83 FR 29528 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

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

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FR Document		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.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER potential persons who are to respond to seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
contains documents other than rules or the collection of information that such authorized to regulate the importation of
proposed rules that are applicable to the persons are not required to respond to plants, plant products, and other articles
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, the collection of information unless it to prevent the introduction of injurious
committee meetings, agency decisions and displays a currently valid OMB control plant pests. The regulations in
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
number. ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables,’’
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are 7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56–81,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection prohibits or restrict the importation of
examples of documents appearing in this Service
section. certain fruits and vegetables into the
Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host United States from certain parts of the
Materials from Canada. world to prevent the introduction and
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0579–0142. dissemination of plant pest, including
Summary of Collection: The United fruit flies. Under the regulations,
Submission for OMB Review; States Department of Agriculture clementines from Spain are subject to
Comment Request (USDA) is responsible for preventing certain conditions before entering the
plant diseases or insect pests from United States to ensure that exotic plant
June 20, 2018. entering the United States, preventing pest, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly,
The Department of Agriculture has the spread of pests not widely are not introduced into the United
submitted the following information distributed in the United States, and States.
collection requirement(s) to OMB for eradicating those imported pests when Need and Use of the Information:
review and clearance under the eradication is feasible. Under the Plant APHIS uses the following information
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), collection activities to allow the
Public Law 104–13. Comments are the Secretary of Agriculture is importation of Clementines from Spain
requested regarding (1) whether the authorized to regulate the importation of when the requirements include:
collection of information is necessary plants, plant products, and other articles Provisions that the Clementines be
for the proper performance of the to prevent the introduction of injurious grown in accordance with a
functions of the agency, including plant pests. The Plant Protection and Mediterranean fruit fly management
whether the information will have Quarantine program within USDA’s program established by the Government
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection of Spain; Trapping and Control Records;
agency’s estimate of burden including Service (APHIS) is responsible for Phytosanitary Certificate; Labeling and
the validity of the methodology and ensuring that these regulations are Traceback; Cold Treatment Data for
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance enforced. Consignments; Trust Fund Agreement;
the quality, utility and clarity of the Need and Use of the Information: Grower Registration and Agreement;
information to be collected; and (4) APHIS will collect information from Management Program Mediterranean
ways to minimize the burden of the individuals both within and outside the
collection of information on those who Fruit Fly Monitoring; Cold Treatment
United States using phytosanitary Facility/Carrier Certification; Workplan,
are to respond, including through the certificates, certificates of origin, a
use of appropriate automated, Advance Reservations for Cold
written statement, a compliance Treatment Port Space; and Emergency
electronic, mechanical, or other agreement and an emergency Action
technological collection techniques or Action Notification.
notice. Information collected will Failure to collect this information
other forms of information technology. ensure that importing foreign logs, trees,
Comments regarding this information would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure
shrubs, and other articles do not harbor that clementines from Spain are not
collection received by July 25, 2018 will
plant or insect pests such as the gypsy carrying fruit flies.
be considered. Written comments
moth. Failing to collect this information Description of Respondents: Business
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Agriculture, Office of Information and Number of Respondents: 23.
that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Frequency of Responses:
other items imported from Canada do
Management and Budget (OMB), New Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
not harbor gypsy moths.
Executive Office Building, 725 17th Description of Respondents: Business Total Burden Hours: 8,774.
Street NW, Washington, DC 20502. or other for-profit; Individuals or
Commenters are encouraged to submit Animal and Plant Health Inspection
households; Federal Government. Service
their comments to OMB via email to: Number of Respondents: 2,526.
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Title: Importation of Longan from
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental On occasion. Taiwan.
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Total Burden Hours: 212. OMB Control Number: 0579–0351.
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– Summary of Collection: Under the
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7602. Copies of the submission(s) may Animal and Plant Health Inspection Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C 7701), the
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. Service Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
An agency may not conduct or Title: Importation of Clementines carry out operations or measures to
sponsor a collection of information from Spain. detect, eradicate, suppress, control,
unless the collection of information OMB Control Number: 0579–0203. prevent, or retard the spread of plant
displays a currently valid OMB control Summary of Collection: Under the pests new to the United States or not
number and the agency informs Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et known to be widely distributed

