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Animal Plant and Health Inspection
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Title: Swine Health Protection.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0065.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 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.
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2002. Veterinary Services, a program
with the Animal and Plant Health
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responsible for administering
regulations intended to prevent the
dissemination of animal diseases within
the United States. Garbage is one of the
primary media through which
numerous infections or communicable
diseases of swine are transmitted.
Because of the serious threat to the U.S.
swine industry, Congress passed Public
Law 96–468 ‘‘Swine Health Protection
Act’’ on October 17, 1980. This law
requires USDA to ensure that all garbage
is treated prior to its being fed to swine
that are intended for interstate or foreign
commerce or that substantially affect
such commerce. The Act and the
regulations will allow only operators of
garbage treatment facilities, which meet
certain specification to utilize garbage
for swine feeding. APHIS will use
various forms to collect information.
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APHIS collects information from
persons desiring to obtain a permit
(license) to operate a facility to treat
garbage. Prior to issuance of a license,
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their approved facilities. Upon receipt
of the information from the Animal
Health Officials, the information is used
by Federal or State animal health
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waste collector is feeding garbage to
swine, whether it is being treated, and
whether the feeder is licensed or needs
to be licensed.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 15,500.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,742,601.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Food and Nutrition Service
Title: USDA Professional Standards
Training Tracker Tool (PSTTT).
OMB Control Number: 0584–0626.
Summary of Collection: Section 306 of
the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010 (HHFKA) requires Professional
Standards for state and local school
district nutrition professionals. In
addition to hiring standards, mandatory
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Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10,006.
Frequency of Respondents: Reporting:
On occasion; Quarterly; Annually;
Weekly; Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 17,090.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0028]
Swine Vesicular Disease Status of the
Regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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Notice of availability.
We are advising the public
that we are proposing to recognize the
regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy as
being free of swine vesicular disease.
This proposed recognition is based on a
risk evaluation we have prepared in
connection with this action, which we
are making available for review and
comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before October 23,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0028 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–2023–0028, 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: Dr.
Chip Wells, Senior Veterinary Medical
Officer, Regionalization Evaluation
Services (RES), Strategy & Policy,
Veterinary Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (301) 851–3317; 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
in order to prevent the introduction of
various animal diseases, including
swine vesicular disease (SVD). This is a
dangerous and communicable disease of
swine.
Within part 94, § 94.12 contains
requirements governing the importation
of pork or pork products from regions
where SVD exists. Section 94.14
prohibits the importation of domestic
swine that are moved from or transit any
region in which SVD is known to exist.
In accordance with § 94.12(a)(1), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) maintains a web-based
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list of regions which the Agency
considers free of SVD. Paragraph (a)(2)
of this section states that APHIS will
add a region to this list after it conducts
an evaluation of the region and finds
that SVD is not present.
The regulations in § 92.2 contain
requirements for requesting the
recognition of the animal health status
of a region (as well as for the approval
of the export of a particular type of
animal or animal product to the United
States from a foreign region). If, after
review and evaluation of the
information submitted in support of the
request, APHIS believes the request can
be safely granted, APHIS will make its
evaluation available for public comment
through a document published in the
Federal Register. Following the close of
the comment period, APHIS will review
all comments received and will make a
final determination regarding the
request that will be detailed in another
document published in the Federal
Register.
The Government of Italy has
requested that APHIS evaluate the SVD
disease status of the regions of Tuscany
and Umbria. In response to Italy’s
request, we have prepared an
evaluation, titled ‘‘APHIS Evaluation of
Toscana and Umbria, Italy for Swine
Vesicular Disease’’ (November 2022).1
Based on the evaluation, we have
determined that the regions of Tuscany
and Umbria, Italy are free of SVD.
APHIS has also determined that the
surveillance, prevention, and control
measures implemented by Italy are
sufficient to minimize the likelihood of
introducing SVD into the United States
via imports of species or products
susceptible to these diseases. Our
determination supports adding the
regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy to
the web-based list of regions that APHIS
considers free of SVD.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 92.2(g), we are announcing the
availability of our evaluation of the SVD
status of the regions of Tuscany and
Umbria, Italy for public review and
comment. We are also announcing the
availability of an environmental
assessment (EA), which has been
prepared in accordance with: (1) The
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality for
implementing the procedural provision
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3)
USDA regulations implementing NEPA
(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part
372). The evaluation and EA may be
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viewed on the Regulations.gov website
or in our reading room. (Instructions for
accessing Regulations.gov and
information on the location and hours of
the reading room are provided under the
heading ADDRESSES at the beginning
of this notice.) The documents are also
available by contacting the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Information submitted in support of
Italy’s request is available by contacting
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we
receive, we will announce our decision
regarding the disease status of the
regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy
with respect to SVD in a subsequent
notice.
