82 FR 17407 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 68 (April 11, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-07244
Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 68 (Tuesday, April 11, 2017)
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 6, 2017.
    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 May 11, 
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

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the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.

Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Fresh Citrus Fruit from Uruguay into the 
United States.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0401.
    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 
regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (Title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) 319.56, referred to as the regulations), 
prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and vegetables into the 
United States from certain parts of the world to prevent the 
introduction and dissemination of plant pests that are new to or not 
widely distributed with the United States. APHIS' fruits and vegetables 
regulations allow, under certain conditions, the importation into the 
United States of commercial consignments of fresh citrus fruit from 
Uruguay
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information activities to verify that citrus fruit from Uruguay is 
grown in production areas that are registered and monitored by the 
North American Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) and to verify 
consignments have been produced with a systems approach: Bilateral 
Workplan, Production Site Registration, Phytosanitary Certificate, 
Labeling Boxes, Monitoring and Inspection, Investigation and 
Appropriate Remedial Action, Recordkeeping, Registration of 
Packinghouses, Certified Facility, and Monitoring. Failure to collect 
the information would cause millions of dollars in losses and cripple 
APHIS' ability to ensure that fresh citrus from Uruguay is not carrying 
plant pests.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit and 
Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 16.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,351.

Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Fresh Beans, Shelled or in Pods from Jordan 
into the Continental United States.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0405.
    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 
regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (Title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) 319.56, referred to as the regulations), 
prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and vegetables into the 
United States from certain parts of the world to prevent the 
introduction and dissemination of plant pests that are new to or not 
widely distributed with the United States. The fruits and vegetables 
regulations allow the importation of commercial shipments of fresh 
beans, shelled or in pods (French, green, snap, and string) from Jordan 
into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the beans 
have to be produced in accordance with a system approach that includes 
requirements for packing, washing, and processing.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information activities to verify that fresh beans from Jordan are grown 
in production areas that are registered and monitored by the North 
American Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) of Jordan: (1) 
Phytosanitary Certificate with/Declaration, (2) Packinghouse 
Registration, (3) Box Labeling, and (4) Inspections.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit and 
Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 58.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER or are tuber-propagated. A certificate of Dated: April 5, 2017.
contains documents other than rules or Plant Variety Protection is awarded to Bruce Summers,
proposed rules that are applicable to the an owner of a crop variety after an Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Service.
examination shows that it is new,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of distinct from other varieties, genetically [FR Doc. 2017–07214 Filed 4–10–17; 8:45 am]
petitions and applications and agency uniform and stable through successive BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
statements of organization and functions are generations. The term of protection is 20
examples of documents appearing in this years for most crops and 25 years for
section. trees, shrubs, and vines. The PVPA also DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
provides for a statutory Board (7 U.S.C. Submission for OMB Review;
2327). The Board is composed of 14 Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE individuals who are experts in various
areas of development and represent the April 6, 2017.
Agricultural Marketing Service
seed industry sector, academia and The Department of Agriculture has
[Document No. AMS–ST–17–0013] government. The duties of the Board are submitted the following information
to: (1) Advise the Secretary concerning collection requirement(s) to OMB for
Plant Variety Protection Board; Open review and clearance under the
Teleconference Meeting the adoption of rules and regulations to
facilitate the proper administration of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, the FACA; (2) provide advisory counsel Public Law 104–13. Comments are
USDA. requested regarding (1) whether the
to the Secretary on appeals concerning
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
collection of information is necessary
decisions on applications by the PVP for the proper performance of the
Office and on requests for emergency functions of the agency, including
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
public-interest compulsory licenses; and whether the information will have
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is (3) advise the Secretary on any other practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
announcing a meeting of the Plant matters under the Regulations and Rules agency’s estimate of burden including
Variety Protection Board (Board). The of Practice and on all questions under the validity of the methodology and
meeting is being held to discuss a Section 44 of the FACA, ‘‘Public Interest assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
variety of topics including, but not in Wide Usage’’ (7 U.S.C. 2404). the quality, utility and clarity of the
limited to, work and outreach plans, Meeting Agenda: The purpose of the information to be collected; and (4)
subcommittee activities, and proposals meeting will be to discuss the PVPO ways to minimize the burden of the
for procedure changes. The meeting is 2017 achievements, the electronic collection of information on those who
open to the public. This notice sets forth application system, and PVP are to respond, including through the
the schedule and location for the cooperation with other countries. The use of appropriate automated,
meeting. Board plans to discuss program electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
DATES: Thursday, April 27, 2017, 10:00 activities that encourage the
other forms of information technology.
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. development of new plant varieties and Comments regarding this information
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at address appeals to the Secretary. The collection received by May 11, 2017 will
the United States Department of meeting will be open to the public. be considered. Written comments
Agriculture (USDA), Room 3543, South Those wishing to participate are should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue encouraged to pre-register by April 16, Agriculture, Office of Information and
SW., Washington, DC 20250. 2017, by contacting Maria Pratt, Regulatory Affairs, Office of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Program Analyst; Telephone: (202) 260– Management and Budget (OMB), New
Maria Pratt, Program Analyst, USDA, 8983; Email: maria.prat@ams.usda.gov. Executive Office Building, 725—17th
AMS, Science and Technology Meeting Accommodation: The Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Programs, 1400 Independence Avenue meeting at USDA will provide Commenters are encouraged to submit
SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: their comments to OMB via email to:
reasonable accommodation to
(202) 260–898; Fax: (202) 260–8976, or OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
individuals with disabilities where
Email: maria.pratt@ams.usda.gov. fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
appropriate. If you need reasonable
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
accommodation to participate in this
to the provisions of section 10(a) of the Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
public meeting, please notify Maria
FACA (5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), this 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
notice informs the public that the Plant Pratt at: Email: maria.pratt@
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
Variety Protection Office (PVPO) is ams.usda.gov or (202) 268– 8983. An agency may not conduct or
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sponsoring a meeting of the Board on Determinations for reasonable sponsor a collection of information
April 27, 2017. The Plant Variety accommodation will be made on a case- unless the collection of information
Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et by-case basis. Minutes of the meeting displays a currently valid OMB control
seq.) provides legal protection in the will be available for public review 30 number and the agency informs
form of intellectual property rights to days following the meeting on the potential persons who are to respond to
developers of new varieties of plants, internet at http://www.ams.usda.gov/ the collection of information that such
which are reproduced sexually by seed PVPO. persons are not required to respond to

