82_FR_34613 82 FR 34472 - Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; National Animal Health Monitoring System; Emergency Epidemiologic Investigations

82 FR 34472 - Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; National Animal Health Monitoring System; Emergency Epidemiologic Investigations

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 141 (July 25, 2017)

Page Range34472-34473
FR Document2017-15575

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request an extension of approval for emergency epidemiologic investigations, an information collection to support the National Animal Health Monitoring System.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34472-34473]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15575]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0058]


Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information 
Collection; National Animal Health Monitoring System; Emergency 
Epidemiologic Investigations

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval 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 an extension of approval for emergency 
epidemiologic investigations, an information collection to support the 
National Animal Health Monitoring System.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
September 25, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0058.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0058, 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-
0058 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 emergency 
epidemiologic investigations contact Mr. Bill Kelley, Supervisory 
Management and Program Analyst, Center for Epidemiology and Animal 
Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B, MS 2E6, Fort 
Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494-7270. 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: National Animal Health Monitoring 
System; Emergency Epidemiologic Investigations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0376.
    Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et 
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other things, to 
protect the health of U.S. livestock and poultry populations

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by preventing the introduction and interstate spread of serious 
diseases and pests of livestock and by eradicating such diseases from 
the United States when feasible. In connection with this mission, APHIS 
operates the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), which 
collects nationally representative, statistically valid, and 
scientifically sound data on the prevalence and economic importance of 
livestock diseases and associated risk factors.
    APHIS NAHMS officials are often asked by State and local animal 
health officials to carry out epidemiological investigations as 
diseases impact animal health populations. Emergency epidemiological 
investigations will be used to collect information on:
     Outbreaks of animal diseases with unknown etiology and 
transmission, that are highly contagious, and that have high case 
fatality.
     Outbreaks of known animal diseases that are highly 
contagious, virulent, and have unknown source of infection or mode of 
transmission.
     Outbreaks of emerging, zoonotic, or foreign animal 
diseases within the United States.
     Outbreaks in which a delay in data collection could result 
in the loss of epidemiologic information essential to assist laboratory 
investigations and/or disease control efforts.
    These investigations will normally consist of an on-farm 
questionnaire administered by APHIS-designated data collectors. The 
information collected through emergency epidemiologic investigations 
will be analyzed and used to:
     Identify the scope of the problem.
     Define and describe the affected population and 
susceptible population.
     Predict or detect trends in disease emergence and 
movement.
     Understand the risk factors for disease.
     Estimate the cost of disease control and develop 
intervention options.
     Make recommendations for disease control.
     Provide parameters for animal disease spread models.
     Provide lessons learned and guidance on the best ways to 
avoid future outbreaks based on thorough analysis of data from current 
outbreak(s).
     Identify areas for further research, e.g. mechanisms of 
disease transfer, vaccine technology, and diagnostic testing needs.
    We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve 
our use of this information collection activity 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, such as 
electronic submission of responses.
    Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection 
of information is estimated to average 0.72 hours per response.
    Respondents: Livestock owners, individuals, and State and local 
animal health officials.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 8,000.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 8,000.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 5,798 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 19th day of July 2017.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-15575 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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34472 Notices Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 141 Tuesday, July 25, 2017 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER accompanied by a certificate for quota request an extension of approval for contains documents other than rules or eligibility and may be entered until emergency epidemiologic proposed rules that are applicable to the September 30, 2017. The Office of the investigations, an information collection public. Notices of hearings and investigations, U.S. Trade Representative will allocate to support the National Animal Health committee meetings, agency decisions and this increase among supplying countries Monitoring System. