82 FR 10451 - Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection; Federal Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 28 (February 13, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-02868

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request the reinstatement of an information collection associated with the Federal plant pest and noxious weeds regulations.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0003]

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection;
Federal Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds Regulations

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Reinstatement of an information collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request the reinstatement of an information collection
associated with the Federal plant pest and noxious weeds regulations.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0003.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0003, 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-2017-
0003 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 regarding the Federal
plant pest and noxious weeds regulations, contact Dr. Colin D. Stewart,
Assistant Director, Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol Permits Branch,
Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale,
MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2237. For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS'
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0054.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (the Act, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation,
entry, exportation, or interstate movement of plants, plant products,
biological control organisms, noxious weeds, articles, or means of
conveyance, if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or
restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction of plant pests or
noxious weeds into the United States or their dissemination within the
United States. The associated regulations that were issued by the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are located in 7 CFR
parts 330 and 360.
These regulations contain information collection activities that
include, but are not limited to, applications, including applications
for permits to import regulated articles (e.g., plant pests, noxious
weeds, or soil) or to move regulated articles interstate; labels;
compliance agreements; and appeal, denial, and cancellation of permits.
These information collection activities allow APHIS to evaluate the
risks associated with the importation or interstate movement of plant
pests, noxious weeds, and soil, and also assists with developing risk
mitigations, if necessary, for the importation or interstate movement
of plant pests, noxious weeds, and soil.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities for 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

