80 FR 15551 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Fruits and Vegetables

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 56 (March 24, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-06723

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 importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0021]

Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of Fruits and Vegetables

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
importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May
26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0021.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2015-0021, 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 http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-
0021 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 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 importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States,
contact Mr. Juan (Tony) Rom[aacute]n, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2242. For copies of more detailed
information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0264.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation,
entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other
articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. This authority
has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
which administers regulations to implement the PPA.
The regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR
319.56-1 through 319.56-71) allow a number of fruits and vegetables
into the United States, under specified conditions, from certain parts
of the world while continuing to protect against the introduction of
pests into the United States. Under these regulations, the importation
of a variety of fruits and vegetables from Belgium, Central America,
China, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Jerusalem, the Netherlands,
South America, and Trinidad and Tobago requires the use of
phytosanitary certificates.
In our previous extension request for this collection, we included
the information collection activities of trapping records and
compliance agreements, which were specific to untreated citrus from
Mexico. However, we have removed the collection activities for
untreated citrus from Mexico from this collection because they are now
listed under a different Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. As a result, the overall burden numbers for this collection
have decreased.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of this information collection
activity, 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 reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.25 hours per response.
Respondents: National plant protection organization officials of
countries exporting to the United States.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 12.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 39.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 468.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 117 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 18th day of March 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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room 1141 of the USDA South Building, increased from 3,226.65 to 21,947. We DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
14th Street and Independence Avenue also found that we overestimated the
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading burden hours for recordkeeping. In Animal and Plant Health Inspection
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., addition, the estimated annual number Service
Monday through Friday, except of respondents has decreased from 245 [Docket No. APHIS–2015–0021]
holidays. To be sure someone is there to to 36. As a result of these factors, the
help you, please call (202) 799–7039 estimated total annual burden on Notice of Request for Revision to and
before coming. respondents decreased from 2,999 hours Extension of Approval of an
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For to 1,929 hours. Information Collection; Importation of
information on the importation of We are asking the Office of Fruits and Vegetables
peppers from certain Central American Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
countries, contact Mr. Juan (Tony)
collection activities, as described, for an Inspection Service, USDA.
Roman, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ, additional 3 years. ACTION: Revision to and extension of
The purpose of this notice is to solicit approval of an information collection;
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156,
comments from the public (as well as comment request.
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2242.
affected agencies) concerning our
For copies of more detailed information SUMMARY: In accordance with the
information collection. These comments
on the information collection, contact Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
will help us:
Mrs. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ (1) Evaluate whether the collection of notice announces the Animal and Plant
Information Collection Coordinator, at information is necessary for the proper Health Inspection Service’s intention to
(301) 851–2727. performance of the functions of the request a revision to and extension of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agency, including whether the approval of an information collection
Title: Importation of Peppers From information will have practical utility; associated with the regulations for the
Certain Central American Countries. (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our importation of fruits and vegetables into
OMB Control Number: 0579–0274. estimate of the burden of the collection the United States.
Type of Request: Revision to and of information, including the validity of DATES: We will consider all comments
extension of approval of an information the methodology and assumptions used; that we receive on or before May 26,
collection. (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 2015.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act clarity of the information to be
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes collected; and ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict (4) Minimize the burden of the by either of the following methods:
the importation, entry, or interstate collection of information on those who • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
movement of plants, plant products, and are to respond, through use, as http://www.regulations.gov/
other articles to prevent the appropriate, of automated, electronic, #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0021.
introduction of plant pests, including mechanical, and other collection • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
fruit flies, into the United States or their technologies; e.g., permitting electronic Send your comment to Docket No.
dissemination within the United States. submission of responses. APHIS–2015–0021, Regulatory Analysis
Regulations authorized by the PPA Estimate of burden: The public and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
concerning the importation of fruits and reporting burden for this collection of 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
vegetables into the United States from information is estimated to average Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
certain parts of the world are contained 0.00244 hours per response. Supporting documents and any
in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 Respondents: Importers, NPPOs, comments we receive on this docket
CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–71). growers, and shippers of peppers in may be viewed at http://
In accordance with § 319.56–40, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, www.regulations.gov/
peppers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0021 or
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Estimated annual number of in our reading room, which is located in
Panama are subject to certain conditions respondents: 36. room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
before entering the United States to Estimated annual number of 14th Street and Independence Avenue
prevent the introduction of plant pests responses per respondent: 21,947. SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
into the United States. The regulations Estimated annual number of room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
require the use of information collection responses: 790,092. Monday through Friday, except
activities, including inspections by Estimated total annual burden on holidays. To be sure someone is there to
national plant protection organization respondents: 1,929 hours. (Due to help you, please call (202) 799–7039
(NPPO) officials of the country of averaging, the total annual burden hours before coming.
