Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Beef and Ovine Meat From Uruguay and Beef From Argentina and Brazil, 35825-35826 [2023-11711]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0034]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Importation of Beef and Ovine Meat
From Uruguay and Beef From
Argentina and Brazil
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 Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the importation of beef
and ovine meat from Uruguay and beef
from Argentina and Brazil.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 31,
2023.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0034 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–2023–0034, 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
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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
importation of beef and ovine meat from
Uruguay and beef from Argentina and
Brazil, contact Dr. Lindsay Chase,
Veterinary Medical Officer, Animal
Product Imports, Strategy & Policy, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851–
3388; email: lindsay.chase@usda.gov.
For more detailed information on the
information collection process, contact
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork
Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301)
851–2483; email: joseph.moxey@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Beef and Ovine
Meat From Uruguay and Beef From
Argentina and Brazil.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0372.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to, among other things, prohibit or
restrict the importation and interstate
movement of animals and animal
products into the United States to
prevent the introduction of animal
diseases and pests. The regulations for
the importation of animals and animal
products are contained in 9 CFR parts
92 through 98.
The regulations in part 94 provide the
requirements for the importation of
specified animals and animal products
to prevent the introduction into the
United States of various animal
diseases, including foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD). Among other things, the
regulations in § 94.1 place certain
restrictions on beef and ovine meat
exported to the United States in
accordance with § 94.29, when the beef
or ovine meat enters a port or otherwise
transits a region where FMD exists
during shipment to the United States.
An authorized official of the exporting
region must provide the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
with certification that specific
conditions for importation listed in
§ 94.1 have been met.
Section 94.29 places certain
restrictions on the importation of fresh
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(chilled or frozen) beef and ovine meat
from Uruguay and fresh (chilled or
frozen) beef from certain regions in
Argentina and Brazil into the United
States to prevent the introduction of
FMD. These conditions involve
information collection activities such as
the requirement that APHIS collect, for
each shipment, certification from an
authorized veterinary official of the
country of export that the conditions in
§ 94.29 have been met. For some of
these conditions to be met, the facility
in which the bovines and sheep are
slaughtered must allow periodic on-site
evaluation and subsequent inspection of
its facilities. Additional information
collection activities included in this
extension of approval include animal
identification and testing of select
lambs.
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
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 0.662 hours per
response.
Respondents: Authorized veterinary
officials employed by the governments
of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, and
managers of foreign facilities that
process meat and meat products.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 13,100.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.
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Estimated annual number of
responses: 27,913.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 18,482 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
May 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–11711 Filed 5–31–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0047]
Addition of Gabon, Guinea, and
Moldova to the List of Regions
Affected With Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we added Gabon, Guinea, and
Moldova to the list of regions that the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service considers to be affected with
highly pathogenic avian influenza
(HPAI). These actions follow our
imposition of HPAI-related restrictions
on the importation of avian
commodities originating from or
transiting Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova
as a result of the confirmation of HPAI
in Gabon and Guinea, and reports of
HPAI from the veterinary authorities of
Moldova in the country.
DATES: Gabon, Guinea, and Moldova
were added to the list of regions APHIS
considers to be affected with HPAI,
effective respectively on May 23, 2022;
June 8, 2022; and January 31, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information regarding HPAI in
Gabon and Moldova, contact Dr. C.
Aaron Monroy, Regionalization
Evaluation Services, Strategy and
Policy, VS, 920 Main Campus Drive,
Venture II, Raleigh, NC 27606; phone:
(919) 855–7207; email:
AskRegionalization@usda.gov. For
further information regarding HPAI in
Guinea, contact Dr. Ingrid Kotowski,
Regionalization Evaluation Services,
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Strategy and Policy, VS, 920 Main
Campus Drive, Venture II, Raleigh, NC
27606; phone: (919) 855–7732; email:
AskRegionalization@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to
below as the regulations) govern the
importation of certain animals and
animal products into the United States
to prevent the introduction of various
animal diseases, including Newcastle
disease and highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI). The regulations
prohibit or restrict the importation of
live poultry, poultry meat, and other
poultry products from regions where
these diseases are considered to exist.
Section 94.6 of the regulations
contains requirements governing the
importation into the United States of
carcasses, meat, parts or products of
carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching
eggs) of poultry, game birds, or other
birds from regions of the world where
HPAI exists or is reasonably believed to
exist. HPAI is an extremely infectious
and potentially fatal form of avian
influenza in birds and poultry that, once
established, can spread rapidly from
flock to flock. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
maintains a list of restricted regions it
considers to be affected with HPAI of
any subtype on the APHIS website at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/
ourfocus/animalhealth/animal-andanimal-product-import-information/
animal-health-status-of-regions.
APHIS receives notice of HPAI
outbreaks from veterinary officials of the
exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health
(WOAH) or from other sources the
Administrator determines to be reliable.
