Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products From Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United States, 76005-76006 [2020-26208]
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appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by December 28,
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 and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: National Veterinary Service
Laboratories; Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy Surveillance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0409.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8301–8317) 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
Secretary may also prohibit or restrict
import or export of any animal or
related material if necessary, to prevent
the spread of any livestock or poultry
pest or disease. APHIS’ National
Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL)
safeguard U.S. animal health and
contribute to public health by ensuring
that timely and accurate laboratory
support is provided by their nationwide
animal health diagnostic system. USDA
complies with the standard set by the
World Organization for Animal Health
for bovine spongiform encephalopathy
surveillance.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
forms VS 17–146 and VS 17–146a, BSE
Surveillance Submission Form/
Continuation Sheet and VS 17–131, BSE
Surveillance Data Collection Form.
APHIS will use the information
collected to safeguard the U.S. animal
health population against BSE. Without
the information APHIS would be unable
to monitor and prevent the incursion of
BSE into the United States.
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Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,099.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,565.
76005
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
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 importation of
poultry meat and other poultry products
from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, and
poultry and pork transiting the United
States, contact Dr. Nathaniel J. Koval,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3434.
For more information on the
information collection process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483.
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0108]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Poultry Meat and Other Poultry
Products From Sinaloa and Sonora,
Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting
the United States
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
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 regulations for the
importation of poultry meat and other
poultry products from Sinaloa and
Sonora and for pork and poultry
products transiting the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 26,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0108.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0108, 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-2020-0108 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1620 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading
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Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and
Other Poultry Products From Sinaloa
and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork
Transiting the United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0144.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) 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 Secretary may also prohibit or
restrict the import or export of any
animal or related material if necessary
to prevent the spread of any livestock or
poultry pest or disease.
Disease prevention is the most
effective method for maintaining a
healthy animal population and for
enhancing the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Services’ (APHIS’) ability to
allow U.S. animal producers to compete
in the world market of animal and
animal product trade. APHIS is the
agency charged with carrying out
disease prevention by regulating the
importation of animals and animal
products into the United States. The
regulations under which APHIS
conducts these disease prevention
activities are contained in 9 CFR parts
91 through 99. These regulations govern
the importation of animals and animal
products.
The regulations in § 94.6 provide the
requirements for, among other things,
the importation of poultry carcasses,
parts, products, and eggs (other than
hatching eggs) from regions where
Newcastle disease (ND) is considered to
exist. However, § 94.15 allows poultry
carcasses, parts, products, and eggs
(other than hatching eggs) that are not
eligible for entry into the United States
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to transit the United States via land
ports, for immediate export, from
certain Mexican States.1 APHIS believes
that allowing such in-transit movements
presents a negligible risk of introducing
ND into the United States while
simultaneously avoiding unnecessary
restrictions on trade.
APHIS also currently has regulations
in place that restrict the importation of
poultry meat and other poultry products
from Mexico due to the presence of ND
in that country. However, under the
regulations in § 94.30, APHIS allows the
importation of poultry meat and poultry
products from the Mexican States of
Sinaloa and Sonora, if imported
according to APHIS’ requirements,
because APHIS has determined that
poultry meat and products from these
two Mexican States pose a negligible
risk of introducing ND into the United
States.
To ensure the above commodities are
safe for importation, APHIS requires
that certain information collection
activities take place such as foreign
meat inspection certificates, serially
numbered seals, applications for import
permits, emergency action notification,
and pre-arrival notifications.
This collection includes activities
associated with the regulations
currently in § 94.15 for the transit of
pork and pork products from certain
Mexican States through the United
States, under seal, to export to another
country. These regulations were
adopted because APHIS considered
Mexico, except for certain States, to be
affected with classical swine fever
(CSF). However, in January 16, 2018,
APHIS published a notice (83 FR 2131–
2132, APHIS–2016–0038) announcing
the addition of Mexico to the list of
regions that are considered to be free of
CSF, thus eliminating the basis for this
regulatory requirement.
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 The Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo,
and Yucatan can import certain poultry and poultry
products into the United States under the
restrictions set forth in § 94.33 because they: (1)
Supplement their meat supply by importing fresh
(chilled or frozen) poultry meat from regions where
ND is considered to exist; (2) share a common land
border with regions where ND is considered to
exist; or (3) import live poultry from regions where
ND is considered to exist under conditions less
restrictive than would be acceptable for importation
into the United States.
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(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 0.99 hours per
response.
