[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64357-64358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25628]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 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 November 
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 Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations in 9 CFR, Subchapter 
E, Parts 101-124.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0013.
    Summary of Collection: The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (37 Stat. 832-833, 
21 U.S.C. 151-159) gives the United States Department of Agriculture, 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) the authority to 
promulgate regulations designed to prevent the importation, 
preparation, sale, or

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shipment of harmful veterinary biological products. A veterinary 
biological product is defined as all 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). In order to effectively implement the licensing, production, 
labeling, importation, and other requirements, APHIS employs a number 
of information gathering tools such as establishment license 
applications, product license applications, product permit 
applications, product and test report forms and field study summaries, 
stop distribution and sale notifications, and recordkeeping.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the information 
collected as a primary basis for the approval or acceptance of issuing 
licenses or permits to ensure veterinary biological products that are 
used in the United States are pure, safe, potent, and effective. 
Failing to collect this information would severely cripple APHIS' 
ability to prevent harmful veterinary biologics from being distributed 
in the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 220.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 74,382.

Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Commercial Transportation of Equines to Slaughter.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0332.
    Summary of Collection: Section 901-905 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901) authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidelines for regulating the 
commercial transportation of horses to slaughter, including assembly 
points, feedlots, and stockyards, by person regularly engaged in that 
activity within the United States. Specifically, the Secretary is 
authorized to regulate the food, water, and rest provided to these 
horses while they are in transit; and to review other related issues 
that may be appropriate to ensuring that these animals are treated 
humanely. To implement the provisions of this Act, the Veterinary 
Services program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has established minimum 
standards to ensure the humane movement of horses for slaughter.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information in 
the form of an owner-shipper certificate; collection of employment 
information on any person found to be transporting horses to a 
slaughtering facility; and recordkeeping. The collected information is 
use to ensure that horses being transported to slaughter receive 
adequate food, water, and rest and are treated humanely. If the 
information was collected less frequently or not collected, APHIS' 
ability to ensure that horses destined for slaughter are treated 
humanely would be significantly hampered.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 300.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,803.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-25628 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]
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