[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45422-45423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18530]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2014-0048]


Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information 
Collection; Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

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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 Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and regulations.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
October 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0048.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2014-0048, 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-
0048 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 Virus-Serum-
Toxin Act and regulations, contact Dr. Donna Malloy, Section Leader, 
Operational Support, Center for Veterinary Biologics Policy, 
Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 148, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-3426. 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: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0013.
    Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information 
collection.
    Abstract: Under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151-159), the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized to 
promulgate regulations designed to prevent the importation, 
preparation, sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary biological 
products. These regulations are contained in 9 CFR parts 102 to 124.
    Veterinary biological products include viruses, serums, toxins, and 
analogous products of natural or synthetic origin, such as vaccines, 
antitoxins, or the immunizing components of microorganisms intended for 
the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases in domestic 
animals.
    APHIS issues licenses to qualified establishments that produce 
veterinary biological products and issues permits to importers of such 
products. APHIS also enforces requirements concerning production, 
packaging, labeling, and shipping of these products and sets standards 
for the testing of these products.
    To help ensure that veterinary biological products used in the 
United States are pure, safe, potent, and effective, APHIS requires 
certain information collection activities, including, among other 
things, establishment license applications, product license 
applications, product import permit applications, product and test 
report forms, field study summaries, stop distribution and sale 
notifications, and recordkeeping.
    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 1.976 hours per response.
    Respondents: U.S. importers, exporters, and shippers of veterinary 
biological products; State veterinary authorities; and operators of 
establishments that produce or test veterinary biological products or 
that engage in product research and development.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 220.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 180.32
    Estimated annual number of responses: 39,670.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 78,382 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 30th day of July 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-18530 Filed 8-4-14; 8:45 am]
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