[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2011)]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-31033]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 29, 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: Importation of Tomatoes From Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0345.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant and Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operation or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, 
or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States not known 
to be widely distributed throughout the United States. Currently, the 
regulations in 319.56-28(c) authorized the importation of pink tomatoes 
from the provinces of El Jadida and Safi in Morocco, and the province 
of Dahkla in Western Sahara into the United States subject to a systems 
approach. This approach requires pest-free growing structures, growth 
in specified regions, shipping date restrictions, packinghouse 
safeguards, and the export of only pink tomatoes.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) will use the following information activity 
to allow for the importation of commercial consignments of tomatoes 
from the Souss-Massa-Draa region of Morocco into the United States 
while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of 
quarantine pests: Phytosanitary Certificate (foreign) with Declaration, 
Records of Trap Placement and Medfly Captures, Inspection of Traps, and 
Labeling Identifying Production Site. If this information is not 
collected, APHIS' ability to protect the United States from exotic 
insect pests would be severely compromised.
    Description of Respondents: Foreign Government, Business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 391.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Eggplant From Israel.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0350.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant and Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry out 
operation or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, 
or retard the spread of plant pests new to the United States not known 
to be widely distributed throughout the United States. The Israeli 
National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) has requested that the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amend the 
regulations to allow fresh eggplant (Solanum Melongena L.) to be 
imported from Israel into the continental United States. APHIS' fruits 
and vegetables regulations allow the importation of commercial 
shipments of fresh eggplant from Israel. As a condition of entry, the 
eggplant must be grown under a system approach that would include 
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly 
trapping inside and outside the production site, and pest-excluding 
packinghouse procedures.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following 
information activities to allow for the importation of commercial 
consignments of fresh eggplant from Israel into the United States while 
continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine 
pests: Phytosanitary Certificate (foreign) Trapping Records; Inspection 
of Pest-Exclusionary Structures by Israel NPPO's, and Labeling of 
Boxes. Failure to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability 
to ensure that eggplant from Israel is not carrying plant pests.
    Description of Respondents: Foreign Government, Business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31033 Filed 12-1-11; 8:45 am]
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