[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47874-47875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20559]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 18, 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 October 
22, 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.

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Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations in 9 CFR, Subchapter 
E, Parts 101-124.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0013.
    Summary of Collection: The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (37 Stat. 832-833, 
21 U.S.C. 151-159) gives the United States Department of Agriculture, 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) the authority to 
promulgate regulations designed to prevent the importation, 
preparation, sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary biological 
products. A veterinary biological product is defined as all viruses, 
serums, toxins, and analogous products of natural or synthetic origin 
(such as vaccines, antitoxins, or the immunizing components of 
microorganisms intended for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of 
diseases in domestic animals). In order to effectively implement the 
licensing, production, labeling, importation, and other requirements, 
APHIS employs a number of information gathering tools such as 
establishment license applications, product license applications, 
product permit applications, product and test report forms and field 
study summaries, event reports, stop distribution and sale 
notifications, and recordkeeping.
    Need and Use of the Information: This information collection 
includes mergers with 0579-0209 and 0579-0460. APHIS uses the 
information collected as a primary basis for the approval or acceptance 
of issuing licenses or permits to ensure veterinary biological products 
that are used in the United States are pure, safe, potent, and 
effective. Failing to collect this information would severely cripple 
APHIS' ability to prevent harmful veterinary biologics from being 
distributed in the United States.
    Description of the Respondents: Businesses or other for profit, 
Foreign and State Governments, Private Individuals.
    Number of Respondents: 10,183.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Third Party Disclosure; 
Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 122,998.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0264.
    Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to regulate the 
importation of plants, plant products, and other articles to prevent 
the introduction of injurious plant pests. Regulations contained in 
Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 319 (Subpart--Fruit 
and Vegetables), Sections 319.56 et seq. implement the intent of this 
Act by prohibiting or restricting the importation of certain fruits and 
Vegetables into the United States from certain parts of the world to 
prevent the introduction and dissemination of fruit flies and other 
injurious plant pests that are new to the United States or not widely 
distributed within the United States. These regulations are enforced by 
the Plant Protection and Quarantine, a program with USDA's Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
    Need and Use of the Information: The use of certain information 
collection activities including Phytosanitary Certificates, Trapping 
Records, Cooperative Agreements (PPQ 519), Application of Sterile 
Insect Technique, Monitoring, Safeguarding, Emergency Action 
Notification (PPQ 523), and Notice of Arrival (PPQ 368) will be used to 
allow the entry of certain fruits and vegetables into the United 
States. Without the information all shipment would need to be inspected 
very thoroughly, thereby requiring considerably more time and would 
slow the clearance of international shipments.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 65.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 381.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20559 Filed 9-20-18; 8:45 am]
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