[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17425-17426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07003]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 23, 2016.
    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 
are requested regarding (1) 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) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 
28, 2016 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 Tomatoes from Certain Central American 
Countries.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0286.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
restrict the importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, 
plant products, and other articles to prevent the introduction of plant 
pests into the United States or their dissemination within 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 contained in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 
through 319.56-73). Under these regulations, pink or red tomatoes from 
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama are 
subject to certain condition before entering the United States to 
prevent the introduction of plant pests in the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) requires that each shipment of tomatoes must 
be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the National 
Plant Protection Organization and bearing the declaration, ``These 
tomatoes were grown in an area recognized to be free of Medfly and the 
shipment has been inspected and found free of the pest listed in the 
requirements.'' In addition to the phytosanitary certificate, 
production site and packinghouse records, production site registration, 
monitoring/auditing trapping program, trapping records, export 
certification, labeling of boxes, and recertification of production 
sites, APHIS uses these activities to prevent the introduction and 
dissemination of plant pests into the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 54.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,180.

    Title: Location of Irradiation Treatment Facilities in the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0383.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering into the United States, preventing the spread of pests 
and noxious weeds not widely distributed into the United States, and 
eradicating those imported pests when eradication is feasible. The 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701--et seq.) authorizes USDA to carry 
out this mission. Under the Plant Protection Act, the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized, among other things, to 
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles 
to prevent the introduction of plant pests in the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following 
information collection activities to provide generic criteria for 
irradiation treatment facilities in an effort to prevent the spread of 
plant pests and plant diseases in the United States: (1) Request for 
Initial Certification and Inspection of Facility; (2) Certification and 
Recertification of Facility; (3) Denial and Withdrawal of 
Certification; (4) Compliance Agreement (PPQ 519); (5) Irradiation 
Facilities Treating Imported Articles; Irradiation Treatment Framework 
Equivalency Work plan; (6) Irradiation Facilities Notification; (7) 
Records; (8) Facility to Maintain and Provide Updated Map Identifying 
Places Horticultural/Crops are Grown; (9) Facility Contingency Plan; 
(10) Letter of Concurrence or Non-Agreement; (11) Treatment 
Arrangements; (12) Pest Management Plan; and (13) Facility Map--
Detailed Layout of Facility. If the information is not collected, APHIS 
would have no practical way of determining that any given commodity had 
actually been irradiated.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.

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    Total Burden Hours: 28.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-07003 Filed 3-28-16; 8:45 am]
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