81 FR 93881 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 246 (December 22, 2016)
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 246 (December 22, 2016)
| Page Range | 93881-93882 | |
| FR Document | 2016-30833 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 246 (Thursday, December 22, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 93881-93882] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-30833] ======================================================================== 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. 246 / Thursday, December 22, 2016 / Notices [[Page 93881]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request December 19, 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 January 23, 2017 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: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate Movement Restrictions and Indemnity Program. OMB Control Number: 0579-0101. Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or poultry. The Secretary may also prohibit or restrict import or export of any such animal or related material if necessary to prevent spread of any livestock or poultry pest or disease. The AHPA is contained in Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of P.L. 107-171, May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative, and eventually fatal disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. Its control is complicated because the disease has an extremely long incubation period without clinical signs of disease, and there is no test for the disease and/or known treatment. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts the interstate movement of certain sheep and goats to help prevent the spread of scrapie within the United States. APHIS has regulations at 9 CFR part 54 for an indemnity program to compensate owners of sheep and goats destroyed because of scrapie. Need and Use of the Information: The regulations necessitate the use of a number of information collection activities including, but not limited to, applications for participation in the Scrapie Flock Certification Program; various plans for infected and source flocks; scrapie test records; application for indemnity payments; certificates; permits; and applications for APHIS-approved eartags, backtags, or tattoos, etc. Without this information, APHIS' efforts to more aggressively prevent the spread of scrapie would be severely hindered. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for Profit; and State, Local, or Tribal Government; Number of Respondents: 166,000. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 1,021,528. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Importation of Pork-Filled Pasta. OMB Control Number: 0579-0214. Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to detect, control, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or poultry. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for protecting the health of our Nation's livestock and poultry populations by preventing the introduction and interstate spread of serious diseases and pests of livestock and for eradicating such diseases from the United States when feasible. Swine Vesicular Disease (SVD) is a highly contagious disease that resists both environmental factors and common disinfectants. SVD rarely results I mortality in infected swine and does not cause severe production losses. However, the disease can have a major economic impact since eradication if costly and SVD-free regions often prohibit imports of swine, pork, and pork products from affected regions. Need and Use of the Information: A certificate must be completed and signed by the issuing official, and contains such information as the origin of the meat used in the product, the name and location of the facility that processed the product, and the product's intended destination. APHIS regulations contain specific requirement for the processing, recordkeeping, and certification procedures for pork-filled pasta products exported to the United States from SVD-affect regions. Without the information, it would significantly cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that pork-filled pasta from certain regions poses a minimal risk of introducing SVD into the United States. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; and Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 2. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. [[Page 93882]] Total Burden Hours: 5. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Importation of Shelled Peas from Kenya. OMB Control Number: 0579-0302. Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fruits and vegetables regulations allows the importation of shelled garden peas from Kenya into the continental United States while continuing to protect against the introduction of quarantined peas. Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or plant products be accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection certificate that is completed by plant health officials in the originating or transiting country. APHIS uses the information on the certificate to determine the pest condition of the shipment at the time of inspection in the foreign country. This information is used as a guide to the intensity of the inspection APHIS conducts when the shipment arrives. Without the information, all shipments would need to be inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time. This would slow the clearance of international shipments. Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 2. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 2. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2016-30833 Filed 12-21-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
![93882 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 246 / Thursday, December 22, 2016 / Notices
Total Burden Hours: 5. ACTION: Extension of approval of an into and dissemination within the
information collection; comment United States of livestock diseases and
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
request. pests. To carry out this mission, APHIS
Service
regulates the importation of animals and
Title: Importation of Shelled Peas SUMMARY: In accordance with the animal products into the United States
from Kenya. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this based on the regulations in 9 CFR parts
OMB Control Number: 0579–0302. notice announces the Animal and Plant 92 through 98.
