80 FR 16623 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 60 (March 30, 2015)

Page Range		16623-16624
FR Document		2015-07120

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16623-16624]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07120]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 24, 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

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technology should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395-5806 and to 
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, 
DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information collections are 
best assured of having their full effect if they are received within 30 
days of this notification. 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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: The Integrity Program (TIP) Data Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0401.
    Summary of Collection: This is a request for extension, without 
revision, to an existing collection. The Women, Infant, and Children 
(WIC) Program regulations at 7 CFR 246.12(j)(5), requires State 
agencies to report annually on their vendor monitoring efforts. The 
data collected is used by States agencies as a management tool and at 
the national level to provide Congress, senior FNS officials, as well 
as the general public, assurances that every reasonable effort is being 
made to ensure integrity in the WIC Program.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service 
(FNS) will collect information using forms FNS 698, Profile of 
Integrity Practices and Procedures; FNS 699, the Integrity Profile 
Report Form; and FNS 700, TIP Data Entry Form. The collected 
information from the forms will be analyzed and a report is prepared by 
FNS annually that (1) assesses State agency progress in eliminating 
abusive vendors, (2) assesses the level of activity that is being 
directed to ensure program integrity, and (3) analyzes trends over a 5-
year period. The information is used at the national level in 
formulating program policy and regulations. At the FNS regional office 
level, the data is reviewed to identify possible vendor management 
deficiencies so that technical assistance can be provided to States, as 
needed. Without the information, FNS would not have timely and accurate 
data needed to identify and correct State agency vendor management and 
monitoring deficiencies and to implement corrective actions.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 90.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 38.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis • The tejocote fruit must be imported Therefore, in accordance with the
capitata), or Medfly. The commenter in commercial consignments only. regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we
stated that the Mexican State of Chiapas • Each consignment of tejocote fruit are announcing our decision to
has had recurring outbreaks of Medfly must be accompanied by a authorize the importation into the
and requested that imports of fresh phytosanitary certificate issued by the continental United States of fresh
tejocote fruit from Mexico not be NPPO of Mexico stating the following: tejocote fruit from Mexico subject to the
permitted into the commenter’s State ‘‘Tejocote fruit in this consignment were following phytosanitary measures:
until the shipping protocol described in inspected and are free of pests.’’ • The tejocote fruit must be imported
the PRA has had sufficient time to • Each shipment of tejocote fruit is in commercial consignments only.
demonstrate that Medfly outbreaks in subject to inspection upon arrival at • Each consignment of tejocote fruit
Chiapas do not result in an introduction port of entry to the United States. must be accompanied by a
of Medfly into the United States. One commenter noted that the PRA phytosanitary certificate issued by the
Another commenter opposed to the identified no quarantine pests likely to NPPO of Mexico stating the following:
importation of tejocote fruit cited Web follow the pathway of commercial ‘‘Tejocote fruit in this consignment were
sites and unspecified articles and stated consignments. As a result, the inspected and are free of pests.’’
that they contain information about commenter suggested that port-of-entry • Each shipment of tejocote fruit is
tejocote crop damage caused by fruit inspection be the only required subject to inspection upon arrival at
flies in parts of Mexico, including measure. port of entry to the United States.
APHIS has concluded that the These conditions will be listed in the
Chiapas, where tejocote is grown
measures indicated in the PRA are Fruits and Vegetables Import
commercially.
necessary to effectively mitigate the pest Requirements database (available at
We were unable to find information risk associated with fresh tejocote fruit http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir). In
about tejocote crop damage in Mexico imported from Mexico. addition to these specific measures,
on the Web sites listed by the Only commercial consignments of fresh tejocote fruit from Mexico will be
commenter. APHIS recognizes Mexico tejocote fruit will be allowed to be subject to the general requirements
as having eradicated Medfly, a imported from Mexico for sale and listed in § 319.56–3 that are applicable
determination that has been distribution. Commercial consignments, to the importation of all fruits and
corroborated by CABI, an as defined in § 319.56–2, are vegetables.
internationally recognized pest consignments that an inspector
monitoring resource.2 While there have Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and
identifies as having been imported for 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR
been occasional introductions of Medfly sale and distribution. Produce grown 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
along the border between the Mexican commercially is less likely to be infested
State of Chiapas and Guatemala, APHIS Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of
with plant pests than noncommercial March 2015.
has determined that no established consignments. Noncommercial
populations of Medfly exist in any part Michael C. Gregoire,
consignments are more prone to
of Mexico. Furthermore, APHIS operates Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
infestations because the commodity is Health Inspection Service.
the Moscamed program in cooperation often ripe to overripe, could be of a
with Guatemala and Mexico to detect [FR Doc. 2015–07234 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am]
variety with unknown susceptibility to
and eradicate introductions into Mexico pests, and is often grown with little or BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
through surveillance trapping, fruit no pest control.
sampling, biological and mechanical Consignments of fresh tejocote fruit
controls, release of sterile Medflies, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
from Mexico will also be required to be
public education efforts, and the accompanied by a phytosanitary Submission for OMB Review;
establishment of fruit fly-free areas. We certificate. The phytosanitary certificate Comment Request
have determined that the Moscamed provides additional assurance that the
program possesses the capability to NPPO of Mexico has inspected the March 24, 2015.
detect, contain, and eradicate Medfly commodity and determined that it The Department of Agriculture has
outbreaks within commercial tejocote meets the requirements for importation submitted the following information
growing areas of Mexico. If an outbreak into the United States and is free of collection requirement(s) to OMB for
of Medfly were to occur and APHIS pests. review and clearance under the
determined that it posed an Three commenters opposed the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
unacceptable phytosanitary risk to the importation of tejocote fruit from Public Law 104–13. Comments
United States, we would immediately Mexico on grounds that U.S. growers regarding (a) whether the collection of
prohibit the importation of fresh could suffer economically as a result of information is necessary for the proper
tejocote fruit from Mexico. This practice competition with imported tejocote performance of the functions of the
is consistent with actions we have taken fruit. agency, including whether the
toward imports of commodities from Under the Plant Protection Act (7 information will have practical utility;
other countries considered free of U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), we have the (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
certain quarantine pests when such authority to prohibit or restrict the of burden including the validity of the
pests appear in those countries and pose importation of plants and plant methodology and assumptions used; (c)
an unacceptable import risk to the products only when necessary to ways to enhance the quality, utility and
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United States. prevent the introduction into or clarity of the information to be
The PRA identified three designated dissemination of plant pests or noxious collected; (d) ways to minimize the
measures as necessary to ensure the safe weeds within the United States. We do burden of the collection of information
importation of tejocote fruit from not have the authority to restrict imports on those who are to respond, including
Mexico: solely on the grounds of potential through the use of appropriate
economic effects on domestic entities automated, electronic, mechanical, or
2 CABI Invasive Species Compendium 2015: that could result from increased other technological collection
http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367. imports. techniques or other forms of information

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
FR Citation		80 FR 16623