81 FR 39248 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 116 (June 16, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-14226

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39248-39249]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14226]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 13, 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 July 18, 
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: [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.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Sand Pears from China.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0390.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C 7701--et seq), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 
control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United 
States or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United 
States. The regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (Title 7, 
CFR 319.56) prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and 
vegetables into the U.S. from certain parts of the world. The Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for carrying 
out these duties. APHIS has amended the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow the importation of Chinese sand pears from China 
into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information collection activities to allow for the importation of sand 
pears from China into the United States while continuing to provide 
protection against the

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introduction of quarantine pests: Operational Workplan; Production Site 
Registration; Packinghouse Registration; Test and Certification of 
Propagative Material; Inspection of Registered Production Site; 
Investigation for Recertification of Production Site; Tracking System 
for Packinghouses; Inspection of Packinghouse; Handling Procedure; 
Labeling of Cartons; Phytosanitary Certificate with Additional 
Declaration; Trapping System; Recordkeeping for Trap Location; 
Packinghouse Notification of Pest Detection; Mitigation Measures for 
Production Site Detection; Mitigation Measures for Packinghouse 
Detection; Certification of Cold Treatment Facilities; Cold Treatment 
Facility Numbered Seal; Cold Treatment Review of Treatment Records; 
Cold Treatment Facility Audits; and Cold Treatment Monitoring. Failing 
to collect this information would cripple APHIS ability to ensure that 
sand pears from China are not carrying plant pests and would cause 
millions of dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 29.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 420.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-14226 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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Lacey Act makes it unlawful to import, including those entries from FTZ and information to be collected; and (4)
export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, bonded warehouses. However, such ways to minimize the burden of the
or purchase in interstate or foreign declarations are not required for collection of information on those who
commerce any plant, with some limited admission into such FTZ or bonded are to respond, including through the
exceptions, taken in violation of the warehouses, which is what we were use of appropriate automated,
laws of a U.S. State or any foreign law referring to in the February 2009 notice electronic, mechanical, or other
that protects plants. The Lacey Act also when we stated that we did not intend technological collection techniques or
makes it unlawful to make or submit to enforce the declaration requirement other forms of information technology.
any false record, account, or label for, or for FTZ and warehouse entries. Comments regarding this information
any false identification of, any plant. APHIS will continue to provide the collection received by July 18, 2016 will
In addition, Section 3 of the Lacey latest information regarding the Lacey be considered. Written comments
Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3372), Act on our Web site, http:// should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
makes it unlawful to import certain www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/ Agriculture, Office of Information and
plants and plant products without an lacey_act/. The Web site currently Regulatory Affairs, Office of
import declaration. The declaration contains the Lacey Act, as amended; a Management and Budget (OMB), New
must contain, among other things, the slideshow covering background and Executive Office Building, 725 17th
scientific name of the plant, value of the context, requirements, commodities and Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
importation, quantity of the plant, and products covered, information on Commenters are encouraged to submit
name of the country from where the prohibitions, and the current status of their comments to OMB via email to:
plant was harvested. For paper and implementation of the declaration OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
paperboard products containing requirement of the Lacey Act; frequently fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
recycled content, the declaration also asked questions; the phase-in Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
must include the average percent of implementation plan; a link to the Lacey Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
recycled content without regard for Act Web Governance System (LAWGS); 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
species or country of harvest. Currently, and the paper declaration form. The be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
enforcement of the declaration Web site will be updated as new An agency may not conduct or
requirement is being phased in, as materials become available. sponsor a collection of information
described in three notices we published We encourage persons interested in unless the collection of information
in the Federal Register,1 the first on receiving timely updates on APHIS’ displays a currently valid OMB control
February 3, 2009 (74 FR 5911, Docket Lacey Act efforts to register for our number and the agency informs
No. APHIS–2008–0119), the second on stakeholder registry at https:// potential persons who are to respond to
September 2, 2009 (74 FR 45415, Docket public.govdelivery.com/accounts/ the collection of information that such
No. APHIS–2008–0119), and the third USDAAPHIS/subscriber/new/ and select persons are not required to respond to
on February 6, 2015 (80 FR 6681, Docket ‘‘Lacey Act Declaration’’ as a topic of the collection of information unless it
No. APHIS–2008–0019). interest. displays a currently valid OMB control
In our February 2009 notice, we stated number.
Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of
that we would be enforcing the June 2016. Animal and Plant Health Inspection
declaration requirement only as to Kevin Shea, Service
formal consumption entries (i.e., most Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
commercial shipments). We also stated Title: Importation of Sand Pears from
Inspection Service. China.
that we did not intend to enforce the [FR Doc. 2016–14247 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am]
declaration requirement for informal OMB Control Number: 0579–0390.
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Summary of Collection: Under the
entries (i.e., most personal shipments),
Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C
personal importations, mail (unless
7701—et seq), the Secretary of
subject to formal entry), transportation DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agriculture is authorized to carry out
and exportation entries, in-transit
operations or measures to detect,
movements, carnet importations (i.e., Animal and Plant Health Inspection
eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or
merchandise or equipment that will be Service
retard the spread of plant pests new to
re-exported within a year), and U.S.
Submission for OMB Review; the United States or not known to be
Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) and bonded
Comment Request widely distributed throughout the
warehouse entries.
The Animal and Plant Health United States. The regulations in
June 13, 2016. ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (Title
Inspection Service (APHIS) has become
aware of certain instances where a Plant The Department of Agriculture has 7, CFR 319.56) prohibit or restrict the
and Plant Product Declaration has not submitted the following information importation of fruits and vegetables into
been filed for plant or plant products collection requirement(s) to OMB for the U.S. from certain parts of the world.
entered into the United States from FTZ review and clearance under the The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
and bonded warehouses. This practice Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Service (APHIS) is responsible for
is not in conformity with the purpose Public Law 104–13. Comments are carrying out these duties. APHIS has
and intent of the Lacey Act, as requested regarding (1) whether the amended the fruits and vegetables
collection of information is necessary regulations to allow the importation of
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amended. We are publishing this notice
to make clear that such a declaration is for the proper performance of the Chinese sand pears from China into the
required for all formal consumption functions of the agency, including United States.
whether the information will have Need and Use of the Information:
entries of plant and plant products
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the APHIS uses the following information
imported into the United States,
agency’s estimate of burden including collection activities to allow for the
1 To view these notices and the comments we the validity of the methodology and importation of sand pears from China
received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance into the United States while continuing
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introduction of quarantine pests: DATES: The meeting will be held in- Helwig, USDA Forest Service,
Operational Workplan; Production Site person and via webinar/conference call Ecosystem Management Coordination,
Registration; Packinghouse Registration; on the following dates and times: 201 14th Street SW., Mail Stop 1104,
Test and Certification of Propagative • Tuesday, July 12, 2016, from 8:30 Washington, DC 20250–1104; or by
Material; Inspection of Registered a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time email at jahelwig@fs.fed.us. The agenda
Production Site; Investigation for (PST) and summary of the meeting will be
Recertification of Production Site; • Wednesday, July 13, 2016, from posted on the Committee’s Web site
Tracking System for Packinghouses; 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST within 21 days of the meeting.
Inspection of Packinghouse; Handling • Thursday, July 14, 2016, from 8:30 Meeting Accommodations: If you are
Procedure; Labeling of Cartons; a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PST a person requiring reasonable
Phytosanitary Certificate with accommodation, please make requests
All meetings are subject to
Additional Declaration; Trapping in advance for sign language
cancellation. For updated status of
System; Recordkeeping for Trap interpreting, assistive listening devices,
meetings prior to attendance, please
Location; Packinghouse Notification of or other reasonable accommodation. For
contact the person listed under FOR
Pest Detection; Mitigation Measures for access to the facility or proceedings,
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Production Site Detection; Mitigation please contact the person listed in the
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Measures for Packinghouse Detection;
the Courtyard Portland Downtown/ CONTACT. All reasonable
Certification of Cold Treatment
Convention Center, 435 NE Wasco St., accommodation requests are managed
Facilities; Cold Treatment Facility
Portland, Oregon. For anyone who on a case by case basis.
