82_FR_5541 82 FR 5530 - Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program

82 FR 5530 - Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 11 (January 18, 2017)

Page Range5530-5531
FR Document2017-01023

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 of an information collection associated with Federal recognition of a State's plant pest containment, eradication, or exclusion program as a Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01023]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0111]


Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information 
Collection; Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program

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

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request an extension of approval of an information collection 
associated with Federal recognition of a State's plant pest 
containment, eradication, or exclusion program as a Federally 
Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March 
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-2016-0111.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2016-0111, 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-2016-
0111 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 Federally 
Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program, 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: Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0365.
    Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) 
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or restrict the 
importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, 
or other articles if the Secretary determines that the prohibition or 
restriction is necessary to prevent a plant pest or noxious weed from 
being introduced into or disseminated within the United States. This 
authority has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS).
    As part of this mission, APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine 
(PPQ) program responds to introductions of plant pests to eradicate, 
suppress, or contain them through various programs to prevent their 
interstate spread. APHIS' plant pest containment and eradication 
programs qualify as ``official control programs,'' as defined by the 
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), recognized by the 
World Trade Organization as the standard-setting body for international 
plant quarantine issues. ``Official control'' is defined as ``the 
active enforcement of mandatory phytosanitary regulations and the 
application of mandatory phytosanitary procedures with the objective of 
containment or eradication of quarantine pests or for the management of 
regulated non-quarantine pests.'' As a contracting party to the IPPC, 
the United States has agreed to observe IPPC principles as they relate 
to international trade.
    APHIS is aware that individual States enforce phytosanitary 
regulations and procedures within their borders to address pests of 
concern, and that those pests are not always also the subject of an 
APHIS response program or activity. To strengthen APHIS' safeguarding 
system to protect agriculture and to facilitate agriculture trade 
through effective management of phytosanitary measures, APHIS initiated 
the Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program, 
which establishes an administrative process for granting Federal 
recognition to certain State-managed official control programs for 
plant pest eradication or containment and State-managed pest exclusion 
programs. (The FRSMP Program was previously referred to as the Official 
Control Program.) Federal recognition of a State's pest control 
activities will justify actions by Federal inspectors at ports of entry 
to help exclude pests that are under a phytosanitary program in a 
destination State. This process involves the use of information 
collection activities, including the submission of a petition for 
protocol for quarantine pests of concern, a petition for regulated non-
quarantine pests, State cooperative agreements, and audit review annual 
accomplishment reports.
    We are asking OMB to approve these information collection 
activities 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 34.7 hours per response.
    Respondents: State plant health regulatory officials.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 1.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 7.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 7.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 243 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 11th day of January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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5530 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2017 / Notices for OMB approval. All comments will Coordination, Compliance and Agency, including whether the also become a matter of public record. Environmental Coordination Branch, information will have practical utility; Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 150, (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our January 2017. Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2292. estimate of the burden of the collection Kevin Shea, For copies of more detailed information of information, including the validity of on the information collection, contact the methodology and assumptions used; Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and Information Collection Coordinator, at clarity of the information to be [FR Doc. 2017–01014 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am] (301) 851–2483. collected; and BILLING CODE 3410–34–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (4) Minimize the burden of the Title: Cooperative Agricultural Pest collection of information on those who Survey. are to respond, through use, as DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0579–0010. appropriate, of automated, electronic, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Type of Request: Extension of mechanical, and other collection Service approval of an information collection. technologies; e.g., permitting electronic Abstract: Under the Plant Protection submission of responses. [Docket No. APHIS–2016–0106] Estimate of burden: The public Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, either reporting burden for this collection of Notice of Request for Extension of information is estimated to average 0.24 Approval of an Information Collection; independently or in cooperation with the States, to carry out operations or hours per response. Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Respondents: State cooperators measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health participating in CAPS and not-for-profit control, prevent, or retard the spread of Inspection Service, USDA. organizations. plant pests and noxious weeds that are Estimated annual number of ACTION: Extension of approval of an new to or not widely distributed within information collection; comment respondents: 54. the United States. This authority has Estimated annual number of request. been delegated to the Animal and Plant responses per respondent: 271. Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Estimated annual number of SUMMARY: In accordance with the To carry out this mission, APHIS’ responses: 14,634. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Estimated total annual burden on notice announces the Animal and Plant program has joined forces with the respondents: 3,573 hours. (Due to Health Inspection Service’s intention to States and other agencies to create a averaging, the total annual burden hours request an extension of approval of an program called the Cooperative may not equal the product of the annual information collection associated with Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS). The number of responses multiplied by the the Cooperative Agricultural Pest CAPS program coordinates efforts reporting burden per response.) Survey. through cooperative agreements with All responses to this notice will be DATES: We will consider all comments the States and other agencies to collect summarized and included in the request that we receive on or before March 20, and manage data on plant pests, noxious for OMB approval. All comments will 2017. weeds, and biological control agents, also become a matter of public record. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments which may be used to control plant by either of the following methods: Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of pests or noxious weeds. