80 FR 10046 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 37 (February 25, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-03907
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 19, 2015.
    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 
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 March 
27, 2015 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725--17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    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.

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Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP).
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0007.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 8301 et.seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) is authorized to among other things, administer the National 
Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP or the Plan), the primary purpose of 
which is to protect the health of the U.S. poultry population. NPIP is 
a voluntary Federal-State-industry cooperative program for the 
improvement of poultry flocks and products through disease control 
techniques. The NPIP regulations are contained in 9 CFR parts 56, 145, 
146 and 147.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
using several forms to continually improve the health of the U.S. 
poultry population and the quality of U.S. poultry products. If the 
information were collected less frequently or not collected, APHIS 
could not affectively monitor the health of the nation's poultry 
population.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 18,097.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 104,311.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Control of Chronic Wasting Disease.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0189.
    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, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or 
poultry, and to pay claims arising from destruction of animals. Disease 
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy 
animal population and enhancing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) ability to complete in exporting animals and animal 
products. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and moose typified by chronic weight 
loss leading to death. The presence of CWD disease in cervids causes 
significant economic and market losses to U.S. producers. In an effort 
to accelerate the control and limit the spread of this disease in the 
United States, APHIS created a cooperative, voluntary Federal-State-
private sector CWD Herd Certification Program designed to identify 
farmed or captive herds infected with CWD and provided for the 
management of these herds in a way that reduces the risk of spreading 
CWD. APHIS is combining 0579-0237 into this information collection 
(0579-0189) and will retire 0579-0237 upon the approval of this renewal 
of 0579-0189.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from owners of elk, deer, and moose herds who choose to participate in 
the CWD Herd Certification program. They would need to follow program 
requirements for animal identification, testing, herd management, and 
movement of animals into and from herds. APHIS also established 
requirements for the interstate movement of cervids to prevent movement 
of elk, deer, and moose that pose a risk of spreading CWD. Carrying out 
this program will entail the use of several information collection 
activities: Memoranda of understandings; participation requests/
applications; sample collections and lab submissions; herd records; 
cervid identification; reports of cervid disappearances, escapes, and 
deaths; herd plans; annual reports; consistent State reviews; 
epidemiological investigations; appraisal, destruction, and payment of 
indemnity; letter to appeal suspension; Interstate Certificates of 
Veterinary Inspection (ICVI); and wild cervid ICVI, and surveillance 
data. Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability 
to effectively sustain its CWD control program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,735.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 383,383.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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7602. Copies of the submission(s) may processed at a Federally inspected Total Burden Hours: 287.
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. processing plant in Sinaloa or Sonora;
An agency may not conduct or Ruth Brown,
and (4) kept out of contact with poultry
sponsor a collection of information from any other State within Mexico. Departmental Information Collection
unless the collection of information APHIS will also collect information to Clearance Officer.
displays a currently valid OMB control ensure that the poultry meat or poultry [FR Doc. 2015–03912 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am]
number and the agency informs products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
potential persons who are to respond to the most negligible risk possible for
the collection of information that such introducing ND into the United States.
persons are not required to respond to Description of Respondents: Business DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
the collection of information unless it or other for-profit; Federal Government.
displays a currently valid OMB control Submission for OMB Review;
number. Number of Respondents: 386. Comment Request
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Animal & Plant Health Inspection On occasion. February 19, 2015.
Service
Total Burden Hours: 386. The Department of Agriculture has
Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and submitted the following information
Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service collection requirement(s) to OMB for
and Sonora, Mexico review and clearance under the
OMB Control Number: 0579–0144. Title: Importation of Fresh Pitaya Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Fruit from Central America into the Public Law 104–13. Comments
Health Protection Act of 2002 (Title X,
Continental United States. regarding (a) whether the collection of
Subtitle E, Sec. 10401–18 of Pub. L.
