Notice2026-09306
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May 11, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25523-25524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09306]
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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 June 10,
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: Communicable Diseases in Horses.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0127.
Summary of Collection: Under the authority of the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
regulate the importation and interstate movement of animals and animal
products and conducts various other activities to protect the health of
U.S. livestock and poultry. Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is an
infectious and potentially fatal viral disease of equines. There is no
vaccine or treatment for the disease. It is often difficult to
differentiate from other fever-producing diseases, including anthrax,
influenza, and equine encephalitis. The regulations in 9 CFR 75.4
govern the interstate movement of equines that have tested positive to
an official test for EIA (EIA reactors) and provide for the approval of
laboratories, diagnostic facilities, and research facilities. Ensuring
the safe movement of these horses requires the use of information
collection activities, including an EIA laboratory test form, a
certificate or permit for the interstate movement of an EIA reactor, a
supplemental investigation form if a horse tests positive for EIA,
agreements, hearing request, and written notification of withdrawal of
approval.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from
forms, APHIS VS 10-11, Equine Infectious Anemia Laboratory Test; VS 10-
12, Equine Infectious Anemia Supplemental Investigation; and VS 1-27,
Permit for the Movement of Restricted Animals, VS-10-15, Agreement to
Conduct Equine Infectious Anemia Testing, VS-10-16, Application to
Conduct Laboratory Equine Infectious Anemia Testing, VS 10-17,
Laboratory Inspection Checklist for Equine Infectious Anemia Testing,
will be used to prevent the spread of equine infectious anemia.
Regulations also require the use of an Agreement for Approved Livestock
Facilities, Request for Hearing, Written Notification of Approval or
Withdrawal, Review of Requirements and Interview, Memorandum of
Recommendation and Justification, Monthly Summary Reporting, Denial or
Withdrawal of Laboratory Approval. Without the information it would be
impossible for APHIS to effectively regulate the interstate movement of
horses infected with EIA.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit;
State, Local and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 235,015.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 96,225.
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) Payment of Indemnity.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0192.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 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. Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a clinical disease resulting
from infection with the ISA virus and poses a substantial threat to the
economic viability and sustainability of salmon aquaculture in the
United States and abroad. This indemnity program entails the use of
several information collection activities, including completing a
program enrollment form as well as an appraisal and indemnity claim
form; developing biosecurity protocols; conducting biosecurity audits;
developing site-specific ISA action plans; compiling fish inventories
and mortality reports (and recordkeeping); and disease surveillance to
control ISA. Program participants, who may include certain aquaculture
industry business owners, managers, site employees, and accredited
veterinarians, and designated laboratories, must also assist APHIS with
certain disease surveillance activities. Without the information it
would be impossible for APHIS to contain and prevent ISA outbreaks in
the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses a form to enroll
aquaculture industry businesses, three others to reimburse them for
disease losses, and other information activities to document or conduct
biosecurity, protocols, and audits; develop site-specific ISA action
plans; compile fish inventories and mortality reports (and keep records
of the inventories and reports); and conduct disease surveillance.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 13.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 544.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Contract Pilot and Aircraft Acceptance.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0298.
Summary of Collection: The Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, either independently or
in cooperation with States, to carry out operations or measures to
detect, eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests and noxious weeds that are new to or not widely distributed
within the United States. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) contracts for these services, and prior to any aerial
applications, requests certain information from the contractor and/or
contract pilots to ensure that the work will be done according to
contract specifications. Among other things, APHIS asks to see aircraft
registration, the aircraft's airworthiness certificate, the pilot's
license, the pilot's medical certification, the pilot's proof of flight
review, the pilot's pesticide applicator's license, and the aircraft
and engine logbooks.
Need and Use of the Information: Contract Pilot and Aircraft
Acceptance Form (PPQ-816) and SIT Pilot and Aircraft Cheek-In Sheet
(PPQ Form 818) are used by the Plant Protection and Quarantine
personnel who are involved with contracts for aerial application
services for emergency pest outbreaks. The forms are used to document
that the pilot and aircraft meet contract specifications. If APHIS did
not collect this information or collected it less frequently, APHIS
would not be able to verify if APHIS contracts for aerial application
services met specifications.
Description of Respondents: Businesses.
Number of Respondents: 8.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-09306 Filed 5-8-26; 8:45 am]
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