[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 76607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29830]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 11, 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.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0142.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not 
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported 
pests when eradication is feasible. Under the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, other articles to 
prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The Plant Protection 
and Quarantine Division of USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) are responsible for ensuring that these regulations are 
enforced. Implementing these regulations is necessary in order to 
prevent injurious insect pests and plant diseases from entering the 
United States, a situation that could produce serious consequences for 
U.S. agriculture. APHIS will collect information using phytosanitary 
certificates, certificates of origin, and signed statements from 
individuals both within and outside the United States
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, shrubs, and other articles 
do not harbor plant or insect pests such as the gypsy moth. Failing to 
collect this information would cripple APHIS's ability to ensure that 
trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of other items imported from Canada 
do not harbor gypsy moths.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,146.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 81.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-29830 Filed 12-16-08; 8:45 am]
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