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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
October 2, 2020.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding; 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by November 6,
2020 will be considered. Written
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection should
be submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Environmental Monitoring
Form.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0117.
Summary of Collection: The mission
of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is to provide
leadership in ensuring the health and
care of animals and plants, to improve
the agricultural productivity and
competitiveness, and to contribute to
the national economy and the public
health. The National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq., and the regulations of the Council
on Environmental Quality that
implements the procedural aspects of
NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508). APHIS’
regulations require APHIS to implement
environmental monitoring for certain
activities conducted for pest and
disease, control and eradication
programs. APHIS Form 2060,
Environmental Monitoring Form, will
be used to collect information
concerning the effects of pesticide used
in sensitive habitats.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information on the
number of collected samples,
description of the samples, the
environmental conditions at the
collection site including wind speed
and direction, temperature, and
topography. The supporting information
contained on the APHIS form 2060 is
vital for interpreting the laboratory tests
APHIS conducts on its collected
samples. If a sample was not
accompanied by this form, APHIS
would have no way of knowing from
which site the sample was taken.
Failure to collect this information
would prevent APHIS from actively
monitoring the effects of pesticides in
areas where the inappropriate use of
these chemicals could eventually
produce disastrous results for
vulnerable habitats and species. If
information is not collected frequently
enough, APHIS’ ability to effectively
monitor chemical residues in the
environment is compromised.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government; Business or
other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 110.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 1,100.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza, All Subtypes, and Newcastle
Disease; Additional Restrictions.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0245.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA), 7 U.S.C.
8301, is the primary Federal law
governing the protection of animal
health. The law gives the Secretary of
Agriculture broad authority to detect,
control, or eradicate pests or diseases of
livestock or poultry. The agency charged
with carrying out this disease
prevention mission is the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), through its Veterinary Services
(VS) Program. Highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI) and Newcastle Disease
are extremely infectious and often fatal
disease affecting all types of birds and
poultry.
Need and Use of the Information: To
protect the United States against an
incursion of HPAI and Newcastle
Disease, APHIS requires the use of
several information collection activities,
including an USDA–APHIS–VS
Application For Permit To Import or
Transport Controlled Materials or
Organisms or Vectors (VS Form 16–3);
a United States Veterinary Permit for
Importation and Transportation of
Controlled Materials and Organisms and
Vectors (VS Form 16–6A); an Approved
Warehouse Request And Agreement To
Handle Restricted Animal Byproducts
(Hunting Trophies & Museum
Specimens) (VS Form 16–28); Approved
Establishment Request And Agreement
To Handle Restricted Animal
Byproducts (Hunting Trophies &
Museum Specimens) (VS Form 16–29);
USDA–APHIS–VS Report of Entry,
Shipment of Restricted Imported
Animal Products and Animal ByProducts, and Other Material (VS Form
16–78); USDA–APHIS–VS Application
for Import or in Transit Permit
(Animals, Animal Semen, Animal
Embryos, Birds, Poultry, and Hatching
Eggs) (VS Form 17–129); USDA–APHIS
Agreement of Pet Bird Owner (VS Form
17–8); application of seals and
agreements; notarized declaration or
affirmation; notification of signs of
disease in a recently imported bird;
cooperative service agreements, and
recordkeeping by processing
establishments. APHIS will collect
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information to ensure that U.S. birds
and poultry undergo appropriate
examinations before entering the United
States. Without the information, it
would be impossible for APHIS to
establish an effective line of defense
against an introduction of HPAI and
Newcastle Disease.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 973.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting
and Recordkeeping: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,932.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Citrus Canker; Interstate
Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock
and Fruit from Quarantined Areas.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0317.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701, et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either
independently or in cooperation with
the States, is authorized to carry out
operations or measures to detect,
eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or
retard the spread of plant pests new to
or widely distributed throughout the
United States. The interstate movement
of nursery stock from an area
quarantined for citrus canker poses an
extremely high risk of spreading citrus
canker outside the quarantined area.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) has regulations in place
to prevent the interstate spread of citrus
canker. These regulations, contained in
7 CFR 301.75, restrict the interstate
movement of regulated articles from and
through quarantined areas and prohibit
the interstate movement of regulated
nursery stock from a quarantined area.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS uses compliance agreements,
limited permits, certificates, and appeal
processes to control the movements.
Failure to collect required information
for the documents could result in severe
economic loss to the citrus industry due
to the spread of the citrus canker
disease.
Description of Respondents:
Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 402.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,840.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ketchikan Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Ketchikan Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a
virtual meeting. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. RAC information can be found
at the following website: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/pts.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, November 5, 2020, at 6:00
p.m., Alaska Standard Time.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
virtually only. A conference line is set
up for those who would like to listen in
by telephone. For the conference call
number, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at Ketchikan Misty
Fjords Ranger District. Please call ahead
to facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Penny L. Richardson, RAC Coordinator,
by phone at 907–228–4105 (office) or
907–419–5300 (cell), or via email at
penny.richardson@usda.gov.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Update members on past RAC
projects, and
2. Propose new RAC projects.
ADDRESSES:
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The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda will include time for people
to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. Individuals wishing to make an
oral statement should request in writing
by October 29, 2020, to be scheduled on
the agenda. Anyone who would like to
bring related matters to the attention of
the committee may file written
statements with the committee staff
before or after the meeting. Written
comments and requests for time to make
oral comments must be sent by mail to
Penny L. Richardson, RAC Coordinator,
Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District,
3031 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan,
Alaska 99901, by email to
penny.richardson@usda.gov, or via
facsimile to 907–225–8738.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case-by-case basis.
