[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 96 (Thursday, May 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29313-29314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11970]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 14, 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: Quarantine for Hawaii and United States Territories.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0198.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (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 
products to prevent the introduction of plant pest into the United 
States or their dissemination within the United States. The Plant 
Protection and Quarantine, a program within the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS), is responsible for implementing the Act and 
does so through the enforcement of APHIS' Hawaiian and Territorial 
Quarantine Regulations, contained in Part 318 of Title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations. Hawaiian and territorial quarantines are necessary 
to prevent the spread of dangerous plant diseases and pests. APHIS will 
collect information using forms PPQ 519, Compliance Agreement and PPQ 
530, Limited Permit.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from a variety of individuals who are involved in growing, packing, 
handling, and transporting plants and plant products. The information 
collected will be used to determine compliance with regulations and for 
issuance of forms, permits, certificates, and other required documents.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 110.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,096.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: CWD ELK Herd Certification Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0237.
    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 pests or diseases of livestock or 
poultry. Disease prevention is the most effective method for 
maintaining a healthy animal population for enhancing the United 
States' ability to compete in the world market of animal and animal 
product trade. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a transmissible 
spongiform encephalopathy of elk, deer, and moose typified by chronic 
weight loss leading to death. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) is publishing an amended CWD final rule to create a 
cooperative, voluntary Federal-State-private sector CWD Herd 
Certification Program designed to actively identify farmed or captive 
herds infected with CWD and provide for the management of these herds 
in a way that will prevent further spread of CWD.
    Need and Use of the Information: Implementing the program will 
require the following information collection activities: (1) A 
Memorandum of Understanding between APHIS and participating States by a 
request from the State; (2) A formal request to participate in the 
program; (3) A formal request to participate by State; (4) Wild Cervid 
Identification (for Interstate movement); (5) Farmed Cervid 
Identification; (6) Reporting of cervid escape, disappearances, and 
deaths; (7) Recordkeeping: Herd records including inventory; (8) 
Certificate and/or animal identification documents to move cervids 
interstate; (9) An appeal letter to contest a suspension from the 
program; (10) A herd or premises plan if CWD is discovered; and (11) 
Lab submission. Failing to collect this information would make it 
impossible for APHIS to launch its CWD Herd Certification Program, 
thereby hindering APHIS's ability to prevent and control the spread of 
CWD in the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 2,300.
    Frequency of Responses: Recording; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 157,536.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Peppers from Certain Central American 
Countries.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0274.
    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,

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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 
world are contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 
through 319.56-47). The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow certain 
type of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa 
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported, 
under certain conditions, into the United States without treatment 
while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of 
quarantine pests into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The regulations require the use of 
information collection activities including inspections by Central 
American national plant protection organization officials, fruit fly 
trapping, monitoring, recordkeeping, box labeling, and phytosanitary 
certificate.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 245.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,999.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-11970 Filed 5-16-12; 8:45 am]
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