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency and customs areas. DATES: We will consider all comments statements of organization and functions are USDA also today announced that all that we receive on or before September examples of documents appearing in this sugar entering the United States under 25, 2017. section. the FY 2017 raw sugar TRQ will be ADDRESSES: You may submit comments permitted to enter U.S. Customs by either of the following methods: territory through October 31, 2017, a • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE month later than the usual last entry http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket date. Additional U.S. Note 5(a)(iv) to Detail;D=APHIS-2017-0058. Office of the Secretary Chapter 17 of the HTS authorizes the • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Secretary of Agriculture to permit sugar Send your comment to Docket No. USDA Increases the Fiscal Year 2017 allocated under a given quota year to be Raw Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota APHIS–2017–0058, Regulatory Analysis entered in previous or subsequent quota and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. year. 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, ACTION: Notice. This action is being taken after a Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. determination that additional supplies Supporting documents and any SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of of raw cane sugar are required in the comments we receive on this docket the U.S. Department of Agriculture is U.S. market. USDA will closely monitor may be viewed at http://www. providing notice of an increase in the stocks, consumption, imports and all regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= fiscal year (FY) 2017 raw cane sugar sugar market and program variables on APHIS-2017-0058 or in our reading tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of 244,690 metric an ongoing basis, and may make further room, which is located in room 1141 of tons raw value (MTRV). program adjustments during FY 2017 if the USDA South Building, 14th Street DATES: Applicable July 25, 2017. needed. and Independence Avenue SW., FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: * Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = Washington, DC. Normal reading room Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and 1.10231125 short tons. hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday Export Reporting Division, Foreign Jason Hafemeister, through Friday, except holidays. To be Agricultural Service, AgStop 1021, U.S. sure someone is there to help you, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Trade and Department of Agriculture, Washington, Foreign Agricultural Affairs. please call (202) 799–7039 before DC 20250–1021; or by telephone (202) coming. Dated: July 17, 2017. 720–2916; or by fax to (202) 720–8461; or by email to Souleymane.Diaby@ Robert Johannson, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For fas.usda.gov. Acting Under Secretary, Farm Production and information on emergency Conservation. epidemiologic investigations contact SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office [FR Doc. 2017–15572 Filed 7–24–17; 8:45 am] Mr. Bill Kelley, Supervisory of the Secretary of the U.S. Department Management and Program Analyst, BILLING CODE 3410–10–P of Agriculture is providing notice of an Center for Epidemiology and Animal increase in the fiscal year (FY) 2017 raw Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre cane sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) of DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Avenue, Building B, MS 2E6, Fort 244,690 MTRV. On May 6, 2016, the Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494–7270. For Office of the Secretary established the Animal and Plant Health Inspection copies of more detailed information on FY 2017 TRQ for raw cane sugar at Service the information collection, contact Ms. 1,117,195 MTRV (1,231,497 short tons [Docket No. APHIS–2017–0058] Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information raw value, STRV *), the minimum to Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– which the United States is committed Notice of Request for Extension of 2483. under the World Trade Organization Approval of an Information Collection; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. National Animal Health Monitoring National Animal Health Monitoring Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 5 to System; Emergency Epidemiologic System; Emergency Epidemiologic Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized Investigations Investigations. Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Section 359k of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health OMB Control Number: 0579–0376. 1938, as amended, the Secretary of Inspection Service, USDA. Type of Request: Extension of Agriculture gives notice of an increase approval of an information collection. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Extension of approval of an in the quantity of raw cane sugar information collection; comment Abstract: Under the Animal Health eligible to enter at the lower rate of duty request. Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), during FY 2017 by 244,690 MTRV the Animal and Plant Health Inspection (269,724 STRV). With this increase, the SUMMARY: In accordance with the Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department overall FY 2017 raw sugar TRQ is now Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this of Agriculture is authorized, among 1,361,885 MTRV (1,501,221 STRV). 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 25, 2017 / Notices 34473 by preventing the introduction and The purpose of this notice is to solicit Department of Agriculture (USDA), interstate spread of serious diseases and comments from the public (as well as announces the second application pests of livestock and by eradicating affected agencies) concerning our window for fiscal year (FY) 2017 for the such diseases from the United States information collection. These comments Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan when feasible. In connection with this will help us: Guarantee Program (the Broadband mission, APHIS operates the National (1) Evaluate whether the collection of Program). Announcing a second Animal Health Monitoring System information is necessary for the proper application window within the current (NAHMS), which collects nationally performance of the functions of the FY is a statutory requirement of the representative, statistically valid, and Agency, including whether the 2014 Farm Bill. This new procedure scientifically sound data on the information will have practical utility; amends previous announcements prevalence and economic importance of (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our related to this application window and livestock diseases and associated risk