SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Pale Cyst Nematode.

OMB Control Number: 0579-0322.

Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an information collection.

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, among other things, to restrict the importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or their dissemination within the United States.

In accordance with the regulations “Subpart S-Pale Cyst Nematode” (7 CFR 301.86 through 301.86-9), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates the interstate movement of potatoes, soil, and other host material to help prevent the spread of pale cyst nematode, a major pest of potato crops, to non-infested areas of the United States.

The regulations involve information collection activities such as Self-Certification, Packing Facility Process Approval, Appeal of Withdrawn Certificate or Limited Permit, Appeal of Withdrawn Compliance Agreement, Labeling, and Cyst Nematode Survey.

We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve our use of these information collection activities for an additional three years. APHIS has amended this information collection due to a decrease in the number of Responses and Total Burden Hours reported resulting from APHIS' removal of PPQ Form 519, PPQ Form 540, and PPQ Form 590 and moving these activities to the new Common Form Information Collection.

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 Agency's functions, 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 the 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 1.782 hours per response.

Respondents: U.S. potato producers, packers, processors, and handlers.

Estimated annual number of respondents: 74.

Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.

Estimated annual number of responses: 78.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 139 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.

91 FR 23241