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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 0.15 hour per
response.
Respondents: State animal health
officials, accredited veterinarians, and
livestock marketing, slaughtering, and
rendering establishment owners and
employees.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 784.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 8.5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 6,635.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 993 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 22nd day of
June 2020.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0055]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Bees and Related Articles
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 intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
the regulations for the importation of
bees and related articles into the United
States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 24,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0055.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0055, 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-2020-0055 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.
SUMMARY:
For
information on the regulations for the
importation of bees and related articles,
contact Mr. Wayne Wehling, Senior
Entomologist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–2336; wayne.f.wehling@
usda.gov. For information on the
information collection process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483; joseph.moxey@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Bees and Related Articles.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0207.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (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 to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States.
Under the Honeybee Act (7 U.S.C. 281
through 286), the Secretary is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation of honeybees and honeybee
semen to prevent the introduction into
the United States of diseases and
parasites harmful to honeybees and of
undesirable species such as the African
honeybee. This authority has been
delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The establishment of certain bee
diseases, parasites, or undesirable
species and subspecies of honeybees in
the United States could cause
substantial reductions in pollination by
bees. These reductions could cause
serious damage to crops and other
plants and result in substantial financial
losses to American agriculture.
Regulations for the importation of
honeybees and honeybee semen and
regulations to prevent the introduction
of exotic bee diseases and parasites
through the importation of bees other
than honeybees, certain beekeeping
products, and used beekeeping
equipment are contained in 7 CFR part
322, ‘‘Bees, Beekeeping Byproducts, and
Beekeeping Equipment.’’ These
regulations require the use of certain
information collection activities,
including application for a permit, State
consultation, written agreement to
permit conditions, appealing denial of a
permit application or revocation of
permit, packaging and labeling, notice
of arrival for shipments from approved
regions, transit shipment, port of entry
inspection, notification of escaped
organisms, emergency action
notification, request for release, request
for risk assessment, request for facility
approval, and recordkeeping for
containment facilities.
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
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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 0.25 hours per
response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters,
and shippers of bees and related
articles; foreign and State governments;
and containment facilities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 18.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 12.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 210.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 50 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 19th day of
June 2020.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0048.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0048, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The Simplot extension request, our
plant pest risk similarity assessment and
preliminary determination of
nonregulated status, and any comments
we receive on this docket may be
viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0048 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: Ms.
Cindy Eck, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit
147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301)
851–3892, email: cynthia.a.eck@
usda.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Under the
authority of the plant pest provisions of
the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), the regulations in 7 CFR
part 340, ‘‘Introduction of Organisms
and Products Altered or Produced
Through Genetic Engineering Which
Are Plant Pests or Which There Is
Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,’’
regulate, among other things, the
introduction (importation, interstate
movement, or release into the
environment) of organisms and products
altered or produced through genetic
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
J.R. Simplot Company; Availability of a
Request and Plant Pest Risk Similarity
Assessment for an Extension of a
Determination of Nonregulated Status
for Z6 Potatoes With Late Blight
Protection, Low Acrylamide Potential,
Lowered Reducing Sugars, and
Reduced Black Spot
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has received a
request to extend our determination of
nonregulated status of J.R. Simplot
Company’s (Simplot’s) W8 potato to
event Z6 (hereafter Z6 potato). Z6 potato
has been genetically engineered for late
blight protection, low acrylamide
potential, lowered reducing sugars, and
reduced black spot using the same
construct and method of transformation
as W8 potato. We are making available
for public comment the request and our
plant pest risk similarity assessment and
preliminary determination of
nonregulated status.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 27,
2020.
SUMMARY:
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engineering that are plant pests or that
there is reason to believe are plant pests.
Such genetically engineered organisms
(GE) and products are considered
‘‘regulated articles.’’
The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide
that any person may submit a petition
to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a
determination that an article should not
be regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
Further, the regulations in § 340.6(e)(2)
provide that a person may request that
APHIS extend a determination of
nonregulated status to other organisms.
Such a request must include
information to establish the similarity of
the antecedent organism and the
regulated article in question.
On September 2, 2015,1 APHIS
announced its determination of
nonregulated status of J.R. Simplot
Company’s (Simplot’s) W8 potato
(Solanum tuberosum), which was
genetically engineered for late blight
protection, low acrylamide potential,
lowered reducing sugars, and reduced
black spot. APHIS has received a
request for an extension of that
determination of nonregulated status of
W8 potato to potato designated as event
Z6 (APHIS Petition Number 19_099–
02p), also from Simplot. Z6 potato also
expresses late blight protection, low
acrylamide potential, lowered reducing
sugars, and reduced black spot. In its
request, Simplot stated that this potato
is similar to the antecedent organism
W8 potato and, based on the similarity
to the antecedent organism, is unlikely
to pose a plant pest risk and, therefore,
should not be a regulated article under
APHIS’ regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
As described in the extension request,
Z6 potato was developed using the same
constructs and method of
transformation as W8 potato. Based on
the information in the request, we have
concluded that Z6 potato is similar to
W8 potato. Z6 potato is currently
regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
As part of our decisionmaking process
regarding a GE organism’s regulatory
status, APHIS evaluates the plant pest
risk of the article. In section 403 of the
PPA, ‘‘plant pest’’ is defined as any
living stage of any of the following that
can directly or indirectly injure, cause
damage to, or cause disease in any plant
product: A protozoan, a nonhuman
animal, a parasitic plant, a bacterium, a
fungus, a virus or viroid, an infectious
agent or other pathogen, or any article
similar to or allied with any of the
foregoing.
1 https://www.regulations.gov/document?
D=APHIS-2014-0076-0160.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0055]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Bees and Related Articles
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an information
collection associated with the regulations for the importation of bees
and related articles into the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 24, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0055.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0055, 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-
0055 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 importation of bees and related articles, contact Mr. Wayne
Wehling, Senior Entomologist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2336; [email protected]. For
information on the information collection process, contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Bees and Related Articles.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0207.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (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 to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States.
Under the Honeybee Act (7 U.S.C. 281 through 286), the Secretary is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the importation of honeybees and
honeybee semen to prevent the introduction into the United States of
diseases and parasites harmful to honeybees and of undesirable species
such as the African honeybee. This authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
The establishment of certain bee diseases, parasites, or
undesirable species and subspecies of honeybees in the United States
could cause substantial reductions in pollination by bees. These
reductions could cause serious damage to crops and other plants and
result in substantial financial losses to American agriculture.
Regulations for the importation of honeybees and honeybee semen and
regulations to prevent the introduction of exotic bee diseases and
parasites through the importation of bees other than honeybees, certain
beekeeping products, and used beekeeping equipment are contained in 7
CFR part 322, ``Bees, Beekeeping Byproducts, and Beekeeping
Equipment.'' These regulations require the use of certain information
collection activities, including application for a permit, State
consultation, written agreement to permit conditions, appealing denial
of a permit application or revocation of permit, packaging and
labeling, notice of arrival for shipments from approved regions,
transit shipment, port of entry inspection, notification of escaped
organisms, emergency action notification, request for release, request
for risk assessment, request for facility approval, and recordkeeping
for containment facilities.
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
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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 0.25 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers, exporters, and shippers of bees and related
articles; foreign and State governments; and containment facilities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 18.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 12.
Estimated annual number of responses: 210.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 50 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 19th day of June 2020.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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