export; a bilateral workplan; production may not equal the product of the annual FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
site registration; fruit fly trapping, number of responses multiplied by the information on the regulations for the
monitoring, quality control program, reporting burden per response.) importation of fruits and vegetables into
and recordkeeping; box labeling; and a All responses to this notice will be the United States, contact Mr. Juan
phytosanitary certificate. summarized and included in the request (Tony) Román, Senior Regulatory Policy
When comparing the regulations to for OMB approval. All comments will Specialist, RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ,
also become a matter of public record. APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156,
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the information collection activities that
were previously approved, we found Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2242.
that production site registration and the March 2015. For copies of more detailed information
quality control program were omitted Kevin Shea, on the information collection, contact
from the previous collection. By adding Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
these activities to this information Inspection Service. Information Collection Coordinator, at
collection, the estimated annual number [FR Doc. 2015–06721 Filed 3–23–15; 8:45 am] (301) 851–2727.
of responses per respondent has BILLING CODE 3410–34–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Importation of Fruits and (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and affiliation, and database searching
Vegetables. clarity of the information to be experience. Participants include
OMB Control Number: 0579–0264. collected; and principal investigators, members of
Type of Request: Revision to and (4) Minimize the burden of the Institutional Animal Care and Use
extension of approval of an information collection of information on those who Committees, animal care technicians,
collection. are to respond, through use, as facility managers, veterinarians, and
appropriate, of automated, electronic, administrators of animal use programs.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
mechanical, and other collection DATES: Comments on this notice much
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic be received by May 26, 2015 to be
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict
submission of responses. assured of consideration.
the importation, entry, or interstate
Estimate of Burden: The public ADDRESSES: Address all comments
movement of plants, plant products, and
reporting burden for this collection of concerning this notice to Sandra Ball,
other articles to prevent the
information is estimated to average 0.25 Information Technology Specialist,
introduction of plant pests into the
hours per response. USDA, ARS, NAL Animal Welfare
United States or their dissemination
Respondents: National plant Information Center, 10301 Baltimore
within the United States. This authority
protection organization officials of Avenue, Room #118G, Beltsville,
has been delegated to the Animal and
countries exporting to the United States. Maryland 20705–2351. Submit
Plant Health Inspection Service, which
Estimated Annual Number of electronic comments to:
administers regulations to implement
Respondents: 12. sandra.ball@ars.usda.gov.
the PPA. Estimated Annual Number of
The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits Responses per Respondent: 39. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 Estimated Annual Number of Sandra Ball, Information Technology
through 319.56–71) allow a number of Responses: 468. Specialist. Phone: 301 504 6212 or Fax:
fruits and vegetables into the United Estimated Total Annual Burden on 301 504 5181.
States, under specified conditions, from Respondents: 117 hours. (Due to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
certain parts of the world while averaging, the total annual burden hours Title: Animal Welfare Act Workshop
continuing to protect against the may not equal the product of the annual Registration.
introduction of pests into the United number of responses multiplied by the OMB Number: 0518–033.
States. Under these regulations, the reporting burden per response.) Expiration Date:
importation of a variety of fruits and All responses to this notice will be Type of Request: To extend currently
vegetables from Belgium, Central summarized and included in the request approved data collection form.
America, China, the Dominican for OMB approval. All comments will Abstract: This Web-based form
Republic, Jamaica, Jerusalem, the also become a matter of public record. collects information to register
Netherlands, South America, and respondents in the workshop, Meeting
Done in Washington, DC, this 18th day of the Information Requirements of the
Trinidad and Tobago requires the use of
March 2015.
phytosanitary certificates. Animal Welfare Act. Information
Kevin Shea, collected includes the following:
In our previous extension request for
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Preference of workshop date, name,
this collection, we included the Inspection Service.
information collection activities of title/position, organization name,
[FR Doc. 2015–06723 Filed 3–23–15; 8:45 am] mailing address, phone number, and
trapping records and compliance
agreements, which were specific to BILLING CODE 3410–34–P email address. Five questions are asked
untreated citrus from Mexico. However, regarding: Database searching
we have removed the collection experience, membership on an
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Institutional Animal Care and Use
activities for untreated citrus from
Mexico from this collection because Committee, position as principal
National Agricultural Library
they are now listed under a different investigator, and goals for attending the
Office of Management and Budget Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To workshop.
(OMB) control number. As a result, the Collect Information Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
overall burden numbers for this burden for this collection of information
collection have decreased. AGENCY: National Agricultural Library, is estimated to average 5 minutes per
Agricultural Research Service, USDA. response.
We are asking OMB to approve our
ACTION: Notice and Request for Respondents: Principal investigators,
use of this information collection
Comments. members of Institutional Animal Care
activity, as described, for an additional
and Use Committees, animal care
3 years. SUMMARY: In accordance with the personnel, veterinarians, information
The purpose of this notice is to solicit Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. providers, and administrators of animal
comments from the public (as well as L. 104–13) and Office of Management use programs.
affected agencies) concerning our and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR Estimated Number of Respondents:
information collection. These comments part 1320, this notice announces the 200 per year.
will help us: National Agricultural Library’s (NAL) Estimated Total Annual Burden on
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of intent to request an extension of Respondents: 16.6 hours.
information is necessary for the proper
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currently approved information Comments are invited on (a) whether
performance of the functions of the collection form related to the Animal the proposed collection of information
Agency, including whether the Welfare Information Center’s (AWIC) is necessary for the proper performance
information will have practical utility; workshop, Meeting the Information of the functions of the Agency,
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our Requirements of the Animal Welfare including whether the information will
estimate of the burden of the collection Act. This workshop registration form have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
of information, including the validity of requests the following information from the Agency’s estimate of the burden of
the methodology and assumptions used; participants: Contact information, the proposed collection of information,

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection; comment request.
Dates		We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May 26, 2015.
Contact		For information on the regulations for the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States, contact Mr. Juan (Tony) Rom[aacute]n, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2242. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727.
FR Citation		80 FR 15551

80 FR 15551 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Fruits and Vegetables

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 56 (March 24, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service