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Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,185.

Grain Inspection, Packers & Stockyards 

Administration 

Title: Report and Recordkeeping 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0580–0013. 

Summary of Collection: The Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration (GIPSA) is mandated to 

provide, upon request, inspection, 

certification, and identification services 

related to assessing the class, quality, 

quantity, and condition of agricultural 

products shipped or received in 

interstate and foreign commerce. 

Applicants requesting GIPSA services 

must specify the kind and level of 

service desired, the identification of the 

product, the location, the amount, and 

other pertinent information in order that 

official personnel can efficiently 

respond to their needs. 

Need and Use of the Information:

GIPSA employees use the information to 

guide them in the performance of their 

duties. Additionally, producers, elevator 

operators, and/or merchandisers who 

obtain official inspection, testing, and 

weighing services are required to keep 

records related to the grain or 

commodity for three years. Personnel 

who provide official inspection, testing, 

and weighing services are required to 

maintain records related to the lot of 

grain or related commodity for a period 

of five years. The information is used for 

the purpose of investigating suspected 

violations. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal government; 

State, local, or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 8,713. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: on occasion; 

weekly; monthly; semi-annually; 

annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 159,151. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Fruit and Vegetable Market New 

Survey: To Our Valued Customers. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: Section 203(g) 

of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621) directs and 

authorizes the collection and 

dissemination of marketing information. 

The fruit and vegetable trade use the 

data as guides in making marketing 

decisions. Market News provides all 

interested segments of the market chain 

with timely, accurate information from 

an unbiased third party. A survey has 

been developed to improve and expand 

global market reporting for the fruit and 

vegetable industry. 

Need and Use of the Information:

Market News reports serve as data 

sources for other government agencies 

for planning and policy development 

and is used by other USDA agencies, 

such as the Economic Research Service 

and for the National Agricultural 

Statistical Service’s Crop Production 

reports. In addition, Federal, State and 

local governments involved in food 

purchase programs and institutional 

buying, uses the Market News reports. If 

the information is not collected, the 

market news will not adequately meet 

the needs of the fruit and vegetable 

industry in the specific area of 

international markets. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; farms. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

other (as needed). 

Total Burden Hours: 25. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: 7 CFR Part 225, Summer Food 

Service Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0280. 

Summary of Collection: Section 13 of 

the National School Lunch Act, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 1761, authorizes the 

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). 

The SFSP provides assistance to States 

to initiate and maintain nonprofit food 

service programs for needy children 

during the summer months and at other 

approved times. Under the program, a 

sponsor receives reimbursement for 

serving nutritious, well-balanced meals 

to eligible children at the food service 

sites. Information is gathered from State 

agencies and other organizations 

wishing to participate in the program to 

determine eligibility. FNS uses a variety 

of forms to collect information. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

uses the information collected to 

determine an organization’s eligibility 

and to monitor program performance for 

compliance and reimbursement 

purposes. 

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or household; not-for-profit 

institutions; Federal government; State, 

local, or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 141,226. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: on occasion; 

weekly; quarterly; monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 250,455. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Food Coupon Accountability 

Report. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0009. 

Summary of Collection: The Food 

Stamp Act of 1977, (the Act) authorizes 

the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), 

on behalf of the Secretary of 

Agriculture, to develop appropriate 

procedures for determining and 

monitoring the amount of food coupon 

inventories maintained by State 

agencies in the Food Stamp Program. 

Regulations for the Food Stamp Program 

require coupon issuers, bulk storage 

points, and claims collection points to 

report to their State agencies monthly 

on coupon inventories using the form 

FNS–250, Food Coupon Accountability 

Report. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected on the FNS–250, 

shows the starting inventory as reported 

on the previous month’s FNS 250, 

incoming shipments, returns to 

inventory, transfers in, transfer out, and 

credits. Monthly reporting on 

inventories ensures that coupons are 

available for issuance generally, ensures 

that the types of coupon books needed 

are on hand, and helps to keep storage 

and insurance costs down by allowing 

relatively low inventories. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

local, or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 118. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,248.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 26, 2004. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

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Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Pamela_Beverly

_OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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: 9 CFR 85 Psuedorabies. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0070. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), on behalf of the Secretary of 

Agriculture, is charged with taking 

actions deemed necessary to prevent the 

introduction or dissemination of any 

contagious infections or communicable 

disease of animals or poultry from one 

State or Territory of the United States to 

another. APHIS implements regulations 

that control and stop the escalating 

spread of pseudorabies, which is a 

herpes virus disease that affects many 

specifies of animal, but primarily swine. 

