[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 4656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01699]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 23, 2014.
    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 
28, 2014 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-
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: Phytophthora Ramorum; Quarantine and Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0310.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or in 
cooperation with the States, is authorized to carry out operations or 
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard 
the spread of plant pest new to the United States or not widely 
distributed throughout the United States. Under ``Subpart-Phytophthora 
Ramorum'' (7 CFR 301.92 through 301.92-12, referred to as the 
regulation), USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
restricts the interstate movement of certain regulated and restricted 
articles from quarantined areas in California and Oregon and regulated 
areas from California, Oregon, and Washington to prevent the artificial 
spread of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen that causes the plant 
disease commonly known as sudden oak death, ramorum left blight, and 
ramorum dieback.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
through a compliance agreement to establish restrictions on the 
interstate movement of nursery stock from nurseries in non-quarantined 
counties in California, Oregon, and Washington. If California, Oregon, 
and Washington State did not comply with provisions by signing a 
compliance agreement, P. ramorum would have the potential to spread to 
eastern forests adversely impacting the ecosystem balances, foreign/
domestic nursery stocks, and lumber markets.,
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,505.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion,
    Total Burden Hours: 2,132.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-01699 Filed 1-28-14; 8:45 am]
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