83_FR_43026 83 FR 42861 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; National Poultry Improvement Plan

83 FR 42861 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; National Poultry Improvement Plan

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 165 (August 24, 2018)

Page Range42861-42862
FR Document2018-18416

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an information collection associated with the National Poultry Improvement Plan.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42861-42862]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18416]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2018-0054]


Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an 
Information Collection; National Poultry Improvement Plan

ACTION: Revision to and 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 request a revision to and extension of approval of an 
information collection associated with the National Poultry Improvement 
Plan.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
October 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2018-0054.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2018-0054, 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-2018-
0054 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 National 
Poultry Improvement Plan, contact Dr. Denise Heard, Senior Coordinator, 
National Poultry Improvement Plan, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 1506 
Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496. For more 
detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. 
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 
851-2483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Poultry Improvement Plan.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0007.
    Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an 
information collection.
    Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et 
seq.), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized, among other things, to 
administer the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), the primary 
purpose of which is to protect the health of the U.S. poultry 
population. NPIP is a Federal-State-industry cooperative program for 
the improvement of poultry flocks and products through disease control 
techniques. Participation in all NPIP programs is voluntary, but 
flocks, hatcheries, and dealers of breeding poultry must first qualify 
as ``U.S. Pullorum-Typhoid Clean'' as a condition for participation in 
NPIP programs. The NPIP regulations are contained in 9 CFR part 56 and 
parts 145 through 147.
    To administer the NPIP, APHIS requires a number of activities that 
include memoranda of understanding; summaries of flock, slaughter 
plant, and other poultry business participation in NPIP; flock 
inspection and check testing reports; hatchery inspections; requests 
for salmonella serotyping; requests for compartment and component 
registration; requests for component removal; component audits; and 
auditor applications. They also include flock selecting and testing 
reports; reports and summaries of sales of hatching eggs, chicks, and 
poults; reports and investigations of salmonella isolations

