[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75952-75953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30642]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 2, 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: Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0212.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal 
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to 
detect, control, or eradicate pest or diseases of livestock or poultry. 
The AHPA is contained in Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of 
Public Law 107-171, May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002. Veterinary Services, a program within USDA's 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), administers 
regulations governing the interstate movement of animals to prevent the 
dissemination of animal disease within the United States. These 
regulations are contained in title 9 CFR, subchapter C, Interstate 
Transportation of Animals (including poultry) and Animal Products, part 
71. The regulations also address animal testing for disease 
surveillance. APHIS will collect information using VS form 10-4 and 10-
4A, Specimen Submission Form and Supplemental Sheet and VS form 10-5, 
Facility Inspection Report.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
identify specimens (blood and tissue) submitted for laboratory analysis 
and to identify the individual animal from which the specimen was taken 
as well as the animal's herd or flock; the type of specimen submitted, 
and the purpose for submitting the specimen. Without the information 
contained on the form, personnel at the National Veterinary Services 
Laboratories or other Federal laboratories would have no way of 
identifying or processing the specimens being sent to them for 
analysis.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 66.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,691.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Phytophthora Ramorum; Quarantine and Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0310.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in 
cooperation with the States, is authorized to carry out operations or 
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard 
the spread of plant pest new to the United States or not widely 
distributed throughout the United States. Under ``Subpart--Phytophthora 
Ramorum'' (7 CFR 301.92 through 301.92-12, referred to as the 
regulation), USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
restricts the interstate movement of certain regulated and restricted 
articles from quarantined areas in California and Oregon to prevent the 
artificial spread of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen

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that causes the plant disease commonly known as sudden oak death, 
ramorum left blight, and ramorum dieback.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
through a compliance agreement to establish restrictions on the 
interstate movement of nursery stock from nurseries in non-quarantined 
counties in California, Oregon, and Washington. If California, Oregon, 
and Washington State did not comply with provisions by signing a 
compliance agreement, P. ramorum would have the potential to spread to 
eastern forests adversely impacting the ecosystem balances, foreign/
domestic nursery stocks, and lumber markets.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 1,425.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,263.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-30642 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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