Notice2023-23484
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection; Comprehensive Aquaculture Health Program; Use of MI-CO Application
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October 24, 2023
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Agriculture DepartmentAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's intention to request approval of a new information collection associated with the use of a mobile application to collect certain information needed to manage a comprehensive aquaculture health program.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72989-72990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23484]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2023-0076]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Comprehensive Aquaculture Health Program; Use of MI-CO Application
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New information collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request approval of a new information collection
associated with the use of a mobile application to collect certain
information needed to manage a comprehensive aquaculture health
program.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
December 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
Enter APHIS-2023-0076 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
<bullet> Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2023-0076, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> or in our reading room, which is located
in room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is
there to help you, please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Comprehensive
Aquaculture Health Program, contact Dr. Kathleen Hartman, Senior
Veterinarian, Aquaculture Health, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (813) 671-5230 ext. 119; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ed868c998581888883c385c3858c9f99808c83ad989e898cc38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e982889d81858c8c87c781c781889b9d848887a99c9a8d88c78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>. For more information about the information
collection process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS' Paperwork
Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 851-2483; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d9b3b6aabca9b1f7b4b6a1bca099acaabdb8f7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7812170b1d0810561517001d01380d0b1c19561f170e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Comprehensive Aquaculture Health
Program; Use of MI-CO Application.
OMB Control Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: 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 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.
VS and its CAHPS/aquaculture industry affiliates will use a mobile
application provided through the MI-Corporation (MI-CO) to carry out
CAHPS functions and evaluate and verify aquatic livestock health on
premises. The application uses a MI-CO platform for a server/client-
based mobile application that supports data
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collection using forms that can be deployed to a mobile device, like a
smartphone or tablet, and used in an internet-connected or disconnected
environment. CAHPS participants will use the application to collect
general participant and aquatic health team information; assess the
risk of incursion and spread of aquatic pathogens of concern; carry out
disease detection and surveillance and report laboratory test results;
report any disease outbreaks and presence of pathogens of concern; and
document outbreak response and recovery via surveillance and response
plans. Participants can also log outbreak communication plans and
biosecurity plans using the application and use a CAHPS Workbook as a
template for CAHPS work.
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.
We are asking Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve our
use of these information collection activities for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.96 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. aquaculture producers and industry
representatives.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 30.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 13.
Estimated annual number of responses: 395.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 378 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of October 2023.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23484 Filed 10-23-23; 8:45 am]
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