[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 148 (Thursday, August 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 42370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15010]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 30, 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: Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0212
    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 and chronic wasting disease, as 
well as to take action to prevent and to manage exotic diseases such as 
foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, and other foreign animal diseases. 
Regulations in 9 CFR, subchapter C, part 71, provide for the collection 
of blood and tissue samples from livestock (horses, cattle, bison, 
captive cervids, sheep and goats, swine, and other farmed animals) and 
poultry at slaughter. Disease surveillance plays an important role in 
the APHIS mission of protecting the health of the U.S. livestock and 
poultry population, and testing animals for disease is an important 
surveillance tool. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) will collect information using VS form 10-4 and 10-4A, Specimen 
Submission Form and Supplemental Sheet and VS form 10-5, Facility 
Inspection Report.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
identify specimens (blood and tissue) submitted for laboratory analysis 
and to identify the individual animal from which the specimen was taken 
as well as the animal's herd or flock; the type of specimen submitted, 
and the purpose for submitting the specimen. Without the information 
contained on the form, personnel at the National Veterinary Services 
Laboratories or other Federal laboratories would have no way of 
identifying or processing the specimens being sent to them for 
analysis.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 155.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,209.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-15010 Filed 8-1-07; 8:45 am]
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