Respondents: Federal animal health
authorities in Mexico and U.S.
importers and exporters of poultry meat,
other poultry products, pork, and pork
products from Mexico.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 79.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 41.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 3,214.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 3,212 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 23rd day of
November 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–2020–0088]
International Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Standard-Setting
Activities
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with legislation
implementing the results of the Uruguay
Round of negotiations under the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, we are
informing the public of the international
standard-setting activities of the World
Organization for Animal Health, the
Secretariat of the International Plant
Protection Convention, and the North
American Plant Protection Organization,
and we are soliciting public comment
on the standard-setting activities.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0088.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0088, 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-2020-0088 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1620 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
general information on the topics
covered in this notice, contact Ms.
Jessica Mahalingappa, Associate Deputy
Administrator for International Services,
APHIS, Room 1132, USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250;
(202) 799–7121.
For specific information regarding
standard-setting activities of the World
Organization for Animal Health, contact
Dr. Paul Gary Egrie, Office of
International Affairs, Veterinary
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
33, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–
3304.
For specific information regarding the
standard-setting activities of the
International Plant Protection
Convention, contact Dr. Marina Zlotina,
PPQ’s IPPC Technical Director,
International Phytosanitary Standards,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 130,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2200.
For specific information on the North
American Plant Protection Organization,
contact Ms. Patricia Abad, PPQ’s
NAPPO Technical Director,
International Phytosanitary Standards,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 130,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2264.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0108]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry
Products From Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting
the United States
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 regulations for the
importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and
Sonora and for pork and poultry products transiting the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
January 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0108.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0108, 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-
0108 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1620 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 importation of
poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora,
Mexico, and poultry and pork transiting the United States, contact Dr.
Nathaniel J. Koval, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851-3434. For more information on the information
collection process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products From
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United
States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0144.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.)
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
Secretary may also prohibit or restrict the import or export of any
animal or related material if necessary to prevent the spread of any
livestock or poultry pest or disease.
Disease prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a
healthy animal population and for enhancing the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services' (APHIS')
ability to allow U.S. animal producers to compete in the world market
of animal and animal product trade. APHIS is the agency charged with
carrying out disease prevention by regulating the importation of
animals and animal products into the United States. The regulations
under which APHIS conducts these disease prevention activities are
contained in 9 CFR parts 91 through 99. These regulations govern the
importation of animals and animal products.
The regulations in Sec. 94.6 provide the requirements for, among
other things, the importation of poultry carcasses, parts, products,
and eggs (other than hatching eggs) from regions where Newcastle
disease (ND) is considered to exist. However, Sec. 94.15 allows
poultry carcasses, parts, products, and eggs (other than hatching eggs)
that are not eligible for entry into the United States
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to transit the United States via land ports, for immediate export, from
certain Mexican States.\1\ APHIS believes that allowing such in-transit
movements presents a negligible risk of introducing ND into the United
States while simultaneously avoiding unnecessary restrictions on trade.
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\1\ The Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatan
can import certain poultry and poultry products into the United
States under the restrictions set forth in Sec. 94.33 because they:
(1) Supplement their meat supply by importing fresh (chilled or
frozen) poultry meat from regions where ND is considered to exist;
(2) share a common land border with regions where ND is considered
to exist; or (3) import live poultry from regions where ND is
considered to exist under conditions less restrictive than would be
acceptable for importation into the United States.
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APHIS also currently has regulations in place that restrict the
importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico due
to the presence of ND in that country. However, under the regulations
in Sec. 94.30, APHIS allows the importation of poultry meat and
poultry products from the Mexican States of Sinaloa and Sonora, if
imported according to APHIS' requirements, because APHIS has determined
that poultry meat and products from these two Mexican States pose a
negligible risk of introducing ND into the United States.
To ensure the above commodities are safe for importation, APHIS
requires that certain information collection activities take place such
as foreign meat inspection certificates, serially numbered seals,
applications for import permits, emergency action notification, and
pre-arrival notifications.
This collection includes activities associated with the regulations
currently in Sec. 94.15 for the transit of pork and pork products from
certain Mexican States through the United States, under seal, to export
to another country. These regulations were adopted because APHIS
considered Mexico, except for certain States, to be affected with
classical swine fever (CSF). However, in January 16, 2018, APHIS
published a notice (83 FR 2131-2132, APHIS-2016-0038) announcing the
addition of Mexico to the list of regions that are considered to be
free of CSF, thus eliminating the basis for this regulatory
requirement.
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 0.99 hours per response.
Respondents: Federal animal health authorities in Mexico and U.S.
importers and exporters of poultry meat, other poultry products, pork,
and pork products from Mexico.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 79.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 41.
Estimated annual number of responses: 3,214.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 3,212 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 23rd day of November 2020.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-26208 Filed 11-25-20; 8:45 am]
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