81 FR 17425 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 60 (March 29, 2016)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 60 (March 29, 2016)
| Page Range | 17425-17426 | |
| FR Document | 2016-07003 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 17425-17426] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07003] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 60 / Tuesday, March 29, 2016 / Notices [[Page 17425]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request March 23, 2016. 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 are requested regarding (1) 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) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 April 28, 2016 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: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Importation of Tomatoes from Certain Central American Countries. OMB Control Number: 0579-0286. Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 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. Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world contained in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through 319.56-73). Under these regulations, pink or red tomatoes from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama are subject to certain condition before entering the United States to prevent the introduction of plant pests in the United States. Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) requires that each shipment of tomatoes must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the National Plant Protection Organization and bearing the declaration, ``These tomatoes were grown in an area recognized to be free of Medfly and the shipment has been inspected and found free of the pest listed in the requirements.'' In addition to the phytosanitary certificate, production site and packinghouse records, production site registration, monitoring/auditing trapping program, trapping records, export certification, labeling of boxes, and recertification of production sites, APHIS uses these activities to prevent the introduction and dissemination of plant pests into the United States. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 54. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 1,180. Title: Location of Irradiation Treatment Facilities in the United States. OMB Control Number: 0579-0383. Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests from entering into the United States, preventing the spread of pests and noxious weeds not widely distributed into the United States, and eradicating those imported pests when eradication is feasible. The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701--et seq.) authorizes USDA to carry out this mission. Under the Plant Protection Act, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized, among other things, to regulate the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests in the United States. Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following information collection activities to provide generic criteria for irradiation treatment facilities in an effort to prevent the spread of plant pests and plant diseases in the United States: (1) Request for Initial Certification and Inspection of Facility; (2) Certification and Recertification of Facility; (3) Denial and Withdrawal of Certification; (4) Compliance Agreement (PPQ 519); (5) Irradiation Facilities Treating Imported Articles; Irradiation Treatment Framework Equivalency Work plan; (6) Irradiation Facilities Notification; (7) Records; (8) Facility to Maintain and Provide Updated Map Identifying Places Horticultural/Crops are Grown; (9) Facility Contingency Plan; (10) Letter of Concurrence or Non-Agreement; (11) Treatment Arrangements; (12) Pest Management Plan; and (13) Facility Map-- Detailed Layout of Facility. If the information is not collected, APHIS would have no practical way of determining that any given commodity had actually been irradiated. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 5. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. [[Page 17426]] Total Burden Hours: 28. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-07003 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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I. Background register on USDA’s Web site prior to the
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0024] public meeting. Public comments made
Under the auspices of the National at this meeting will be submitted to the
Modernizing the Regulatory System for Science and Technology Council, the docket as part of the official meeting
Biotechnology Products; Notice of Environmental Protection Agency, Food
Third Public Meeting transcript.
and Drug Administration (FDA), United
To participate in person or view the
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National Science and Technology public meeting on October 30, 2015, to detailed instructions with their
Council, USDA, along with the White discuss the Executive Office of the confirmations that explain how to
House Office of Science and Technology President (EOP) memorandum entitled, access the meeting via webinar or in
Policy, the Environmental Protection ‘‘Modernizing the Regulatory System for person.
Agency and the Food and Drug Biotechnology Products,’’ that was III. Meeting Materials, Transcripts and
Administration (FDA) are holding the issued in July 2015. The purpose of the Recorded Video
third public meeting related to the October 2015 meeting was to inform the
memorandum entitled, ‘‘Modernizing public about the activities described in Any additional information and data
the Regulatory System for the July 2015 memorandum, invite oral submitted voluntarily to us will become
Biotechnology Products,’’ issued by the comments from interested parties, and part of the administrative record for this
Executive Office of the President in July provide information about how to activity and will be accessible to the
2015. The purpose of the third public submit written comments, data, or other public in the docket [FDA–2015–N–
meeting is to illustrate current Federal information to the docket. The October 3403] on www.regulations.gov. The
roles and responsibilities regarding meeting was the first of three public transcript of the proceedings from the
biotechnology products. The docket, engagement sessions on this topic. public meeting will become part of the
FDA–2015–N–3403, established by FDA A second public meeting was held on administrative record for this activity
prior to the first public meeting, will March 9, 2016, in Dallas, TX. and will also be included and accessible
continue to be used for this interagency Transcripts and materials from this in the docket as soon they are available.
effort. meeting can be found in the docket Additionally, we will live webcast and
DATES: The meeting will be held on [FDA–2015–N–3403] on record the public meeting. Once the
March 30, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 www.regulations.gov. recorded video is available, it will be
p.m. PDT. accessible on USDA’s YouTube channel.
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much time as possible to process your modernizing-framework. the USDA South Building, 14th Street
request. The third public meeting will be held and Independence Avenue SW.,
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at on March 30, 2016, at the University of Washington, DC. Normal reading room
the University of California, Davis California’s Davis Conference Center in hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
Conference Center, Davis, CA 95616. Davis, CA. through Friday, except holidays. To be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For There are two draft documents sure someone is there to help you,
general questions about the meeting, available that will be the basis for please call (202) 799–7039 before
contact Mr. Sidney W. Abel, Assistant discussion at the March 30 meeting: A coming.
Deputy Administrator, Biotechnology document with eight case studies of Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River hypothetical biotechnology products, 7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737– and a table of oversight authorities 371.3.
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1236; (301) 851–3896. For questions related to biotechnology products.
Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
about the memorandum entitled, These documents can be found in the March 2016.
‘‘Modernizing the Regulatory System for docket [FDA–2015–N–3403] on
Biotechnology Products,’’ or related www.regulations.gov and on the USDA Michael C. Gregoire,
activities described in that Web site at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/ Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
memorandum, contact the National biotechnology/modernizing-framework, Health Inspection Service.
Science and Technology Council: along with the final meeting agenda as [FR Doc. 2016–07015 Filed 3–28–16; 8:45 am]
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