83 FR 27307 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 113 (June 12, 2018)
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 113 (June 12, 2018)
| Page Range | 27307-27308 | |
| FR Document | 2018-12585 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 27307-27308] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-12585] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 113 / Tuesday, June 12, 2018 / Notices [[Page 27307]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request June 7, 2018. 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 July 12, 2018 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 the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United States From Mexico. OMB Control Number: 0579-0144. Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 (Title X, Subtitle E, Sec. 10401-18 of Pub. L. 107-171) is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal health. Disease prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy animal population and for enhancing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services' ability to allow United States animal producers to compete in the world market of animal and animal product trade. APHIS currently has regulations in place that restrict the importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico due to the presence of Newcastle Disease (ND) in that country. However, APHIS allows the importation of poultry meat and poultry products from the Mexican States of Sinaloa and Sonora because APHIS has determined that poultry meat and products from these two Mexican States pose a negligible risk of introducing ND into the United States. To ensure that these items are safe for importation, APHIS requires that certain data appear on the foreign meat inspection certificate that accompanies the poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the United States. APHIS also requires that serial numbered seals be applied to containers carrying the poultry meat and other poultry products. In addition there is an application and approval process required for the transit of pork and pork products and poultry carcasses, parts, or products (except eggs and egg products). APHIS also requires a pre- arrival notification to alert Customs & Boarder Protection Inspectors, along with an emergency action notice. Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to certify that the poultry meat or other poultry products were (1) derived from poultry born and raised in commercial breeding establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; (2) derived from poultry that were slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a Federally-inspected slaughter plant approved to export these commodities to the United States in accordance with Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3) processed at a Federally inspected processing plant in Sinaloa or Sonora; and (4) kept out of contact with poultry from any other State within Mexico. APHIS will also collect information to ensure that the poultry meat or poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose the most negligible risk possible for introducing ND into the United States. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal Government. Number of Respondents: 400. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 558. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Control of Chronic Wasting Disease. OMB Control Number: 0579-0189. Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to detect, control, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or poultry, and to pay claims arising from destruction of animals. Disease prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy animal population and enhancing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) ability to complete in exporting animals and animal products. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and moose typified by chronic weight loss leading to death. The presence of CWD disease in cervids causes significant economic and market losses to U.S. producers. In an effort to accelerate the control and limit the spread of this disease in the United States, APHIS created a cooperative, voluntary Federal-State- private sector CWD Herd Certification Program designed to identify farmed or captive herds infected with CWD and provided for the management of these herds in a way that reduces the risk of spreading CWD. [[Page 27308]] Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information from owners of elk, deer, and moose herds who choose to participate in the CWD Herd Certification program. They would need to follow program requirements for animal identification, testing, herd management, and movement of animals into and from herds. APHIS also established requirements for the interstate movement of cervids to prevent movement of elk, deer, and moose that pose a risk of spreading CWD. Carrying out this program will entail the use of several information collection activities: Memoranda of understandings; participation requests/ applications; sample collections and lab submissions; inspections, inventories, and herd records; cervid identification; reports of cervid disappearances, escapes, and deaths; herd plans; annual reports; consistent State reviews; epidemiological investigations; appraisal, destruction, and payment of indemnity; letter to appeal suspension; Interstate Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI); and wild cervid ICVI, and surveillance data. Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability to effectively sustain its CWD control program. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 4,532. Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 347,163. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Title: Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA)--Payment of Indemnity. OMB Control Number: 0579-0192. Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to detect, control, or eradicate pest or diseases of livestock or poultry. Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a clinical disease resulting from infection with the ISA virus; signs include hemorrhaging, anemia, and lethargy. ISA poses a substantial threat to the economic viability and sustainability of salmon aquaculture in the United States and abroad. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information using VS Form 1-22 ISA Program Enrollment Form, VS Form 1- 23 All Species Appraisal and Indemnity Claim Form, VS Form 1-24 Proceeds from Animals Sold for Slaughter Form, and VS Form 1-26 Appraisal and Indemnity Request for Affected Premises Using Contract Growers Form. Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following information activities to reimburse aquaculture industry businesses; conduct biosecurity, protocols and audits; develop site-specific ISA action plans; compile fish inventories and mortality reports (and keep records of the inventories and reports); and conduct disease surveillance. Each program participant must sign an ISA Program Enrollment Form in which they agree to participate fully in USDA's and the State of Maine's ISA Program. APHIS will collect the owner's name and address, the number of fish for which the owner is seeking payment, and the appraised value of each fish. The owner must also certify as to whether the fish are subject to a mortgage. Without the information it would be impossible for APHIS to launch its program to contain and prevent ISA outbreaks in the United States. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 13. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 547. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-12585 Filed 6-11-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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Need and Use of the Information: Affected Premises Using Contract • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
APHIS will collect information from Growers Form. http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
owners of elk, deer, and moose herds Need and Use of the Information: Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0029.
