[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15772-15773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8059]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 02-020-1]


Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an information 
collection in support of the Application for Inspection and 
Certification of Animal Byproducts.

DATES: We will consider all comments we receive that are postmarked, 
delivered, or e-mailed by June 3, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery 
or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send 
four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket 
No. 02-020-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state 
that your comment refers to Docket No. 02-020-1. If you use e-mail, 
address your comment to [email protected]. Your comment must 
be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files. 
Please include your name and address in your message and ``Docket No. 
02-020-1'' on the subject line.
    You may read any comments that we receive on this docket in our 
reading room. The reading room 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) 690-2817 before coming.
    APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related 
information, including the names of organizations and individuals who 
have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Application for 
Inspection and Certification of Animal Byproducts, contact Dr. Joyce 
Bowling, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services, National 
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, 
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-3277. For copies of more detailed 
information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste 
Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734-7477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
    Title: Application for Inspection and Certification of Animal 
Byproducts.
    OMB Number: 0579-0008.
    Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: U.S. exporters who wish to export certain animal 
byproducts to other countries must, in some instances, furnish the 
importing country with certificates that have been issued or endorsed 
by Veterinary Services (VS) of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. VS Form 16-24, Application for 
Inspection and Certification of Animal Byproducts, is one such 
certificate. The form also serves as a written agreement under which 
the exporter pays for services we render in connection with documenting 
the certification statements required by the importing country.
    The exporter provides VS with the information requested on VS Form 
16-24, including a detailed description of the processing techniques 
that are used to make the product eligible to enter the importing 
country. VS uses this information to monitor and certify the processing 
techniques. After monitoring the processing technique, VS issues or 
endorses the certificate attesting to the class and quality of the 
products and that the products have been processed according to the 
conditions and requirements of the importing country.
    Without this certification, the importing country would not accept 
the product, and the exporter would be unable to conduct business with 
that country. The use of VS Form 16-24 has no impact on animal disease 
prevention or eradication activities in the United States. The form was 
developed to meet the importation requirements of other countries.
    We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve 
our use of this information collection activity 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 
information collection, 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 information collection 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 reporting burden for this collection 
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information is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response.
    Respondents: U.S. exporters of animal byproducts.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 20.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 20.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 30 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 28th day of March 2002.
W. Ron DeHaven,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-8059 Filed 4-2-02; 8:45 am]
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