Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Swine Health Protection, 12495-12496 [2020-04283]
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industry organizations; and
recordkeeping requirements. The forms
and information covered under this
information collection require minimum
information necessary to effectively
carry out the requirements of the
programs and their use is necessary to
fulfill the intent of the applicable
authority.
As part of this renewal collection for
the National Research, Promotion, and
Consumer Information Programs (0581–
0093), AMS is deleting all references to
the processed raspberry program as
termination of the program was favored
by a majority of eligible producers and
importers voting in a referendum from
September 10 through October 5, 2018.
The termination order was published in
the Federal Register on September 24,
2019 (Vol. 84, No. 185).
Two previously approved OMB
packages are merged into this
submission for renewal and approval:
For National Sheep Improvement
Center
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection information is
estimated to average 0.50 hours per
response.
Respondents: Sheep and goat
producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
20.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1 per year per form.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 6 hours.
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For Soybean Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information; Beef Promotion
and Research; Amendments To Allow
Redirection of State Assessments to the
National Program
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection information is
estimated to average 0.0830 hours per
response.
Respondents: Soybean and beef
producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
30.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1 per year per form.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2.49 hours.
AMS is committed to comply with the
E-Government Act, which requires
Government agencies in general to
provide the public the option of
submitting information or transacting
business electronically to the maximum
extent possible.
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For National Research, Promotion, and
Consumer Information Program—0581–
0093
ACTION:
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.27 hours per
response.
Respondents: Producers, processors,
handlers, manufacturers, importers, and
others in the marketing chain of a
variety of agricultural commodities, and
recordkeepers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
118,232.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
439,447.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.72.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 149,909 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of 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.
All responses to this document will
be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
SUMMARY:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.
Dated: February 26, 2020.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0004]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Swine Health
Protection
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
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 swine health
protection program.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before May 4,
2020.
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0004.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0004, 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-2020-0004 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 swine health
protection program, contact Dr. Ross
Free, Swine Commodity Health
Specialist, Strategy and Policy,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC
27606; (919) 855–7712. For more
detailed information on the information
collection process, contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Swine Health Protection.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0065.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection 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
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diseases and pests of livestock and to
conduct programs to detect, control, and
eradicate pests and diseases of livestock.
The Swine Health Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 3801 et seq., referred to below as
the Act) prohibits the feeding of garbage
to swine intended for interstate
movement or foreign commerce or that
substantially affect such commerce
unless the garbage has been treated to
kill disease organisms. Untreated
garbage is one of the primary media
through which numerous infectious and
communicable diseases can be
transmitted to swine. APHIS’
regulations promulgated under the Act,
which are located at 9 CFR part 166,
require that garbage intended to be fed
to swine must be treated at a facility that
holds a valid permit to treat the garbage
and must be treated in accordance with
the regulations.
As part of its swine health protection
program, APHIS conducts a
pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program
in cooperation with State governments,
swine producers, swine shippers, herd
owners, and accredited veterinarians.
The program identifies PRV-affected
swine, provides herd management
techniques, and has eliminated PRV in
commercial production herds. However,
APHIS periodically finds infected swine
when swine are exposed to feral swine
or other swine that have had exposure
to feral swine.
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 71 and
85 facilitate the PRV eradication
program and general swine health by
providing requirements for moving
swine interstate within a swine
production system. (A production
system consists of separate farms that
each specialize in a different phase of
swine production such as sow herds,
nursery herds, and finishing herds.
These separate farms, all members of the
same production system, may be located
in more than one State.)
The regulations for the feeding of
garbage to swine and for the PRV
eradication program require the use of a
number of information collection
activities, including the creation of food
waste reports; the completion of
applications to operate garbage
treatment facilities; an
acknowledgement of the Swine Health
Protection Act and implementing
regulations; garbage treatment facility
inspection; cancellation of license by
State animal health officials; request for
a hearing; cancellation of license by
licensee; notification by licensee of sick
or dead animals; notification by licensee
of changes to name, address, or
management; cooperative agreements
for those States that issue garbage
feeding licenses under VS supervision
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but do not have primary enforcement
responsibility (four States); swine health
protection program inspection
summary; permit to move restricted
animals; owner-shipper statement;
certificate of veterinary inspection;
accredited veterinarian’s statement;
embryo and semen shipments;
identification for swine moving
interstate; swine production system
health plan; interstate movement report
and notification; cancellation or
withdrawal of a swine production
system health plan; appeal of
cancellation of a swine production
system health plan; shipment to
slaughter seal; appraisal and indemnity
claim form; report of net salvage
proceeds; herd management plans; and
recordkeeping.
