82 FR 40132 - Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Systems Approach for the Interstate Movement of Fresh, Mature Kaffir Lime, Curry, and Bael Leaves for Consumption From Areas Quarantined for Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 163 (August 24, 2017)

Page Range		40132-40133
FR Document		2017-17876

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request approval of an information collection associated with the requirements for the interstate movement of fresh, mature Kaffir lime, curry, and bael leaves for consumption from areas quarantined for citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-17876]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2017-0051]

Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Systems Approach for the Interstate Movement of Fresh, Mature Kaffir
Lime, Curry, and Bael Leaves for Consumption From Areas Quarantined for
Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: New 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 approval of an information collection associated
with the requirements for the interstate movement of fresh, mature
Kaffir lime, curry, and bael leaves for consumption from areas
quarantined for citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
October 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0051.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2017-0051, 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-
0051 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 fresh, mature
Kaffir lime, curry, and bael leaves for consumption from areas
quarantined for citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid, 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: Systems Approach for the Interstate Movement of Fresh,
Mature Kaffir Lime, Curry, and Bael Leaves for Consumption From Areas
Quarantined for Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid.
OMB Control Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in
cooperation with States, may carry out operations or measures to
detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests that are new to or not widely distributed within the United
States. This authority has been delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, which administers regulations to implement the PPA. Under
the PPA, the Secretary may also issue regulations and orders requiring
plants and plant products moved in interstate commerce to be subject to
remedial measures determined necessary to prevent the spread of the
pest.
The regulations in ``Subpart--Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus
Psyllid'' (7 CFR 301.76 through 301.76-11) restrict the interstate
movement of regulated articles from quarantined areas to control the
artificial spread of citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)

