Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Control and Eradication of African Swine Fever; Conditions for Payment of Indemnity Claims, 49288-49289 [2021-18919]
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highly contagious and deadly viral
disease affecting domestic and feral
(wild) pigs. The disease has not been
detected in the United States; however,
APHIS is committed to working with
State and industry partners to keep the
disease out of the country.
APHIS has determined that dogs
imported from ASF-affected countries
for resale purposes, along with their
bedding, represent a possible pathway
for the introduction of disease. To block
this pathway, APHIS issued a Federal
Order (DA–2021–01) 1 imposing several
restrictions on the importation of dogs
for resale from regions where ASF exists
or is reasonably believed to exist.
Importers will need to verify that they
have met these restrictions by
completing and submitting a Dog Import
Record that will record information
regarding the dogs’ characteristics,
identification, origin, entry into the
United States, disposition of their
bedding and packing material, and
confirmation of bathing.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities 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 0.5 hours per
response.
Respondents: Importers and animal
breeders.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 200.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 9.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 1,800.
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Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 900 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 25th day of
August 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0046]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Control and
Eradication of African Swine Fever;
Conditions for Payment of Indemnity
Claims
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New 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 approval of a new information
collection associated with the payment
of indemnity claims related to African
swine fever.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2021–0046 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–2021–0046, 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 in Room 1620 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street
and Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
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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
information on the activities within this
information collection request, contact
Ms. Lecresha King, Program Analyst,
National Preparedness and Incident
Coordination, Strategy and Policy, VS,
APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive,
Raleigh, NC 27606; (515) 380–5535. 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: Control and Eradication of
African Swine Fever; Conditions for
Payment of Indemnity Claims.
OMB Control Number: 0579–XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is authorized to
protect the health of the livestock,
poultry, and aquaculture populations in
the United States by preventing the
introduction and interstate spread of
serious diseases and pests of livestock,
poultry, and aquaculture, and for
eradicating such diseases and pests from
the United States, when feasible. Within
the USDA, this authority and mission is
delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Within APHIS, part of the mission of
Veterinary Services is preventing
foreign animal disease outbreaks in the
United States, and monitoring,
controlling, and eliminating a disease
outbreak should one occur. In the past
several years, there have been
significant worldwide outbreaks of
African swine fever (ASF). ASF is a
highly contagious and deadly viral
disease affecting both domestic and feral
(wild) pigs. The disease has not been
detected in the United States; however,
APHIS is committed to working with
State and industry partners to keep the
virus out of the country.
As part of APHIS’ mission regarding
ASF, there are information collection
activities related to an outbreak such as
appraisal and indemnity requests and
appraisal and indemnity claims,
worksheets for calculating proceeds
from animals or materials sold for
slaughter, domestic herd plans and
financial plans, and an ASF response
epidemiology questionnaire.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities 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 4.882 hours per
response.
Respondents: Agricultural producers,
animal scientists and technicians,
agricultural inspectors, and State animal
health officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 40,050.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 519,950.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,538,300 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 25th day of
August 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–18919 Filed 9–1–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Adjustment of Appendices Under the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing Regulation
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
transfer of amounts for certain dairy
articles from the historical license
category (Appendix 1) to the lottery
(nonhistorical) license category
(Appendix 2) pursuant to the Dairy
Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing
regulations for the 2021 quota year. In
addition, adjustments have been made
to the Appendices to reflect changes to
United Kingdom (UK) and European
Union (EU) country allocations for
certain tariff rate quotas (TRQs) and
other changes to the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
made by the U.S. Trade Representative
in response to the withdrawal of the UK
from the EU and the accession of Croatia
to the EU, which will go into effect for
the 2022 quota year. Appendices 1 and
2 for the EU–27 for Additional U.S. Note
16 to Chapter 4 have also been adjusted
to account for a clerical error in last
year’s Appendices 1 and 2 published
amounts. This correction does not
increase the overall quantity allotted to
the EU–27 and the UK.
DATES: September 2, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abdelsalam El-Farra, (202) 720–9439;
abdelsalam.el-farra@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Foreign Agricultural Service, under a
delegation of authority from the Under
Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs, administers the
Dairy Tariff-Rate Quota Import
Licensing regulation codified at 7 CFR
6.20 through 6.36 that provides for the
issuance of licenses to import certain
dairy articles under TRQs as set forth in
the HTSUS. These dairy articles may
only be entered into the United States
at the low-tier tariff by or for the
account of a person or firm to whom
such licenses have been issued and only
in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the regulation.
