[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34487-34488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14098]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0046]


Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information 
Collection; Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products From 
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico

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 regulations for the importation of 
poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora, 
Mexico.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
August 18, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0046.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0046, 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-2014-
0046 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

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help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the regulations for 
the importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa 
and Sonora, Mexico, contact Dr. Magde Elshafie, Senior Staff Veterinary 
Medical Officer, National Import Export Services, 4700 River Road Unit 
40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3300. For copies of more 
detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs. 
Celeste Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 
851-2908.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products From 
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0144.
    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 
United States Department of Agriculture is authorized, among other 
things, to prohibit the importation and interstate movement of animals 
and animal products to prevent the introduction into and dissemination 
within the United States of animal diseases and pests. To fulfill this 
mission, APHIS regulates the importation of animals and animal products 
into the United States. The regulations are contained in title 9, 
chapter I, subchapter D, parts 91 through 99, of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.
    The regulations in part 94, among other things, restrict the 
importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico and 
other regions of the world where Newcastle disease has been determined 
to exist. The regulations allow the importation of poultry meat and 
poultry products from the Mexican States of Sinaloa and Sonora under 
conditions that protect against the introduction of Newcastle disease 
into the United States.
    To ensure that these items are safe for importation, we require 
that certain data appear on the foreign meat inspection certificate 
that accompanies the poultry meat or other poultry products from 
Sinaloa and Sonora. We also require that serially numbered seals be 
applied to containers carrying the poultry meat or other poultry 
products.
    Since the last approval of these collection activities, shipments 
of poultry meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora to 
the United States have increased. As a result of the increase in 
shipments, the estimated annual number of respondents has increased 
from 280 to 386, and the estimated annual total burden has accordingly 
increased from 280 hours to 386 hours.
    We are asking 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 1 hour per response.
    Respondents: Federal animal health authorities in Mexico and 
exporters of poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico to the 
United States.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 386.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 386.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 386 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 11th day of June 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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