[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 55736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22795]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 8, 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 and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0176.
    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 pests, 
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or 
their dissemination within the United States. The Plant Protection and 
Quarantine, a program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), enforce these regulations. APHIS requires artificially 
dwarfed plants that are imported into the United States to have been 
grown under certain conditions in greenhouses or screen houses within 
nurseries registered with the government of the country where the 
plants were grown.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from the phytosanitary certificate to state that the plants were: (1) 
Grown for at least 2 years in a nursery that is registered with the 
government of the country of export; (2) grown in pots containing only 
sterile growing media; (3) grown on benches at least 50 cm above the 
ground; and (4) inspected (along with the nursery itself) at least once 
each year by the plant protection service of the country of export. The 
collected information will enable PPQ to verify that the imported 
plants were grown under conditions that helped keep the plants free 
from infestation by certain longhorned beetles and other pests. APHIS 
also uses the information on this certificate to determine the pest 
condition of the shipment at the time of inspection in the foreign 
country. Without the information, all shipment would need to be 
inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time. 
This would slow the clearance of international shipments.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 38.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-22795 Filed 9-13-10; 8:45 am]
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