Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 21, 2004 / Notices 76447

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621), Section 203(q), directs and 

authorizes the collection and 

dissemination of marketing information 

including adequate outlook information, 

on a market area basis, for the purpose 

of anticipating and meeting consumer 

requirements aiding in the maintenance 

of farm income and to bring about a 

balance between production and 

utilization. Livestock and Meat Market 

News provide a timely exchange of 

accurate and unbiased information on 

current marketing conditions (supply, 

demand, prices, trends, movement, and 

other information) affecting trade in 

livestock, meats, grain, and wool. 

Administered by the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS), this nationwide market 

news program is conducted in 

cooperation with 30 states departments 

of agriculture. 

Need and Use of the Information:

AMS will collect information on price, 

supply, and movement of livestock, 

meat carcasses, meat and pork cuts, and 

meat by-products. Several agencies, 

agricultural universities and college use 

the information collected to keep 

appraised of the current market 

conditions and movement of livestock 

and meat in the United States and to 

make short and long term market 

projections. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Farms; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 450. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (Daily). 

Total Burden Hours: 7,020.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27910 Filed 12–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 04–123–1] 

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 

regulations for the importation of fruits 

and vegetables.

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 

22, 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 comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once you have 

entered EDOCKET, click on the ‘‘View 

Open APHIS Dockets’’ link to locate this 

document. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. 04–123–1, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 04–123–1. 

• E-mail: Address your comment to 

regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your 

comment must be contained in the body 

of your message; do not send attached 

files. Please include your name and 

address in your message and ‘‘Docket 

No. 04–123–1’’ on the subject line. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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. 

Other Information: You may view 

APHIS documents published in the 

Federal Register and related 

information, including the names of 

groups and individuals who have 

commented on APHIS dockets, on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on regulations associated 

with the importation of fruits and 

vegetables, contact Ms. Jeanne Van 

Dersal, Senior Import Specialist, 

Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, 

Riverdale MD 20737; (301) 734–6653. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 734–7477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Fruits and 

Vegetables. 

OMB Number: 0579–0136.

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701–7772) authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the 

importation of plants, plant products, 

and other articles into the United States 

to prevent the introduction of plant 

pests and noxious weeds. 

The regulations in Subpart—Fruits 

and Vegetables (7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56–8) authorize a number of fruits 

and vegetables to be imported into the 

United States, under specified 

conditions, from certain parts of the 

world. These fruits and vegetables 

include cole and mustard crops from 

Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and 

Peru; rhubarb from Guatemala; parsley 

from Israel and Nicaragua; salicornia 

from Mexico; mint and rosemary from 

Nicaragua; Swiss chard from Peru; 

cantaloupe, honeydew melon, and 

watermelon from Brazil and Venezuela; 

Belgian endive, chicory, and endive 

from Panama; pineapple from South 

Africa; and peppers from Spain. 

Before entering the United States, all 

of these fruits and vegetables are subject 

to inspection and disinfection at their 

port of first arrival to ensure that no 

plant pests are inadvertently brought 

into the United States. These 

precautions, along with other 

requirements, help ensure that these 

commodities do not introduce exotic 

plant pests, such as fruit flies, into the 

United States. 

The regulations require the use of 

certain information collection activities, 

including the completion of import 

permits, phytosanitary inspection 

certificates, and fruit fly monitoring 

records. 

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 

information collection, including the 

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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 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, through use, as appropriate, 

of automated, electronic, mechanical, 

and other collection technologies, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.7322 hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. importers of fruits 

and vegetables and plant health officials 

of exporting countries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 822. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2.2311. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,834. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,343 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record.

Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

December, 2004. 

Elizabeth E. Gaston, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 04–27880 Filed 12–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 04–084–1] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment for Field Testing Equine 

Influenza Vaccine, Live Canarypox 

Vector

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment concerning 

authorization to ship for the purpose of 

field testing, and then to field test, an 

unlicensed Equine Influenza Vaccine, 

Live Canarypox Vector for use in horses. 

The environmental assessment, which is 

based on a risk analysis prepared to 

assess the risks associated with the field 

testing of this vaccine, examines the 

potential effects that field testing this 

veterinary vaccine could have on the 

quality of the human environment. 

Based on the risk analysis, we have 

reached a preliminary determination 

that field testing this veterinary vaccine 

will not have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment, and 

that an environmental impact statement 

need not be prepared. We intend to 

authorize shipment of this vaccine for 

field testing following the close of the 

comment period for this notice unless 

new substantial issues bearing on the 

effects of this action are brought to our 

attention. We also intend to issue a U.S. 

Veterinary Biological Product license for 

this vaccine, provided the field test data 

support the conclusions of the 

environmental assessment and the 

issuance of a finding of no significant 

impact and the product meets all other 

requirements for licensing.

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before January 20, 

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 comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once you have 

entered EDOCKET, click on the ‘‘View 

Open APHIS Dockets’’ link to locate this 

document. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to: Docket No. 04–084–1, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 04–084–1. 

• E-Mail: Address your comment to 

regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your 

comment must be contained in the body 

of your message; do not send attached 

files. Please include your name and 

address in your message and ‘‘Docket 

No. 04–084–1’’ on the subject line. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the instructions for locating this docket 

and submitting comments. 

Reading Room: You may read the 

environmental assessment, the risk 

analysis (with confidential business 

information removed), and any 

comments that we receive in our 

reading room. The reading room 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.

Other Information: You may view 

APHIS documents published in the 

Federal Register and related 

information, including the names of 

groups and individuals who have 

commented on APHIS dockets, on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Albert P. Morgan, Chief Staff Officer, 

Operational Support Section, Center for 

Veterinary Biologics, Policy, Evaluation, 

and Licensing, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 148, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1231; phone (301) 734–8245, fax (301) 

734–4314. 

For information regarding the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis, or to request a copy of the 

environmental assessment (as well as 

the risk analysis with confidential 

business information removed), contact 

Dr. Louise M. Henderson, Center for 

Veterinary Biologics, Policy, Evaluation, 

and Licensing VS, APHIS, 510 South 

17th Street, Suite 104, Ames, IA 50010; 

phone (515) 232–5785, fax (515) 232–

7120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151 

et seq.), a veterinary biological product 

must be shown to be pure, safe, potent, 

and efficacious before a veterinary 

biological product license may be 

issued. A field test is generally 

necessary to satisfy prelicensing 

requirements for veterinary biological 

products. Prior to conducting a field test 

on an unlicensed product, an applicant 

must obtain approval from the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), as well as obtain APHIS’

authorization to ship the product for 

field testing. 

To determine whether to authorize 

shipment and grant approval for the 

field testing of the unlicensed product 

referenced in this notice, APHIS 

conducted a risk analysis to assess the 

potential effects of this product on the 

safety of animals, public health, and the 

environment. Based on the risk analysis, 

APHIS has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) concerning the field 

testing of the following unlicensed 

veterinary biological product: 

Requester: Merial Limited. 

Product: Equine Influenza Vaccine, 

Live Canarypox Vector.