Regulating the interstate movement of 

swine requires the use of certain 

information gathering activities such as 

permits, certificates, and owner-shipper 

statements to ascertain the health status 

of the swine. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is used by APHIS 

to monitor the health status of swine 

being moved, the number of swine being 

moved in a particular shipment, the 

shipment’s point of origin, the 

shipment’s destination, and the reason 

for the interstate movement. This 

information also provides APHIS 

officials with critical information 

concerning a shipment’s history, which 

in turn enables APHIS to engage in 

swift, successful trace back 

investigations when infected swine are 

discovered. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Federal government; State, local, or 

tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 30,050. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: on occasion; 

quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,567. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Scrapie Flock Certification, 

Animal Identification, and 

Indemnification Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0101. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulates the importation and 

interstate movement of animals and 

animal products, and conducts various 

other activities to protect the health of 

the Nation’s livestock and poultry. 

Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative 

and eventually fatal disease affecting the 

central nervous system of sheep and 

goats. Its control is complicated because 

the disease has an extremely long 

incubation period without clinical signs 

of disease, and there is no test or known 

treatment for the disease. Regulations in 

9 CFR part 79 restrict the interstate 

movement of certain sheep and goats to 

help prevent the spread of scrapie. 

APHIS also has regulations at 9 CFR 

part 54 for an indemnity program to 

compensate owners of sheep and goats 

destroyed because of scrapie. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information using 

cooperative agreements; applications 

from owners to participate in the 

Scrapie Flock Certification Program; 

post-exposure management and 

monitoring plans; scrapie test records; 

application for indemnity payments; 

certificates, permits, and owner 

statements for the interstate movement 

of certain sheep and goats; application 

for premises identification numbers; 

and applications for APHIS-approved 

eartags, back tags, or tattoos. Without 

this information, APHIS’ efforts to more 

aggressively prevent the spread of 

scrapie would be severely hindered. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

business or other for-profit; State, local, 

or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 150,000. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 85,151. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Exotic Newcastle Disease in 

Birds and Poultry; Chlamydiosis in 

Poultry. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0116. 

Summary of Collection: Velogenic or 

exotic Newcastle disease (END) is the 

most severe form of Newcastle disease 

and is foreign to the United States. It is 

one of the most serious diseases of 

poultry throughout the world. The virus 

also infects and causes disease in wild 

birds including parrots and parakeets. 

Chlamydiosis is a naturally occurring 

contagious disease that can be highly 

fatal in young birds. Regulations 

contained in 9 CFR part 82 restrict the 

interstate movement of poultry, birds, 

and other items (such as eggs, carcasses, 

vehicles, containers, and coops) to help 

prevent the spread of END and 

chlamydiosis. Disease prevention is the 

most effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and for 

enhancing APHIS ability to compete in 

the world market of animals and animal 

product trade. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information through 

the use of documents attesting to the 

health status of the birds or poultry 

being moved, the number and types of 

birds or poultry being moved in a 

particular shipment, the shipment’s 

point of origin and designation, and the 

reason for the interstate movement. 

These documents provide useful ‘‘trace 

back’’ information in the event an 

infected bird or chicken is discovered 

and an investigation must be launched 

to determine where the bird or chicken 

originated. The information provided by 

these documents is critical to APHIS 

ability to prevent the interstate spread of 

END, which is highly contagious and 

capable of causing significant economic 

harm to the U.S. poultry industry. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; individuals or 

households; farms; State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 60. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 35. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Fruits and 

Vegetables. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0128. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture is 

responsible for preventing plant pest 

and noxious weed from entering into 

the United States and controlling and 

eradication plant pests in the United 

States. The Plant Protection Act 

authorizes the Department to carry out 

this mission. Before entering the United 

States, fruits and vegetables are subject 

to inspection and disinfection at their 

port of first arrival to ensure that no 

plant pest are inadvertently brought into 

the United States. These precautions, 

along with other requirements, ensure 

that these items can be imported into 

the United States with minimal risk of 

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introducing exotic plant pests such as 

fruit flies and leek moths.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will use the collected 

information on the Phytosanitary 

Certificate to determine the pest 

condition of the shipment at the time of 

inspection in the foreign country. The 

information is also used as a guide to 

the intensity of the inspection that is 

conducted when the shipment arrives. 

