Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Special Need Requests Under the Plant Protection Act, 48386-48387 [2021-18599]
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Title: 7 CFR part 15 subpart D—Data
Collection Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0503–0022.
Summary of Collection: Under 7 CFR
15d.4(5) The Office of Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) shall
require agencies to collect the race,
ethnicity, and gender (REG) of
applicants and program participants,
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United States program application and
participation rate of sociallydisadvantaged farmers or ranchers for
each program of USDA that serves
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Need and Use of the Information: The
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better determine if programs and
services are reaching the needs of the
public, beneficiaries, recipients,
partners, and other stakeholders and
supports USDA’s planning, outreach,
and compliance efforts. The uniform
collection of REG data allows USDA to
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mandates and objectives. Moreover,
when allegations of disparate treatment
or service arise, it provides USDA the
ability to determine the validity of
alleged discrimination complaints and
resolve conflicts and issues in an
expeditious manner. Failure to collect
this information will have a negative
impact on USDA’s outreach and
compliance activities.
Description of Respondents:
Producers, applicants, and USDA
customers.
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 40.
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Dated: August 25, 2021.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0043]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Special Need Requests Under the Plant
Protection Act
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) to request an extension
of approval of an information collection
associated with the regulations to allow
States to impose prohibitions or
restrictions on specific articles in
addition to those required by APHIS to
help protect against the introduction
and establishment of plant pests.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 29,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2021–0043 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2021–0043, 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 regulations.gov 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 special need requests
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under the Plant Protection Act, contact
Dr. Clarissa Maroon-Lango, Director,
Biocontrol, and Forest, Wood and
Rangeland Pests (BFWRP) and
Emergency Domestic Programs (EDP),
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 52,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2328.
For more detailed information on the
information collection reporting
process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey,
APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483;
joseph.moxey@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Special Need Requests Under
the Plant Protection Act.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0291.
Type of request: Extension of approval
of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 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. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
which administers regulations to
implement the PPA. Regulations
governing the interstate movement of
plants, plant products, and other articles
are contained in 7 CFR part 301,
‘‘Domestic Quarantine Notices.’’ The
regulations in ‘‘Subpart A—Preemption
and Special Need Requests’’ allow
States or political subdivisions of States
to request approval from APHIS to
impose prohibitions or restrictions on
the movement in interstate commerce of
specific articles that pose a plant health
risk that are in addition to the
prohibitions and restrictions imposed
by APHIS. This process requires
information collection activities,
including a pest data detection survey
with a pest risk analysis showing that a
pest is not present in a State, or if
already present, the current distribution
in the State, and that the pest would
harm or injure the environment and/or
agricultural resources of the State or
political subdivision.
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
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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 160 hours per
response.
Respondents: State governments.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 160 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 24th day of
August 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–18599 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0044]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Foreign
Quarantine Notices
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
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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
SUMMARY:
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approval of an information collection
associated with the regulations to
prevent the introduction or spread of
foreign plant pests and diseases into or
within the United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 29,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2021–0044 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2021–0044, 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 www.regulations.gov
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 foreign quarantine
notices, contact Mr. Marc Phillips,
Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2114.
For more detailed information on the
information collection reporting
process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey,
APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483;
joseph.moxey@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Foreign Quarantine Notices.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0049.
Type of request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 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 and diseases
into the United States or their
dissemination within the United States.
This authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), which administers
regulations to implement the PPA.
Regulations governing the importation
of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs,
seeds, unmanufactured wood articles,
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and other plant products are contained
in 7 CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine
Notices.’’ Regulations governing the
transit of certain products or articles
that are classified as prohibited or
restricted products or articles are
contained in 7 CFR part 352, ‘‘Plant
Quarantine Safeguard Regulations.’’
The movement of plants and plant
products requires various information
collection activities, such as operational
workplans; audits; pest risk
assessments; cooperative service
agreements; trust funds; production or
processing site/facility registrations;
foreign site certification of inspection
and/or treatment; applications for
permits; appeals of denial or revocation
of permits; requests for additional
mailing labels; compliance agreements;
phytosanitary certificates; labeling;
importer documents; agreements for
post entry quarantine State screening
notices; 30-day article notifications;
requests for emergency transshipment or
division; notices of arrival; emergency
action notifications; and monitoring/
recordkeeping from entities responsible
for growing, packing, handling,
transporting, and importing foreign
plant parts (roots, bulbs, seeds, fruit,
leaves, etc.), plant products, timber, and
timber products. In addition, APHIS
collects required information from
national plant protection organizations
(NPPOs) as part of the commodity
import approval process.
The information collected is vital to
helping APHIS ensure that plants and
plant products do not harbor plant pests
or diseases that, if introduced into the
United States, could cause extensive
economic damage to U.S. agriculture.
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,
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[FR Doc No: 2021-18599]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0043]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Special Need Requests Under the Plant Protection Act
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 intention of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) to request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the regulations to allow States
to impose prohibitions or restrictions on specific articles in addition
to those required by APHIS to help protect against the introduction and
establishment of plant pests.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2021-0043 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2021-0043, 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 regulations.gov 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 special need
requests under the Plant Protection Act, contact Dr. Clarissa Maroon-
Lango, Director, Biocontrol, and Forest, Wood and Rangeland Pests
(BFWRP) and Emergency Domestic Programs (EDP), PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 52, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2328. For more detailed
information on the information collection reporting process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301)
851-2483; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Special Need Requests Under the Plant Protection Act.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0291.
Type of request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 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. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers
regulations to implement the PPA. Regulations governing the interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and other articles are contained in
7 CFR part 301, ``Domestic Quarantine Notices.'' The regulations in
``Subpart A--Preemption and Special Need Requests'' allow States or
political subdivisions of States to request approval from APHIS to
impose prohibitions or restrictions on the movement in interstate
commerce of specific articles that pose a plant health risk that are in
addition to the prohibitions and restrictions imposed by APHIS. This
process requires information collection activities, including a pest
data detection survey with a pest risk analysis showing that a pest is
not present in a State, or if already present, the current distribution
in the State, and that the pest would harm or injure the environment
and/or agricultural resources of the State or political subdivision.
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
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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 160 hours per response.
Respondents: State governments.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 1.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 160 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 24th day of August 2021.
Mark Davidson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-18599 Filed 8-27-21; 8:45 am]
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