107–171) is the primary Federal law OMB Control Number: 0579–0378. information is necessary for the proper
governing the protection of animal Summary of Collection: Under the performance of the functions of the
health. Disease prevention is the most Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– agency, including whether the
effective method for maintaining a 7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is information will have practical utility;
healthy animal population and for authorized to carry out operations or (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
enhancing the U.S. Department of measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, of burden including the validity of the
Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health control, prevent, or retard the spread of methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary plant pests new to the United States or ways to enhance the quality, utility and
Services’ ability to allow United States not known to be widely distributed clarity of the information to be
animal producers to compete in the throughout the United States. The collected; (d) ways to minimize the
world market of animal and animal regulations ‘‘Subpart-Fruit and burden of the collection of information
product trade APHIS currently has Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through on those who are to respond, including
regulations in place that restrict the 319 56–71), prohibit or restrict the through the use of appropriate
importation of poultry meat and other importation of fruits and vegetables into automated, electronic, mechanical, or
poultry products from Mexico due to the United States from certain parts of other technological collection
the presence of Newcastle Disease (ND) the world to prevent the introduction techniques or other forms of information
in that country. However, APHIS allows and dissemination of plant pests that are technology.
the importation of poultry meat and not widely distributed within the Comments regarding this information
poultry products from the Mexican United States. The Animal and Plant collection received by March 27, 2015
States of Sinaloa and Sonora because Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be considered. Written comments
APHIS has determined that poultry allows the importation of fresh pitaya should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
meat and products from these two fruit from Central America into the Agriculture, Office of Information and
Mexican States pose a negligible risk of continental United States. Regulatory Affairs, Office of
introducing ND into the United States. Need and Use of the Information: The Management and Budget (OMB), New
To ensure that these items are safe for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Executive Office Building, 725—17th
importation, APHIS requires that certain Service uses the following activities to Street, NW., Washington, DC 20502.
data appear on the foreign meat collect information: Production Site Commenters are encouraged to submit
inspection certificate that accompanies Certification, Review and Maintain their comments to OMB via email to:
the poultry meat and other poultry Documents, Registration of OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the Packinghouses, Bilateral Workplan, fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
United States. APHIS also requires that Records of Fruit Fly Detections and Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
serial numbered seals be applied to Update Records, Shipping Documents Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
containers carrying the poultry meat Identifying the Places of Production, 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
and other poultry products. Phytosanitary Certificate with
Need and Use of the Information: be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
Additional Declaration, Production Site
APHIS will collect information to certify An agency may not conduct or
Registration, and Box Markings. If the
that the poultry meat or other poultry sponsor a collection of information
information is not collected, APHIS’
products were (1) derived from poultry unless the collection of information
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ability to protect the United States from
born and raised in commercial breeding exotic insect pest would be severely displays a currently valid OMB control
establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; compromised. number and the agency informs
(2) derived from poultry that were potential persons who are to respond to
slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a Description of Respondents: Business the collection of information that such
Federally-inspected slaughter plant or other for-profit; Federal Government. persons are not required to respond to
approved to export these commodities Number of Respondents: 97. the collection of information unless it
to the United States in accordance with Frequency of Responses: Reporting: displays a currently valid OMB control
Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3) On occasion. number.

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Animal & Plant Health Inspection created a cooperative, voluntary DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Service Federal-State-private sector CWD Herd
Certification Program designed to Food and Nutrition Service
Title: National Poultry Improvement
Plan (NPIP). identify farmed or captive herds
Request for Information: Software
OMB Control Number: 0579–0007. infected with CWD and provided for the
Vendors of State and Local
Summary of Collection: Under the management of these herds in a way
Management Information Systems
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. that reduces the risk of spreading CWD.