Licenses are issued on a calendar year
basis, and each license authorizes the
license holder to import a specified
quantity and type of dairy article from
a specified country of origin. The
Imports Program, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
issues these licenses and, in conjunction
with U.S. Customs and Border
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Protection, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, monitors their use.
The regulation at 7 CFR 6.34(a) states
that whenever a historical license
(Appendix 1) is permanently
surrendered, revoked by the Licensing
Authority, or not issued to an applicant
pursuant to the provisions of § 6.23,
then the amount of such license will be
transferred to Appendix 2. Section
6.34(b) provides that the cumulative
annual transfers will be published by
notice in the Federal Register.
Accordingly, this document sets forth
the revised Appendices in the table
below. The quantities for designated
licenses (Appendix 3 and Appendix 4)
are also included in the table below for
completeness.
In addition, the Appendices have
been revised to reflect modified EU and
UK country allocations under certain
TRQs in Chapter 4 of the HTSUS made
by the U.S. Trade Representative in
response to the withdrawal of the UK
from the EU and to acknowledge the
accession of Croatia to the EU. On July
6, 2021, the U.S. Trade Representative
announced, inter alia, that: (1) The
TRQs allocated to the EU under
Additional U.S. Notes 6, 16, 17, and 18
to Chapter 4 will be allocated between
the EU and the UK according to the
average percentage of in-quota imports
for the 2013–2015 period; and (2) the
UK would have access to a specific inquota quantity under these notes.
Specifically, the U.S. Trade
Representative announced that, effective
with respect to articles entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after
January 1, 2022:
1. Additional U.S. Note 2 to Chapter
4 of the HTSUS is modified by: (a)
Inserting ‘‘Croatia,’’ into the list of
countries in alphabetical order; and (b)
deleting ‘‘the Slovak Republic, Sweden
or the United Kingdom’’ and inserting
‘‘the Slovak Republic or Sweden’’ in
lieu thereof.
2. With respect to the published inquota quantity of 96,161 kilograms
allocated to the EU 27 for the TRQ in
Additional U.S. Note 6 to Chapter 4 of
the HTSUS, the UK shall have access to
a quantity of not less than 14,062
kilograms and the EU 27 shall have
access to a quantity of not less than
82,099 kilograms.
3. Additional U.S. Note 16 to Chapter
4 of the HTSUS is modified by: (a)
Inserting ‘‘United Kingdom’’ into the list
of countries in alphabetical order; (b)
inserting a quota quantity of
‘‘2,213,374’’ in the Quantity (kg) column
for the United Kingdom; (c) deleting the
quantity ‘‘27,846,224’’ in the Quantity
(kg) column for the EU27; and (d)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2021-0046]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Control and Eradication of African Swine Fever; Conditions for Payment
of Indemnity Claims
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New 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 approval of a new information collection
associated with the payment of indemnity claims related to African
swine fever.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2021-0046 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-2021-0046, 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 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 activities
within this information collection request, contact Ms. Lecresha King,
Program Analyst, National Preparedness and Incident Coordination,
Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh, NC
27606; (515) 380-5535. 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: Control and Eradication of African Swine Fever; Conditions
for Payment of Indemnity Claims.
OMB Control Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et
seq.), the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
authorized to protect the health of the livestock, poultry, and
aquaculture populations in the United States by preventing the
introduction and interstate spread of serious diseases and pests of
livestock, poultry, and aquaculture, and for eradicating such diseases
and pests from the United States, when feasible. Within the USDA, this
authority and mission is delegated to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS).
Within APHIS, part of the mission of Veterinary Services is
preventing foreign animal disease outbreaks in the United States, and
monitoring, controlling, and eliminating a disease outbreak should one
occur. In the past several years, there have been significant worldwide
outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF). ASF is a highly contagious and
deadly viral disease affecting both domestic and feral (wild) pigs. The
disease has not been detected in the United States; however, APHIS is
committed to working with State and industry partners to keep the virus
out of the country.
As part of APHIS' mission regarding ASF, there are information
collection activities related to an outbreak such as appraisal and
indemnity requests and appraisal and indemnity claims, worksheets for
calculating proceeds from animals or materials sold for slaughter,
domestic herd plans and financial plans, and an ASF response
epidemiology questionnaire.
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We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities 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 4.882 hours per response.
Respondents: Agricultural producers, animal scientists and
technicians, agricultural inspectors, and State animal health
officials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 40,050.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of responses: 519,950.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,538,300 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 25th day of August 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-18919 Filed 9-1-21; 8:45 am]
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