Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; APHIS Credit and User Fee Accounts, 33079-33080 [2020-11738]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0034]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; APHIS Credit
and User Fee Accounts
Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS’)
intention to request a revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection associated with establishing
credit accounts and the collection of
user fees for certain reimbursable APHIS
services.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 31,
2020.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0034.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0034, 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-2020-0034 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,
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please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
For
information on APHIS user fees forms
covered by this notice, contact Ms. Kris
Caraher, Review and Analysis Branch
Chief, Financial Management Division,
MRPBS, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River
Road, Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737–
3148; (301) 851–2834. For information
on the information collection process,
contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: APHIS Credit and User Fee
Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0055.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Section 2509 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
Act of 1990, as amended, authorizes the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) to establish credit
accounts and collect user fees for
providing import- and export-related
services for animals, animal products,
birds, germplasm, organisms, and
vectors. In addition, this section
authorizes APHIS to collect user fees for
agricultural quarantine and inspection
services, inspection and certification of
plants and plant products offered for
export or transiting the United States,
and for providing veterinary diagnostic
services and services related to the
importation and exportation of animals
and animal products.
APHIS also provides the services of a
Federal inspector to clear imported and
exported agricultural commodities for
animal and plant health purposes.
These services are paid for by user fees
during regular working hours. If an
importer wishes to have shipments
cleared at other hours, such services
will usually be provided on a
reimbursable overtime basis, unless
already covered by a user fee. Exporters
wishing cargo to be certified during
nonworking hours may also utilize this
procedure.
The services that APHIS provides
involves certain information collection
activities. For example, many importers
and exporters who require inspection
services are repeat customers who
request that APHIS bill them. The
Agency needs to collect certain
information to conduct a credit check
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on prospective applicants to ensure
creditworthiness prior to extending
credit services and to prepare billings.
Also, the Debt Collection Improvement
Act of 1996, as amended (31 U.S.C.
3332), requires that agencies collect tax
identification numbers from all persons
doing business with the Government for
purposes of collecting delinquent debts.
Without a tax identification number,
service cannot be provided on a credit
basis.
Also, requests for APHIS services are
in writing, by telephone, or in person.
The information contained in each
request identifies the specific service
requested and the time in which the
requester wishes the service to be
performed. This information is
necessary in order for animal import
centers and port offices to schedule the
work and to calculate the fees due.
Lastly, APHIS is responsible for
ensuring that fees collected are correct
and that they are remitted in full and in
a timely manner. To ensure this, the
party (ticketing agents for transportation
companies) responsible for collecting
and remitting fees must allow APHIS
personnel to verify the accuracy of the
fees collected and remitted, and
otherwise determine compliance with
the statute and regulations. We also
require that whoever is responsible for
making fee payments advise us of the
name, address, and telephone number of
a responsible officer who is authorized
to verify fee calculations, collections,
and remittances.
This information collection was
previously titled ‘‘Credit Account
Approval for Reimbursable Services.’’ It
now incorporates burden from Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number 0579–0094, User Fee
Regulations, and is retitled ‘‘APHIS
Credit and User Fee Accounts.’’
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
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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 0.063 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals and private
and commercial importers or exporters
of agricultural plants and animals or
their products.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 6,980.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 200.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,395,559.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 88,025 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 27th day of
May 2020.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2020–11738 Filed 5–29–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–2029]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; APHIS Pest
Reporting and Asian Longhorn Beetle
Program
Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS’)
intention to request a revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection that allows the public to
report sightings of plant pests and
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diseases and APHIS to conduct Asian
Longhorn Beetle Program activities.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 31,
2020.
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-2029.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–2029, 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-2020-2029 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 pest reporting and Asian
Longhorn Beetle Program activities,
contact Mr. Paul Chaloux, National
Policy Manager, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 137, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 851–2064. For
information on the information
collection process, contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: APHIS Pest Reporting and Asian
Longhorn Beetle Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0311.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), either independently
or in cooperation with States, may carry
out operations or measures to detect,
eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or
retard the spread of plant pests and
diseases that are new to or not widely
distributed within the United States.
