[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45736-45737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16342]


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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 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 August 
29, 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: Standards for Privately Owned Quarantine Facilities for 
Ruminants.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0232.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal 
health. The law

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gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to detect, control, 
or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or poultry. The Secretary 
may also prohibit or restrict import or export of any animal or related 
material to prevent the spread of any livestock or poultry pest or 
disease. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
provides standards for the approval, operation, and oversight of 
privately owned quarantine facilities for imported ruminants prior to 
their release into the United States. The AHPA is contained in Title X, 
Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of Public Law 107-171, May 13, 2002, the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 [7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.].
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses the following 
information activities with its efforts to maintain a system whereby 
private individuals can operate (with APHIS oversight) their own 
facilities for the quarantine of imported ruminants: (1) Application 
Letter; (2) Cooperative Service Agreement; (3) Daily Log and 
Recordkeeping; (4) Request for Variance; and (5) Operating Procedures 
and Recordkeeping. Without the information, APHIS would be forced to 
discontinue its program of allowing the operation of privately owned 
quarantine facilities for ruminants, a development that would hamper 
U.S. animal import activities.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit and State.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 64.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Irradiation Treatment; Location of Facilities in the United 
States.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0383.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering into the United States, preventing the spread of pests 
and noxious weeds not widely distributed into the United States, and 
eradicating those imported pests when eradication is feasible. The 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes USDA to carry 
out this mission. Under the Plant Protection Act, the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized, among other things, to 
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles 
to prevent the introduction of plant pests in the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will use the following 
information collection activities to provide criteria for the approval/
certification of irradiation treatment facilities in an effort to 
prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and plant diseases in 
the United States: Request for Initial Certification and Inspection of 
Facility; Certification and Recertification of Facility; Denial and 
Withdrawal of Certification; Compliance Agreement; Irradiation 
Facilities Treating Imported Articles; Irradiation Treatment Framework 
Equivalency Work plan; Irradiation Facilities Notification; 
Recordkeeping; Facility to Maintain and Provide Updated Map Identifying 
Places Horticultural/Crops are Grown; Facility Contingency Plan; Letter 
of Concurrence or Non-Agreement; Treatment Arrangements; Pest 
Management Plan; and Facility Map--Detailed Layout of Facility. If the 
information is not collected, APHIS would have no practical way of 
determining that any given commodity had actually been irradiated.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profits; Federal 
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 24.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 988.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-16342 Filed 7-28-22; 8:45 am]
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