82 FR 18731 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Citrus Canker; Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock and Fruit From Quarantined Areas
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 76 (April 21, 2017)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 76 (April 21, 2017)
| Page Range | 18731-18731 | |
| FR Document | 2017-08027 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 76 (Friday, April 21, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 18731] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08027] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [Docket No. APHIS-2017-0027] Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Citrus Canker; Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock and Fruit From Quarantined Areas AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection; comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the regulations for the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock and fruit from quarantined areas to prevent the spread of citrus canker. DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 20, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0027. Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2017-0027, 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- 0027 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 on the regulations for the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock and fruit from citrus canker quarantined areas, contact Dr. Robert Baca, Assistant Director, Permitting and Compliance Coordination, Compliance and Environmental Coordination Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2292. 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: Citrus Canker; Interstate Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock and Fruit From Quarantined Areas. OMB Control Number: 0579-0317. Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection. Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in cooperation with States, to carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests, such as citrus canker, that are new to or not widely distributed within the United States. Citrus canker is a plant disease that affects plant and plant parts, including fresh fruit of citrus and citrus relatives (family Rutaceae). Citrus canker can cause defoliation and other serious damage to the leaves and twigs of susceptible plants. It can also cause lesions on the fruit of infected plants and cause infected fruit to drop from trees before reaching maturity. The aggressive A (Asiatic) strain of citrus canker can infect susceptible plants rapidly and lead to extensive economic losses in commercial citrus-producing areas. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regulations to prevent the interstate spread of citrus canker are contained in ``Subpart--Citrus Canker'' (7 CFR 301.75-1 through 301.75-17). The regulations restrict the interstate movement of regulated articles from and through areas quarantined because of citrus canker and provide, among other things, conditions under which regulated nursery stock and fruit may be moved interstate. The interstate movement of regulated nursery stock and fruit from quarantined areas involves information collection activities, including compliance agreements, package marking, certificates, and limited permits. We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve our use of these information collection activities, as described, for an additional 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 information is estimated to average 0.19 hours per response. Respondents: Citrus growers and packinghouses. Estimated annual number of respondents: 400. Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 36. Estimated annual number of responses: 14,402. Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,742 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 17th day of April 2017. Michael C. Gregoire, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. 2017-08027 Filed 4-20-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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Total Burden Hours: 1,835. interstate movement of regulated approve our use of these information
nursery stock and fruit from citrus collection activities, as described, for an
Ruth Brown,
canker quarantined areas, contact Dr. additional 3 years.
Departmental Information Collection Robert Baca, Assistant Director,
Clearance Officer. The purpose of this notice is to solicit
Permitting and Compliance comments from the public (as well as
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Coordination, Compliance and
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P affected agencies) concerning our
Environmental Coordination Branch,
information collection. These comments
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 150,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2292. will help us:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (1) Evaluate whether the collection of
For copies of more detailed information
Animal and Plant Health Inspection on the information collection, contact information is necessary for the proper
Service Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ performance of the functions of the
Information Collection Coordinator, at Agency, including whether the
[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0027] (301) 851–2483. information will have practical utility;
Notice of Request for Revision to and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
Extension of Approval of an Title: Citrus Canker; Interstate estimate of the burden of the collection
Information Collection; Citrus Canker; Movement of Regulated Nursery Stock of information, including the validity of
Interstate Movement of Regulated and Fruit From Quarantined Areas. the methodology and assumptions used;
Nursery Stock and Fruit From OMB Control Number: 0579–0317.
Type of Request: Revision to and (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
Quarantined Areas clarity of the information to be
extension of approval of an information
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health collection. collected; and
Inspection Service, USDA. Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (4) Minimize the burden of the
ACTION: Revision to and extension of (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes collection of information on those who
approval of an information collection; the Secretary of Agriculture, either are to respond, through use, as
comment request. independently or in cooperation with appropriate, of automated, electronic,
States, to carry out operations or mechanical, and other collection
SUMMARY: In accordance with the measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this control, prevent, or retard the spread of
notice announces the Animal and Plant submission of responses.
plant pests, such as citrus canker, that
Health Inspection Service’s intention to are new to or not widely distributed Estimate of burden: The public
request a revision to and extension of within the United States. reporting burden for this collection of
approval of an information collection Citrus canker is a plant disease that information is estimated to average 0.19
associated with the regulations for the affects plant and plant parts, including hours per response.
interstate movement of regulated fresh fruit of citrus and citrus relatives Respondents: Citrus growers and
nursery stock and fruit from (family Rutaceae). Citrus canker can packinghouses.
quarantined areas to prevent the spread cause defoliation and other serious
of citrus canker. Estimated annual number of
damage to the leaves and twigs of respondents: 400.
DATES: We will consider all comments susceptible plants. It can also cause
that we receive on or before June 20, lesions on the fruit of infected plants Estimated annual number of
2017. and cause infected fruit to drop from responses per respondent: 36.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments trees before reaching maturity. The Estimated annual number of
by either of the following methods: aggressive A (Asiatic) strain of citrus responses: 14,402.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to canker can infect susceptible plants
Estimated total annual burden on
http://www.regulations.gov/ rapidly and lead to extensive economic
respondents: 2,742 hours. (Due to
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0027. losses in commercial citrus-producing
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: averaging, the total annual burden hours
areas.
Send your comment to Docket No. The Animal and Plant Health may not equal the product of the annual
APHIS–2017–0027, Regulatory Analysis Inspection Service regulations to number of responses multiplied by the
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station prevent the interstate spread of citrus reporting burden per response.)
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, canker are contained in ‘‘Subpart— All responses to this notice will be
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Citrus Canker’’ (7 CFR 301.75–1 through summarized and included in the request
Supporting documents and any 301.75–17). The regulations restrict the for OMB approval. All comments will
comments we receive on this docket interstate movement of regulated also become a matter of public record.
may be viewed at http:// articles from and through areas
Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of
www.regulations.gov/ quarantined because of citrus canker April 2017.
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0027 or and provide, among other things,
in our reading room, which is located in conditions under which regulated Michael C. Gregoire,
room 1141 of the USDA South Building, nursery stock and fruit may be moved Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
14th Street and Independence Avenue interstate. The interstate movement of Health Inspection Service.
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room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., quarantined areas involves information BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
Monday through Friday, except collection activities, including
holidays. To be sure someone is there to compliance agreements, package
help you, please call (202) 799–7039 marking, certificates, and limited
before coming. permits.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For We are asking the Office of
information on the regulations for the Management and Budget (OMB) to
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection; comment request. | |
| Dates | We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 20, 2017. | |
| Contact | For information on the regulations for the interstate movement of regulated nursery stock and fruit from citrus canker quarantined areas, contact Dr. Robert Baca, Assistant Director, Permitting and Compliance Coordination, Compliance and Environmental Coordination Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2292. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483. | |
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