[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 91 (Friday, May 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31759-31760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11725]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 02-030-1]


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 regulations to prevent the introduction of 
gypsy moth into noninfested areas of the United States from Canada..

DATES: We will consider all comments we receive that are postmarked, 
delivered, or e-mailed by July 9, 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. 02-030-1, 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. 02-030-1. 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. 
02-030-1'' 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 regulations 
regarding importation of gypsy moth host materials from Canada, contact 
Mr. Frederick A. Thomas, Export Specialist, PIM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road Unit 140, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734-8367. 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: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada.
    OMB Number: 0579-0142.
    Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: The United States Department of Agriculture is 
responsible for preventing plant pests from entering the United States 
and controlling and eradicating plant pests in the United States. The 
Plant Protection Act authorizes the Department to carry out this 
mission. The Plant Protection and Quarantine program of USDA's Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for 
implementing the regulations that carry out the intent of the Act.
    To carry out this mission, APHIS administers regulations in 7 CFR 
319.77-1 through 319.77-5 to prevent the introduction of gypsy moth 
into noninfested areas of the United States from Canada by placing 
certain inspection and documentation requirements on gypsy moth host 
materials (i.e., regulated articles) from Canada. These regulated 
articles are: Trees without roots (e.g., Christmas trees), trees with 
roots, shrubs with roots and persistent woody stems, logs and pulpwood 
with bark attached,

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outdoor household articles, and mobile homes and their associated 
equipment. Under these regulations, phytosanitary certificates, 
certifications of origin, or signed homeowner statements will be 
required for some of these regulated articles, depending on their place 
of origin in Canada and their destination in the United States. These 
requirements necessitate the use of information collection activities.
    We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve 
our use of these information collection activities 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 
of information is estimated to average 0.03632 hours per response.
    Respondents: Canadian plant health authorities; growers; exporters 
of Christmas trees, shrubs, logs, pulpwood, and other articles from 
gypsy moth-infested provinces in Canada; private individuals entering 
the United States with a mobile home or outdoor household articles.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 2,146.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.03914.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 2,230.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 81 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 6th day of May, 2002.
Peter Fernandez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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