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Vol. 76, No. 140 

Thursday, July 21, 2011 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Board of Directors Meeting; African 

Development Foundation, Board of 

Directors Meeting 

Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 9 a.m. 

to 12 p.m. 

Place: African Development 

Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 

I Street, NW., Suite 1000, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

Dates: Tuesday, August 2, 2011. 

Status: 

1. Open session, Tuesday, August 2, 

2011, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; and 

2. Closed session, Tuesday, August 2, 

2011, 11 p.m. to 12 p.m. 

Due to security requirements and 

limited seating, all individuals wishing 

to attend the open session of the 

meeting must notify Sarah Conway at 

(202) 233–8811 or sconway@usadf.gov 

of your request to attend by 5 p.m. on 

Thursday, July 28, 2011. 

Lloyd O. Pierson, 

President & CEO, USADF. 

[FR Doc. 2011–18437 Filed 7–20–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0067] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; Interstate 

Movement Restrictions and Indemnity 

Program 

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 

regulations for the interstate movement 

of sheep and goats and an indemnity 

program to control the spread of scrapie. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

19, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0067- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0067, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0067 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on domestic regulations to 

control the spread of scrapie, contact Dr. 

Diane Sutton, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

Ruminant Health Programs, NCAHP, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 43, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–4913. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Scrapie in Sheep and Goats; 

Interstate Movement Restrictions and 

Indemnity Program. 

OMB Number: 0579–0101. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under 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 is authorized, among 

other things, to prohibit or restrict the 

interstate movement of animals and 

animal products to prevent the 

dissemination within the United States 

of animal diseases and pests of livestock 

and to conduct programs to detect, 

control, and eradicate pests and diseases 

of livestock. 

Scrapie is a progressive, degenerative, 

and eventually fatal disease affecting the 

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 no known treatment. 

APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 79 

restrict the interstate movement of 

certain sheep and goats to control the 

spread of scrapie, and 9 CFR part 54 

contains regulations for an indemnity 

program, flock cleanup, testing, and a 

Scrapie Flock Certification Program 

(SFCP). 

The scrapie disease control program 

information collection activities include 

cooperative agreements; grants; 

memorandums of understanding; APHIS 

forms for inspection and epidemiology 

data; applications to participate in the 

SFCP; flock plans; post-exposure 

management and monitoring plans; 

scrapie test records; applications for 

indemnity payments; certificates, 

permits, and owner statements for the 

interstate movement of certain sheep 

and goats; applications for premises 

identification numbers; and 

applications for official APHIS 

identification, along with other 

program-related activities. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 


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