Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection; Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock, 9318-9319 [2021-02904]
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contact Dr. Rory Carolan, Aquaculture,
Swine, Equine, and Poultry, Strategy
and Policy, VS, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 46, Riverdale, MD 20737;
(301) 851–3558. For more information
on the information collection process,
contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Communicable Diseases in
Horses.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0127.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the authority of the
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
regulates the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products, and conducts various other
activities to protect the health of U.S.
livestock and poultry.
Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is an
infectious and potentially fatal viral
disease of equines. There is no vaccine
or treatment for the disease. Regulations
in 9 CFR part 71 provide for the
approval of laboratories, diagnostic
facilities, and research facilities,
including those that test for EIA. The
regulations in 9 CFR part 75 govern the
interstate movement of equines that
have tested positive to an official test for
EIA (EIA reactors). Identifying EIApositive animals through laboratory
testing and ensuring the safe movement
of those equines testing positive for EIA
requires several information collection
activities.
APHIS regulations require
laboratories conducting an official EIA
test to be approved by the APHIS
Administrator, in consultation with the
appropriate State animal health
officials. Information collection
activities associated with that approval
process include a laboratory application
and a director’s agreement, collecting
the name of the director, location,
laboratory facilities, available resources,
and the training and proficiency of
employees. Additional information
collection activities include written
notification of withdrawal of approval
and a request for hearing. This
information helps APHIS determine a
laboratory’s capacity to conduct
accurate and reliable testing and to meet
the requirements in the regulations. To
receive and maintain approval, a
laboratory must report positive test
results, provide monthly reports, and
undergo regular inspections.
Additional information collection
occurs on the EIA laboratory test form,
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on a permit for the interstate movement
of an EIA reactor, and on a
supplemental disease investigation form
for animals testing positive for EIA.
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 0.08 hours per
response.
Respondents: Producers,
veterinarians, State veterinarians, and
approved EIA laboratory directors.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 235,018.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 5.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,157,148.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 93,030 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 this 8th day
of February 2021.
Jack Shere,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–02903 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0121]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
an Information Collection; Citrus
Canker, Citrus Greening, and Asian
Citrus Psyllid; Interstate Movement of
Regulated Nursery Stock
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement 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 the reinstatement of an
information collection associated with
the interstate movement of regulated
nursery stock from quarantined areas to
prevent the spread of citrus canker,
citrus greening, and Asian citrus
psyllid.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before April 13,
2021.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0121.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0121, 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-2020-0121 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
interstate movement of regulated
nursery stock from citrus canker, citrus
greening, and Asian citrus psyllid
quarantined areas, contact Ms. Glorimar
Marrero, Assistant National Policy
Manager for Citrus Programs, Plant
Health Protection, Plant Protection and
Quarantine, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 20737; (240)
577–4633. For more information on the
ADDRESSES:
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information collection process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening,
and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Interstate
Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0369.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of an
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the
Secretary of U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), either
independently or in cooperation with
States, to carry out operations or
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests, such as citrus canker, citrus
greening, and Asian citrus psyllid, that
are new to or not widely distributed
within the United States. The USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) is the delegated
authority to carry out this mission.
Citrus canker is a plant disease that
affects plants and plant parts, including
fresh fruit of citrus and citrus relatives
(family Rutaceae). Citrus canker can
cause defoliation and other serious
damage to the leaves and twigs of
susceptible plants. It can also cause
lesions on the fruit of infected plants
and cause infected fruit to drop from
trees before reaching maturity. The
aggressive A (Asiatic) strain of citrus
canker can infect susceptible plants
rapidly and lead to extensive economic
losses in commercial citrus-producing
areas.
Citrus greening, also known as
Huanglongbing disease of citrus or HLB,
is one of the most serious citrus diseases
in the world. Citrus greening is a
bacterial disease that attacks the
vascular system of host plants. This
bacterial pathogen can be transmitted by
grafting and under laboratory
conditions, by parasitic plants. The
pathogen can also be transmitted by two
insect vectors in the family Psyllidae;
Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the Asian
citrus psyllid (ACP), and Trioza erytreae
(del Guercio), the African citrus psyllid.
ACP can also cause economic damage to
citrus in groves and nurseries by direct
feeding. Both adults and nymphs feed
on young foliage, depleting the sap and
causing galling or curling of leaves.
