Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Commercial Transportation of Equines for Slaughter, 78113-78114 [2020-26611]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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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
required 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 January 4, 2021
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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Farm Service Agency
Title: Certified Mediation Program (7
CFR part 785).
OMB Control Number: 0560–0165.
Summary of Collection: The Farm
Service (FSA) is administering the
Certified Mediation Program as
mandated by Subtitle A and B of Title
V of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987
(Pub. L. 100–233), as amended, under
the USDA Agricultural Mediation
Program. USDA authorized FSA to
administer the program. FSA makes
grants to state-designated entitles that
provide mediation to agricultural
producers, their lenders and others that
are directly affected by the action of
certain USDA agencies. In mediation, a
trained impartial mediator helps
participants review and discuss their
conflicts, identify options to resolve
disputes and agree on solutions.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA
will collect information to determine
whether the participants meet the
eligibility requirements to be recipients
of grant funds, and secondly, to
determine if the grant is being
administered as provided by the Act.
Lack of adequate information to make
these determinations could result in the
improper administration and
appropriation of Federal grant funds.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 42.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 2,772.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0103]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Commercial Transportation of Equines
for Slaughter
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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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 commercial
transportation of equines to slaughtering
facilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February 1,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0103.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020-0103, 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-2020-0103 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 regulations for the
commercial transportation of equines
for slaughter, contact Dr. Rory Carolan,
Equine Specialist, Surveillance,
Preparedness, and Response Services,
VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 46,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3558.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Transportation of
Equines for Slaughter.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0332.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Sections 901–905 of the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and
SUMMARY:
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Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901)
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to
issue guidelines for regulating the
commercial transportation of equines to
slaughter by persons regularly engaged
in that activity within the United States.
Specifically, the Secretary is authorized
to regulate the food, water, and rest
provided to these equines while the
equines are in transit and to review
related issues appropriate to ensuring
that these animals are treated humanely.
To implement the provisions of this
Act, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) established
minimum standards to ensure the
humane movement of equines to
slaughtering facilities, or to assembly
points while en route to slaughtering
facilities, via commercial transportation.
These standards, contained in 9 CFR
part 88, require that conveyances
protect the health and well-being of the
animals and meet certain other criteria;
that double-deck conveyances are
prohibited; and that access to food,
water, and rest be provided to these
animals 6 hours prior to shipment.
APHIS’ regulations also require the
application of backtags and completion
of owner/shipper certificates of fitness
to travel to a slaughter facility with
identification of the animals and details
of the transportation and signatures
attesting to compliance with the
provision of food, rest, and water and to
the animal’s fitness to travel. The
regulations further prohibit the use of
electric prods and state aggressive
animals must be separated. Any owner/
shipper transporting equines to
slaughtering facilities outside the
United States must present the ownershipper certificates to U.S. Department
of Agriculture representatives at the
border.
Implementing these regulations
entails the use of information collection
activities such as providing business
information; completing owner/shipper
certificates of fitness to travel to a
slaughter facility; applying backtags, as
needed; certificates of veterinary
inspection; and maintaining records of
the owner/shipper certificates and
continuation sheets.
APHIS is asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve these information collection
activities for an additional 3 years. The
activities described are associated with
APHIS’ efforts to ensure that equines
being transported commercially for
slaughter receive adequate food, water,
and rest and that their health and wellbeing are protected.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
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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 0.465 hours per
response.
Respondents: Owners and shippers of
slaughter horses, owners or operators of
slaughtering facilities, and drivers of the
transport vehicles.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 302.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 61.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 18,500.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 8,608 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 30th day of
November 2020.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Virtual Public Listening Session;
Natural Resources Conservation
Service Programs and Western Water
Quantity
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) will host a
virtual, open, public listening session
with remote participation only, for
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public input about water quantity in the
west as it relates to existing NRCS
programs. There will not be any inperson gathering for this listening
session.