Summary of Collection: Under the Health Inspection Service’s intention to The regulations in part 93 require,
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et request an extension of approval of an among other things, that certain
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is information collection associated with animals, as a condition of entry, be
authorized to carry out operations or regulations for permanent, privately quarantined upon arrival in the United
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, owned horse quarantine facilities. States. APHIS operates animal
control, prevent, or retard the spread of DATES: We will consider all comments quarantine facilities and also authorizes
plant pests new to the United States or that we receive on or before February the use of quarantine facilities that are
not known to be widely distributed 21, 2017. privately owned and operated for
throughout the United States. The ADDRESSES: You may submit comments certain animal importations.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection by either of the following methods: The regulations in subpart C of part
Service (APHIS) fruits and vegetables • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 93 pertain to the importation of horses
regulations allows the importation of http://www.regulations.gov/ and include requirements for privately
shelled garden peas from Kenya into the #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0088. owned quarantine facilities for horses.
continental United States while • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: For permanent, privately owned
continuing to protect against the Send your comment to Docket No. quarantine facilities, these requirements
introduction of quarantined peas. APHIS–2016–0088, Regulatory Analysis entail certain information collection
Need and Use of the Information: and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station activities, including environmental
APHIS requires that some plants or 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, certification, application for facility
plant products be accompanied by a Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. approval, service agreements, requests
phytosanitary inspection certificate that Supporting documents and any to APHIS concerning withdrawal of
is completed by plant health officials in comments we receive on this docket facility approval, notification to APHIS
the originating or transiting country. may be viewed at http:// of facility closure, compliance
APHIS uses the information on the www.regulations.gov/ agreements, security instructions,
certificate to determine the pest #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0088 or security breach notification, alarm
condition of the shipment at the time of in our reading room, which is located in notification, lists of personnel, signed
inspection in the foreign country. This room 1141 of the USDA South Building, statements, daily logs and
information is used as a guide to the 14th Street and Independence Avenue recordkeeping, and requests for
intensity of the inspection APHIS SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading variance.
conducts when the shipment arrives. room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., We are asking the Office of
Without the information, all shipments Monday through Friday, except Management and Budget (OMB) to
would need to be inspected very holidays. To be sure someone is there to approve our use of these information
thoroughly, thereby requiring help you, please call (202) 799–7039 collection activities for an additional 3
considerably more time. This would before coming. years.
slow the clearance of international FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For The purpose of this notice is to solicit
shipments. information on the regulations for comments from the public (as well as
Description of Respondents: Business permanent, privately owned horse affected agencies) concerning our
or other for profit; Federal Government. quarantine facilities, contact Dr. Ellen information collection. These comments
Number of Respondents: 2. Buck, Equine Import Specialist, will help us:
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: National Import Export Services, VS, (1) Evaluate whether the collection of
On occasion. 4700 River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD information is necessary for the proper
Total Burden Hours: 2. 20737; (301) 851–3361. For copies of performance of the functions of the
Ruth Brown,
more detailed information on the Agency, including whether the
information collection, contact Ms. information will have practical utility;
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– estimate of the burden of the collection
[FR Doc. 2016–30833 Filed 12–21–16; 8:45 am]
2483. of information, including the validity of
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the methodology and assumptions used;
Title: Permanent, Privately Owned (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Horse Quarantine Facilities. clarity of the information to be
OMB Control Number: 0579–0313. collected; and
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Type of Request: Extension of (4) Minimize the burden of the
Service approval of an information collection. collection of information on those who
Abstract: Under the Animal Health are to respond, through use, as
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0088] appropriate, of automated, electronic,
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Notice of Request for Extension of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection mechanical, and other collection
Approval of an Information Collection; Service (APHIS) of the United States technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
Permanent, Privately Owned Horse Department of Agriculture is authorized, submission of responses.
Quarantine Facilities among other things, to prohibit or Estimate of Burden: The public
restrict the importation and interstate reporting burden for this collection of
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health movement of animals and animal information is estimated to average 0.16
Inspection Service, USDA. products to prevent the introduction hours per response.
VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Dec 21, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22DEN1.SGM 22DEN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/81_FR_94127/page/2.svg)
Document Created: 2016-12-21 23:52:30
Document Modified: 2016-12-21 23:52:30
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 93881 |
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR