[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16359-16360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06973]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 23, 2015.
    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 April 
27, 2015 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: Animal Welfare.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0036.
    Summary of Collection: The Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA) 
(Pub. L. 89-544) enacted August 24, 1966, and as amended, requires the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, (USDA), to regulate the humane care and 
handling of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, rabbits, and nonhuman 
primates. This legislation was the result of extensive demand by 
organized animal welfare groups and private citizens requesting a 
Federal law covering the transportation, care, and handling of 
laboratory animals. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS), Animal Care (AC) has the responsibility to enforce the AWA (7 
U.S.C. 2131-2156) and the provisions of 9 CFR, Subchapter A, which 
implements the AWA. The purpose of the AWA is to ensure that animals 
used in research facilities or for exhibition purposes are provided 
humane care and treatment. The AWA assures the humane treatment of 
animals during transportation in commerce and protects the owners from 
the theft of their animals by preventing the sale or use of animals 
that were stolen. APHIS will collect information using several forms of 
burden.
    In addition, APHIS is merging 0579-0361 and 0579-0392 into this 
information collection, 0579-0036. Upon the approval of this 
information collection, APHIS will retire 0579-0361 and 0579-0392.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect health 
certificates, program of veterinary care, application for license and 
record of acquisition, disposition and transportation of animals, and 
itineraries, among other things. The information is used to ensure 
dealers, exhibitors, research facilities, carriers, etc., are in 
compliance with the AWA and regulations and standards promulgated under 
this authority of the Act.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms; 
Not-for-profits; Individuals; State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 13,985.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 136,364.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Poultry and Pork Products from Mexico Transiting the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0145.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal 
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to 
detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or 
poultry. The Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the Agency charged with 
carrying out the disease prevention mission. This Agency regulates the 
importation of animals and animal products into the United States to 
guard against the introduction of exotic animal diseases. Disease 
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy 
animal population and enhancing the United States' ability to compete 
in exporting animals and animal products. The regulations under which 
APHIS conducts disease prevention activities are contained in Title 9, 
Chapter D, parts 91 through 99 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
ensure that fresh pork and pork products, as well as poultry carcasses, 
parts, and products transiting the United States from Mexico pose a 
negligible risk of introducing classical swine fever and END into the 
United States. APHIS will also collect the name and address of the 
exporter, the origin and destination points of the commodities, how 
much and what type of commodity will be transiting; the intended port 
of entry, the date of transportation, the method and route of shipment, 
and other information concerning the transiting project that will 
enable APHIS to determine whether any disease introduction risk is 
associated with the transit and if so, what risk mitigation measures 
will be necessary to minimize that risk.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 29.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.

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    Total Burden Hours: 33.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Pale Cyst Nematode; Quarantine and Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0322.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772), The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or 
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests 
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or 
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amended the ``Domestic Quarantine 
Notices'' in 7 CFR part 301, subpart titled ``Potato Cyst Nematode'' 
(Sec.  .86 through 301.86.9, referred to as the regulations) by 
quarantining parts of Bingham and Bonneville Counties, ID, due to the 
discovery of the Potato Cyst Nematode there and establishing 
restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated articles from the 
quarantined area.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
using certificates, limited permits and compliance agreements to 
prevent the spread of PCN and to ensure that regulated articles can be 
moved safely from the quarantined area without spreading PCN. If APHIS 
did not collect this information, the spread of PCN in the United 
States could result in a loss of domestic or foreign makers for U.S. 
potatoes and other commodities.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 152.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 342.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Mangoes from Australia.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0391.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C 7701--et seq.), 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 new to the United 
States or not known to be widely distributed throughout the United 
States. The regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (Title 7, 
CFR 319.56) prohibit or restrict the importation of fruits and 
vegetables into the U.S. from certain parts of the world. The Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for carrying 
out these duties. APHIS has amended the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow, under certain conditions, the importation into 
the U.S. of commercial consignments of fresh mangoes from Australia.
    Need and Use of the Information: Conditions for the importation of 
fresh mangoes from Australia include requirements for pest exclusion at 
the production site, irradiation treatment, fruit fly trapping inside 
and outside the production site, pest-excluding packinghouse 
procedures, port-of-entry inspections and accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate issued by the National Plant Protection 
Organization of Australia with an additional declaration confirming 
that the mangoes have been produced in accordance with the 
requirements. APHIS will use this information to allow the importation 
of commercial consignments of fresh mangoes from Australia into the 
United States. Failing to collect this information would cripple APHIS 
ability to ensure that mangoes from Australia are not carrying plant 
pests.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 50.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-06973 Filed 3-26-15; 8:45 am]
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