Notice2026-05802
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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March 25, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14519-14520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05802]
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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
24, 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 & Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting the United
States from Mexico.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0144.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002
(Title X, Subtitle E, Sec. 10401-18 of Pub. L. 107-171) is the primary
Federal law governing the protection of animal health. Disease
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy
animal population and for enhancing the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),
Veterinary Services' ability to allow United States animal producers to
compete in the world market of animal and animal product trade. APHIS
currently has regulations in place that restrict the importation of
poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico due to the presence
of Newcastle Disease (ND) in that country. However, APHIS allows the
importation of poultry meat and poultry products from the Mexican
States of Sinaloa and Sonora because APHIS has determined that poultry
meat and products from these two Mexican States pose a negligible risk
of introducing ND into the United States. To ensure that these items
are safe for importation, APHIS requires that certain data appear on
the foreign meat inspection certificate that accompanies the poultry
meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the United
States. APHIS also requires that serial numbered seals be applied to
containers carrying poultry meat and other poultry products. In
addition, there is an application and approval process required for the
transit of pork and pork products and poultry carcasses, parts, or
products (except eggs and egg products). APHIS also requires a pre-
arrival notification to alert Customs & Boarder Protection Inspectors,
along with an emergency action notice.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information to
certify that the poultry meat or other poultry products were (1)
derived from poultry born and raised in commercial breeding
establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; (2) derived from poultry that
were slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a Federally-inspected
slaughter plant approved to export these commodities to the United
States in accordance with Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3)
processed at a Federally inspected processing plant in Sinaloa or
Sonora; and (4) kept out of contact with poultry from any other State
within Mexico. APHIS will also collect information to ensure that the
poultry meat or poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose the most
negligible risk possible for introducing ND into the United States. If
the information was collected less frequently or not collected at all,
it would significantly cripple APHIS' ability to ensure that various
commodities from certain Mexican States pose a negligible risk of
introducing CSF or ND into the United States. This lack of information
would make a disease incursion event much more likely and could
seriously harm the U.S. pork and poultry industries.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 69.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,094.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Conditions for Payment of Avian Influenza Indemnity Claims.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0440.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) 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 Secretary may also prohibit or restrict
import or export of any animal or related material if necessary to
prevent the spread of any livestock or poultry pest or disease.
U.S. animal health policy calls for elimination of the avian
influenza virus (both highly pathogenic and low pathogenicity strains)
when found through depopulation (i.e., euthanasia and disposal) of
affected poultry. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) works with State and local animal health officials to euthanize
poultry, clean and disinfect premises and equipment, and test for
elimination of the virus to ensure that farms can be safely restored.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS Veterinary Services assists
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and local animal health officials and poultry producers with creating
and applying biosecurity and response plans, developing and enforcing
flock plans and compliance agreements, preparing and processing
appraisal and indemnity claims and worksheets, developing restocking
and testing agreements, and submitting reports.
Description of Respondents: State and local animal health officials
and Business or other for-profit (Respondent Type: poultry producers).
Number of Respondents: 18,999.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 49,814.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-05802 Filed 3-24-26; 8:45 am]
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