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appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by December 28, 

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: National Veterinary Service 

Laboratories; Bovine Spongiform 

Encephalopathy Surveillance Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0409. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 (7 

U.S.C. 8301–8317) 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. The 

Secretary may also prohibit or restrict 

import or export of any animal or 

related material if necessary, to prevent 

the spread of any livestock or poultry 

pest or disease. APHIS’ National 

Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) 

safeguard U.S. animal health and 

contribute to public health by ensuring 

that timely and accurate laboratory 

support is provided by their nationwide 

animal health diagnostic system. USDA 

complies with the standard set by the 

World Organization for Animal Health 

for bovine spongiform encephalopathy 

surveillance. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

forms VS 17–146 and VS 17–146a, BSE 

Surveillance Submission Form/ 

Continuation Sheet and VS 17–131, BSE 

Surveillance Data Collection Form. 

APHIS will use the information 

collected to safeguard the U.S. animal 

health population against BSE. Without 

the information APHIS would be unable 

to monitor and prevent the incursion of 

BSE into the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,099. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,565. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0108] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Poultry Meat and Other Poultry 

Products From Sinaloa and Sonora, 

Mexico; Poultry and Pork Transiting 

the United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the regulations for the 

importation of poultry meat and other 

poultry products from Sinaloa and 

Sonora and for pork and poultry 

products transiting the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before January 26, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0108. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0108, 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-2020-0108 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1620 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the importation of 

poultry meat and other poultry products 

from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, and 

poultry and pork transiting the United 

States, contact Dr. Nathaniel J. Koval, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3434. 

For more information on the 

information collection process, contact 

Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and 

Other Poultry Products From Sinaloa 

and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork 

Transiting the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0144. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) 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. 

The Secretary may also prohibit or 

restrict the import or export of any 

animal or related material if necessary 

to prevent the spread of any livestock or 

poultry pest or disease. 

Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and for 

enhancing the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Services’ (APHIS’) ability to 

allow U.S. animal producers to compete 

in the world market of animal and 

animal product trade. APHIS is the 

agency charged with carrying out 

disease prevention by regulating the 

importation of animals and animal 

products into the United States. The 

regulations under which APHIS 

conducts these disease prevention 

activities are contained in 9 CFR parts 

91 through 99. These regulations govern 

the importation of animals and animal 

products. 

The regulations in § 94.6 provide the 

requirements for, among other things, 

the importation of poultry carcasses, 

parts, products, and eggs (other than 

hatching eggs) from regions where 

Newcastle disease (ND) is considered to 

exist. However, § 94.15 allows poultry 

carcasses, parts, products, and eggs 

(other than hatching eggs) that are not 

eligible for entry into the United States 


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1The Mexican States of Campeche, Quintana Roo, 

and Yucatan can import certain poultry and poultry 

products into the United States under the 

restrictions set forth in § 94.33 because they: (1) 

Supplement their meat supply by importing fresh 

(chilled or frozen) poultry meat from regions where 

ND is considered to exist; (2) share a common land 

border with regions where ND is considered to 

exist; or (3) import live poultry from regions where 

ND is considered to exist under conditions less 

restrictive than would be acceptable for importation 

into the United States. 

to transit the United States via land 

ports, for immediate export, from 

certain Mexican States.1 APHIS believes 

that allowing such in-transit movements 

presents a negligible risk of introducing 

ND into the United States while 

simultaneously avoiding unnecessary 

restrictions on trade. 

APHIS also currently has regulations 

in place that restrict the importation of 

poultry meat and other poultry products 

from Mexico due to the presence of ND 

in that country. However, under the 

regulations in § 94.30, APHIS allows the 

importation of poultry meat and poultry 

products from the Mexican States of 

Sinaloa and Sonora, if imported 

according to APHIS’ requirements, 

because APHIS has determined that 

poultry meat and products from these 

two Mexican States pose a negligible 

risk of introducing ND into the United 

States. 

To ensure the above commodities are 

safe for importation, APHIS requires 

that certain information collection 

activities take place such as foreign 

meat inspection certificates, serially 

numbered seals, applications for import 

permits, emergency action notification, 

and pre-arrival notifications. 

This collection includes activities 

associated with the regulations 

currently in § 94.15 for the transit of 

pork and pork products from certain 

Mexican States through the United 

States, under seal, to export to another 

country. These regulations were 

adopted because APHIS considered 

Mexico, except for certain States, to be 

affected with classical swine fever 

(CSF). However, in January 16, 2018, 

APHIS published a notice (83 FR 2131– 

2132, APHIS–2016–0038) announcing 

the addition of Mexico to the list of 

regions that are considered to be free of 

CSF, thus eliminating the basis for this 

regulatory requirement. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities, as described, 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 

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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.99 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Federal animal health 

authorities in Mexico and U.S. 

importers and exporters of poultry meat, 

other poultry products, pork, and pork 

products from Mexico. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 79. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 41. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 3,214. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 3,212 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 23rd day of 

November 2020. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0088] 

International Sanitary and 

Phytosanitary Standard-Setting 

Activities 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with legislation 

implementing the results of the Uruguay 

Round of negotiations under the General 

Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, we are 

informing the public of the international 

standard-setting activities of the World 

Organization for Animal Health, the 

Secretariat of the International Plant 

Protection Convention, and the North 

American Plant Protection Organization, 

and we are soliciting public comment 

on the standard-setting activities. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2020-0088. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0088, 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-2020-0088 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1620 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information on the topics 

covered in this notice, contact Ms. 

Jessica Mahalingappa, Associate Deputy 

Administrator for International Services, 

APHIS, Room 1132, USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202) 799–7121. 

For specific information regarding 

standard-setting activities of the World 

Organization for Animal Health, contact 

Dr. Paul Gary Egrie, Office of 

International Affairs, Veterinary 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

33, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851– 

3304. 

For specific information regarding the 

standard-setting activities of the 

International Plant Protection 

Convention, contact Dr. Marina Zlotina, 

PPQ’s IPPC Technical Director, 

International Phytosanitary Standards, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 130, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2200. 

For specific information on the North 

American Plant Protection Organization, 

contact Ms. Patricia Abad, PPQ’s 

NAPPO Technical Director, 

International Phytosanitary Standards, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 130, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2264. 


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