[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3878-3879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00856]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 11, 2013.
    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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by February 
19, 2013 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail

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Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. 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: Foreign Quarantine Notices.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0049.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (Title 
IV, Pub. L. 106-224, 114 Stat. 438, 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772), the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or restrict the importation, 
entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce of plant pests 
and other articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the 
United States. Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the 
importation of nursery stock, plants, roots, bulbs, seeds, and other 
plant products to include log, lumber, and other unmanufactured wood 
articles are contained in Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
part 319. Implementing the laws is necessary to prevent injurious plant 
and insect pest from entering the United States, a situation that could 
produce serious consequences for U.S. agriculture. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is require to collect information 
from a variety of individuals, both within and outside the United 
States, who are involved in growing, packing, handling, transporting, 
and importing foreign plants, roots, bulbs, seeds, importing foreign 
logs, lumber, other unmanufactured wood articles, and other plant 
products. APHIS will collect this information using a number of forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
ensure that plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, foreign 
logs, lumber, other unmanufactured wood articles, and other plant 
products imported into the United States do not harbor plant diseases 
or insect pests that could cause serious harm to U.S. agriculture.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Farms; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 95,730.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 95,253.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-00856 Filed 1-16-13; 8:45 am]
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