High populations feeding on a citrus
shoot can kill the growing tip.
APHIS regulations to prevent the
interstate spread of citrus canker are
contained in ‘‘Subpart M—Citrus
Canker’’ (7 CFR 301.75–1 through
301.75–17), and the regulations to
prevent the interstate spread of citrus
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greening and Asian citrus psyllid are
contained in ‘‘Subpart N—Citrus
Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid’’ (7
CFR 301.76 through 301.76–11). These
regulations restrict the interstate
movement of regulated articles from and
through areas quarantined for the pest
and diseases and provide, among other
things, conditions under which
regulated nursery stock may be moved
interstate. The interstate movement of
regulated nursery stock from these
quarantined areas involves information
collection activities, including labelling,
records of inspections and treatments,
compliance agreements, Federal
certificates, limited permits, and
appeals.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, for 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 0.306 hours per
response.
Respondents: Nursery stock owners.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1,901.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 4,147.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 7,882,947.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,412,725 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.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 8th day of
February 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–02904 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0124]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Gypsy Moth
Identification Worksheet and Checklist
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 gypsy moth
program.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before April 13,
2021.
DATES:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0124.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2020–0124, 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-2020-0124 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 gypsy moth program,
contact Ms. Kathryn Bronsky, Policy
Manager, National Plant Health
Programs, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 20737;
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0121]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection;
Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, and Asian Citrus Psyllid; Interstate
Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement 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 the reinstatement of an information collection
associated with the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from
quarantined areas to prevent the spread of citrus canker, citrus
greening, and Asian citrus psyllid.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0121.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0121, 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-
0121 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 interstate movement of regulated nursery stock from citrus canker,
citrus greening, and Asian citrus psyllid quarantined areas, contact
Ms. Glorimar Marrero, Assistant National Policy Manager for Citrus
Programs, Plant Health Protection, Plant Protection and Quarantine,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 20737; (240) 577-4633.
For more information on the
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information collection process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Citrus Canker, Citrus Greening, and Asian Citrus Psyllid;
Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0369.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
either independently or in cooperation with States, to carry out
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control,
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests, such as citrus canker,
citrus greening, and Asian citrus psyllid, that are new to or not
widely distributed within the United States. The USDA's Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is the delegated authority to
carry out this mission.
Citrus canker is a plant disease that affects plants and plant
parts, including fresh fruit of citrus and citrus relatives (family
Rutaceae). Citrus canker can cause defoliation and other serious damage
to the leaves and twigs of susceptible plants. It can also cause
lesions on the fruit of infected plants and cause infected fruit to
drop from trees before reaching maturity. The aggressive A (Asiatic)
strain of citrus canker can infect susceptible plants rapidly and lead
to extensive economic losses in commercial citrus-producing areas.
Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing disease of citrus or
HLB, is one of the most serious citrus diseases in the world. Citrus
greening is a bacterial disease that attacks the vascular system of
host plants. This bacterial pathogen can be transmitted by grafting and
under laboratory conditions, by parasitic plants. The pathogen can also
be transmitted by two insect vectors in the family Psyllidae;
Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), and Trioza
erytreae (del Guercio), the African citrus psyllid. ACP can also cause
economic damage to citrus in groves and nurseries by direct feeding.
Both adults and nymphs feed on young foliage, depleting the sap and
causing galling or curling of leaves. High populations feeding on a
citrus shoot can kill the growing tip.
APHIS regulations to prevent the interstate spread of citrus canker
are contained in ``Subpart M--Citrus Canker'' (7 CFR 301.75-1 through
301.75-17), and the regulations to prevent the interstate spread of
citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid are contained in ``Subpart N--
Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid'' (7 CFR 301.76 through
301.76-11). These regulations restrict the interstate movement of
regulated articles from and through areas quarantined for the pest and
diseases and provide, among other things, conditions under which
regulated nursery stock may be moved interstate. The interstate
movement of regulated nursery stock from these quarantined areas
involves information collection activities, including labelling,
records of inspections and treatments, compliance agreements, Federal
certificates, limited permits, and appeals.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities, as described, for 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 0.306 hours per response.
Respondents: Nursery stock owners.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1,901.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 4,147.
Estimated annual number of responses: 7,882,947.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,412,725 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 8th day of February 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-02904 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
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