On May 19, 2022, the veterinary
authorities of Gabon reported to WOAH
an HPAI occurrence in that country. On
May 23, 2022, after confirming that the
HPAI occurred in commercial birds or
poultry, APHIS added Gabon to the list
of regions where HPAI exists. On that
same day, APHIS issued an import alert
notifying stakeholders that APHIS
imposed restrictions on the importation
of poultry, commercial birds, other
types of birds (research, performing),
ratites, any avian hatching eggs,
unprocessed avian products and
byproducts, and certain fresh poultry
products from Gabon to mitigate risk of
HPAI introduction into the United
States.
On June 3, 2022, the veterinary
authorities of Guinea reported to WOAH
an HPAI occurrence in that country. On
June 8, 2022, after confirming that the
HPAI occurred in commercial birds or
poultry, APHIS added Guinea to the list
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of regions where HPAI exists. On that
same day, APHIS issued an import alert
notifying stakeholders that APHIS
imposed restrictions on the importation
of poultry, commercial birds, other
types of birds (research, performing),
ratites, any avian hatching eggs,
unprocessed avian products and
byproducts, and certain fresh poultry
products originating from or transiting
Guinea to mitigate risk of HPAI
introduction into the United States.
On January 24, 2022, the veterinary
authorities of Moldova reported to
WOAH an HPAI occurrence in that
country. On January 31, 2022, APHIS
provisionally added Moldova to the list
of regions where HPAI exists, pending
a request for information. On that same
day, APHIS issued an import alert
notifying stakeholders that APHIS
imposed restrictions on the importation
of poultry, commercial birds, other
types of birds (research, performing),
ratites, any avian hatching eggs,
unprocessed avian products and
byproducts, and certain fresh poultry
products originating from or transiting
Moldova to mitigate risk of HPAI
introduction into the United States. On
February 25, 2022, after receiving
insufficient information from Moldova,
APHIS determined that removal of
Moldova from the list of regions where
HPAI exists would require a formal reevaluation pursuant to § 92.4.
With the publication of this notice,
we are informing the public that we
added: Gabon to the list of regions
APHIS considers to be affected with
HPAI of any subtype, effective May 23,
2022; Guinea to the list of regions
APHIS considers to be affected with
HPAI of any subtype, effective June 8,
2022; and Moldova to the list of regions
APHIS considers to be affected with
HPAI of any subtype, effective January
31, 2022. This notice serves as an
official record and public notification of
these actions.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this action as not a major
rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772,
7781–7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C.
136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of
May 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–11575 Filed 5–31–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0034]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Importation of Beef and Ovine Meat From Uruguay and Beef
From Argentina and Brazil
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 regulations for the importation of beef and
ovine meat from Uruguay and beef from Argentina and Brazil.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2023-0034 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-2023-0034, 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 the regulations for
the importation of beef and ovine meat from Uruguay and beef from
Argentina and Brazil, contact Dr. Lindsay Chase, Veterinary Medical
Officer, Animal Product Imports, Strategy & Policy, VS, APHIS, 4700
River Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-3388; email:
[email protected]. For more detailed information on the
information collection process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS'
Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Beef and Ovine Meat From Uruguay and Beef
From Argentina and Brazil.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0372.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to, among other things,
prohibit or restrict the importation and interstate movement of animals
and animal products into the United States to prevent the introduction
of animal diseases and pests. The regulations for the importation of
animals and animal products are contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98.
The regulations in part 94 provide the requirements for the
importation of specified animals and animal products to prevent the
introduction into the United States of various animal diseases,
including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Among other things, the
regulations in Sec. 94.1 place certain restrictions on beef and ovine
meat exported to the United States in accordance with Sec. 94.29, when
the beef or ovine meat enters a port or otherwise transits a region
where FMD exists during shipment to the United States. An authorized
official of the exporting region must provide the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) with certification that specific
conditions for importation listed in Sec. 94.1 have been met.
Section 94.29 places certain restrictions on the importation of
fresh (chilled or frozen) beef and ovine meat from Uruguay and fresh
(chilled or frozen) beef from certain regions in Argentina and Brazil
into the United States to prevent the introduction of FMD. These
conditions involve information collection activities such as the
requirement that APHIS collect, for each shipment, certification from
an authorized veterinary official of the country of export that the
conditions in Sec. 94.29 have been met. For some of these conditions
to be met, the facility in which the bovines and sheep are slaughtered
must allow periodic on-site evaluation and subsequent inspection of its
facilities. Additional information collection activities included in
this extension of approval include animal identification and testing of
select lambs.
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 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 0.662 hours per response.
Respondents: Authorized veterinary officials employed by the
governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, and managers of foreign
facilities that process meat and meat products.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 13,100.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 2.
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Estimated annual number of responses: 27,913.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 18,482 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 May 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-11711 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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