83 FR 29528 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 122 (June 25, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29528-29529]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13551]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 20, 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 25, 
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 and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0142.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not 
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported 
pests when eradication is feasible. Under the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles 
to prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The Plant 
Protection and Quarantine program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for ensuring that these 
regulations are enforced.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from individuals both within and outside the United States using 
phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, a written 
statement, a compliance agreement and an emergency Action notice. 
Information collected will ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, 
shrubs, and other articles do not harbor plant or insect pests such as 
the gypsy moth. Failing to collect this information would cripple 
APHIS' ability to ensure that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of 
other items imported from Canada do not harbor gypsy moths.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,526.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 212.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Clementines from Spain.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0203.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to regulate 
the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles to 
prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The regulations in 
``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables,'' 7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-81, 
prohibits or restrict the importation of certain fruits and vegetables 
into the United States from certain parts of the world to prevent the 
introduction and dissemination of plant pest, including fruit flies. 
Under the regulations, clementines from Spain are subject to certain 
conditions before entering the United States to ensure that exotic 
plant pest, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are not introduced 
into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information collection activities to allow the importation of 
Clementines from Spain when the requirements include: Provisions that 
the Clementines be grown in accordance with a Mediterranean fruit fly 
management program established by the Government of Spain; Trapping and 
Control Records; Phytosanitary Certificate; Labeling and Traceback; 
Cold Treatment Data for Consignments; Trust Fund Agreement; Grower 
Registration and Agreement; Management Program Mediterranean Fruit Fly 
Monitoring; Cold Treatment Facility/Carrier Certification; Workplan, 
Advance Reservations for Cold Treatment Port Space; and Emergency 
Action Notification.
    Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability to 
ensure that clementines from Spain are not carrying fruit flies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,774.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Longan from Taiwan.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0351.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C 
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States 
or not known to be widely distributed

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throughout the United States. The fruits and vegetables regulations 
allow the importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with 
stems from Taiwan into the United States. As a condition of entry, the 
longan will be subject to cold treatment and special port-of-arrival 
inspection procedures for certain quarantine pests.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following 
information collection activities to allow the import of commercial 
shipment of fresh longan with stems from Taiwan into the United States: 
Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspection by NPPOs in Taiwan, Stamping of 
Boxes and Emergency Action Notification. Failing to collect this 
information would cripple APHIS ability to ensure that longan from 
Taiwan are not carrying plant pests.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 33.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Fresh Pitaya Fruit from Central America into 
the Continental United States.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0378.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States 
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The 
regulations ``Subpart-Fruit and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through 
319 56-71), prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and 
vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world to 
prevent the introduction and dissemination of plant pests that are not 
widely distributed within the United States. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) allows the importation of fresh 
pitaya fruit from Central America into the continental United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service uses the following activities to collect 
information: Production Site Certification, Production Site 
Registration, Review and Maintain Documents, Registration of 
Packinghouses, Packinghouse Inspections and Investigations, Bilateral 
Workplans, Records of Fruit Fly Detections and Update Records, Shipping 
Documents Identifying the Places of Production, Phytosanitary 
Certificates with Additional Declarations, Box Markings, Production 
Site Training Program, Emergency Action Notifications, and Notices of 
Arrival. If the information is not collected, APHIS' ability to protect 
the United States from plant pest would be severely compromised.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 66.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting, Recordkeeping, Third-party 
disclosure: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,289.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-13551 Filed 6-22-18; 8:45 am]
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