DATES:
Listening Session: The virtual public
listening session will be held on
Thursday, December 17, 2020 (also see
below for Meeting Times section below).
Registration to comment date: To
provide oral comments during the
virtual listening session, you must
register by 12:00 p.m. (noon) on
Tuesday, December 18, 2020.
Registration to view date: You may
register to view the listening session
(but not provide oral comments), by
12:00 p.m. (noon) on Tuesday,
December 15, 2020.
Written comment date: You may
submit written comments by January 19,
2021.
ADDRESSES:
Registration: To register and receive
information on how to attend the virtual
listening session, please email your
information to WesternWater@
usda.gov—send your first and last name,
organization, job title, City, State, email,
and phone number.
Written comments: We invite you to
submit written comments by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Deborah Miles, NRCS, ATTN:
Western Water Quantity Listening
Session, 1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Room 5739, Mail Stop 1600,
Washington, DC 20250, or
• Email: WesternWater@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information about providing
written comments, joining the virtual
listening session, or registering to speak
at the virtual listening session, contact
Leslie Deavers, telephone: 202–690–
4616, or by email: Leslie.Deavers@
usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for
communication should contact the
USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600
(voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 5, 2020, NRCS
announced it had selected 31 priority
areas to receive $13 million in
Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP) funding as part of the
WaterSMART Initiative (WSI). These
investments will help producers on
private working lands better conserve
water resources in coordination with
investments made by water suppliers.
The Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) will host a virtual, open,
public listening session with remote
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0103]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Commercial Transportation of Equines for Slaughter
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
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 commercial
transportation of equines to slaughtering facilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
February 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0103.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0103, 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-
0103 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 regulations for
the commercial transportation of equines for slaughter, contact Dr.
Rory Carolan, Equine Specialist, Surveillance, Preparedness, and
Response Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 46, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 851-3558. For copies of more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Transportation of Equines for Slaughter.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0332.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Sections 901-905 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and
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Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901) authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to issue guidelines for regulating the commercial
transportation of equines to slaughter by persons regularly engaged in
that activity within the United States. Specifically, the Secretary is
authorized to regulate the food, water, and rest provided to these
equines while the equines are in transit and to review related issues
appropriate to ensuring that these animals are treated humanely.
To implement the provisions of this Act, the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) established minimum standards to
ensure the humane movement of equines to slaughtering facilities, or to
assembly points while en route to slaughtering facilities, via
commercial transportation. These standards, contained in 9 CFR part 88,
require that conveyances protect the health and well-being of the
animals and meet certain other criteria; that double-deck conveyances
are prohibited; and that access to food, water, and rest be provided to
these animals 6 hours prior to shipment. APHIS' regulations also
require the application of backtags and completion of owner/shipper
certificates of fitness to travel to a slaughter facility with
identification of the animals and details of the transportation and
signatures attesting to compliance with the provision of food, rest,
and water and to the animal's fitness to travel. The regulations
further prohibit the use of electric prods and state aggressive animals
must be separated. Any owner/shipper transporting equines to
slaughtering facilities outside the United States must present the
owner-shipper certificates to U.S. Department of Agriculture
representatives at the border.
Implementing these regulations entails the use of information
collection activities such as providing business information;
completing owner/shipper certificates of fitness to travel to a
slaughter facility; applying backtags, as needed; certificates of
veterinary inspection; and maintaining records of the owner/shipper
certificates and continuation sheets.
APHIS is asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve these information collection activities for an additional 3
years. The activities described are associated with APHIS' efforts to
ensure that equines being transported commercially for slaughter
receive adequate food, water, and rest and that their health and well-
being are protected.
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 0.465 hours per response.
Respondents: Owners and shippers of slaughter horses, owners or
operators of slaughtering facilities, and drivers of the transport
vehicles.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 302.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 61.
Estimated annual number of responses: 18,500.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 8,608 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 30th day of November 2020.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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