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 17th day of
August 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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Addition of the Republic of Ecuador
and the Republic of Peru 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 the Republic of Ecuador
and the Republic of Peru to the list of
regions that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service considers to
be affected by highly pathogenic avian
influenza (HPAI). These actions follow
our imposition of HPAI-related
restrictions on avian commodities
originating from or transiting the
Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of
Peru, as a result of the confirmation of
HPAI in these countries.
DATES: The Republic of Ecuador and the
Republic of Peru were added to the list
of regions APHIS considers to be
affected with HPAI, effective
respectively on December 3, 2022, and
December 12, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
La’Toya Lane, APHIS Veterinary
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0028]
Swine Vesicular Disease Status of the Regions of Tuscany and
Umbria, Italy
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
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ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we are proposing to recognize
the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy as being free of swine
vesicular disease. This proposed recognition is based on a risk
evaluation we have prepared in connection with this action, which we
are making available for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2023-0028 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-2023-0028, 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: Dr. Chip Wells, Senior Veterinary
Medical Officer, Regionalization Evaluation Services (RES), Strategy &
Policy, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3317; email:
[email protected].
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 in order to prevent the
introduction of various animal diseases, including swine vesicular
disease (SVD). This is a dangerous and communicable disease of swine.
Within part 94, Sec. 94.12 contains requirements governing the
importation of pork or pork products from regions where SVD exists.
Section 94.14 prohibits the importation of domestic swine that are
moved from or transit any region in which SVD is known to exist.
In accordance with Sec. 94.12(a)(1), the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) maintains a web-based list of regions which
the Agency considers free of SVD. Paragraph (a)(2) of this section
states that APHIS will add a region to this list after it conducts an
evaluation of the region and finds that SVD is not present.
The regulations in Sec. 92.2 contain requirements for requesting
the recognition of the animal health status of a region (as well as for
the approval of the export of a particular type of animal or animal
product to the United States from a foreign region). If, after review
and evaluation of the information submitted in support of the request,
APHIS believes the request can be safely granted, APHIS will make its
evaluation available for public comment through a document published in
the Federal Register. Following the close of the comment period, APHIS
will review all comments received and will make a final determination
regarding the request that will be detailed in another document
published in the Federal Register.
The Government of Italy has requested that APHIS evaluate the SVD
disease status of the regions of Tuscany and Umbria. In response to
Italy's request, we have prepared an evaluation, titled ``APHIS
Evaluation of Toscana and Umbria, Italy for Swine Vesicular Disease''
(November 2022).\1\ Based on the evaluation, we have determined that
the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy are free of SVD. APHIS has
also determined that the surveillance, prevention, and control measures
implemented by Italy are sufficient to minimize the likelihood of
introducing SVD into the United States via imports of species or
products susceptible to these diseases. Our determination supports
adding the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, Italy to the web-based list
of regions that APHIS considers free of SVD.
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Therefore, in accordance with Sec. 92.2(g), we are announcing the
availability of our evaluation of the SVD status of the regions of
Tuscany and Umbria, Italy for public review and comment. We are also
announcing the availability of an environmental assessment (EA), which
has been prepared in accordance with: (1) The National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2)
regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing
the procedural provision of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), (3) USDA
regulations implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS' NEPA
Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 372). The evaluation and EA may be
viewed on the Regulations.gov website or in our reading room.
(Instructions for accessing Regulations.gov and information on the
location and hours of the reading room are provided under the heading
ADDRESSES at the beginning of this notice.) The documents are also
available by contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Information submitted in support of Italy's request is available by
contacting the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
After reviewing any comments we receive, we will announce our
decision regarding the disease status of the regions of Tuscany and
Umbria, Italy with respect to SVD in a subsequent notice.
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 17th day of August 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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