80 FR 67698 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Phytosanitary Export Certification
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 212 (November 3, 2015)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 212 (November 3, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-27960 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 67698-67699] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-27960] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. APHIS-2015-0064] Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Phytosanitary Export Certification AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection; comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 issuance of phytosanitary certificates for plants or plant products being exported to foreign countries. DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before January 4, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0064. Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2015-0064, 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- 0064 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 phytosanitary export certification for plants and plant products being exported to foreign countries, contact Mr. Terrance Wells, Export Specialist North America and U.S. Territories, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 131, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2315. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Phytosanitary Export Certification. OMB Control Number: 0579-0052. Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection. Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to certify as to the freedom of plants, plant products, or biological control organisms from plant pests or noxious weeds, or the exposure of plants, plant products, or biological control organisms to plant pests or noxious weeds, according to the phytosanitary or other requirements of the countries to which the plants, plant products, or biological control organisms may be exported. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), among other things, provides export certification services to assure other countries that the plants and plant products they are receiving from the United States are free of plant pests specified by the receiving country. Our regulations do not require that we engage in export certification activities. However, we perform this work as a service to exporters who are shipping plants or plant products to countries that require phytosanitary certification as a condition of entry. The export certification regulations in 7 CFR part 353 describe the procedures for obtaining certification for plants and plant products offered for export or re-export. To request that we perform a phytosanitary inspection, an exporter must complete and submit an Application for Inspection and Certification of Plants and Plant Products for Export (PPQ Form 572). [[Page 67699]] After assessing the condition of the plants or plant products intended for export (i.e., after conducting a phytosanitary inspection), an inspector (who may be an APHIS employee or a State or county plant regulatory official) will issue an internationally recognized phytosanitary certificate (PPQ Form 577), a phytosanitary certificate for re-export (PPQ Form 579), or an export certificate for processed plant products (PPQ Form 578). These forms are critical to our ability to certify plants and plant products for export. Without them, we would be unable to conduct an export certification program. Since the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB's) last approval of this collection, we have revised the estimates of burden associated with this information collection. We have added activities that were previously not accounted for, such as the recordkeeping burden for PPQ Form 572 or its equivalent, a memorandum of understanding for State inspectors, request for APHIS to negotiate with national plant protection organizations for industry-issued certificates or documentation, memorandum of understanding with industry for inspection and use of International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade (ISPM 15), and the application of an ISPM 15 mark. In addition, we have removed burden that reflected activities that were conducted by APHIS personnel. We are asking 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 reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.0066 hours per response. Respondents: State, local, and county plant regulatory officials, U.S. growers, shippers, and exporters. Estimated annual number of respondents: 9,101. Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 6,155. Estimated annual number of responses: 56,015,610. Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 369,977 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 28th day of October 2015. Kevin Shea, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2015-27960 Filed 11-2-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: sure someone is there to help you,
contains documents other than rules or Jayne Thomisee, acvfa@usaid.gov please call (202) 799–7039 before
proposed rules that are applicable to the coming.
Dated: October 22, 2015.
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and Jayne Thomisee, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Executive Director & Policy Advisor, U.S. information on the regulations for
petitions and applications and agency Agency for International Development. phytosanitary export certification for
statements of organization and functions are [FR Doc. 2015–27932 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am] plants and plant products being
examples of documents appearing in this BILLING CODE P exported to foreign countries, contact
section. Mr. Terrance Wells, Export Specialist
North America and U.S. Territories,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 131, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–
DEVELOPMENT 2315. For copies of more detailed
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service information on the information
Notice of Advisory Committee on
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
Voluntary Foreign Aid Meeting [Docket No. APHIS–2015–0064]
APHIS’ Information Collection
AGENCY: United States Agency for Notice of Request for Revision to and Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727.
International Development. Extension of Approval of an SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ACTION: Notice of Meeting. Information Collection; Phytosanitary Title: Phytosanitary Export
Export Certification Certification.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal OMB Control Number: 0579–0052.
Advisory Committee Act, notice is AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Type of Request: Revision to and
hereby given of a meeting of the Inspection Service, USDA. extension of approval of an information
Advisory Committee on Voluntary ACTION: Revision to and extension of collection.
