie Free Flock Certification Program (SFCP).
The scrapie disease control program information collection
activities include cooperative agreements; grants; memoranda of
understanding; APHIS forms for inspection and epidemiology data;
applications to participate in the SFCP; flock plans; post-exposure
management and monitoring plans; record suspect/dead animals; scrapie
test records; applications for indemnity payments; certificates,
permits, and owner statements for the interstate movement of certain
sheep and goats; applications for premises identification numbers;
applications for official APHIS identification; designated scrapie
epidemiologist training; and other program-related activities.
In addition, APHIS is adding new information collection activities
to the current domestic scrapie program that include State burden from
interstate certificates of veterinary inspection, private laboratory
approval requests, contributions of breed registry associations,
epidemiology and identification compliance reporting, declination to
respond, epidemiology training, and disposal cost information. As a
consequence, we have adjusted the estimates of burden accordingly. In
addition, the adjusted estimates also reflect increases in
identification tag orders and the number of specimen submissions per
laboratory to better represent our current activities.
The information collection activities above are currently approved
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control numbers
0579-0101 (Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions
and Indemnity Program), and 0579-0469 (Scrapie in Sheep and Goats;
Flock Certification, Interstate Movement and Indemnity Revisions).
After OMB approves this combined information collection package (0579-
0101), APHIS will retire OMB control number 0579-0469.
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 is estimated to average 0.66 hours per response.
Respondents: Flock owners; market owners, operators, or managers;
dealers; slaughter plant owners, operators, or managers; feedlot
owners, operators, or managers; tag manufacturers; managers of producer
organizations; accredited veterinarians; and State animal health
authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 100,050.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.55.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,355,937.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 898,574 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 26th day of November 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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