Notice2022-03449
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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February 17, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9027-9028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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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