Foreign Aid (ACVFA). approval of an information collection; Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015. comment request. U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the
Time: 2:00–4:00 p.m. Secretary of Agriculture to certify as to
Location: Pavilion Room, The Ronald SUMMARY: In accordance with the the freedom of plants, plant products, or
Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this biological control organisms from plant
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. notice announces the Animal and Plant pests or noxious weeds, or the exposure
Health Inspection Service’s intention to of plants, plant products, or biological
Purpose request a revision to and extension of control organisms to plant pests or
The Advisory Committee on approval of an information collection noxious weeds, according to the
Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) brings associated with the regulations for the phytosanitary or other requirements of
together USAID and private voluntary issuance of phytosanitary certificates for the countries to which the plants, plant
organization officials, representatives plants or plant products being exported products, or biological control
from universities, international to foreign countries. organisms may be exported.
nongovernment organizations, U.S. DATES: We will consider all comments The Animal and Plant Health
businesses, and government, that we receive on or before January 4, Inspection Service (APHIS), among
multilateral, and private organizations 2016. other things, provides export
to foster understanding, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments certification services to assure other
communication, and cooperation in the by either of the following methods: countries that the plants and plant
area of foreign aid. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to products they are receiving from the
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket United States are free of plant pests
Agenda Detail;D=APHIS-2015-0064. specified by the receiving country. Our
USAID Acting Administrator • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: regulations do not require that we
Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt will Send your comment to Docket No. engage in export certification activities.
make opening remarks, followed by APHIS–2015–0064, Regulatory Analysis However, we perform this work as a
panel discussions among ACVFA and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station service to exporters who are shipping
members and USAID leadership on the 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, plants or plant products to countries
U.S. Global Development Lab. The full Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. that require phytosanitary certification
meeting agenda will be forthcoming on Supporting documents and any as a condition of entry.
the ACVFA Web site at http://www. comments we receive on this docket The export certification regulations in
usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/ may be viewed at http://www. 7 CFR part 353 describe the procedures
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advisory-committee. regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= for obtaining certification for plants and
APHIS-2015-0064 or in our reading plant products offered for export or re-
Stakeholders room, which is located in room 1141 of export. To request that we perform a
The meeting is free and open to the the USDA South Building, 14th Street phytosanitary inspection, an exporter
public. Registration information will be and Independence Avenue SW., must complete and submit an
forthcoming on the ACVFA Web site at Washington, DC. Normal reading room Application for Inspection and
http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/ hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday Certification of Plants and Plant
organization/advisory-committee. through Friday, except holidays. To be Products for Export (PPQ Form 572).
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After assessing the condition of the Estimate of burden: The public regulations) contain the provisions of
plants or plant products intended for reporting burden for this collection of the National Poultry Improvement Plan
export (i.e., after conducting a information is estimated to average (NPIP, also referred to below as ‘‘the
phytosanitary inspection), an inspector 0.0066 hours per response. Plan’’), a cooperative Federal-State-
(who may be an APHIS employee or a Respondents: State, local, and county Industry mechanism for controlling
State or county plant regulatory official) plant regulatory officials, U.S. growers, certain poultry diseases. The Animal
will issue an internationally recognized shippers, and exporters. and Plant Health Inspection Service
phytosanitary certificate (PPQ Form Estimated annual number of (APHIS, also referred to as ‘‘the
577), a phytosanitary certificate for re- respondents: 9,101. Service’’) of the U.S. Department of
export (PPQ Form 579), or an export Estimated annual number of Agriculture (USDA, also referred to as
certificate for processed plant products responses per respondent: 6,155. ‘‘the Department’’) amends these
(PPQ Form 578). These forms are critical Estimated annual number of provisions from time to time to
to our ability to certify plants and plant responses: 56,015,610. incorporate new scientific information
products for export. Without them, we Estimated total annual burden on and technologies within the Plan.