Without the information, all shipments 

would need to be inspected very 

thoroughly, thereby requiring 

considerably more time. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, local, or tribal 

government; individuals or households; 

farms; not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 501. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Brucellosis in Sheep, Goats, 

Horses, and Payment of Indemnity. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0185. 

Summary of Collection: 21 U.S.C. 111, 

115, 118, authorized the Secretary of 

Agriculture to take measures to prevent 

the introduction or dissemination of any 

contagious or communicable disease of 

animals or live poultry from a foreign 

country into the United States or from 

one State to another. Disease preventing 

is the most effective method for 

maintaining a healthy animal 

population and enhancing the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection (APHIS) 

ability to compete in exporting animals 

and animal products. Brucellosis is a 

contagious disease that causes loss of 

young through spontaneous abortion or 

birth of weak offspring, reduced milk 

production, and infertility. It is mainly 

a disease of cattle, bison, and swine. 

Sheep, goats, and horses are also 

susceptible, but are rarely infected. 

There is no economically feasible 

treatment for brucellosis in livestock. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information from the 

use of official seals and animal 

identification; indemnity claims, test 

records, and permits; and the 

submission of proof of destruction 

documentation and requests for 

extension of certain program-related 

deadlines. The information will provide 

indemnity to owners of sheep, goat, or 

horses destroyed because of brucellosis. 

Without the information, it would make 

it impossible for APHIS to effectively 

operate an indemnity program for 

sheep, goats, and horses destroyed 

because of brucellosis. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

individuals or households; Federal 

government; State, local and tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 4. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification 

Requirements and Addition of RustResistant Varieties. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0186. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–

772), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant products to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. Black stem 

rust is one of the most destructive plant 

diseases of small grains that are known 

to exist in the United States. The disease 

is caused by a fungus that reduces the 

quality and yield of infected wheat, oat, 

barley, and rye crops by robbing host 

plants of food and water. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to 

prevent the spread of black stem rust by 

providing for and requiring the accurate 

identification of rust-resistant varieties 

by inspectors. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit. 

Number of Respondents: 4. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 32. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: NAHMS National Poultry Study 

2004. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW 

Summary of Collection: Collection 

and dissemination of animal health and 

poultry health data and information is 

mandated by 7 U.S.C. 391, the Animal 

Industry Act of 1884, which established 

the precursor of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 

Veterinary Services, the Bureau of 

Animal Industry. The collection, 

analysis and dissemination of animal 

and poultry health information on a 

national basis are consistent with the 

APHIS mission of protecting and 

improving American agriculture’s 

productivity and competitiveness. 

APHIS will be conducting the National 

Poultry 2004 Study, which will consist 

of three separate questionnaires and 

administered by Federal Veterinary 

technicians. The objectives of the 

Poultry 2004 Study are to: (1) Identify 

and describe the current population 

density of backyard poultry flocks 

around commercial operations within 

States that account for a large 

proportion of U.S. poultry production; 

(2) assess current movement and 

handling practices among small and 

large producers that could potentially 

spread poultry disease; (3) identify 

common movement, biosecurity, and 

cleaning and disinfection practice at 

live bird markets; and (4) disseminate 

information on the benefits of proper 

biosecurity techniques to poultry 

owners. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information generated by the Poultry 

2004 Study will be used to identify the 

potential impact of backyard poultry on 

commercial poultry facilities and to 

determine the economic consequences 

of animal disease. 

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households; farms. 

Number of Respondents: 3,750. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,257.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 04–110–1] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

the payment of indemnity for the 

voluntary depopulation of captive 

cervid herds known to be affected with 

chronic wasting disease.

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before January 3, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

EDOCKET: Go to http://www.epa.gov/

feddocket to submit or view public