Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 15 June 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 36184 |
| Record Number | 2020-12860 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 36184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12860]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 10, 2020.
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 July 15,
2020 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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Federal Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0365.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine
(PPQ), has established the following procedures for States (through the
National Plant Board (NPB)) to petition the Agency to recognize State-
level plant pest regulations and associated action taken as meeting the
international criteria for official control and accepted measures to
protect areas that would be economically or environmentally endangered
by the introduction of a pest. The International Plant Protection
Convention (IPPC) defines ``official control'' as the active
enforcement of mandatory phytosanitary regulations and the application
of mandatory phytosanitary procedures with the objective of eradication
or containment of quarantine pests or for the management of regulated
non-quarantine pests.
Need and use of the Information: APHIS developed criteria by which
petitions will be evaluated and status will be granted. APHIS/PPQ and
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border
Protection (CBP), take action on imported products when quarantine
pests are found upon inspection. Quarantine pests include those that
pose a risk to agriculture or the environment but: (1) Do not exist in
the United States, (2) exist in the United States but are under Federal
domestic quarantine under 7 CFR 301 or by Federal Order, (3) exist in
the United States but were recently detected and whose regulatory
status is under consideration, or (4) exist in the United States but
are under State-level quarantine that has been approved by APHIS as
providing a level of protection equivalent to a Federal domestic
quarantine. APHIS has taken action on pests that meet the fourth
criteria for years based on informal requests by States in the interest
of supporting our State cooperators and industries within those States
and this program/information collection aims to standardize this
process. Without this information, APHIS would be less effective in
establishing procedures that are used to contain regulated plant pests
within the United States. If this information was not collected or
collected less frequently, APHIS would be less effective in
establishing procedures that are used to contain regulated plant pests
within the United States.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 243.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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