[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 15146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7493]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 02-088-2]
RIN 0579-AB47


Agency Information Collection Activities; OMB Approval Received

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 
announces the Office of Management and Budget's approval of a 
collection of information contained in the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service interim rule establishing the regulations pertaining 
to possession, use, and transfer of biological agents and toxins.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHI' 
Information Collection Coordinator, MRPBS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
123, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238; (301) 734-7477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 13, 2002, we published in the Federal Register (67 FR 
76908-76938, Docket No. 02-088-1) an interim rule that established the 
regulations at 7 CFR part 331 and 9 CFR part 121, ``Possession, Use, 
and Transfer of Biological Agents and Toxins.'' That rule contains 
information collection requirements. The Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approved the collection of information requirements with 
respect to that interim rule under OMB control number 0579-0213 
(expires August 31, 2003).

    Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of March, 2003.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 03-7493 Filed 3-27-03; 8:45 am]
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