[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42842-42843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20441]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 20, 2009.
    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

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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: Animal Welfare.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0093.
    Summary of Collection: The Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA) 
(Pub. L. 89-544) enacted August 24, 1966, and amended December 24, 1970 
(Pub. L. 91-579); April 22, 1976 (Pub. L. 94-279); and December 23, 
1985 (Pub. L. 99-198) required the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) to regulate the humane care and handling of most warm-blooded 
animals, including marine mammals, used for research or exhibition 
purposes, sold as pets, or transported in commerce. The legislation and 
its amendments were the result of extensive demand by organized animal 
welfare groups and private citizens requesting a Federal law to protect 
such animals. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 
Animal Care (AC) has the responsibility to enforce the AWA and the 
provisions of 9 CFR, Chapter 1, Subchapter A, which implements the AWA.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
insure that animals used in research facilities or for exhibition 
purposes are provided humane care and treatment. The information is 
used to ensure those dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, 
carriers, etc., are in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and 
regulations and standards promulgated under this authority of the Act.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 11,687.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 47,815.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Tomatoes from Certain Central American 
Countries.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0286.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States 
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) allows certain types 
of tomatoes grown in approved registered production sites in Costa 
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported 
into the United States with treatment. The conditions are designed to 
prevent the introduction of quarantine pests into the United States, 
including trapping, pre-harvest inspection, and shipping procedures.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that each shipment 
of tomatoes must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued 
by the National Plant Protection Organization and bearing the 
declaration, ``These tomatoes were grown in an area recognized to be 
free of Medfly and the shipment has been inspected and found free of 
the pest listed in the requirements.'' Failure to collect this 
information would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that peppers and 
tomatoes from Central America are not carrying fruit flies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 24.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 287.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Shelled Peas from Kenya .
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0302.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, 
prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States 
or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fruits and 
vegetables regulations allows the importation of shelled garden peas 
from Kenya into the continental United States while continuing to 
protect against the introduction of quarantined peas.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that some plants or 
plant products be accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection certificate 
that is completed by plant health officials in the originating or 
transiting country. APHIS uses the information on the certificate to 
determine the pest condition of the shipment at the time of inspection 
in the foreign country. Without the information, all shipments would 
need to be inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably 
more time. This would slow the clearance of international shipments.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 8.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-20441 Filed 8-24-09; 8:45 am]
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