[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14265-14266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04941]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 27, 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 April 4, 
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 Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-

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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 & Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Products of Poultry and Birds.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0141.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of the health 
of animals under the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
regulatory authority. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 
authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of 
livestock or poultry. The AHPA is contained in Title X, Subtitle E, and 
Sections 10401-18 of Public Law 107-171, dated may 13, 2002, and the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The regulations under 
which disease prevention activities are contained are in Title 9, 
Chapter 1, Subchapter D, and Parts 91 through 99 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations. The purpose of these regulations is to allow poultry meat 
that originates in the United States to be shipped, for processing 
purposes, to a region where exotic Newcastle disease exists, and then 
returned to the United States. The process entails the use of four 
information collection activities in the form of a certificate of 
origin that must be issued, including serial numbers that must be 
recorded, records that must be maintained, and cooperative service 
agreements that must be signed and an a certificates for shipment back 
to the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
ensure that imported poultry carcasses pose a negligible risk of 
introducing END into the United States. If the information is not 
collected, it would significantly cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that 
poultry carcasses imported from regions affected with END pose a 
negligible risk of introducing this disease into the United States.
    This would make a disease incursion event much more likely, with 
potentially devastating effects on the U.S. poultry industry.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 129.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-04941 Filed 3-4-13; 8:45 am]
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