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information/animal-health-status-ofregions/. This list is referenced in
§ 94.8(a)(2) of the regulations.
Section 94.8(a)(3) of the regulations
states that APHIS will add a region to
the list referenced in § 94.8(a)(2) upon
determining ASF exists in the region or
having reason to believe the disease
exists in the region, based on reports
APHIS receives of outbreaks of the
disease from veterinary officials of the
exporting country, from the World
Organization for Animal Health
(WOAH),1 or from other sources the
Administrator determines to be reliable,
or upon determining that there is reason
to believe the disease exists in the
region. Section 94.8(a)(1) of the
regulations specifies the criteria on
which the Administrator bases the
reason to believe ASF exists in a region.
Section 94.8(b) prohibits the
importation of pork and pork products
from regions listed in accordance with
§ 94.8 except if processed and treated in
accordance with the provisions
specified in that section or consigned to
an APHIS-approved establishment for
further processing. Section 96.2 restricts
the importation of swine casings that
originated in or were processed in a
region where ASF exists, as listed under
§ 94.8(a).
On May 18, 2022, the veterinary
authorities of the Federal Democratic
Republic of Nepal reported to WOAH
the occurrence of ASF in that country.
In response to that report, on May 23,
2022, APHIS added the Federal
Democratic Republic of Nepal to the list
of regions where ASF exists or the
Administrator has reason to believe that
ASF exists, in compliance with
§ 94.8(a)(3). This notice serves as an
official record and public notification of
that action.
As a result, pork and pork products
from Nepal, including casings, are
subject to APHIS import restrictions
designed to mitigate the risk of ASF
introduction into the United States.
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.
1 The World Organization for Animal Health
internationally follows a British English spelling of
‘‘organisation’’ in its name; also, it was formerly the
Office International des Epizooties, or OIE, but on
May 28, 2022, the Organization announced that the
acronym was changed from OIE to WOAH.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of
October 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–23483 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0076]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection;
Comprehensive Aquaculture Health
Program; Use of MI–CO Application
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 use of a
mobile application to collect certain
information needed to manage a
comprehensive aquaculture health
program.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before December
26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0076 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–2023–0076, 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 Comprehensive
Aquaculture Health Program, contact
Dr. Kathleen Hartman, Senior
DATES:
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Veterinarian, Aquaculture Health, VS,
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (813) 671–5230
ext. 119; email: kathleen.h.hartman@
usda.gov. For more information about
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:
Comprehensive Aquaculture Health
Program; Use of MI–CO Application.
OMB Control Number: 0579–XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Veterinary Services (VS) unit is
responsible for, among other things,
protecting the health of the nation’s
aquatic livestock and supporting safe
trade of those animals and their
products. This authority is provided
under the Animal Health Protection Act
(7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.). Further,
Executive Order 13921, Promoting
American Seafood Competitiveness and
Economic Growth, rescinded the 2008
National Aquatic Animal Health Plan,
and authorized a new national
aquaculture health plan establishing
USDA as the competent authority for
the protection, inspection, and
certification of aquatic livestock health.
The National Aquaculture Health Plan
and Standards (NAHPS) provides
guidance for pathogen testing, reporting,
and laboratory standards in addition to
outlining health inspection options for
aquatic livestock. One of these
inspection options is the
Comprehensive Aquaculture Health
Program Standards (CAHPS). CAHPS
was developed in partnership with the
U.S. aquaculture industry as a voluntary
program that establishes a framework to
improve and verify the health of aquatic
livestock produced in the United States.
Principles outlined in the CAHPS
provide for early disease detection,
surveillance, risk mitigation, reporting,
and response for the control of aquatic
animal pathogens, especially those
reportable to the World Organization for
Animal Health (WOAH), and to prevent
their dissemination via aquatic animal
sale, movement, and trade.
VS and its CAHPS/aquaculture
industry affiliates will use a mobile
application provided through the MICorporation (MI–CO) to carry out
CAHPS functions and evaluate and
verify aquatic livestock health on
premises. The application uses a MI–CO
platform for a server/client-based
mobile application that supports data
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collection using forms that can be
deployed to a mobile device, like a
smartphone or tablet, and used in an
internet-connected or disconnected
environment. CAHPS participants will
use the application to collect general
participant and aquatic health team
information; assess the risk of incursion
and spread of aquatic pathogens of
concern; carry out disease detection and
surveillance and report laboratory test
results; report any disease outbreaks and
presence of pathogens of concern; and
document outbreak response and
recovery via surveillance and response
plans. Participants can also log outbreak
communication plans and biosecurity
plans using the application and use a
CAHPS Workbook as a template for
CAHPS work.
