[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 222 (Monday, November 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 64986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5720]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DATE: November 13, 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 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: Phytophthora Ramorum; Quarantine and Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0310.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in 
cooperation with the States, is authorized to carry out operations or 
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard 
the spread of plant pest new to the United States or not widely 
distributed throughout the United States. Under ``Subpart-Phytophthora 
Ramorum'' (7 CFR 301.92 through 301.92-11, referred to as the 
regulation), USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
restricts the interstate movement of certain regulated and restricted 
articles from quarantined areas in California and Oregon to prevent the 
artificial spread of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen that causes the 
plant disease commonly known as sudden oak death, ramorum left blight, 
and ramorum dieback.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
through a compliance agreement to establish restrictions on the 
interstate movement of nursery stock from nurseries in non-quarantined 
counties in California, Oregon, and Washington. If California, Oregon, 
and Washington State did not comply with provisions by signing a 
compliance agreement, P. ramorum would have the potential to spread to 
eastern forests adversely impacting the ecosystem balances, foreign/
domestic nursery stocks, and lumber markets.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondent: 1,425.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,263.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5720 Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]
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