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information is estimated to average 0.46 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers and shippers of plant pests, noxious weeds,
and other regulated articles; State plant health officials; owners/
operators of regulated garbage-handling facilities; Tribal groups; and
individuals.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 4,805.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 7.5.
Estimated annual number of responses: 36,173.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 16,723 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 7th day of February 2017.
Michael E. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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persons are not required to respond to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0579–0054.
the collection of information unless it Type of Request: Reinstatement of an
displays a currently valid OMB control Animal and Plant Health Inspection information collection.
number. Service Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0003] (the Act, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
Service
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of to restrict the importation, entry,
Title: Importation of Fresh Bananas an Information Collection; Federal exportation, or interstate movement of
from the Philippines into the Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds plants, plant products, biological
Continental United States. Regulations control organisms, noxious weeds,
OMB Control Number: 0579–0394. articles, or means of conveyance, if the
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Secretary determines that the
Summary of Collection: Under the Inspection Service, USDA. prohibition or restriction is necessary to
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et ACTION: Reinstatement of an information prevent the introduction of plant pests
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is collection; comment request. or noxious weeds into the United States
authorized to carry out operations or
or their dissemination within the United
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, SUMMARY: In accordance with the
States. The associated regulations that
control, prevent, or retard the spread of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
were issued by the Animal and Plant
plant pests new to the United States or notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are
not known to be widely distributed Health Inspection Service’s intention to
located in 7 CFR parts 330 and 360.
throughout the United States. The request the reinstatement of an
regulations in ‘‘Subpart-Fruit and These regulations contain information
information collection associated with
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56, referred to collection activities that include, but are
the Federal plant pest and noxious
as the regulations) prohibit or restrict not limited to, applications, including
weeds regulations.
the importation of fruits and vegetables applications for permits to import
DATES: We will consider all comments
into the United States from certain parts regulated articles (e.g., plant pests,
that we receive on or before April 14, noxious weeds, or soil) or to move
of the world to prevent the introduction 2017.
and dissemination of plant pests that are regulated articles interstate; labels;
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments compliance agreements; and appeal,
new to or not widely distributed within
by either of the following methods: denial, and cancellation of permits.
the United States.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to These information collection activities
Need and Use of the Information: The http://www.regulations.gov/ allow APHIS to evaluate the risks
Animal and Plant Health Inspection #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0003. associated with the importation or
Service (APHIS) uses the following • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: interstate movement of plant pests,
information collection activities to Send your comment to Docket No. noxious weeds, and soil, and also assists
allow the import of fresh bananas from APHIS–2017–0003, Regulatory Analysis with developing risk mitigations, if
the Philippines into the continental and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station necessary, for the importation or
United States in accordance with the 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, interstate movement of plant pests,
requirements which will restrict any Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. noxious weeds, and soil.
plant pests from entering the United Supporting documents and any We are asking the Office of
States: (1) Bilateral Workplan; (2) comments we receive on this docket Management and Budget (OMB) to
Production Site Registration; (3) may be viewed at http:// approve our use of these information
Monitoring and Oversight; (4) Maintain www.regulations.gov/ collection activities for 3 years.
All Forms and Documents that Include #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0003 or The purpose of this notice is to solicit
Fruit Fly Detections and Updating in our reading room, which is located in comments from the public (as well as
Records; (5) Carton Marking with Room 1141 of the USDA South affected agencies) concerning our
Production Site Number; (6) Hard Green Building, 14th Street and Independence information collection. These comments
Stage Harvest Certification; (7) Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal will help us:
Investigations; (8) Fruit Fly Trapping for reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 (1) Evaluate whether the collection of
Low Pest Prevalence; (9) Shipping p.m., Monday through Friday, except information is necessary for the proper
Documents; and (10) Phytosanitary holidays. To be sure someone is there to performance of the functions of the
Certificates with Declaration. Failure to help you, please call (202) 799–7039 Agency, including whether the
collect this information would cripple before coming. information will have practical utility;
APHIS’ ability to ensure that bananas FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
from the Philippines are not carrying information regarding the Federal plant estimate of the burden of the collection
plant pests. pest and noxious weeds regulations, of information, including the validity of
Description of Respondents: Business contact Dr. Colin D. Stewart, Assistant the methodology and assumptions used;
or other for-profit; Federal Government. Director, Pests, Pathogens, and (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
Number of Respondents: 41. Biocontrol Permits Branch, Plant Health clarity of the information to be
Frequency of Responses: Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road collected; and
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Other: One Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (4) Minimize the burden of the
(301) 851–2237. For copies of more collection of information on those who
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time.
Total Burden Hours: 1,330. detailed information on the information are to respond, through use, as
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, appropriate, of automated, electronic,
Ruth Brown, APHIS’ Information Collection mechanical, and other collection
Departmental Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483. technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
Clearance Officer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: submission of responses.
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information is estimated to average 0.46 http://www.regulations.gov/ be lengthy. As a result, the regulations
hours per response. #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0103 or have, at times, become outdated. To