Dated: October 1, 2020.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No.: 200922–0253]
Commerce Alternative Personnel
System
Office of Administration, Office
of Human Resources Management,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
expansion of employee coverage under
the Commerce Alternative Personnel
System (CAPS), formerly the
Department of Commerce Personnel
Management Demonstration Project,
published in the Federal Register on
December 24, 1997. This coverage is
extended to include employees of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
located in the Southeast Regional Office.
DATES: The amended Commerce
Alternative Personnel System is
effective October 7, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of Commerce—Sandra
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
October 2, 2020.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding; 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by November
6, 2020 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Environmental Monitoring Form.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0117.
Summary of Collection: The mission of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is to provide leadership in ensuring the
health and care of animals and plants, to improve the agricultural
productivity and competitiveness, and to contribute to the national
economy and the public health. The National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and the regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality that implements the procedural aspects of NEPA
(40 CFR 1500-1508). APHIS' regulations require APHIS to implement
environmental monitoring for certain activities conducted for pest and
disease, control and eradication programs. APHIS Form 2060,
Environmental Monitoring Form, will be used to collect information
concerning the effects of pesticide used in sensitive habitats.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information on
the number of collected samples, description of the samples, the
environmental conditions at the collection site including wind speed
and direction, temperature, and topography. The supporting information
contained on the APHIS form 2060 is vital for interpreting the
laboratory tests APHIS conducts on its collected samples. If a sample
was not accompanied by this form, APHIS would have no way of knowing
from which site the sample was taken. Failure to collect this
information would prevent APHIS from actively monitoring the effects of
pesticides in areas where the inappropriate use of these chemicals
could eventually produce disastrous results for vulnerable habitats and
species. If information is not collected frequently enough, APHIS'
ability to effectively monitor chemical residues in the environment is
compromised.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government;
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 110.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,100.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, All Subtypes, and
Newcastle Disease; Additional Restrictions.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0245.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA), 7
U.S.C. 8301, is the primary Federal law governing the protection of
animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of
livestock or poultry. The agency charged with carrying out this disease
prevention mission is the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), through its Veterinary Services (VS) Program. Highly
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and Newcastle Disease are extremely
infectious and often fatal disease affecting all types of birds and
poultry.
Need and Use of the Information: To protect the United States
against an incursion of HPAI and Newcastle Disease, APHIS requires the
use of several information collection activities, including an USDA-
APHIS-VS Application For Permit To Import or Transport Controlled
Materials or Organisms or Vectors (VS Form 16-3); a United States
Veterinary Permit for Importation and Transportation of Controlled
Materials and Organisms and Vectors (VS Form 16-6A); an Approved
Warehouse Request And Agreement To Handle Restricted Animal Byproducts
(Hunting Trophies & Museum Specimens) (VS Form 16-28); Approved
Establishment Request And Agreement To Handle Restricted Animal
Byproducts (Hunting Trophies & Museum Specimens) (VS Form 16-29); USDA-
APHIS-VS Report of Entry, Shipment of Restricted Imported Animal
Products and Animal By-Products, and Other Material (VS Form 16-78);
USDA-APHIS-VS Application for Import or in Transit Permit (Animals,
Animal Semen, Animal Embryos, Birds, Poultry, and Hatching Eggs) (VS
Form 17-129); USDA-APHIS Agreement of Pet Bird Owner (VS Form 17-8);
application of seals and agreements; notarized declaration or
affirmation; notification of signs of disease in a recently imported
bird; cooperative service agreements, and recordkeeping by processing
establishments. APHIS will collect
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information to ensure that U.S. birds and poultry undergo appropriate
examinations before entering the United States. Without the
information, it would be impossible for APHIS to establish an effective
line of defense against an introduction of HPAI and Newcastle Disease.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 973.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,932.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Citrus Canker; Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery
Stock and Fruit from Quarantined Areas.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0317.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701, et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or
in cooperation with the States, is authorized to carry out operations
or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard
the spread of plant pests new to or widely distributed throughout the
United States. The interstate movement of nursery stock from an area
quarantined for citrus canker poses an extremely high risk of spreading
citrus canker outside the quarantined area. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has regulations in place to prevent the
interstate spread of citrus canker. These regulations, contained in 7
CFR 301.75, restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles from
and through quarantined areas and prohibit the interstate movement of
regulated nursery stock from a quarantined area.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses compliance agreements,
limited permits, certificates, and appeal processes to control the
movements. Failure to collect required information for the documents
could result in severe economic loss to the citrus industry due to the
spread of the citrus canker disease.
Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 402.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,840.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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