[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 73378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25740]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 20, 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 November 
25, 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 Papaya from Colombia and Ecuador.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0358.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (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'' (7 CFR 319.56), 
prohibits or restrict the importation of fruits and vegetables into the 
United States from certain parts of the world to prevent the 
introduction and dissemination of plant pests that are new to or not 
widely distributed within the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations allow, under certain conditions, 
the importation of commercial shipments of fresh papaya from Colombia 
and Ecuador into the continental United States. These conditions for 
importation of papaya from Colombia and Ecuador include, but are not 
limited to, phytosanitary certificates, fruit fly trapping, trapping 
recordkeeping, grower registration and reinstatement of growers. 
Falling to collect this information would cripple APHIS' ability to 
ensure that papaya from Colombia and Ecuador are not carrying fruit 
flies.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Government; Business or other 
for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 158.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 371.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-25740 Filed 10-24-16; 8:45 am]
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