Numbered Seal; Cold Treatment Review
would like to attend via webinar and/or
of Treatment Records; Cold Treatment Dated: June 9, 2016.
conference call, please visit the Web site
Facility Audits; and Cold Treatment Leslie A.C. Weldon,
listed above or contact the person listed
Monitoring. Failing to collect this Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
in the section titled FOR FURTHER
information would cripple APHIS [FR Doc. 2016–14265 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am]
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ability to ensure that sand pears from
Written comments may be submitted BILLING CODE 3411–15–P
China are not carrying plant pests and
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
would cause millions of dollars in
INFORMATION. All comments, including
damage to U.S. agriculture. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
names and addresses, when provided,
Description of Respondents: Business are placed in the record and available
or other for-profit; Federal Government. Rural Business-Cooperative Service
for public inspection and copying. The
Number of Respondents: 29. public may inspect comments received Submission for OMB Review;
Frequency of Responses: at the USDA Forest Service Washington Comment Request
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Office—Yates Building. Please call
ahead to facilitate entry into the June 13, 2016.
Total Burden Hours: 420. The Department of Agriculture has
building.
Ruth Brown, submitted the following information
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Departmental Information Collection collection requirement(s) to OMB for
Jennifer Helwig, Committee review and clearance under the
Clearance Officer.
Coordinator, by phone at 202–205–0892, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
[FR Doc. 2016–14226 Filed 6–15–16; 8:45 am]
or by email at jahelwig@fs.fed.us. Public Law 104–13. Comments are
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Individuals who use requested regarding (1) whether the
telecommunication devices for the deaf collection of information is necessary
(TDD) may call the Federal Information for the proper performance of the
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 functions of the agency, including
Forest Service between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., whether the information will have
Eastern Standard Time, Monday practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
National Advisory Committee for through Friday. agency’s estimate of burden including
Implementation of the National Forest SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The the validity of the methodology and
System Land Management Planning purpose of this meeting is to provide: assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
Rule 1. Continued deliberations on the quality, utility and clarity of the
formulating advice for the Secretary, information to be collected; and (4)
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 2. Discussion of Committee work ways to minimize the burden of the
ACTION: Notice of meetings. group findings, collection of information on those who
3. Hearing public comments, and are to respond, including through the
SUMMARY: The National Advisory 4. Administrative tasks. use of appropriate automated,
Committee for Implementation of the This meeting is open to the public. electronic, mechanical, or other
National Forest System Land The agenda will include time for people technological collection techniques or
Management Planning Rule Committee to make oral comments of three minutes other forms of information technology.
(Committee) will meet in Portland, or less. Individuals wishing to make an Comments regarding this information
Oregon. Attendees may also participate oral comment should submit a request collection received by July 18, 2016 will
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via webinar and conference call. The in writing by July 5, 2016, to be be considered. Written comments
Committee operates in compliance with scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
the Federal Advisory Committee Act would like to bring related matters to Agriculture, Office of Information and
(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463). Committee the attention of the Committee may file Regulatory Affairs, Office of
information can be found by visiting the written statements with the Committee’s Management and Budget (OMB), New
following Web site: http:// staff before or after the meeting. Written Executive Office Building, 725 17th
www.fs.usda.gov/main/planningrule/ comments and time requests for oral Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
committee. comments must be sent to Jennifer Commenters are encouraged to submit

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FR Citation		81 FR 39248

81 FR 39248 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 116 (June 16, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service