[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 42492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17098]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 16, 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 August 
21, 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: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0128.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.) (PPA), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
carry out operations or measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 
control, prevent, or retard the spread of plant pests not known to be 
widely distributed throughout the United States. The regulations in 
``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56 through 319.56-50), 
referred to as the regulations, allow a number of fruits and vegetables 
to be imported into the United States, under specified conditions, from 
certain parts of the world. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) requires that some plants or plant products be 
accompanied by a phytosanitary inspection certificate that is completed 
by plant health officials in the originating or transiting country.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information activities phytosanitary certificate, fruit fly monitoring 
records and the labeling of boxes to allow a number of fruits and 
vegetable to be imported in the United States under specified condition 
from certain parts of the world. This information is used as a guide to 
the intensity of the inspection that APHIS must conduct when the 
shipment arrives. Without the information, all shipments would need to 
be inspected very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time. 
This would slow the clearance of international shipments.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 135.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 200.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-17098 Filed 7-21-14; 8:45 am]
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