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in poultry; sentinel bird marking for identification prior to flock 
vaccination; appraisal and indemnity claims; compliance statements; and 
recordkeeping.
    The information collection and recordkeeping activities described 
above represent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 
0579-0007, National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), and OMB control 
number 0579-0445, National Poultry Improvement Plan and Auxiliary 
Provisions. After OMB approves this combined information collection 
package (0579-0007), APHIS will retire OMB control number 0579-0445.
    We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information 
collection activities, as described, 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 burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 0.50 hours per response.
    Respondents: State agriculture officials; flock owners; breeders; 
hatchery operators; table-egg, meat-type chicken, and meat-type turkey 
producers; feedlot and slaughter plant personnel; approved laboratory 
personnel; prospective and certified auditors; visitors; and associated 
entities.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 6,851.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 34.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 234,963.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 117,254 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 21st day of August 2018.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-18416 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 165 / Friday, August 24, 2018 / Notices 42861 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Respondents: Importers, commercial www.regulations.gov/#!docket Title: Importation of Small Lots of horticulturalists and plant scientists, Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0054 or in our Seeds Without Phytosanitary and private individuals. reading room, which is located in Room Certificates. Estimated annual number of 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th OMB Control Number: 0579–0285. respondents: 2,376. Street and Independence Avenue SW, Type of Request: Revision to and Estimated annual number of Washington, DC. Normal reading room extension of approval of an information responses per respondent: 423. hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday collection. Estimated annual number of through Friday, except holidays. To be Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 responses: 1,005,494. sure someone is there to help you, U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the Estimated total annual burden on please call (202) 799–7039 before Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the respondents: 18,732 hours. (Due to coming. importation, entry, or interstate averaging, the total annual burden hours FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For movement of plants, plant products, and may not equal the product of the annual information on the National Poultry other articles to prevent the number of responses multiplied by the Improvement Plan, contact Dr. Denise introduction of plant pests into the reporting burden per response.) Heard, Senior Coordinator, National United States or their dissemination All responses to this notice will be Poultry Improvement Plan, Veterinary within the United States. The summarized and included in the request Services, APHIS, 1506 Klondike Road, regulations contained in ‘‘Subpart— for OMB approval. All comments will Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 319.37–1 also become a matter of public record. 922–3496. For more detailed through 319.37–23) prohibit or restrict, Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of information on the information among other things, the importation of August 2018. collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, living plants, plant parts, and seed for Kevin Shea, APHIS’ Information Collection propagation. Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483. These regulations allow small lots of Inspection Service. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: seed to be imported into the United [FR Doc. 2018–18414 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] Title: National Poultry Improvement States under an import permit with BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Plan. specific conditions as an alternative to OMB Control Number: 0579–0007. a phytosanitary certificate requirement. Type of Request: Revision to and These conditions include packet and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE extension of approval of an information shipment labeling and marking and port collection. of arrival notification. Noncompliant Animal and Plant Health Inspection Abstract: Under the Animal Health imported lots may be confined at the Service Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), port of entry while the importer [Docket No. APHIS–2018–0054] the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s responds to and acts on a Government- Animal and Plant Health Inspection issued emergency action notification. Notice of Request for Revision to and Service (APHIS) is authorized, among We are asking the Office of Extension of Approval of an other things, to administer the National Management and Budget (OMB) to Information Collection; National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), the approve our use of these information Poultry Improvement Plan primary purpose of which is to protect collection activities, as described, for an the health of the U.S. poultry additional 3 years. ACTION:Revision to and extension of population. NPIP is a Federal-State- The purpose of this notice is to solicit approval of an information collection; industry cooperative program for the comments from the public (as well as comment request. improvement of poultry flocks and affected agencies) concerning our products through disease control information collection. These comments SUMMARY: In accordance with the techniques. Participation in all NPIP will help us: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this programs is voluntary, but flocks, (1) Evaluate whether the collection of notice announces the Animal and Plant hatcheries, and dealers of breeding information is necessary for the proper Health Inspection Service’s intention to poultry must first qualify as ‘‘U.S. performance of the functions of the request a revision to and extension of Pullorum-Typhoid Clean’’ as a Agency, including whether the approval of an information collection condition for participation in NPIP information will have practical utility; associated with the National Poultry programs. The NPIP regulations are (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our Improvement Plan. contained in 9 CFR part 56 and parts estimate of the burden of the collection DATES: We will consider all comments 145 through 147. of information, including the validity of that we receive on or before October 23, To administer the NPIP, APHIS the methodology and assumptions used; 2018. requires a number of activities that (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and ADDRESSES: You may submit comments include memoranda of understanding; clarity of the information to be by either of the following methods: summaries of flock, slaughter plant, and collected; and • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to other poultry business participation in (4) Minimize the burden of the http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket NPIP; flock inspection and check testing collection of information on those who Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0054. reports; hatchery inspections; requests are to respond, through use, as • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: for salmonella serotyping; requests for appropriate, of automated, electronic, Send your comment to Docket No. compartment and component daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES mechanical, and other collection APHIS–2018–0054, Regulatory Analysis registration; requests for component technologies; e.g., permitting electronic and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station removal; component audits; and auditor submission of responses. 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, applications. They also include flock Estimate of burden: The public Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. selecting and testing reports; reports and burden for this collection of information Supporting documents and any summaries of sales of hatching eggs, is estimated to average 0.02 hours per comments we receive on this docket chicks, and poults; reports and response. may be viewed at http:// investigations of salmonella isolations VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Aug 23, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1

