[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 225 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 70309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27604]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 17, 2008.
    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.

Agricultural Research Service

    Title: USDA Biological Shipment Record--Beneficial Organisms.
    OMB Control Number: 0518-0013.
    Summary of Collection: The Biological Control Documentation Program 
records the importation and release of foreign biological control 
agents. Provision of the data is entirely voluntary and is used to 
populate the USDA ``Release of Beneficial Organisms in the United 
States and Territories'' (ROBO) database.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Research Service 
will collect information using forms AD-941, 942 and 943, on the 
biological/control and taxonomic research program by recording the 
introduction and release of non-indigenous biological control organisms 
in the pollinators in the United States. If information were not 
collected there would be no systematic method for the collection of 
such information.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government; State, Local or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 10.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27604 Filed 11-19-08; 8:45 am]
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