[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9027-9028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03449]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for

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review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public 
Law 104-13. Comments are requested regarding; 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; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
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 March 
21, 2022 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: Contract Pilot and Aircraft Acceptance.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0298.
    Summary of Collection: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et 
seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or 
in cooperation with States, to carry out operations or measures to 
detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard the spread of 
plant pests and noxious weeds that are new to or not widely distributed 
within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) contracts for these services, and prior to any aerial 
applications, requests certain information from the contractor and/or 
contract pilots to ensure that the work will be done according to 
contract specifications. Among other things, APHIS asks to see aircraft 
registration, the aircraft's airworthiness certificate, the pilot's 
license, the pilot's medical certification, the pilot's proof of flight 
review, the pilot's pesticide applicator's license, and the aircraft 
and engine logbooks.
    Need and Use of the Information: Contract Pilot and Aircraft 
Acceptance Form (PPQ-816) and SIT Pilot and Aircraft Cheek-In Sheet 
(PPQ Form 818) are used by the Plant Protection and Quarantine 
personnel who are involved with contracts for aerial application 
services for emergency pest outbreaks. The forms are used to document 
that the pilot and aircraft meet contract specifications. If APHIS did 
not collect this information or collected it less frequently, APHIS 
would not be able to verify if APHIS contracts for aerial application 
services met specifications.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 8.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Pale Cyst Nematode.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0322.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is 
responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests from entering 
the United States, preventing the spread of pests and noxious weeds not 
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported 
pests when eradication is feasible. The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7701 et seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the 
importation, entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, 
and other articles to prevent the introduction of plants pests into the 
United States or their dissemination within the United States.
    In accordance with the regulations in ``Subpart-Pale Cyst 
Nematode'' (7 CFR 301.86-301.86-9), the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service of U.S. Department of Agriculture restricts the 
interstate movement of certain articles to help prevent the spread of 
pale cyst nematode, a major pest of potato crops in cool-temperature 
areas, via potatoes, soil, and other host material to noninfested areas 
of the United States. Allowing the restrictions on the interstate 
movement of regulated articles necessitates the completion of certain 
forms such as Federal Certificates, Federal Limited Permits, Compliance 
Agreements, Self-Certification, Packing Facility Process Approval, 
Appeal of Withdrawn Certificate or Limited Permit, Appeal of Withdrawn 
Compliance Agreement, and Labeling.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
using certificates, limited permits, compliance agreements, self-
certification, packing facility process approval, appeal of withdrawn 
certificate or limited permit, appeal of withdrawn compliance 
agreement, cyst nematode survey (PPQ form 312), and labeling to prevent 
the spread of PCN and to ensure that regulated articles can be moved 
safely from the quarantined area without spreading PCN. If APHIS did 
not collect this information, the spread of PCN in the United States 
could result in a loss of United States potatoes and other commodities 
from domestic and/or foreign markets.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 212.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 488.

    Dated: February 14, 2022.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-03449 Filed 2-16-22; 8:45 am]
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