Notice2024-16392
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
July 25, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16392]
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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
26, 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 Plant and Health Inspection Service
Title: Understanding Knowledge and Beliefs about Translocation of
Wild Pigs Study.
OMB Control Number: 0579-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Under the Act of March 2, 1931 (7 U.S.C.
8351), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to conduct a program
of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species and take
any action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program.
Additionally, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to conduct
activities to control nuisance mammals and birds (except for urban
rodent control) and those mammals and bird species that are reservoirs
for zoonotic disease. This authority has been delegated to the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services (WS). Two
responsibilities of the Deputy Administrator of WS are to assist
Federal, State, local, and foreign agencies and individuals regarding
wildlife damage and control and conduct research to develop wildlife
damage management methods (7 CFR 371.6).
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS plans to conduct an online
survey of members of the public and hunters in five southeastern states
(Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee) that
would measure knowledge and beliefs about the transportation and
release of wild pigs.
Data collected, analyzed, and interpreted from the Understanding
Knowledge and Beliefs about Translocation of Wild Pigs study will be
used to disseminated to a variety of constituents, including the APHIS
WS and open access or subscription-based journals. Additionally, all
data and metadata collected and used in peer-reviewed publications will
be made publicly accessible in a data repository per the USDA
Departmental Regulation 1020-006.
APHIS will use the data collected to:
1. Identify if there is a difference in awareness related to
restrictions for transporting and releasing wild pigs between members
of the public and hunters within their state;
2. Identify what key beliefs contribute to non-compliance related
to restrictions for transporting and releasing wild pigs;
3. Identify what sources of information and beliefs contribute to
the amount of awareness related to restrictions for transporting and
releasing wild pigs;
4. Identify if there is a difference in tolerance of wild pigs
between members of the public and hunters within their state and
whether wild pig tolerance explains or influences beliefs about
translocating wild pigs;
5. Identify if respondents' perceived awareness of their state
regulations for transporting and releasing wild pigs is the same as
their actual awareness;
6. Identify which sources of wild pig information are associated
with greater awareness about wild pigs;
7. Identify respondents' beliefs about appropriate penalties for
transporting and releasing wild pigs, including what factors are
associated with such beliefs;
8. Identify how respondents' concerns about wild pigs impact their
likelihood of reporting the transport and release of wild pigs to the
authorities;
9. Provide input into wild pig management policy and outreach; and
10. Help inform policy by providing scientifically accurate data.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households.
Number of Respondents: 6,667.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,401.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16392 Filed 7-24-24; 8:45 am]
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