Notice2024-08879
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
April 25, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 31715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08879]
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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 28,
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
<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: Importation of Animals and Poultry, Animal and Poultry
Products, Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and Zoological Animals.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0040.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8301), is the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture
broad authority to detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of
livestock or poultry. The agency charged with carrying out this disease
prevention mission is the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS). Disease prevention is the most effective method for maintain a
healthy animal population and enhancing APHIS' ability to compete
globally in animal and animal product trade. APHIS' Veterinary Services
(VS) unit is responsible for, among other things, preventing the
introduction of foreign or certain other communicable animal diseases
into the United States; and for rapidly identifying, containing,
eradicating, or otherwise mitigating such diseases when feasible. In
connection with this mission, APHIS collects information from
individuals, businesses, and farms who are involved with importation of
animals or poultry, animal or poultry products, or animal germplasm
(semen, ooycysts, and embryos, including eggs for hatching) into the
United States as well as from foreign countries and States to support
these imports.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
from foreign animal health authorities as well as U.S. importers;
foreign exporters; veterinarians and animal health technicians in other
countries; State animal health authorities; shippers; owners and
operators of foreign processing plants and farms; USDA-approved zoos,
laboratories, and feedlots; private quarantine facilities; and other
entities involved (directly or indirectly) in the importation of animal
and poultry, animals and poultry products, zoological animals, and
animal germplasm.
Information collection activities include: agreements; permits;
application and space reservation requests; inspections; registers;
declarations of importation; requests for hearings; daily logs;
additional requirements; application for permits; export health
certificates; letters; written notices; daily record of horse
activities; written requests; opportunities to present views;
reporting; applications for approval of facilities; certifications;
arrival notices; on-hold shipment notifications; reports; affidavits;
animal identification; written plans; checklists; specimen submissions;
emergency action notifications; refusal of entry and order to dispose
of fish; premises information; recordkeeping; application of seals;
reports; testing submission forms; summaries; identification and
certification; and notices. APHIS needs this information to help ensure
that these imports do not introduce foreign animal diseases into the
United States.
Description of Respondents: Foreign federal governments; state,
local, and tribal governments; business or other for-profit and not-
for-profits; farms; and individuals and households.
Number of Respondents: 73,769.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 600,320.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08879 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am]
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