Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 54565 [2023-17242]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 54565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17242]


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 154 / Friday, August 11, 2023 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


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 
September 11, 2023 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 displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, All Subtypes, and 
Newcastle Disease; Additional Restrictions.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0245.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA), 7 
U.S.C 8301, is the primary Federal law governing the protection of 
animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 
authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of 
livestock or poultry. The agency is charged with carrying out this 
disease prevention mission is the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), through its Veterinary Services (VS) Program. Highly 
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and Newcastle Disease are extremely 
infectious and often fatal disease affecting all types of birds and 
poultry.
    Need and Use of the Information: To protect the United States 
against an incursion of HPAI and Newcastle Disease, APHIS requires the 
use of several information collection activities, including an USDA-
APHIS-VS Application For Permit To Import or Transport Controlled 
Materials or Organisms or Vectors (VS Form 16-3); a United States 
Veterinary Permit for Importation and Transportation of Controlled 
Materials and Organisms and Vectors (VS Form 16-6A); an Approved 
Warehouse Request And Agreement To Handle Restricted Animal Byproducts 
(Hunting Trophies & Museum Specimens) (VS Form 16-28); an Agreement for 
Handling Restricted Imports of Animal Byproducts and Controlled 
Materials (VS Form 16-29); a Report of Entry, Shipment of Restricted 
Imported Animal Products and Animal Byproducts and Other Material (VS 
Form 16-78); a USDA-APHIS-VS Application for Import (VS Form 17-129); 
an application of seals to shipping containers; recordkeeping by 
processing establishments; cooperative service agreements; notification 
of signs of disease in a recently imported bird allowed to enter home 
quarantine; certificates for eggs from ND regions; government seals; 
veterinary health certificates; notices of arrive-live animals; and 
notices of transfer-animal products. APHIS will collect information to 
ensure that U.S. birds and poultry undergo appropriate examinations 
before entering the United States. Without the information, it would be 
impossible for APHIS to establish an effective line of defense against 
an introduction of HPAI and Newcastle Disease.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or 
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 936.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,814.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-17242 Filed 8-10-23; 8:45 am]
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