[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27307-27308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12585]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 7, 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 July 12, 
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 & Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from 
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United 
States From Mexico.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0144.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 
(Title X, Subtitle E, Sec. 10401-18 of Pub. L. 107-171) is the primary 
Federal law governing the protection of animal health. Disease 
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy 
animal population and for enhancing the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 
Veterinary Services' ability to allow United States animal producers to 
compete in the world market of animal and animal product trade. APHIS 
currently has regulations in place that restrict the importation of 
poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico due to the presence 
of Newcastle Disease (ND) in that country. However, APHIS allows the 
importation of poultry meat and poultry products from the Mexican 
States of Sinaloa and Sonora because APHIS has determined that poultry 
meat and products from these two Mexican States pose a negligible risk 
of introducing ND into the United States. To ensure that these items 
are safe for importation, APHIS requires that certain data appear on 
the foreign meat inspection certificate that accompanies the poultry 
meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the United 
States. APHIS also requires that serial numbered seals be applied to 
containers carrying the poultry meat and other poultry products. In 
addition there is an application and approval process required for the 
transit of pork and pork products and poultry carcasses, parts, or 
products (except eggs and egg products). APHIS also requires a pre-
arrival notification to alert Customs & Boarder Protection Inspectors, 
along with an emergency action notice.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to 
certify that the poultry meat or other poultry products were (1) 
derived from poultry born and raised in commercial breeding 
establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; (2) derived from poultry that 
were slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a Federally-inspected 
slaughter plant approved to export these commodities to the United 
States in accordance with Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3) 
processed at a Federally inspected processing plant in Sinaloa or 
Sonora; and (4) kept out of contact with poultry from any other State 
within Mexico. APHIS will also collect information to ensure that the 
poultry meat or poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose the most 
negligible risk possible for introducing ND into the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 400.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 558.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Control of Chronic Wasting Disease.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0189.
    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, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or 
poultry, and to pay claims arising from destruction of animals. Disease 
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy 
animal population and enhancing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) ability to complete in exporting animals and animal 
products. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and moose typified by chronic weight 
loss leading to death. The presence of CWD disease in cervids causes 
significant economic and market losses to U.S. producers. In an effort 
to accelerate the control and limit the spread of this disease in the 
United States, APHIS created a cooperative, voluntary Federal-State-
private sector CWD Herd Certification Program designed to identify 
farmed or captive herds infected with CWD and provided for the 
management of these herds in a way that reduces the risk of spreading 
CWD.

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    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from owners of elk, deer, and moose herds who choose to participate in 
the CWD Herd Certification program. They would need to follow program 
requirements for animal identification, testing, herd management, and 
movement of animals into and from herds. APHIS also established 
requirements for the interstate movement of cervids to prevent movement 
of elk, deer, and moose that pose a risk of spreading CWD. Carrying out 
this program will entail the use of several information collection 
activities: Memoranda of understandings; participation requests/
applications; sample collections and lab submissions; inspections, 
inventories, and herd records; cervid identification; reports of cervid 
disappearances, escapes, and deaths; herd plans; annual reports; 
consistent State reviews; epidemiological investigations; appraisal, 
destruction, and payment of indemnity; letter to appeal suspension; 
Interstate Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (ICVI); and wild 
cervid ICVI, and surveillance data. Failure to collect this information 
would cripple APHIS' ability to effectively sustain its CWD control 
program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State, 
Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 4,532.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 347,163.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA)--Payment of Indemnity.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0192.
    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 pest or diseases of livestock or poultry. 
Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a clinical disease resulting from 
infection with the ISA virus; signs include hemorrhaging, anemia, and 
lethargy. ISA poses a substantial threat to the economic viability and 
sustainability of salmon aquaculture in the United States and abroad. 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will collect 
information using VS Form 1-22 ISA Program Enrollment Form, VS Form 1-
23 All Species Appraisal and Indemnity Claim Form, VS Form 1-24 
Proceeds from Animals Sold for Slaughter Form, and VS Form 1-26 
Appraisal and Indemnity Request for Affected Premises Using Contract 
Growers Form.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information activities to reimburse aquaculture industry businesses; 
conduct biosecurity, protocols and audits; develop site-specific ISA 
action plans; compile fish inventories and mortality reports (and keep 
records of the inventories and reports); and conduct disease 
surveillance. Each program participant must sign an ISA Program 
Enrollment Form in which they agree to participate fully in USDA's and 
the State of Maine's ISA Program. APHIS will collect the owner's name 
and address, the number of fish for which the owner is seeking payment, 
and the appraised value of each fish.
    The owner must also certify as to whether the fish are subject to a 
mortgage. Without the information it would be impossible for APHIS to 
launch its program to contain and prevent ISA outbreaks in the United 
States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 547.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-12585 Filed 6-11-18; 8:45 am]
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