Respondents: Importers and shippers in our reading room, which is located in remedy this problem, we determined
of plant pests, noxious weeds, and other room 1141 of the USDA South Building, that we needed a more flexible process
regulated articles; State plant health 14th Street and Independence Avenue for amending provisions of the Plan. On
officials; owners/operators of regulated SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading July 9, 2014, we published in the
garbage-handling facilities; Tribal room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Federal Register (79 FR 38752–38768,
groups; and individuals. Monday through Friday, except Docket No. APHIS–2011–0101) a final
Estimated annual number of holidays. To be sure someone is there to rule 1 that, among other things, amended
respondents: 4,805. help you, please call (202) 799–7039 the regulations by removing tests and
Estimated annual number of before coming. detailed testing procedures, as well as
responses per respondent: 7.5. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. sanitation procedures, from part 147,
Estimated annual number of Denise Brinson, DVM, Senior and making these available in an NPIP
responses: 36,173. Coordinator, National Poultry Program Standards document.2 The rule
Estimated total annual burden on Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, also amended the regulations to provide
respondents: 16,723 hours. (Due to 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, for the Program Standards document to
averaging, the total annual burden hours Conyers, GA 30094–5104; (770) 922– be updated through the issuance of a
may not equal the product of the annual 3496. notice in the Federal Register followed
number of responses multiplied by the by a period of public comment. The
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
reporting burden per response.) latter change was intended to enable us
National Poultry Improvement Plan
All responses to this notice will be to make the NPIP program more
(NPIP), also referred to below as ‘‘the
summarized and included in the request effective by allowing us to update some
Plan,’’ is a cooperative Federal-State-
for OMB approval. All comments will of the Plan provisions without the need
Industry mechanism for controlling
also become a matter of public record. for rulemaking.
certain poultry diseases. The Plan
Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of consists of a variety of programs We are advising the public that we
February 2017. intended to prevent and control poultry have prepared updates to the NPIP
Michael E. Gregoire, diseases. Participation in all Plan Program Standards document. The
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant programs is voluntary, but breeding proposed updates would amend the
Health Inspection Service. flocks, hatcheries, and dealers must first Program Standards by establishing new
[FR Doc. 2017–02868 Filed 2–10–17; 8:45 am] qualify as ‘‘U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid standards for biosecurity principles. We
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Clean’’ as a condition for participating are also proposing to amend the
in the other Plan programs. hemagglutination inhibition test
The Plan identifies States, flocks, procedures for Mycoplasma, clarify the
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE hatcheries, dealers, and slaughter plants laboratory procedure recommended for
that meet certain disease control the bacteriological examination of
Animal and Plant Health Inspection standards specified in the Plan’s various
Service Salmonella in birds, amend the
programs. As a result, customers can laboratory procedure recommended for
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0103] buy poultry that has tested clean of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests
certain diseases or that has been for Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M.
Notice of Availability of Proposed produced under disease-prevention synoviae, and add new diagnostic tests
Changes to the National Poultry conditions. for Mycoplasma and Salmonella.
Improvement Plan Program Standards The regulations in 9 CFR parts 56,
Finally, we note that the Program
145, 146, and 147 (referred to below as
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Standards are currently divided into
the regulations) contain the provisions
Inspection Service, USDA. subparts in the same way the
of the Plan. The Animal and Plant
ACTION: Notice of availability. regulations are. We are proposing to
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
change the use of the word ‘‘Subpart’’ to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
SUMMARY: We are advising the public ‘‘Standard’’ in the Program Standards
(USDA) amends these provisions from
that proposed changes to the National for ease of distinguishing between
time to time to incorporate new
Poultry Improvement Plan Program references to the regulations and the
scientific information and technologies
Standards are available for review and Program Standards.
within the Plan.
comment. In the past, APHIS has updated the After reviewing any comments we
DATES: We will consider all comments regulations once every 2 years, receive on the proposed updates, we
that we receive on or before March 15, following the Biennial Plan Conference will publish a second notice in the
2017. of the NPIP General Conference Federal Register announcing our
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Committee. The NPIP General decision regarding the proposed
by either of the following methods: Conference Committee advises the changes.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to Secretary on poultry health and Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8301–8317; 7 CFR
http://www.regulations.gov/ represents cooperating State agencies 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0103. and poultry industry members. During
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: its meetings and Biennial Conferences,
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1 To view the final rule and related documents,
Send your comment to Docket No. the Committee discusses significant go to http://www.regulations.gov/
APHIS–2016–0103, Regulatory Analysis poultry health issues and makes #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0101.
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station recommendations to improve the NPIP. 2 This document may be viewed on the NPIP Web

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, However, while changes in diagnostic site at http://www.poultryimprovement.org/
documents/ProgramStandardsAugust2014.pdf, or
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. science, testing technology, and best by writing to the Service at National Poultry
The proposed standards and any practices for maintaining sanitation are Improvement Plan, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike
comments we receive may be viewed at continual, the rulemaking process can Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Reinstatement of an information collection; comment request.
Dates		We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April 14, 2017.
Contact		For information regarding the Federal plant pest and noxious weeds regulations, contact Dr. Colin D. Stewart, Assistant Director, Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol Permits Branch, Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 851-2237. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
FR Citation		82 FR 10451

82 FR 10451 - Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection; Federal Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds Regulations

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 28 (February 13, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service