[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 42421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10574]



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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 June 14, 
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: Comprehensive Aquaculture Health Program; Use of MI-CO 
Application.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services 
(VS) unit is responsible for, among other things, protecting the health 
of the nation's aquatic livestock and supporting safe trade of those 
animals and their products. This authority is provided under the Animal 
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.). Further, Executive Order 
13921, Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth, 
rescinded the 2008 National Aquatic Animal Health Plan, and authorized 
a new national aquaculture health plan establishing USDA as the 
competent authority for the protection, inspection, and certification 
of aquatic livestock health. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) regulates the importation of animals and animal 
products into the United States to guard against the introduction of 
animal diseases not present or prevalent here.
    Need and Use of the Information: The National Aquaculture Health 
Plan and Standards (NAHPS) provides guidance for pathogen testing, 
reporting, and laboratory standards in addition to outlining health 
inspection options for aquatic livestock. One of these inspection 
options is the Comprehensive Aquaculture Health Program Standards 
(CAHPS). CAHPS was developed in partnership with the U.S. aquaculture 
industry as a voluntary program that establishes a framework to improve 
and verify the health of aquatic livestock produced in the United 
States. Principles outlined in the CAHPS provide for early disease 
detection, surveillance, risk mitigation, reporting, and response for 
the control of aquatic animal pathogens, especially those reportable to 
the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), and to prevent their 
dissemination via aquatic animal sale, movement, and trade.
    The MI-CO app will retain information from inspection to 
inspection. VS will update participants' information annually. VS will 
not physically collect or remove from the premises any of the 
documentation unless the participant gives express permission to attach 
documents to their CAHPS portfolio in the app. VS personnel will 
annually review and enter information for every CAHPS participant to 
support compliance with CAHPS.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit 
organizations.
    Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 378.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-10574 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
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