Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter, 67225-67226 [2023-21303]
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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
required 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 30, 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
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Farm Service Agency
Title: Farm Loan Program (FLP)—
Online Loan Application.
OMB Control Number: 0560–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Farm
Service Agency (FSA) is implementing
a new Online Loan Application to
collect information electronically from
the applicants and borrowers. FSA
provides loans to family farmers to
purchase real estate and equipment and
finance agricultural production
authorized under the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (CONACT)
(7 U.S.C. 1921 and Pub. L. 87–128), as
amended. Direct loan making
information collection requirements
include debt verifications, employment
& income verification, and actual
financial and production records of the
operation.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA
is collecting the information that is
necessary to thoroughly evaluate the
applicant’s request for a direct loan to
ensure that: the applicant meets the
established program eligibility
requirements; their cash flow
projections used in determining loan
repayment are based on the actual
financial and production history of the
operation and a loan is adequately
secured. FSA is mandated to provide
supervised credit, failure to collect the
information, or collecting it less
frequently, could result in the failure of
the farm operation or loss of FSA
security property. If the information
were not collected, or collected less
frequently, FSA would be unable to
meet the congressionally mandated
mission of the loan programs.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 21,610.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (when applying for loans).
Total Burden Hours: 59,389.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0061]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Commercial
Transportation of Equines to Slaughter
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the regulations for the
commercial transportation of equines to
slaughtering facilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before November
28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0061 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–2023–0061, 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
commercial transportation of equines to
slaughter, contact Dr. Lisa Rochette,
Equine Health Director, Strategy and
Policy, VS, APHIS, 920 Main Campus
Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606;
SUMMARY:
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(801) 879–5156; lisa.t.rochette@
usda.gov. For more 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: Commercial Transportation of
Equines to Slaughter.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0332.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Sections 901–905 of the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901)
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to
issue guidelines for regulating the
commercial transportation of equines to
slaughter by persons regularly engaged
in that activity within the United States.
Specifically, the Secretary is authorized
to regulate the food, water, and rest
provided to these equines while the
equines are in transit and to review
related issues appropriate to ensuring
that these animals are treated humanely.
To implement the provisions of this
Act, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) within the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
has established minimum standards to
ensure the humane movement of
equines to slaughtering facilities or to
assembly points while en route to
slaughtering facilities, via commercial
transportation. These standards,
contained in 9 CFR part 88, require that
conveyances protect the health and
well-being of the animals and meet
certain other criteria; that double-decker
conveyances are prohibited; and that
access to food, water, and rest be
provided to these animals 6 hours prior
to shipment. APHIS’ regulations also
require the application of backtags and
completion of owner/shipper
certificates of fitness to travel to a
slaughtering facility with identification
of the animals and details of the
transportation and signatures attesting
to compliance with the provision of
food, rest, and water and to the animal’s
fitness to travel. The regulations further
prohibit the use of electric prods and
state aggressive animals must be
separated. Any owner/shipper
transporting equines to slaughtering
facilities outside the United States must
present the owner-shipper certificates to
USDA representatives at the border.
Implementing these regulations
entails the use of information collection
activities, such as providing business
information; completing owner/shipper
certificates of fitness to travel to a
slaughtering facility; applying backtags,
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as needed; and maintaining records of
the owner/shipper certificates and
continuation sheets.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, 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 0.25 hours per
response.
Respondents: Owners and shippers of
slaughter horses, owners or operators of
slaughtering facilities, and drivers of the
transport vehicles.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 232.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 69.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 16,100
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 4,049 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
September 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Retailer
Applications
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection. FNS
seeks OMB approval for the burden
associated with SNAP application forms
and other document requests that are
necessary to effectively administer a
large population of retailers, varied in
type and scope, and ensure that these
retailers remain in compliance with
program requirements.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before November 28,
2023.
SUMMARY:
The Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, invites interested
persons to submit written comments on
this information collection. Comments
may be submitted in writing by one of
the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
Mail: Comments should be addressed
to Marga Ortiz, Chief, Retailer Policy
Branch, Retailer Policy Division,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, 1320 Braddock Place,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
FNS will summarize all responses to
this notice and include them in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will be
a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Marga Ortiz at
703–305–2546.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0061]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Commercial Transportation of Equines to
Slaughter
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the regulations for the
commercial transportation of equines to slaughtering facilities.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
November 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2023-0061 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-2023-0061, 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 commercial transportation of equines to slaughter, contact Dr. Lisa
Rochette, Equine Health Director, Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920
Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606;
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(801) 879-5156; [email protected]. For more 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: Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0332.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Sections 901-905 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901) authorize the Secretary of
Agriculture to issue guidelines for regulating the commercial
transportation of equines to slaughter by persons regularly engaged in
that activity within the United States. Specifically, the Secretary is
authorized to regulate the food, water, and rest provided to these
equines while the equines are in transit and to review related issues
appropriate to ensuring that these animals are treated humanely.
To implement the provisions of this Act, the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) within the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) has established minimum standards to ensure the
humane movement of equines to slaughtering facilities or to assembly
points while en route to slaughtering facilities, via commercial
transportation. These standards, contained in 9 CFR part 88, require
that conveyances protect the health and well-being of the animals and
meet certain other criteria; that double-decker conveyances are
prohibited; and that access to food, water, and rest be provided to
these animals 6 hours prior to shipment. APHIS' regulations also
require the application of backtags and completion of owner/shipper
certificates of fitness to travel to a slaughtering facility with
identification of the animals and details of the transportation and
signatures attesting to compliance with the provision of food, rest,
and water and to the animal's fitness to travel. The regulations
further prohibit the use of electric prods and state aggressive animals
must be separated. Any owner/shipper transporting equines to
slaughtering facilities outside the United States must present the
owner-shipper certificates to USDA representatives at the border.
Implementing these regulations entails the use of information
collection activities, such as providing business information;
completing owner/shipper certificates of fitness to travel to a
slaughtering facility; applying backtags, as needed; and maintaining
records of the owner/shipper certificates and continuation sheets.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities, as described, 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 0.25 hours per response.
Respondents: Owners and shippers of slaughter horses, owners or
operators of slaughtering facilities, and drivers of the transport
vehicles.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 232.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 69.
Estimated annual number of responses: 16,100
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 4,049 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 September 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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