would be unable to conduct an export respondents: 369,977 hours. (Due to In § 147.53, paragraph (b) states that
certification program. averaging, the total annual burden hours approved tests and sanitation
Since the Office of Management and may not equal the product of the annual procedures used to qualify flocks for
Budget’s (OMB’s) last approval of this number of responses multiplied by the NPIP classifications are set out in the
collection, we have revised the reporting burden per response.) NPIP Program Standards.1 In that
estimates of burden associated with this All responses to this notice will be section, paragraphs (d) and (e) set out
information collection. We have added summarized and included in the request the process for adding or revising tests
activities that were previously not for OMB approval. All comments will or sanitation procedures. Paragraph
accounted for, such as the also become a matter of public record. (e)(1) states that APHIS will publish a
recordkeeping burden for PPQ Form 572 Done in Washington, DC, this 28th day of notice in the Federal Register making
or its equivalent, a memorandum of October 2015. the test or sanitation procedure
understanding for State inspectors, Kevin Shea, available for public comment. Paragraph
request for APHIS to negotiate with Administrator, Animal and Plant Health (e)(2)(i) states that, at the end of the
national plant protection organizations Inspection Service. comment period, the test or sanitation
for industry-issued certificates or [FR Doc. 2015–27960 Filed 11–2–15; 8:45 am] procedure will be added to the NPIP
documentation, memorandum of BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
Program Standards, or the NPIP Program
understanding with industry for Standards will be updated to reflect
inspection and use of International changes to an existing test or sanitation
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE procedure, if:
Guidelines for Regulating Wood (a) No comments were received on the
Packaging Material in International Animal and Plant Health Inspection notice;
Trade (ISPM 15), and the application of Service (b) The comments on the notice
an ISPM 15 mark. In addition, we have supported the action described in the
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0100]
removed burden that reflected activities notice; or
that were conducted by APHIS Notice of Determination; Changes to (c) The comments on the notice were
personnel. the National Poultry Improvement Plan evaluated but did not change the
We are asking OMB to approve our Program Standards Administrator’s determination that
use of these information collection approval of the test or sanitation
activities, as described, for an additional AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health procedure is appropriate based on the
3 years. Inspection Service, USDA. standards in paragraph (a) of § 147.53.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit ACTION: Notice. On February 6, 2015, we published a
comments from the public (as well as notice 2 in the Federal Register (80 FR
affected agencies) concerning our SUMMARY: We are updating the National 6681, Docket No. APHIS–2014–0100)
information collection. These comments Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) advising the public that we had
will help us: Program Standards document. In a prepared updates to the NPIP Program
previous notice, we made available to Standards document. The proposed
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
the public for review and comment updates included changes to blood
information is necessary for the proper
revisions to the NPIP Program Standards testing procedures for mycoplasma,
performance of the functions of the
document describing changes to blood bacteriological examination procedure
Agency, including whether the
testing procedures for mycoplasma, changes for Salmonella, and the
information will have practical utility;
bacteriological examination procedure addition of new approved diagnostic
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
changes for Salmonella, and the test kits.
estimate of the burden of the collection
addition of new approved diagnostic We solicited comments on the notice
of information, including the validity of
test kits. for 30 days ending on March 9, 2015.
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and DATES: Effective January 4, 2016. We received one comment by that date,
clarity of the information to be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. from a private citizen. However, the
Denise Brinson, DVM, Director,
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collected; and 1 The Program Standards may be viewed on the
(4) Minimize the burden of the National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS,
NPIP Web site at http://www.poultryimprovement.
collection of information on those who APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, org/documents/ProgramStandardsAugust2014.pdf,
are to respond, through use, as Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094–5104; or by writing to the Service at National Poultry
appropriate, of automated, electronic, (770) 922–3496. Improvement Plan, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike
Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094.
mechanical, and other collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2 To view the notice and comment we received,
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic regulations in 9 CFR parts 145, 146, and go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
submission of responses. 147 (referred to below as the APHIS-2014-0100.
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| Contact | For information on the regulations for phytosanitary export certification for plants and plant products being exported to foreign countries, contact Mr. Terrance Wells, Export Specialist North America and U.S. Territories, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 131, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2315. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2727. | |
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