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to noninfested areas. Citrus greening, also known as Huanglongbing
disease of citrus, is considered to be one of the most serious citrus
diseases in the world. Citrus greening is a bacterial disease that
attacks the vascular system of host plants. This bacterial pathogen can
be transmitted by grafting and, under laboratory conditions, by
parasitic plants. The pathogen can also be transmitted by two insect
vectors in the family Psyllidae, one of which is Diaphorina citri
Kuwayama, ACP. ACP can also cause economic damage to citrus in groves
and nurseries by direct feeding. Both adults and nymphs feed on young
foliage, depleting the sap and causing galling or curling of leaves.
High populations feeding on a citrus shoot can kill the growing tip.
APHIS issued a Federal Order to allow the interstate movement of
fresh, mature Kaffir lime, curry, and bael leaves intended for
consumption if the listed requirements are followed. The requirements
include information collection activities, such as compliance
agreements (including a protocol document), limited permits, Federal
certificates, inspections, and labeling requirements.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget 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 burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.18 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. producers, packers, and distributors of fresh,
mature Kaffir lime, curry, and bael leaves.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 6.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 73.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 483.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 81 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 August 2017.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-17876 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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citrus plants and plant parts, including Estimated Annual Number of Supporting documents and any
leaves for consumption, and any other Respondents: 265. comments we receive on this docket
products, articles, or means of Estimated Annual Number of may be viewed at http://
conveyance that an inspector Responses per Respondent: 94. www.regulations.gov/
determines presents a risk of spreading Estimated Annual Number of #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0051 or
CBS. Responses: 25,038. in our reading room, which is located in
CBS, a fungal disease marked by dark, Estimated Total Annual Burden on Room 1141 of the USDA South
speckled spots or blotches on the rinds Respondents: 6,712 hours. (Due to Building, 14th Street and Independence
of fruit, is an economically significant averaging, the total annual burden hours Avenue SW., Washington, DC. Normal
citrus disease. It causes early fruit drop, may not equal the product of the annual reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
reduces crop yield, and renders the number of responses multiplied by the p.m., Monday through Friday, except
highly blemished fruit unmarketable. reporting burden per response.) holidays. To be sure someone is there to
While all commercial citrus cultivars All responses to this notice will be help you, please call (202) 799–7039
are susceptible to CBS, the most summarized and included in the request before coming.
vulnerable are lemons and late-maturing for OMB approval. All comments will
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
varieties of oranges like Valencia. These also become a matter of public record.
information on fresh, mature Kaffir
varieties are widely grown Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of lime, curry, and bael leaves for
commercially in Florida and in other August 2017. consumption from areas quarantined for
citrus-producing areas of the United Michael C. Gregoire, citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid,
States. The greatest risk of transmission Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant contact Dr. Robert Baca, Assistant
of CBS is associated with infected Health Inspection Service. Director, Permitting and Compliance
nursery stock and decomposing citrus [FR Doc. 2017–17877 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am] Coordination, Compliance and
leaves that have fallen in groves. There BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Environmental Coordination Branch,
is also a risk of disease transmission if PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 150,
infected leaves, plant debris, or fruit are Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2292.
not adequately covered or secured DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE For copies of more detailed information
during transport. on the information collection, contact
To safeguard U.S. agriculture, APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
requires the respondents listed below to Service
Information Collection Coordinator, at
complete information collection [Docket No. APHIS–2017–0051] (301) 851–2483.
activities, such as compliance
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
agreements, certificates, limited permits, Notice of Request for Approval of an
Title: Systems Approach for the
individually numbered trip tickets, Information Collection; Systems
Interstate Movement of Fresh, Mature
disposal site approvals, and inspections. Approach for the Interstate Movement
We are asking the Office of Kaffir Lime, Curry, and Bael Leaves for
of Fresh, Mature Kaffir Lime, Curry,
Management and Budget to approve our Consumption From Areas Quarantined
and Bael Leaves for Consumption
use of these information collection for Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus
From Areas Quarantined for Citrus
activities for 3 years. Psyllid.
Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid OMB Control Number: 0579–XXXX.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Type of Request: Approval of a new
affected agencies) concerning our Inspection Service, USDA. information collection.
ACTION: New information collection; Abstract: As authorized by the Plant
information collection. These comments
comment request. Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et
will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either
SUMMARY: In accordance with the independently or in cooperation with
information is necessary for the proper
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this States, may carry out operations or
performance of the functions of the
notice announces the Animal and Plant measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
Agency, including whether the
Health Inspection Service’s intention to control, prevent, or retard the spread of
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our request approval of an information plant pests that are new to or not widely
estimate of the burden of the collection collection associated with the distributed within the United States.
of information, including the validity of requirements for the interstate This authority has been delegated to the
the methodology and assumptions used; movement of fresh, mature Kaffir lime, Animal and Plant Health Inspection
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and curry, and bael leaves for consumption Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department
clarity of the information to be from areas quarantined for citrus of Agriculture, which administers
collected; and greening and Asian citrus psyllid. regulations to implement the PPA.
(4) Minimize the burden of the DATES: We will consider all comments Under the PPA, the Secretary may also
collection of information on those who that we receive on or before October 23, issue regulations and orders requiring
are to respond, through use, as 2017. plants and plant products moved in
appropriate, of automated, electronic, ADDRESSES: You may submit comments interstate commerce to be subject to
mechanical, and other collection by either of the following methods: remedial measures determined
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to necessary to prevent the spread of the
submission of responses. http://www.regulations.gov/ pest.
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Estimate of burden: The public #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0051. The regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Citrus
burden for this collection of information • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid’’ (7
is estimated to average 0.26 hours per Send your comment to Docket No. CFR 301.76 through 301.76–11) restrict
response. APHIS–2017–0051, Regulatory Analysis the interstate movement of regulated
Respondents: U.S. producers, and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station articles from quarantined areas to
growers, packers, inspectors, 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, control the artificial spread of citrus
individuals, and State officials. Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. greening and Asian citrus psyllid (ACP)

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		New information collection; comment request.
Dates		We will consider all comments that we receive on or before October 23, 2017.
Contact		For information on fresh, mature Kaffir lime, curry, and bael leaves for consumption from areas quarantined for citrus greening and Asian citrus psyllid, 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.
FR Citation		82 FR 40132

82 FR 40132 - Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Systems Approach for the Interstate Movement of Fresh, Mature Kaffir Lime, Curry, and Bael Leaves for Consumption From Areas Quarantined for Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus Psyllid

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 163 (August 24, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service