[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22257]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 5, 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: Importation of Tomatoes from Certain Central American 
Countries.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0286.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), 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. The 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) allows certain types 
of tomatoes grown in approved registered production sites in Costa 
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to be 
imported into the United States with treatment. The conditions are 
designed to prevent the introduction of quarantine pests into the 
United States, including trapping, pre-harvest inspection, and shipping 
procedures.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS requires that each shipment 
of tomatoes must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued 
by the National Plant Protection Organization and bearing the 
declaration, ``These tomatoes were grown in an area recognized to be 
free of Medfly and the shipment has been inspected and found free of 
the pest listed in the requirements.'' In addition to the phytosanitary 
certificate, production site and packinghouse records, monitoring/
auditing trapping program, trapping records, and labeling of boxes 
information must be collected as well. Failure to collect this 
information would cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that peppers and 
tomatoes from Central America are not carrying fruit flies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 344.

    Title: Citrus from Peru.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0289.
    Summary of Collection: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.) 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. The 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) fruits and 
vegetables regulations allow the importation, under certain conditions 
of fresh commercial citrus fruit (grapefruit, limes, mandarin oranges, 
or tangerines, sweet oranges, and tangelos) from approved areas of Peru 
into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
that includes inspections by national plant protection organization 
officials from Peru, grower registration and agreement, fruit fly 
trapping, monitoring, recordkeeping, and phytosanitary certificate. 
Without the information APHIS could not verify that fruit was treated, 
verify that citrus canker, fruit flies, and other pests were destroyed 
by treatment, or that the treatment was adequate to prevent the risk of 
plant pests from entering the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 444.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 31,857.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-22257 Filed 9-10-12; 8:45 am]
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