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to January 2017. This program allows the States and http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket Kevin Shea, PPQ to conduct surveillance activities to Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0106. detect and measure the presence of Administrator, Animal and Plant Health • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: exotic plant pests and weeds and to Inspection Service. Send your comment to Docket No. input surveillance data into a uniform [FR Doc. 2017–01020 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am] APHIS–2016–0106, Regulatory Analysis national system. Among other things, BILLING CODE 3410–34–P and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station this allows APHIS to obtain a more 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, comprehensive picture of plant pest Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. conditions in the United States. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Supporting documents and any The CAPS program involves certain comments we receive on this docket Animal and Plant Health Inspection information collection activities, such as Service may be viewed at http://www. cooperative agreements, pest detection regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= surveys, a disclosure form, a form for [Docket No. APHIS–2016–0111] APHIS-2016-0106 or in our reading determination of specimens, and room, which is located in room 1141 of various application forms. Notice of Request for Extension of the USDA South Building, 14th Street We are asking the Office of Approval of an Information Collection; and Independence Avenue SW., Management and Budget (OMB) to Federally Recognized State Managed Washington, DC. Normal reading room approve our use of these information Phytosanitary Program hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday collection activities for an additional 3 AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health through Friday, except holidays. To be years. Inspection Service, USDA. sure someone is there to help you, The purpose of this notice is to solicit mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES please call (202) 799–7039 before ACTION: Extension of approval of an comments from the public (as well as information collection; comment coming. affected agencies) concerning our request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information collection. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 2017 / Notices 5531 request an extension of approval of an Animal and Plant Health Inspection information collection. These comments information collection associated with Service (APHIS). will help us: Federal recognition of a State’s plant As part of this mission, APHIS’ Plant (1) Evaluate whether the collection of pest containment, eradication, or Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) information is necessary for the proper exclusion program as a Federally program responds to introductions of performance of the functions of the Recognized State Managed plant pests to eradicate, suppress, or Agency, including whether the Phytosanitary Program. contain them through various programs information will have practical utility; DATES: We will consider all comments to prevent their interstate spread. (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our that we receive on or before March 20, APHIS’ plant pest containment and estimate of the burden of the collection 2017. eradication programs qualify as ‘‘official of information, including the validity of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments control programs,’’ as defined by the the methodology and assumptions used; by either of the following methods: International Plant Protection (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to Convention (IPPC), recognized by the clarity of the information to be http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket World Trade Organization as the collected; and Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0111. standard-setting body for international (4) Minimize the burden of the • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: plant quarantine issues. ‘‘Official collection of information on those who Send your comment to Docket No. control’’ is defined as ‘‘the active are to respond, through use, as APHIS–2016–0111, Regulatory Analysis enforcement of mandatory appropriate, of automated, electronic, and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station phytosanitary regulations and the mechanical, and other collection 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, application of mandatory phytosanitary technologies; e.g., permitting electronic Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. procedures with the objective of submission of responses. Supporting documents and any containment or eradication of Estimate of burden: The public comments we receive on this docket quarantine pests or for the management reporting burden for this collection of may be viewed at http://www. of regulated non-quarantine pests.’’ As a information is estimated to average 34.7 regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D= contracting party to the IPPC, the United hours per response. APHIS-2016-0111 or in our reading States has agreed to observe IPPC Respondents: State plant health room, which is located in room 1141 of principles as they relate to international regulatory officials. the USDA South Building, 14th Street trade. Estimated annual number of and Independence Avenue SW., APHIS is aware that individual States respondents: 1. Washington, DC. Normal reading room enforce phytosanitary regulations and Estimated annual number of hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday procedures within their borders to responses per respondent: 7. through Friday, except holidays. To be address pests of concern, and that those Estimated annual number of sure someone is there to help you, pests are not always also the subject of responses: 7. please call (202) 799–7039 before an APHIS response program or activity. Estimated total annual burden on coming. To strengthen APHIS’ safeguarding respondents: 243 hours. (Due to system to protect agriculture and to averaging, the total annual burden hours FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For facilitate agriculture trade through may not equal the product of the annual information on the Federally number of responses multiplied by the Recognized State Managed effective management of phytosanitary measures, APHIS initiated the Federally reporting burden per response.) Phytosanitary Program, contact Dr. All responses to this notice will be Robert Baca, Assistant Director, Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program, which summarized and included in the request Permitting and Compliance for OMB approval. All comments will Coordination, Compliance and establishes an administrative process for granting Federal recognition to certain also become a matter of public record. Environmental Coordination Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 150, State-managed official control programs Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2292. for plant pest eradication or January 2017. For copies of more detailed information containment and State-managed pest Kevin Shea, on the information collection, contact exclusion programs. (The FRSMP Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Program was previously referred to as Inspection Service. Information Collection Coordinator, at the Official Control Program.) Federal [FR Doc. 2017–01023 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am] (301) 851–2483. recognition of a State’s pest control BILLING CODE 3410–34–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: activities will justify actions by Federal Title: Federally Recognized State inspectors at ports of entry to help Managed Phytosanitary Program. exclude pests that are under a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0579–0365. phytosanitary program in a destination Type of Request: Extension of State. 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Document Created: 2018-02-01 15:19:19
Document Modified: 2018-02-01 15:19:19
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
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 March 20, 2017.
ContactFor information on the Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program, 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 Citation82 FR 5530 
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