The information collection
requirements above are currently
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under OMB control
numbers 0579–0323 (Trichinae
Certification Program) and 0579–0065
(Swine Health Protection). After OMB
approves this combined information
collection package (0579–0065), APHIS
will retire OMB control number 0579–
0323.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as described, for an additional
3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.78 hours per
response.
Respondents: Owners/operators
(licensees) of garbage treatment
facilities, herd owners, food
establishments, accredited
veterinarians, and State animal health
authorities.
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Estimated annual number of
respondents: 15,150.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 63.57.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 962,899.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,715,536 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 25th day of
February 2020.
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-2020-0004]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Swine Health Protection
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 swine health protection
program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
4, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0004.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0004, 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-2020-
0004 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 swine health
protection program, contact Dr. Ross Free, Swine Commodity Health
Specialist, Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; (919) 855-7712. For more
detailed information on the information collection process, contact Mr.
Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-
2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Swine Health Protection.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0065.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 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
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diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct programs to detect,
control, and eradicate pests and diseases of livestock.
The Swine Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3801 et seq., referred to
below as the Act) prohibits the feeding of garbage to swine intended
for interstate movement or foreign commerce or that substantially
affect such commerce unless the garbage has been treated to kill
disease organisms. Untreated garbage is one of the primary media
through which numerous infectious and communicable diseases can be
transmitted to swine. APHIS' regulations promulgated under the Act,
which are located at 9 CFR part 166, require that garbage intended to
be fed to swine must be treated at a facility that holds a valid permit
to treat the garbage and must be treated in accordance with the
regulations.
As part of its swine health protection program, APHIS conducts a
pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program in cooperation with State
governments, swine producers, swine shippers, herd owners, and
accredited veterinarians. The program identifies PRV-affected swine,
provides herd management techniques, and has eliminated PRV in
commercial production herds. However, APHIS periodically finds infected
swine when swine are exposed to feral swine or other swine that have
had exposure to feral swine.
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 71 and 85 facilitate the PRV
eradication program and general swine health by providing requirements
for moving swine interstate within a swine production system. (A
production system consists of separate farms that each specialize in a
different phase of swine production such as sow herds, nursery herds,
and finishing herds. These separate farms, all members of the same
production system, may be located in more than one State.)
The regulations for the feeding of garbage to swine and for the PRV
eradication program require the use of a number of information
collection activities, including the creation of food waste reports;
the completion of applications to operate garbage treatment facilities;
an acknowledgement of the Swine Health Protection Act and implementing
regulations; garbage treatment facility inspection; cancellation of
license by State animal health officials; request for a hearing;
cancellation of license by licensee; notification by licensee of sick
or dead animals; notification by licensee of changes to name, address,
or management; cooperative agreements for those States that issue
garbage feeding licenses under VS supervision but do not have primary
enforcement responsibility (four States); swine health protection
program inspection summary; permit to move restricted animals; owner-
shipper statement; certificate of veterinary inspection; accredited
veterinarian's statement; embryo and semen shipments; identification
for swine moving interstate; swine production system health plan;
interstate movement report and notification; cancellation or withdrawal
of a swine production system health plan; appeal of cancellation of a
swine production system health plan; shipment to slaughter seal;
appraisal and indemnity claim form; report of net salvage proceeds;
herd management plans; and recordkeeping.
The information collection requirements above are currently
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control
numbers 0579-0323 (Trichinae Certification Program) and 0579-0065
(Swine Health Protection). After OMB approves this combined information
collection package (0579-0065), APHIS will retire OMB control number
0579-0323.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.78 hours per response.
Respondents: Owners/operators (licensees) of garbage treatment
facilities, herd owners, food establishments, accredited veterinarians,
and State animal health authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 15,150.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 63.57.
Estimated annual number of responses: 962,899.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,715,536 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 25th day of February 2020.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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