The MI–CO app will retain
information from inspection to
inspection. VS will update participants’
information annually. VS will not
physically collect or remove from the
premises any of the documentation
unless the participant gives express
permission to attach documents to their
CAHPS portfolio in the app. VS
personnel will annually review and
enter information for every CAHPS
participant to support compliance with
CAHPS.
We are asking 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 0.96 hours per
response.
Respondents: U.S. aquaculture
producers and industry representatives.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 30.
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Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 395.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 378 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 17th day of
October 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–23484 Filed 10–23–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0072]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Animals and Poultry, Animal and
Poultry Products, Certain Animal
Embryos, Semen, and Zoological
Animals
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 importation of
animals and poultry, animal and poultry
products, certain animal embryos,
semen, and zoological animals.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before December
26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2023–0072 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–2023–0072, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
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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 animals and poultry,
animal and poultry products, certain
animal embryos, and zoological
animals, contact Dr. Alexandra
MacKenzie, Senior Veterinary Medical
Officer, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
851–3411; alexandra.mackenzie@
usda.gov. For more information about
the information collection process,
contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’
Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator,
at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Animals and
Poultry, Animal and Poultry Products,
Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and
Zoological Animals.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0040.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
authorized, among other things, to
prohibit or restrict the importation of
animals, animal products, and other
articles into the United States to prevent
the introduction of animal diseases and
pests. Disease prevention is the most
effective method for maintaining a
healthy animal population and for
enhancing APHIS’ ability to compete in
the world market of animal and animal
product trade.
Among other things, APHIS’
Veterinary Services is responsible for
preventing the introduction of foreign or
certain other communicable animal
diseases into the United States and for
rapidly identifying, containing,
eradicating, or otherwise mitigating
such diseases when feasible. In
connection with this mission, APHIS
collects information from individuals,
businesses, and farms that are involved
with importation of animals or poultry,
animal or poultry products, or animal
germplasm (semen, oocytes, embryos,
and cloning tissues, as well as eggs for
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0076]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Comprehensive Aquaculture Health Program; Use of MI-CO Application
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 use of a mobile application to collect certain
information needed to manage a comprehensive aquaculture health
program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
December 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2023-0076 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-2023-0076, 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 Comprehensive
Aquaculture Health Program, contact Dr. Kathleen Hartman, Senior
Veterinarian, Aquaculture Health, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (813) 671-5230 ext. 119; email:
[email protected]. For more information about the information
collection process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Paperwork
Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Comprehensive Aquaculture Health
Program; Use of MI-CO Application.
OMB Control Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) unit
is responsible for, among other things, protecting the health of the
nation's aquatic livestock and supporting safe trade of those animals
and their products. This authority is provided under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.). Further, Executive Order 13921,
Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth,
rescinded the 2008 National Aquatic Animal Health Plan, and authorized
a new national aquaculture health plan establishing USDA as the
competent authority for the protection, inspection, and certification
of aquatic livestock health.
The National Aquaculture Health Plan and Standards (NAHPS) provides
guidance for pathogen testing, reporting, and laboratory standards in
addition to outlining health inspection options for aquatic livestock.
One of these inspection options is the Comprehensive Aquaculture Health
Program Standards (CAHPS). CAHPS was developed in partnership with the
U.S. aquaculture industry as a voluntary program that establishes a
framework to improve and verify the health of aquatic livestock
produced in the United States. Principles outlined in the CAHPS provide
for early disease detection, surveillance, risk mitigation, reporting,
and response for the control of aquatic animal pathogens, especially
those reportable to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH),
and to prevent their dissemination via aquatic animal sale, movement,
and trade.
VS and its CAHPS/aquaculture industry affiliates will use a mobile
application provided through the MI-Corporation (MI-CO) to carry out
CAHPS functions and evaluate and verify aquatic livestock health on
premises. The application uses a MI-CO platform for a server/client-
based mobile application that supports data
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collection using forms that can be deployed to a mobile device, like a
smartphone or tablet, and used in an internet-connected or disconnected
environment. CAHPS participants will use the application to collect
general participant and aquatic health team information; assess the
risk of incursion and spread of aquatic pathogens of concern; carry out
disease detection and surveillance and report laboratory test results;
report any disease outbreaks and presence of pathogens of concern; and
document outbreak response and recovery via surveillance and response
plans. Participants can also log outbreak communication plans and
biosecurity plans using the application and use a CAHPS Workbook as a
template for CAHPS work.
The MI-CO app will retain information from inspection to
inspection. VS will update participants' information annually. VS will
not physically collect or remove from the premises any of the
documentation unless the participant gives express permission to attach
documents to their CAHPS portfolio in the app. VS personnel will
annually review and enter information for every CAHPS participant to
support compliance with CAHPS.
We are asking 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 0.96 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. aquaculture producers and industry
representatives.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 30.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of responses: 395.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 378 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 17th day of October 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23484 Filed 10-23-23; 8:45 am]
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