[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14123-14124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6386]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 18, 2010.
    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 & Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Phytosanitary Certificates for Imported Articles to Prevent 
Introduction of Potato Brown Rot.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0221.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or 
restrict the importation, entry or movement of plants and plant pest to 
prevent the introduction of plant pest into the United States. The 
regulations in 7 CFR Part 319 include a certification program for 
articles of Pelargonium spp. and Solanum spp. imported from countries 
where the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 is known to 
occur. This bacterial strain causes potato brown rot, which causes 
potatoes to rot through, making them unusable and seriously affecting 
potato yields.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal Plant and Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) requires the collection of information 
through a phytosanitary certificate (foreign), trust funds, and 
compliance agreements. If the information is not collected, potato 
fields could become infected with the strain of R. solanacearum and 
this could drastically reduce or eliminate potato fields.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 27.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,022.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0316.
    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 pest not known to be widely 
distributed throughout the United States. The regulations contained in 
Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 319 (Subpart Fruits 
and Vegetables), Sections 319.56 through 319.56-48 implement the intent 
of the Act by prohibiting or restricting the importation of certain 
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the 
world to prevent the introduction and dissemination of fruit flies and 
other injurious plant pests that are new to the United States or not 
widely distributed within the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information using PPQ form 587, 
``Permit Application; Phytosanitary Certificate, Inspections, Records, 
Labeling and Trapping. If APHIS did not collect this information, the 
effectiveness of its Import Regulations would be severely compromised, 
likely resulting in the introduction of a number of destructive 
agricultural pests into the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,959.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 124,779.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Viruses, Serums, Toxins, and Analogous Products; Suspension, 
Revocation, or Termination of Biological Licenses or Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0318.
    Summary of Collection: The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (37 Stat. 832-833, 
21 U.S.C. 151-159) gives the United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) the authority to promulgate regulations designed to prevent the 
importation, preparation, sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary 
biological products. A veterinary biological product is defined as all 
viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous product of natural or synthetic 
origin (such as vaccines, antitoxins, or the immunizing components of 
microorganisms intended for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of 
diseases in domestic animals). Under the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service's (APHIS) regulations in section 105.3(a), the 
Center for Veterinary Biologics may notify a licensee or permittee to 
stop the preparation, sale, barter, exchange, shipment, or importation 
of any biological product if, at any time, it appears that such product 
may be dangerous in the treatment of domestic animals.
    Need and Use of the Information: The licensee or permittee upon 
receiving

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notification from APHIS must immediately send stop distribution and 
sale notifications to all persons known to have such veterinary 
biologic in their possession and account for the remaining quantity of 
each serial or subserial of any such veterinary biologic at each 
location in the distribution channel known to the licensee or 
permittee. Failing to require the information from licensees and 
permittees could result in the continued use of veterinary biological 
products that are ineffective or harmful to animals.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 55.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 106.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6386 Filed 3-23-10; 8:45 am]
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