[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 25558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07724]


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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 May 13, 
2024 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 Plant and Health Inspection Service

    Title: Commercial Transportation of Equines for Slaughter.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0332.
    Summary of Collection: Section 901-905 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901) authorize the 
Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidelines for regulating the 
commercial transportation of equine for slaughter, by persons regularly 
engaged in that activity within the United States. Specifically, the 
Secretary is authorized to regulate the food, water, and rest provided 
to the equines while they are in transit and to review related issues 
be appropriate to ensuring that these animals are treated humanely. To 
implement the provisions of this Act, the Veterinary Services program 
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) has established minimum standards to ensure 
the humane movement of equines for slaughter.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information in 
the form of owner-shipper certificates of fitness to travel to 
slaughter facility; certificate of veterinary inspection; application 
of backtags; collection of business information on any person found to 
be transporting horses to a slaughtering facility; and recordkeeping. 
The collected information is use to ensure that equines being 
transported for slaughter receive adequate food, water, and rest and 
are treated humanely. If the information was collected less frequently 
or not collected, APHIS' ability to ensure that equines destined for 
slaughter are treated humanely would be significantly hampered.
    Description of Respondents: 200 Business or other for profit, 30 
Individuals or Households, and (2) Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 232.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Recordkeeping, and 
Third-Party Disclosure:
    Total Burden Hours: 4,049.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-07724 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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