[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 72 (Friday, April 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22281-22282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8959]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 10, 2012.
    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: Requirements for Request to Amend 7 CFR Part 319 Import 
Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0261.
    Summary of Collection: As authorized by the Plant Protection Act 
(PPA) (7 U.S.C. 7701-et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture may 
prohibit or restrict the importation, entry, exportation, or movement 
in interstate commerce of any plant, plant product, biological control 
organism, noxious weed, means of conveyance, or other article if the 
Secretary determines that the prohibition or restriction is necessary 
to prevent a plant pest or noxious weed from being introduced or 
disseminated within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) has established regulations governing the 
submission of requests for changes in its regulations that restrict the 
importation of plants, plant parts, and products.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect required 
information to properly consider requests and help to ensure that the 
information required to prepare a risk analysis and/or other analyses 
that evaluate the risks and other effects associated with a final 
ruling to change a regulation. This process requires the use of 
collecting information about the requestor, information about the 
commodity to be imported, shipping information, a description of pests 
and diseases associated with the commodity, risk mitigation or 
management strategies, and additional information as determined by 
APHIS to complete a pest risk analysis in accordance with international 
standards.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit .
    Number of Respondents: 37.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,960.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Christmas Cactus and Easter Cactus in Growing 
Media from the Netherlands and Denmark.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0266.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C. 7701-et seq.), 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 regulations 
contained in ``Subpart-Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and 
Other Plant Products,'' Sec. Sec.  319.37 through 319.37-14 contains, 
among other things, prohibitions and restrictions on the importation of 
plants, plant parts, and seeds for propagation. Christmas cactus and 
Easter cactus established in growing media are now allowed to be 
imported into the United States from the Netherlands and Denmark under 
certain conditions.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) requires a phytosanitary certificate and a 
declaration stating the plants were grown in accordance with specific 
conditions, an agreement between APHIS and the plant protection 
services of the country where the plants are grown, and an agreement 
between the foreign plant protection service and the grower. The 
information is used as a guide to the intensity of the inspection that 
APHIS must conduct when the shipment arrives.
    Without this information, all shipments would need to be inspected 
very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 120.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Peppers from the Republic of Korea.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0282.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C. 7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to carry 
out operations or measures 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 
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vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world are 
contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through 
319.56-47). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation 
of peppers from the Republic of Korea under certain conditions. As a 
condition of entry, the peppers would have to be grown in approved 
insect-proof, pest-free greenhouses and packed in pest-exclusionary 
packinghouses.
    Need and Use of the Information: Each shipment of pepper from the 
Republic of Korea must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate of 
inspection with a declaration issued by the National Plant Quarantine 
Service of Korea officials stating the peppers were grown in 
greenhouses in accordance with the regulations in 7 CFR 319-56-42 and 
found free of certain plant pests. Failing to collect this information 
would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that peppers from Korea are not 
carrying plant pests and would cause millions of dollars in damage to 
U.S. agriculture.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government (Foreign).
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 3.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-8959 Filed 4-12-12; 8:45 am]
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