who choose to participate in the CWD APHIS uses the following information • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Herd Certification program. They would activities to reimburse aquaculture Send your comment to Docket No.
need to follow program requirements for industry businesses; conduct APHIS–2018–0029, Regulatory Analysis
animal identification, testing, herd biosecurity, protocols and audits; and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
management, and movement of animals develop site-specific ISA action plans; 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
into and from herds. APHIS also compile fish inventories and mortality Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
established requirements for the reports (and keep records of the Supporting documents and any
interstate movement of cervids to inventories and reports); and conduct comments we receive on this docket
prevent movement of elk, deer, and disease surveillance. Each program may be viewed at http://
moose that pose a risk of spreading participant must sign an ISA Program www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
CWD. Carrying out this program will Enrollment Form in which they agree to APHIS-2018-0029 or in our reading
entail the use of several information participate fully in USDA’s and the room, which is located in Room 1141 of
collection activities: Memoranda of State of Maine’s ISA Program. APHIS the USDA South Building, 14th Street
understandings; participation requests/ will collect the owner’s name and and Independence Avenue SW,
applications; sample collections and lab address, the number of fish for which Washington, DC. Normal reading room
submissions; inspections, inventories, the owner is seeking payment, and the hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
and herd records; cervid identification; appraised value of each fish. through Friday, except holidays. To be
reports of cervid disappearances, The owner must also certify as to sure someone is there to help you,
escapes, and deaths; herd plans; annual whether the fish are subject to a please call (202) 799–7039 before
reports; consistent State reviews; mortgage. Without the information it coming.
epidemiological investigations; would be impossible for APHIS to
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
appraisal, destruction, and payment of launch its program to contain and
prevent ISA outbreaks in the United information on the Goat 2019 Study,
indemnity; letter to appeal suspension; contact Mr. Bill Kelley, Program
Interstate Certificates of Veterinary States.
Description of Respondents: Business Analyst, Science, Technology, and
Inspection (ICVI); and wild cervid ICVI, Analysis Services, VS, 2150 Centre
or other for-profit.
and surveillance data. Failure to collect Number of Respondents: 13. Avenue, Building B, Fort Collins, CO
this information would cripple APHIS’ Frequency of Responses: 80524; (970) 494–7207. For copies of
ability to effectively sustain its CWD Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. more detailed information on the
control program. Total Burden Hours: 547. information collection, contact Ms.
Description of Respondents: Business Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information
or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Ruth Brown,
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
Government. Departmental Information Collection 2483.
Number of Respondents: 4,532. Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–12585 Filed 6–11–18; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Frequency of Responses: Reporting Title: National Animal Health
and Recordkeeping: On occasion. BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
Monitoring System; Goat 2019 Study.
Total Burden Hours: 347,163. OMB Control Number: 0579–0354.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Type of Request: Reinstatement of an
Service information collection.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Title: Infectious Salmon Anemia Service Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
(ISA)—Payment of Indemnity. the Secretary of Agriculture is
OMB Control Number: 0579–0192. [Docket No. APHIS–2018–0029]
authorized to protect the health of the
Summary of Collection: The Animal livestock, poultry, and aquaculture
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is populations in the United States by
an Information Collection; National
the primary Federal law governing the preventing the introduction and
Animal Health Monitoring System;
protection of animal health. The law interstate spread of serious diseases and
Goat 2019 Study
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad pests of livestock and for eradicating
authority to detect, control, or eradicate AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health such diseases from the United States
pest or diseases of livestock or poultry. Inspection Service, USDA. when feasible. This authority has been
Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a ACTION: Reinstatement of an information delegated to the Animal and Plant
clinical disease resulting from infection collection; comment request. Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
with the ISA virus; signs include In connection with this mission,
hemorrhaging, anemia, and lethargy. SUMMARY: In accordance with the APHIS operates the National Animal
ISA poses a substantial threat to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Health Monitoring System (NAHMS),
economic viability and sustainability of notice announces the Animal and Plant which collects, on a national basis,
salmon aquaculture in the United States Health Inspection Service’s intention to statistically valid and scientifically
and abroad. The Animal and Plant request the reinstatement of an sound data on the prevalence and
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will information collection to conduct the
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economic importance of livestock,
collect information using VS Form 1–22 National Animal Health Monitoring poultry, and aquaculture disease risk
ISA Program Enrollment Form, VS Form System’s Goat 2019 Study. factors.
1–23 All Species Appraisal and DATES: We will consider all comments NAHMS’ studies have evolved into a
Indemnity Claim Form, VS Form 1–24 that we receive on or before August 13, collaborative industry and government
Proceeds from Animals Sold for 2018. initiative to help determine the most
Slaughter Form, and VS Form 1–26 ADDRESSES: You may submit comments effective means of preventing and
Appraisal and Indemnity Request for by either of the following methods: controlling diseases of livestock. APHIS
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