[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 2767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00879]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 16, 2018.
    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 February 
20, 2018 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 Plants for Planting; Establishing a Category 
for Plants for Planting Not Authorized for Importation Pending Pest 
Risk Analysis.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0380.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701--et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to take such 
actions as may be necessary to prevent the introduction and spread of 
plant pests and noxious weeds within the United States. The United 
States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) regulations establish categories of regulated articles 
governing the importation of nursery stock, also known as plants for 
planting. This category lists taxa for plants for planting whose 
importation is not authorized pending pest risk analysis. Requests to 
remove a taxa from the category of plants for planting whose impact is 
not authorized pending the completion of a pest risk analysis must be 
made in accordance with Sec.  319.5.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the following 
information as part of the request before a Pest Risk Assessment can be 
prepared: (1) A description and/or map of the specific locations(s) of 
the areas in the exporting country where the plant, plant parts, or 
plant products are produced; (2) Scientific name (including genus, 
species, and author names) and taxonomic classification of arthropods, 
fungi, bacteria, nematodes, viruses, viroids, mollusks, phytoplasmas, 
spiroplasmas, etc., attacking the crop; and (3) Plant part attacked by 
each pest, pest life stages associated with plant part attacked, and 
location of pest (in, on, or with commodity).
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 16.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 50.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-00879 Filed 1-18-18; 8:45 am]
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