[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 124 (Monday, June 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36961-36962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15897]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 24, 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 July 29, 
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: Importation of Peppers from Certain Central American 
Countries.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0274.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C. 7701-7772), 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. 
Regulations authorized by the PPA concerning the importation of fruits 
and vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world 
are contained in ``Subpart Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 
through 319.56-72). The fruits and vegetables regulations allow certain 
type of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa 
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to be 
imported, under certain conditions, into the United States without 
treatment while continuing to provide protection against the 
introduction of quarantine pests into the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The regulations require the use of 
information collection activities including inspections by Central 
American national plant protection organization officials, 
phytosanitary certificate, labeling of boxes, monitor traps, trapping 
records, bilateral workplan, production site registrations,

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and quality control program. If the information were not collected, it 
would cripple the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ability to 
regulate and prevent the importation or spread of plant pests and 
diseases from entering the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 36.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,554.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Movement of Plants and Plant Products from Hawaii and the 
Territories (formerly, Revision of Hawaii and the Territories Fruits 
and Vegetables Regulations).
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0346.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or 
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of fruits, vegetables, 
plants, and plant pests to prevent the introduction of pests or 
diseases into the United States, or dissemination of pests and diseases 
within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), is responsible 
for implementing this Act and does so through the enforcement of its 
Hawaiian and territorial quarantine regulations contained in Part 318 
of Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following forms 
and activities to collect information: PPQ 530, PPQ 586, PPQ 519, PPQ 
540, Labeling of Boxes for Pest Free Areas, Inspection and 
Certification, Trapping and Surveillance, Contingency Plans approved by 
APHIS, Updated Mapping Identifying Places Where Horticultural or Other 
Crops are Grown, Written Request for Facility Approval--and 
Recertification, Recordkeeping, and Decertification of Pest Free 
Areas--and Reinstatement. If APHIS did not collect this information or 
if APHIS collected this information less frequently, the spread of 
dangerous plant diseases and pests could cause millions of dollars in 
damage to U.S. agriculture.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 178.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 7,660.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-15897 Filed 6-26-15; 8:45 am]
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