Notice2022-16342
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
July 29, 2022
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45736-45737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
<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: 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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