estimate of the burden of the collection is designed to improve loan application factors. of information, including the validity of processing, better manage work flow, APHIS NAHMS officials are often the methodology and assumptions used; and encourage infrastructure investment asked by State and local animal health (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and and job creation in rural communities in officials to carry out epidemiological clarity of the information to be need of improved broadband service. investigations as diseases impact animal collected; and In addition to announcing this health populations. Emergency (4) Minimize the burden of the application window, RUS revises the epidemiological investigations will be collection of information on those who minimum and maximum amounts for used to collect information on: are to respond, through use, as broadband loans for the second window • Outbreaks of animal diseases with appropriate, of automated, electronic, for FY 2017. unknown etiology and transmission, mechanical, and other collection The agency has $115.2 million that are highly contagious, and that have technologies, such as electronic available in FY 2017 appropriated and high case fatality. submission of responses. carryover funds, and of this amount the • Outbreaks of known animal Estimate of burden: The public agency expects that at least $60 million diseases that are highly contagious, reporting burden for this collection of is available to fund applications virulent, and have unknown source of information is estimated to average 0.72 received in this window. Further, the infection or mode of transmission. hours per response. • Outbreaks of emerging, zoonotic, or RUS typically solicits applications to Respondents: Livestock owners, under a Notice of Solicitation of foreign animal diseases within the individuals, and State and local animal United States. Applications (NOSA) during the fiscal health officials. year. However, since a full year • Outbreaks in which a delay in data Estimated annual number of Appropriation Act for FY 2017 has been collection could result in the loss of respondents: 8,000. enacted, RUS is announcing the amount epidemiologic information essential to Estimated annual number of of funding currently available. assist laboratory investigations and/or responses per respondent: 1. DATES: Applications under this NOFA disease control efforts. These investigations will normally Estimated annual number of will be accepted immediately through consist of an on-farm questionnaire responses: 8,000. September 30, 2017. RUS will review, administered by APHIS-designated data Estimated total annual burden on evaluate and begin to process loan collectors. The information collected respondents: 5,798 hours. (Due to applications as they are received. After through emergency epidemiologic averaging, the total annual burden hours September 30, 2017, RUS will evaluate investigations will be analyzed and used may not equal the product of the annual all applications that have been deemed to: number of responses multiplied by the to be complete and shall give priority to • Identify the scope of the problem. reporting burden per response.) applications in accordance with 7 CFR • Define and describe the affected All responses to this notice will be 1738.203 if the total amount of funding population and susceptible population. summarized and included in the request sought by eligible applicants with • Predict or detect trends in disease for OMB approval. All comments will completed applications submitted by emergence and movement. also become a matter of public record. September 30, 2017, exceeds the • Understand the risk factors for Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of funding that is available to RUS for the disease. July 2017. Broadband Program. • Estimate the cost of disease control Michael C. Gregoire, If the total amount of funding sought and develop intervention options. • Make recommendations for disease Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant by eligible applicants with completed Health Inspection Service. applications submitted by September control. • Provide parameters for animal [FR Doc. 2017–15575 Filed 7–24–17; 8:45 am] 30, 2017, does not exceed the funding disease spread models. BILLING CODE 3410–34–P that is available to the RUS for the • Provide lessons learned and Broadband Program, applications will guidance on the best ways to avoid be processed and reviewed in the order future outbreaks based on thorough DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE received. Loan offers are limited to the analysis of data from current funds available at the time of the Rural Utilities Service agency’s decision to approve an outbreak(s). • Identify areas for further research, Rural Broadband Access Loan and application. RUS reserves the option of e.g. mechanisms of disease transfer, using the queue created in this round by mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Loan Guarantee Program vaccine technology, and diagnostic the priority or first-come, first-served testing needs. AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. method as applicable to fund projects in We are asking the Office of Notice of Funds Availability ACTION: the event additional funding becomes Management and Budget (OMB) to (NOFA). available. approve our use of this information Applications can only be submitted collection activity for an additional 3 SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service through the agency’s online application years. (RUS), an agency of the United States system through September 30, 2017. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:30 Jul 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25JYN1.SGM 25JYN1


Document Created: 2018-10-24 11:20:06
Document Modified: 2018-10-24 11:20:06
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionExtension of approval of an information collection; comment request.
DatesWe will consider all comments that we receive on or before September 25, 2017.
ContactFor information on emergency epidemiologic investigations contact Mr. Bill Kelley, Supervisory Management and Program Analyst, Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B, MS 2E6, Fort Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494-7270. For copies of more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
FR Citation82 FR 34472 
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