[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12495-12496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04283]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0004]


Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an 
Information Collection; Swine Health Protection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information 
collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's 
intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an 
information collection associated with the swine health protection 
program.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May 
4, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0004.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0004, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-
0004 or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1141 of the USDA 
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC. 
Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, 
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the swine health 
protection program, contact Dr. Ross Free, Swine Commodity Health 
Specialist, Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main 
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; (919) 855-7712. For more 
detailed information on the information collection process, contact Mr. 
Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851-
2483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Swine Health Protection.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0065.
    Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an 
information collection.
    Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is authorized, among 
other things, to prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of 
animals and animal products to prevent the dissemination within the 
United States of animal

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diseases and pests of livestock and to conduct programs to detect, 
control, and eradicate pests and diseases of livestock.
    The Swine Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3801 et seq., referred to 
below as the Act) prohibits the feeding of garbage to swine intended 
for interstate movement or foreign commerce or that substantially 
affect such commerce unless the garbage has been treated to kill 
disease organisms. Untreated garbage is one of the primary media 
through which numerous infectious and communicable diseases can be 
transmitted to swine. APHIS' regulations promulgated under the Act, 
which are located at 9 CFR part 166, require that garbage intended to 
be fed to swine must be treated at a facility that holds a valid permit 
to treat the garbage and must be treated in accordance with the 
regulations.
    As part of its swine health protection program, APHIS conducts a 
pseudorabies (PRV) eradication program in cooperation with State 
governments, swine producers, swine shippers, herd owners, and 
accredited veterinarians. The program identifies PRV-affected swine, 
provides herd management techniques, and has eliminated PRV in 
commercial production herds. However, APHIS periodically finds infected 
swine when swine are exposed to feral swine or other swine that have 
had exposure to feral swine.
    The regulations in 9 CFR parts 71 and 85 facilitate the PRV 
eradication program and general swine health by providing requirements 
for moving swine interstate within a swine production system. (A 
production system consists of separate farms that each specialize in a 
different phase of swine production such as sow herds, nursery herds, 
and finishing herds. These separate farms, all members of the same 
production system, may be located in more than one State.)
    The regulations for the feeding of garbage to swine and for the PRV 
eradication program require the use of a number of information 
collection activities, including the creation of food waste reports; 
the completion of applications to operate garbage treatment facilities; 
an acknowledgement of the Swine Health Protection Act and implementing 
regulations; garbage treatment facility inspection; cancellation of 
license by State animal health officials; request for a hearing; 
cancellation of license by licensee; notification by licensee of sick 
or dead animals; notification by licensee of changes to name, address, 
or management; cooperative agreements for those States that issue 
garbage feeding licenses under VS supervision but do not have primary 
enforcement responsibility (four States); swine health protection 
program inspection summary; permit to move restricted animals; owner-
shipper statement; certificate of veterinary inspection; accredited 
veterinarian's statement; embryo and semen shipments; identification 
for swine moving interstate; swine production system health plan; 
interstate movement report and notification; cancellation or withdrawal 
of a swine production system health plan; appeal of cancellation of a 
swine production system health plan; shipment to slaughter seal; 
appraisal and indemnity claim form; report of net salvage proceeds; 
herd management plans; and recordkeeping.
    The information collection requirements above are currently 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control 
numbers 0579-0323 (Trichinae Certification Program) and 0579-0065 
(Swine Health Protection). After OMB approves this combined information 
collection package (0579-0065), APHIS will retire OMB control number 
0579-0323.
    We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information 
collection activities, as described, for an additional 3 years.
    The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public 
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection. 
These comments will help us:
    (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, 
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 1.78 hours per response.
    Respondents: Owners/operators (licensees) of garbage treatment 
facilities, herd owners, food establishments, accredited veterinarians, 
and State animal health authorities.
    Estimated annual number of respondents: 15,150.
    Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 63.57.
    Estimated annual number of responses: 962,899.
    Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,715,536 hours. (Due 
to averaging, the total annual burden hours may-not equal the product 
of the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden 
per response.)
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of February 2020.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-04283 Filed 3-2-20; 8:45 am]
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