[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17015]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 23, 2007.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. 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: District of Columbia Plant Health Certificate.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0166.
Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture
is responsible for preventing plant pests and noxious weeds from
entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests and weeds
not widely distributed in the United States and eradicating those
imported pests and weeds when eradication is feasible. The Federal
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701-7772) authorized the Secretary to
carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests. The Plant
Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) provides certification services for plant
material moving interstate to assure States that the plants and plant
products they are receiving from the District of Columbia are free of
prohibited or otherwise regulated plant pests. APHIS will collect
information using form PPQ 571 District of Columbia Plant Health
Certificate.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using forms PPQ 571, to certify that the domestic plant or other plant
material described by the shipper has been inspected according to
appropriate procedures and that it is considered free from certain
plant diseases, insects, or other pests, and is considered to conform
with the requirements of the importing State. If the information is not
collected, it would likely result in the interstate spread of damaging
agricultural pests. Further entities in the District of Columbia would
be unable to ship their products to other States, as other States
require this certification.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 20.
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Restrictions on Importation of Live Poultry, Poultry Meat,
and Other Poultry Products from Specified Regions.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0228.
Summary of Collection: Title 21 U.S.C. 117, Animal Industry Act of
1884, authorizes the Secretary to prevent, control and eliminate
domestic diseases such as brucellosis, as well as to take actions to
prevent and manage exotic diseases such as classical swine fever and
other foreign animal diseases. Veterinary Services of the USDA's Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for
administering regulations intended to prevent the introduction of
animal diseases into the United States. The regulations in 9 CFR part
94 allow the importation of poultry meat and products and live poultry
from Argentina and the Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo, and
Yucatan under certain conditions. APHIS will collect information
through the use of a certification statement that must be completed by
Mexican veterinary authorities prior to export.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from the
certificate will provide APHIS with critical information concerning the
origin and history of the items destined for importation in the United
States. Without the information APHIS' ability to ensure that poultry,
poultry meat, or other poultry products from certain States within
Mexico pose a minimal risk of introducing exotic Newcastle disease and
other exotic animal diseases into the United States.
Description of Respondents: Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 100.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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