This authority allows APHIS to
establish control programs for a number
of pests and diseases of concern,
including Asian longhorned beetle
(ALB), emerald ash borer beetle, and
citrus greening, to name a few.
APHIS relies on various entities, such
as individuals, households, businesses,
and State departments of agriculture to
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report sightings of pests of concern or
suspicious signs of pest or disease
damage they may see in their local areas
and provide information needed to
conduct Asian Longhorned Beetle
Program activities. This reporting and
the detection and verification methods
involved include information collection
activities, such as the online pest
reporting form, inspection and ALB
unified survey form, cooperative
agreement for inspection, State
compliance training workshop records,
contract for inspection, homeowner
permission or refusal to inspect, tree
removal agreement, litigation and
warrants and associated letters, removal
and monitoring, removal and disposal,
disposal/Marshalling Yard, tree warrant,
treatment agreement, contract for
treatment, and certificate/permit
cancellation.
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 0.637 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals and
households, businesses, and State
departments of agriculture.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 7,055.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 98.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 688,755.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 438,715 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0034]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; APHIS Credit and User Fee Accounts
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information
collection; comment request.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
(APHIS') intention to request a revision to and extension of approval
of an information collection associated with establishing credit
accounts and the collection of user fees for certain reimbursable APHIS
services.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
31, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0034.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0034, 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-
0034 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 APHIS user fees
forms covered by this notice, contact Ms. Kris Caraher, Review and
Analysis Branch Chief, Financial Management Division, MRPBS, APHIS,
USDA, 4700 River Road, Unit 54, Riverdale, MD 20737-3148; (301) 851-
2834. For information on the information collection process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: APHIS Credit and User Fee Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0055.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Section 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990, as amended, authorizes the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) to establish credit accounts and collect
user fees for providing import- and export-related services for
animals, animal products, birds, germplasm, organisms, and vectors. In
addition, this section authorizes APHIS to collect user fees for
agricultural quarantine and inspection services, inspection and
certification of plants and plant products offered for export or
transiting the United States, and for providing veterinary diagnostic
services and services related to the importation and exportation of
animals and animal products.
APHIS also provides the services of a Federal inspector to clear
imported and exported agricultural commodities for animal and plant
health purposes. These services are paid for by user fees during
regular working hours. If an importer wishes to have shipments cleared
at other hours, such services will usually be provided on a
reimbursable overtime basis, unless already covered by a user fee.
Exporters wishing cargo to be certified during nonworking hours may
also utilize this procedure.
The services that APHIS provides involves certain information
collection activities. For example, many importers and exporters who
require inspection services are repeat customers who request that APHIS
bill them. The Agency needs to collect certain information to conduct a
credit check on prospective applicants to ensure creditworthiness prior
to extending credit services and to prepare billings. Also, the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3332),
requires that agencies collect tax identification numbers from all
persons doing business with the Government for purposes of collecting
delinquent debts. Without a tax identification number, service cannot
be provided on a credit basis.
Also, requests for APHIS services are in writing, by telephone, or
in person. The information contained in each request identifies the
specific service requested and the time in which the requester wishes
the service to be performed. This information is necessary in order for
animal import centers and port offices to schedule the work and to
calculate the fees due.
Lastly, APHIS is responsible for ensuring that fees collected are
correct and that they are remitted in full and in a timely manner. To
ensure this, the party (ticketing agents for transportation companies)
responsible for collecting and remitting fees must allow APHIS
personnel to verify the accuracy of the fees collected and remitted,
and otherwise determine compliance with the statute and regulations. We
also require that whoever is responsible for making fee payments advise
us of the name, address, and telephone number of a responsible officer
who is authorized to verify fee calculations, collections, and
remittances.
This information collection was previously titled ``Credit Account
Approval for Reimbursable Services.'' It now incorporates burden from
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 0579-0094, User
Fee Regulations, and is retitled ``APHIS Credit and User Fee
Accounts.''
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
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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 0.063 hours per response.
Respondents: Individuals and private and commercial importers or
exporters of agricultural plants and animals or their products.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 6,980.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 200.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1,395,559.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 88,025 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 27th day of May 2020.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-11738 Filed 5-29-20; 8:45 am]
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