(MIS) and Other Technology Solutions
8301 et.seq.), the Animal and Plant APHIS is combining 0579–0237 into for the National School Lunch and
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is this information collection (0579–0189) School Breakfast Programs
authorized to among other things, and will retire 0579–0237 upon the
administer the National Poultry approval of this renewal of 0579–0189. AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service
Improvement Plan (NPIP or the Plan), Need and Use of the Information: (FNS), USDA.
the primary purpose of which is to APHIS will collect information from ACTION: Notice; request for information.
protect the health of the U.S. poultry owners of elk, deer, and moose herds
population. NPIP is a voluntary Federal- SUMMARY: This is a request for
who choose to participate in the CWD information from Management
State-industry cooperative program for
Herd Certification program. They would Information Systems (MIS) software and
the improvement of poultry flocks and
need to follow program requirements for hardware vendors and developers
products through disease control
techniques. The NPIP regulations are animal identification, testing, herd (‘‘vendors’’) to learn about the
contained in 9 CFR parts 56, 145, 146 management, and movement of animals functionality of State and School Food
and 147. into and from herds. APHIS also Authority National School Lunch and
Need and Use of the Information: established requirements for the School Breakfast Program (NSLP/SBP)
APHIS will collect information using interstate movement of cervids to data management information systems.
several forms to continually improve the prevent movement of elk, deer, and It is not a request for proposal and does
health of the U.S. poultry population moose that pose a risk of spreading not commit the Government to issue a
and the quality of U.S. poultry products. CWD. Carrying out this program will solicitation, make an award, or pay any
If the information were collected less entail the use of several information costs associated with responding to this
frequently or not collected, APHIS collection activities: Memoranda of announcement. All submitted
could not affectively monitor the health understandings; participation requests/ information shall remain with the
of the nation’s poultry population. applications; sample collections and lab Government and will not be returned.
Description of Respondents: Business submissions; herd records; cervid All responses will become part of the
or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal identification; reports of cervid public record and will not be held
Government. disappearances, escapes, and deaths; confidential.
Number of Respondents: 18,097. herd plans; annual reports; consistent The United States Department of
Frequency of Responses: Agriculture (USDA) is seeking
State reviews; epidemiological
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. information that will inform future data
investigations; appraisal, destruction,
Total Burden Hours: 104,311. reporting requirements for the
and payment of indemnity; letter to
Department’s oversight and
Animal and Plant Health Inspection appeal suspension; Interstate management of NSLP/SBP. The
Service Certificates of Veterinary Inspection Department is aware that all States and
Title: Control of Chronic Wasting (ICVI); and wild cervid ICVI, and many school districts have installed and
Disease. surveillance data. Failure to collect this implemented MIS or other technology
OMB Control Number: 0579–0189. information would cripple APHIS’ solutions to improve State and local
Summary of Collection: The Animal ability to effectively sustain its CWD program management. To better
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is control program. understand the availability and
the primary Federal law governing the Description of Respondents: Business implementation of these solutions,
protection of animal health. The law or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal USDA is requesting information from
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad Government. vendors about NSLP/SBP data systems
authority to detect, control, and they offer and have deployed at the
Number of Respondents: 5,735.
eradicate pests or diseases of livestock State and local levels.
or poultry, and to pay claims arising Frequency of Responses: Reporting The objectives of this request for
from destruction of animals. Disease and Recordkeeping: On occasion. information (RFI) are to:
prevention is the most effective method Total Burden Hours: 383,383. 1. Obtain background data to inform
for maintaining a healthy animal later research on State and School Food
population and enhancing the Animal Ruth Brown, Authority (SFA) NSLP/SBP data
and Plant Health Inspection Service Departmental Information Collection management information systems.
(APHIS) ability to complete in exporting Clearance Officer. 2. Describe the functionality and
animals and animal products. Chronic [FR Doc. 2015–03907 Filed 2–24–15; 8:45 am] capabilities of systems currently in use
wasting disease (CWD) is a BILLING CODE 3410–34–P by State agencies and SFAs, or available
transmissible spongiform to States and SFA for purchase.
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encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and 3. Describe the typical costs of system
moose typified by chronic weight loss development, installation, maintenance,
leading to death. The presence of CWD and upgrades.
disease in cervids causes significant 4. Identify which States and SFAs are
economic and market losses to U.S. using particular systems.
producers. In an effort to accelerate the DATES: To be assured of consideration,
control and limit the spread of this written comments must be submitted or
disease in the United States, APHIS postmarked on or before April 27, 2015.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 10046