42862 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 165 / Friday, August 24, 2018 / Notices in poultry; sentinel bird marking for number of responses multiplied by the • Supervisor’s Office, Rd. PR 191 Int. identification prior to flock vaccination; reporting burden per response.) 988, Km. 4.4, Bo. Barcelona, Palmer, PR appraisal and indemnity claims; All responses to this notice will be 00721 (Telephone: 787–888–1880); or compliance statements; and summarized and included in the request by mailing a request to: recordkeeping. for OMB approval. All comments will • Forest Supervisor’s Office, HC 01 The information collection and also become a matter of public record. Box 13490, Rio Grande, PR 00745. recordkeeping activities described above Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of Objections must be submitted to the represent Office of Management and August 2018. Reviewing Officer: Budget (OMB) control number 0579– Kevin Shea, • Regional Forester, USDA—Forest 0007, National Poultry Improvement Service, Attn: Objection Reviewing Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Plan (NPIP), and OMB control number Inspection Service. Officer, 1720 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, 0579–0445, National Poultry GA 30309 (Telephone: 404–347–4177; [FR Doc. 2018–18416 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Fax: 404–347–4821). BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Provisions. After OMB approves this Objections may be submitted combined information collection electronically at objections-southern- package (0579–0007), APHIS will retire regional-office@fs.fed.us. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB control number 0579–0445. Note that the office hours for We are asking OMB to approve our Forest Service submitting a hand-delivered objection use of these information collection are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday activities, as described, for an additional Revision of the Land Management Plan through Friday, excluding Federal 3 years. for El Yunque National Forest holidays. Electronic objections must be The purpose of this notice is to solicit submitted in a commonly used format comments from the public (as well as AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. such as an email message, plain text affected agencies) concerning our ACTION: Notice of the opportunity to (.txt), rich text format (.rtf) or Microsoft information collection. These comments object to the Revised Land Management Word® (.doc or .docx). will help us: Plan for El Yunque National Forest prior FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) Evaluate whether the collection of to approval. Pedro Rios, Forest Planning Staff information is necessary for the proper Officer, El Yunque National Forest at performance of the functions of the SUMMARY: El Yunque National Forest, 787–888–1880. Individuals who use Agency, including whether the located in Puerto Rico, has prepared a telecommunication devices for the deaf information will have practical utility; Final Environmental Impact Statement (TDD) may call the Federal Information (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our (FEIS), a Revised Land Management Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 estimate of the burden of the collection Plan and a Draft Record of Decision between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. of information, including the validity of (ROD). This notice is to inform the (Eastern time), Monday through Friday. the methodology and assumptions used; public that a 60-day period is being SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest initiated where individuals or entities (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and Service, Southern Region, El Yunque with specific concerns on El Yunque’s clarity of the information to be National Forest, has prepared a Revised Revised Land Management Plan and its collected; and Land Mangement Plan, FEIS, and a Draft associated FEIS may file an objection for (4) Minimize the burden of the ROD. This notice is to inform the public a Forest Service review prior to the collection of information on those who that a 60-day period is being initiated approval of the Revised Land are to respond, through use, as where individuals or entities with Management Plan. appropriate, of automated, electronic, specific concerns on El Yunque’s mechanical, and other collection DATES: El Yunque’s Revised Land Revised Land Management Plan and its technologies; e.g., permitting electronic Management Plan, FEIS, Draft ROD, and associated FEIS and Draft ROD, may file submission of responses. other supporting information, will be an objection for a Forest Service review Estimate of burden: The public available for review at http:// prior to the approval of the Revised burden for this collection of information www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/land Land Management Plan. is estimated to average 0.50 hours per management/planning starting August The publication date of the legal response. 17, 2018. notice in El Yunque National Forest’s Respondents: State agriculture A legal notice of the initiation of the newspaper of record, El Nuevo Dia, will officials; flock owners; breeders; 60-day objection period is also being initiate the 60-day objection period and hatchery operators; table-egg, meat-type published in El Yunque National is the exclusive means for calculating chicken, and meat-type turkey Forest’s newspaper of record, which is the time to file an objection (36 CFR producers; feedlot and slaughter plant El Nuevo Dia. The date of the 219.16 and 219.52). An electronic scan personnel; approved laboratory publication of the legal notice in El of the notice with the publication date personnel; prospective and certified Nuevo Dia will determine the actual will be posted on El Yunque National auditors; visitors; and associated date of initiation of the 60-day objection Forest’s website at: http:// entities. period. A copy of the legal notice that www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/land Estimated annual number of is published in El Nuevo Dia will be management/planning. respondents: 6,851. posted on the website described above. The objection process under 36 CFR Estimated annual number of ADDRESSES: Copies of the Revised Land 219 subpart B, provides an opportunity daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES responses per respondent: 34. Mangement Plan for El Yunque National for members of the public who have Estimated annual number of Forest, the FEIS, and the Draft ROD can participated in the planning process for responses: 234,963. be obtained online at: http:// El Yunque National Forest to have any Estimated total annual burden on www.fs.usda.gov/main/elyunque/land unresolved concerns reviewed by the respondents: 117,254 hours. (Due to management/planning; or by visiting Forest Service prior to a final decision averaging, the total annual burden hours the Forest Supervisor’s Office at the by the Responsible Official. Only those may not equal the product of the annual following location: who provided substantive formal VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Aug 23, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1


Document Created: 2018-08-24 04:14:35
Document Modified: 2018-08-24 04:14:35
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
ActionRevision to and extension of approval of an information collection; comment request.
DatesWe will consider all comments that we receive on or before October 23, 2018.
ContactFor information on the National Poultry Improvement Plan, contact Dr. Denise Heard, Senior Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922-3496. For more detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483.
FR Citation83 FR 42861 
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