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the collection of information unless it Summary of Collection: Under the collection for Event Appearance
displays a currently valid OMB control Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et Requests for the Secretary or members
number. seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is of his staff.
authorized to carry out operations or DATES: Comments on this notice must be
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, received by June 12, 2017 to be assured
Service
control, prevent, or retard the spread of of consideration.
Title: Importation of Fresh Citrus plant pests new to the United States or ADDRESSES: The Office of the Secretary
Fruit from Uruguay into the United not known to be widely distributed invites interested persons to submit
States. throughout the United States. The comments on this notice. Comments
OMB Control Number: 0579–0401. regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and may be submitted by one of the
Summary of Collection: Under the Vegetables’’ (Title 7, Code of Federal following methods:
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et Regulations (CFR) 319.56, referred to as • Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is the regulations), prohibit or restrict the Web site provides the ability to type
authorized to carry out operations or importation of fruits and vegetables into short comments directly into the
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, the United States from certain parts of comment field on this Web page or
control, prevent, or retard the spread of the world to prevent the introduction attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
plant pests new to the United States or and dissemination of plant pests that are to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
not known to be widely distributed new to or not widely distributed with the on-line instructions at that site for
throughout the United States. The the United States. The fruits and submitting comments.
regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and vegetables regulations allow the • Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Vegetables’’ (Title 7, Code of Federal importation of commercial shipments of Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department
Regulations (CFR) 319.56, referred to as fresh beans, shelled or in pods (French, of Agriculture, Office of
the regulations), prohibit or restrict the green, snap, and string) from Jordan into Communications, Docket Clerk, 1400
importation of fruits and vegetables into the continental United States. As a Independence Avenue SW., Room
the United States from certain parts of condition of entry, the beans have to be 412A, Washington, DC 20250–3700.
the world to prevent the introduction produced in accordance with a system • Hand- or courier-delivered
and dissemination of plant pests that are approach that includes requirements for submittals: Deliver to Docket Clerk, U.S.
new to or not widely distributed with packing, washing, and processing. Department of Agriculture, Office of
the United States. APHIS’ fruits and Need and Use of the Information: Communications, Docket Clerk, 1400
vegetables regulations allow, under APHIS uses the following information Independence Avenue SW., Room
certain conditions, the importation into activities to verify that fresh beans from 412A, Washington, DC 20250–3700.
the United States of commercial Jordan are grown in production areas Instructions: All items submitted by
consignments of fresh citrus fruit from that are registered and monitored by the mail or electronic mail must include the
Uruguay North American Plant Protection Office of Communications and date and
Need and Use of the Information: Organization (NPPO) of Jordan: (1) page number of this issue of the Federal
APHIS uses the following information Phytosanitary Certificate with/ Register. Comments received in
activities to verify that citrus fruit from Declaration, (2) Packinghouse response to this docket will be made
Uruguay is grown in production areas Registration, (3) Box Labeling, and (4) available for public inspection and
that are registered and monitored by the Inspections. posted without change, including any
North American Plant Protection Description of Respondents: Business personal information, to http://
Organization (NPPO) and to verify or other for-profit and Federal www.regulations.gov.
consignments have been produced with Government. Docket: For access to background
a systems approach: Bilateral Workplan, Number of Respondents: 5. documents or comments received, go to
Production Site Registration, Frequency of Responses: Reporting: the Office of Communications Docket
Phytosanitary Certificate, Labeling On occasion. Room at 1400 Independence Ave. SW.,
Total Burden Hours: 58. Room 412A, Washington, DC 20250–
Boxes, Monitoring and Inspection,
Investigation and Appropriate Remedial Ruth Brown, 3700 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Action, Recordkeeping, Registration of Departmental Information Collection Monday through Friday.
Packinghouses, Certified Facility, and Clearance Officer. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monitoring. Failure to collect the [FR Doc. 2017–07244 Filed 4–10–17; 8:45 am] Tomasina Brown, Office of
information would cause millions of BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Communications U.S. Department of
dollars in losses and cripple APHIS’ Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave.
ability to ensure that fresh citrus from SW., Room 412A Washington, DC 20250
Uruguay is not carrying plant pests. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 202–720–4623 and 202–720–5773 or
Description of Respondents: Business Tomasina.brown@oc.usda.gov.
or other for-profit and Federal Office of Communications; Notice of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Government. Request for Approval of a New
Title: Event Appearance Requests for
Number of Respondents: 16. Information Collection
the Secretary or members of his staff.
Frequency of Responses: AGENCY: Office of Communications, OMB Number: 0506–New.
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. USDA. Expiration Date of Approval: Three
Total Burden Hours: 1,351.
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ACTION: Notice and request for years from approval date.
comments. Type of Request: New information
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
collection.
Service
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Abstract: A web form that collects
Title: Importation of Fresh Beans, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this information on events that the public
Shelled or in Pods from Jordan into the notice announces the intention of the would like the Secretary to participate
Continental United States. Office of Communications to request in, or those in which the incoming
OMB Control Number: 0579–0405. approval for a new information Secretary may want to use to reach back

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		82 FR 17407