[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54618-54619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21559]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0053]


Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information 
Collection; Swine Health Protection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an information collection; comment 
request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's 
intention to request an extension of approval of an information 
collection associated with the swine health protection program.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
November 4, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0053-0001.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0053, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0053 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA 
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, 
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, 
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the swine health 
protection program, contact Dr. David Pyburn, Swine Health 
Veterinarian, NCAHP, VS, APHIS, 210 Walnut St., Room 891, Des Moines, 
IA 50309; (515) 284-4122. For copies of more detailed

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information on the information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste 
Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-2908.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Swine Health Protection.
    OMB Number: 0579-0065.
    Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et 
seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other things, to 
prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of animals and animal 
products to prevent the dissemination within the United States of 
animal diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct programs to 
detect, control, and eradicate pests and disease of livestock.
    The Swine Health Protection Act (the Act) prohibits the feeding of 
garbage to swine intended for interstate movement or foreign commerce 
or that substantially affect such commerce unless the garbage has been 
treated to kill disease organisms. Untreated garbage is one of the 
primary media through which numerous infectious and communicable 
diseases can be transmitted to swine. APHIS' regulations promulgated 
under the Act, which are located at 9 CFR part 166, require that 
garbage intended to be fed to swine must be treated at a facility that 
holds a valid permit to treat the garbage and must be treated in 
accordance with the regulations.
    APHIS requires certain information in order to license (issue a 
permit to) a facility to operate and to monitor the facility for 
compliance with the regulations. APHIS collects this information from 
applications for a license to operate a garbage treatment facility, 
records of the destination and date of removal of all food waste or 
garbage from the treatment facility, and food waste reports. With this 
information, APHIS is able to carefully monitor garbage treatment 
facilities to ensure that they are meeting the requirements. In 
addition, other required information collection activities, include 
acknowledgement of receipt of the Act and regulations by applicants, 
request for cancellation of a license, notification of illness or death 
of animals, request for hearing, and inspection. The information 
provided by the combined activities is critical in preventing the 
interstate spread of various swine diseases and, therefore, plays a 
vital role in our swine health protection program.
    We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve 
our use of these information collection activities for an additional 3 
years.
    The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public 
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection. 
These comments will help us:
    (1) Evaluate 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;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection 
of information is estimated to average 0.88 hours per response.
    Respondents: Owners/operators (licensees) of garbage treatment 
facilities, herd owners, food establishments, and State animal health 
authorities.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 2,110.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 6.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 12,897.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 11,333 hours. (Due to 
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of 
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per 
response.)
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of August 2013.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-21559 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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