Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Handling Swine With Potential Vesicular Disease, 59389-59390 [2022-21233]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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
requested 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 October 31, 2022
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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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Mycoplasma Bovis in Bison
2022 Case Control Study.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0482.
Summary of Collection: 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, and for eradicating such diseases
and pests from the United States, when
feasible. Within the USDA, the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS Veterinary Services (VS)) is
tasked with preventing foreign animal
disease outbreaks in the United States,
and monitoring, controlling, and
eliminating a disease outbreak should
one occur. In 2021, multiple premises
and bison herds experienced significant
losses attributed to the appearance of
the Mycoplasma bovis pathogen in the
herds. Despite the unique and
significant burden of this pathogen on
bison, little information exists on the
sources of infection to naı¨ve herds.
Diagnostic testing is not currently able
to identify animals infected but not
shedding the bacterium and these
animals can serve as a source of
infection during subsequent years. To
limit additional herds becoming
infected in the 2022 season, APHIS
conducted an emergency study on the
potential sources of new infections in
naı¨ve herds. This request for renewal of
the emergency information collection
request for the study serves to maintain
approval to apply the study to herds
that may get infected but were not
included in the original study.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected will be used to
identify risk factors for bison
contracting the M. Bovis pathogen, and
develop prevention and control
recommendations for treating it.
Description of Respondents: Bison
producers (herd owners or managers).
Number of Respondents: 220.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 55.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0048]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Handling Swine
With Potential Vesicular Disease
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 handling
of swine with potential vesicular
disease.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2022–0048 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–2022–0048, 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 associated
SUMMARY:
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with handling swine with potential
vesicular disease, contact Dr. Lisa
Rochette, Assistant Director, Swine
Health Program, Aquaculture, Swine,
Equine, and Poultry Health Center,
Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920
Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh,
NC 27606; office phone: (919) 855–7276;
cell: (801) 879–5156; email:
lisa.t.rochette@usda.gov. For 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: Handling Swine With Potential
Vesicular Disease.
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 Veterinary Services (VS)
within the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS).
Part of VS’ mission is preventing
foreign animal disease outbreaks in the
United States, and monitoring,
controlling, and eliminating a disease
outbreak should one occur. Regarding
swine, any swine having vesicular
lesions are suspected of having a foreign
animal disease (FAD), such as foot-andmouth disease (FMD), until determined
otherwise by VS through authorized
testing at approved National Animal
Health Laboratory Network laboratories
with oversight and confirmatory testing,
if required, by the Foreign Animal
Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.
Several viral pathogens may cause
vesicular lesions in swine, including
FMD virus, swine vesicular disease
virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, and
Seneca Valley A virus. Veterinarians are
unable to differentiate the etiology of
these gross lesions without diagnostic
testing. Therefore, vesicular lesions on
swine should be reported by State,
Federal, and accredited veterinarians to
ensure rapid detection of FMD or any
other FAD, if introduced. Reporting and
rapid detection protects the health and
marketability of our nation’s livestock
health and meat products and generates
public confidence. Information
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collection activities associated with
reporting and rapid detection include
notifiable swine disease reporting,
National Animal Health Reporting
System, monthly State and Area
Veterinarian In Charge reports, and FAD
data collection and investigations.
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: Accredited and State
veterinarians, laboratory personnel,
farmers and other agricultural managers,
and State animal health officials.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 75.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 176.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 13,200.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 6,900 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 26th day of
September 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Domestic Sugar Program—Overall
Sugar Marketing Allotment, Cane
Sugar and Beet Sugar Marketing
Allotments and Company Allocations
Commodity Credit Corporation,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing this
notice to announce the fiscal year (FY)
2023 (2022 crop year) overall sugar
marketing allotment quantity (OAQ),
State cane sugar allotments, and sugar
beet and sugarcane processor
allocations, which apply to all domestic
beet and cane sugar marketed for human
consumption in the United States from
October 1, 2022, through September 30,
2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent
Lanclos, telephone, (202) 720–0114; or
email, kent.lanclos@usda.gov. Persons
with disabilities who require alternative
means for communication should
contact the USDA Target Center at (202)
720–2600 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as
amended, requires USDA to establish
the OAQ at a quantity not less than 85
percent of the estimated quantity of
sugar for domestic human consumption
for the crop year. USDA is establishing
the initial FY 2023 (2022 crop year)
OAQ at 10,646,250 short tons, raw value
(STRV), which is equal to 85 percent of
12,525,000 STRV, the estimated
quantity of sugar for domestic human
consumption for FY 2023 as forecast in
the September 2022 World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates report.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, as amended, requires that 54.35
percent of the OAQ be distributed
among beet processors and 45.65
percent be distributed among the
sugarcane States and cane processors.
The beet and cane sector allotments are
distributed to individual processors
according to formulas set out in law.1
Although the Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1938, as amended directs USDA
to assign 325,000 STRV of the cane
sector allotment to ‘‘offshore States,’’
CCC has determined that no offshore
States exist. While sugar cane was
formerly produced in Puerto Rico and
Hawaii, CCC has determined that both
states have permanently exited
sugarcane production. As a result, CCC
SUMMARY:
1 See 7 U.S.C. 1359aa, et seq., and 7 CFR part
1435.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2022-0048]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Handling Swine With Potential Vesicular Disease
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 handling of swine with potential vesicular disease.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2022-0048 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-2022-0048, 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
associated
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with handling swine with potential vesicular disease, contact Dr. Lisa
Rochette, Assistant Director, Swine Health Program, Aquaculture, Swine,
Equine, and Poultry Health Center, Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920
Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; office phone: (919)
855-7276; cell: (801) 879-5156; email: [email protected]. For
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: Handling Swine With Potential Vesicular Disease.
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 Veterinary Services (VS) within
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Part of VS' mission is preventing foreign animal disease outbreaks
in the United States, and monitoring, controlling, and eliminating a
disease outbreak should one occur. Regarding swine, any swine having
vesicular lesions are suspected of having a foreign animal disease
(FAD), such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), until determined otherwise
by VS through authorized testing at approved National Animal Health
Laboratory Network laboratories with oversight and confirmatory
testing, if required, by the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic
Laboratory.
Several viral pathogens may cause vesicular lesions in swine,
including FMD virus, swine vesicular disease virus, vesicular
stomatitis virus, and Seneca Valley A virus. Veterinarians are unable
to differentiate the etiology of these gross lesions without diagnostic
testing. Therefore, vesicular lesions on swine should be reported by
State, Federal, and accredited veterinarians to ensure rapid detection
of FMD or any other FAD, if introduced. Reporting and rapid detection
protects the health and marketability of our nation's livestock health
and meat products and generates public confidence. Information
collection activities associated with reporting and rapid detection
include notifiable swine disease reporting, National Animal Health
Reporting System, monthly State and Area Veterinarian In Charge
reports, and FAD data collection and investigations.
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: Accredited and State veterinarians, laboratory
personnel, farmers and other agricultural managers, and State animal
health officials.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 75.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 176.
Estimated annual number of responses: 13,200.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 6,900 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 26th day of September 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-21233 Filed 9-29-22; 8:45 am]
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