Notice2026-05235
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
March 18, 2026
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 13009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05235]
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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 April
17, 2026 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: Standardizing Phytosanitary Treatment Regulations: Approval
of Cold Treatment and Irradiation Facilities; Cold Treatment Schedules;
Establishment of Fumigation and Cold Treatment Compliance Agree.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0450.
Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) 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 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 the Department
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 into the
United States. The phytosanitary treatment regulations established
generic criteria that allows for the approval of new cold treatment and
irradiation facilities; cold treatment schedules; and the establishment
of fumigation and cold treatment compliance agreements.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using PPQ form 519, Compliance Agreements, PPQ form 530, Limited Permit
and other collection activities to provide generic criteria for new
cold treatment and irradiation facilities, cold treatment schedules,
and the establishment of fumigation and cold treatment compliance
agreements.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit, State,
Local, and Tribal Government; Federal Government (Foreign).
Number of Respondents: 46.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 57.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-05235 Filed 3-17-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
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