[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50451-50452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20737]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

 August 10, 2011.
    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: Export Certification, Accreditation of Non-Government 
Facilities.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0130.
    Summary of Collection: The Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for 
preventing plant diseases or insect pests from entering the United 
States, as well as, the spread of pests not widely distributed in the 
United States, and eradicating those imported when eradication is 
feasible. The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), authorizes 
the Department to carry out this mission. In addition to its mission, 
APHIS provides export certification services to ensure other countries 
that the plants and plant products they are receiving from the United 
States are free of plant diseases and insect pests.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information for 
applications submitted by operator/owner of a non-government facility 
seeking accreditation to conduct laboratory testing or phytosanitary 
inspection. The application should contain the legal name and full 
address of the facility, the name, address, telephone and fax numbers 
of the facility's operator, a description of the facility, and a 
description of the specific laboratory testing or phytosanitary 
inspection services for which the facility is seeking accreditation. If 
these activities are not conducted properly, APHIS export certification 
program would be compromised, causing a disruption in plant and plant 
product exports that could prove financially damaging to U.S. 
exporters.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State, 
Local and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 300.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Tomatoes from Spain, Chile, France, Morocco, 
and Western Sahara.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0131.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C. 7701--et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
carry out operations or measure 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. Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of 
fruits and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the 
word are contained in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-
1 through 319.56-50). These regulations allow tomatoes from Spain, 
Chile, France, Morocco, and Western Sahara to be imported into the 
United States (subject to certain conditions).
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect information using the 
phytosanitary certificate certifying that the tomatoes were grown in 
registered greenhouses in a specified area of the exporting country. 
APHIS uses the information on this certificate to determine the pest 
condition of the shipment at the time of inspection in the foreign 
country. Without this 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: Business or other for profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 34.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,704.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Karnal Bunt; Revision of Regulations for Importing Wheat.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0240.
    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 Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), domestic Karnal bunt regulations are 
contained in Subpart-Karnal Bunt (7 CFR 301.89-1 through 301.89-16). 
Karnal bunt is a fungal disease of wheat. Karnal bunt is caused

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by the smut fungus Tilletia indica (Mitra) Mundkur and is spread by 
spores, primarily through the movement of infected seed.
    Need and Use of the Information: In order for APHIS to verify that 
the articles are being imported in compliance with the regulations, the 
articles would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate 
issued by the national plant protection organization of the region of 
origin. The certificate must include a declaration stating that the 
regulated articles originated in areas where Karnal bunt is not known 
to occur, as attested to either by survey resulting or by testing for 
bunted karnals or spores.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 600.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material from Canada.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0257.
    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 Animal Plant and 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have established restrictions on the 
importation of pine shoot beetle host material into the United States 
from Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest of pine trees. It can 
cause damage in weak and dying trees where reproductive and immature 
stages of PSB occur, and in the new growth of healthy trees. PSB can 
damage urban ornamental trees and can cause economic losses to the 
timber, Christmas trees, and nursery industries.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the information 
using Compliance Agreements, Written Statements, and Canadian 
Phytosanitary Certificates to protect the United States from the 
introduction of pine shoot beetle and other plant diseases.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,340.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 94.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-20737 Filed 8-12-11; 8:45 am]
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