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throughout the United States. The fruits Shipping Documents Identifying the provide sufficient time to permit
and vegetables regulations allow the Places of Production, Phytosanitary delivery on or before the closing
importation of commercial shipments of Certificates with Additional deadline date and time. Acceptance by
fresh longan with stems from Taiwan Declarations, Box Markings, Production the United States Postal Service or
into the United States. As a condition of Site Training Program, Emergency private mailer does not constitute
entry, the longan will be subject to cold Action Notifications, and Notices of delivery. Facsimile (FAX) and postage
treatment and special port-of-arrival Arrival. If the information is not due applications will not be accepted.
inspection procedures for certain collected, APHIS’ ability to protect the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
quarantine pests. United States from plant pest would be general information, applicants may
Need and Use of the Information: severely compromised. contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson,
APHIS will use the following Description of Respondents: Business Finance and Loan Analyst, Multi-
information collection activities to or other for-profit; Federal Government. Family Housing Preservation and Direct
allow the import of commercial Number of Respondents: 66. Loan Division, USDA Rural
shipment of fresh longan with stems Frequency of Responses: Reporting, Development, STOP 0781, 1400
from Taiwan into the United States: Recordkeeping, Third-party disclosure: Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspection by On occasion. DC 20250–0781, telephone (202) 690–
NPPOs in Taiwan, Stamping of Boxes Total Burden Hours: 1,289.
0759 (voice) (this is not a toll-free
and Emergency Action Notification. Ruth Brown, number) or (800) 877–8339 (TDD-
Failing to collect this information would Departmental Information Collection Federal Information Relay Service) or
cripple APHIS ability to ensure that Clearance Officer. via email at, bonnie.edwards@
longan from Taiwan are not carrying [FR Doc. 2018–13551 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] wdc.usda.gov.
plant pests.
Description of Respondents: Business BILLING CODE 3410–34–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
or other for-profits; Federal Preface
Government. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Number of Respondents: 2. The Agency encourages applications
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: that will help improve life in rural
Rural Housing Service America. See information on the
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 33. Notice of Solicitation of Applications Interagency Task Force on Agriculture
for the Section 533 Housing and Rural Prosperity found at
Animal and Plant Health Inspection www.usda.gov/ruralprosperity.
Service Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year
2018 Applicants are encouraged to consider
Title: Importation of Fresh Pitaya projects that provide measurable results
Fruit from Central America into the AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. in helping rural communities build
Continental United States. ACTION: Notice. robust and sustainable economies
OMB Control Number: 0579–0378. through strategic investments in
Summary of Collection: Under the SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service infrastructure, partnerships and
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– (RHS), an Agency within Rural innovation. Key strategies include:
7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is Development, announces that it is
• Achieving e-Connectivity for Rural
authorized to carry out operations or soliciting competitive applications
America
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, under its Housing Preservation Grant
• Developing the Rural Economy
control, prevent, or retard the spread of (HPG) program. This action is taken to • Harnessing Technological Innovation
plant pests new to the United States or comply with Agency regulations which • Supporting a Rural Workforce
not known to be widely distributed requires the Agency to announce the • Improving Quality of Life
throughout the United States. The opening and closing dates for receipt of
regulations ‘‘Subpart-Fruit and pre-applications for HPG funds from Overview
Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through eligible applicants. Federal Agency Name: USDA Rural
319 56–71), prohibit or restrict the The Agency has published the Housing Service.
importation of fruits and vegetables into amount of funding received in the Funding Opportunity Title: Housing
the United States from certain parts of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 Preservation Grants.
the world to prevent the introduction (Pub. L. 115–141, March 23, 2018) on its Announcement Type: Notice.
and dissemination of plant pests that are website at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ Catalog of Federal Domestic
not widely distributed within the newsroom/notices-solicitation- Assistance Number: 10.433.
United States. The Animal and Plant applications-nosas. Expenses incurred
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in developing applications will be at the Paperwork Reduction Act
allows the importation of fresh pitaya applicant’s risk. The reporting requirements contained
fruit from Central America into the DATES: The closing deadline for receipt in this Notice have been approved by
continental United States. of all pre-applications in response to the Office of Management and Budget
Need and Use of the Information: The this Notice is 5:00 p.m., local time for under Control Number 0575–0115.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection each Rural Development State Office on
Service uses the following activities to August 9, 2018 regardless of delivery A. Program Description
collect information: Production Site method (hand delivered, electronic, The HPG program is a grant program,
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Certification, Production Site mail, or a combination thereof). Rural authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1490m and
Registration, Review and Maintain Development State Office locations can implemented at 7 CFR part 1944,
Documents, Registration of be found at: http://www.rd.usda.gov/ subpart N, which provides qualified
Packinghouses, Packinghouse contact-us/state-offices. RHS will not public agencies, private non-profit
Inspections and Investigations, Bilateral consider any application that is received organizations including, but not limited
Workplans, Records of Fruit Fly after the closing deadline. Applicants to, Faith-Based and neighborhood
Detections and Update Records, intending to mail applications must partnerships, and other eligible entities,

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		83 FR 29528