[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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