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Field office FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 

5-Year 

rolling 

average 

Portland .................................................... 4,645,754 5,175,459 4,643,241 2,530,648 3,331,672 4,065,355 

Toledo ...................................................... 2,030,506 2,229,920 1,802,762 1,597,584 948,840 1,721,922 

The local field office administrative 

costs for fiscal year 2020 and the fiscal 

year 2021 calculated local field office 

tonnage fees, prior to the operating 

reserve review, are as follows: 

Field office 

FY 2020 Local 

administrative 

costs 

Calculated FY 2021 

local tonnage fee 

New Orleans .......................................................................................................................................... $1,209,886 $0.019 

League City ............................................................................................................................................ 574,717 0.056 

Portland .................................................................................................................................................. 346,941 0.085 

Toledo .................................................................................................................................................... 238,162 0.138 

Operating reserve. In order to 

maintain an operating reserve not less 

than 3 and not more than 6 months, 

FGIS reviewed the value of the 

operating reserve at the end of FY2020 

to ensure that an operating reserve of 

41⁄2 months is maintained. 

The program operating reserve at the 

end of fiscal year 2020 was $10,007,544, 

with a monthly operating expense of 

$2,983,133. The target of 4.5 months of 

operating reserve is $13,424,097. 

Therefore, the operating reserve is less 

than 4.5 times the monthly operating 

expenses by $3,416,553. For each 

$1,000,000, rounded down, below the 

target level, all Schedule A fees must be 

increased by 2 percent. The operating 

reserve is $3.4 million below the target 

level, resulting in a calculated 5 percent 

increase, as required by 

§ 800.71(b)(2)(ii). Therefore, for 2021, 

FGIS is increasing all the 2020 Schedule 

A fees for service in Schedule A in 

paragraph (a)(1) by 5 percent. All 

Schedule A fees for service are rounded 

to the nearest $0.10, except for fees 

based on tonnage or hundredweight. 

The fee Schedule A has been published 

on the agency’s public website. 

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.) 

Bruce Summers, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00165 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0112] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Approval of 

Laboratories for Conducting Aquatic 

Animal Tests for Export Health 

Certificates 

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 its efforts to certify 

certain laboratories that conduct aquatic 

animal testing for export activities. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 9, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2020-0112. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0112, 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/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2020-0112 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 conducting aquatic 

animal tests for export health 

certificates, contact Ms. Janet Warg, 

Microbiologist, Diagnostic Virology 

Laboratory, National Veterinary Services 

Laboratories, 1920 Dayton Avenue, P.O. 

Box 844, Ames, IA 50010; (515) 337– 

7551. For more information on the 

information collection process, contact 

Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Approval of Laboratories for 

Conducting Aquatic Animal Tests for 

Export Health Certificates. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0429. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Animal Health 

Protection Act (AHPA, 7 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.) is the primary Federal law 

governing the protection of animal 

health. The AHPA 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. 

Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and 

enhancing the ability of U.S. producers 

to compete in the global market of 


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animal and animal product trade. To 

facilitate the export of U.S. animals and 

animal products, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

maintains information regarding the 

import health requirements of other 

countries for animals and animal 

products, including aquaculture 

animals, exported from the United 

States. 

While APHIS does not currently 

require the approval or certification of 

laboratories that conduct disease tests 

for the export of aquaculture animals, 

some countries that import these 

animals from the United States require 

them to be tested for certain diseases 

and the test results recorded on the 

export certificates. In addition, the test 

results must originate from a laboratory 

approved by the competent authority of 

the exporting country, which is APHIS 

in this case. State, university, and 

private laboratories can voluntarily seek 

APHIS approval of individual 

diagnostic methods. Though APHIS 

does not have regulations for the 

approval or certification of laboratories 

that conduct tests for the export of 

aquaculture animals, APHIS provides 

this approval as a service to U.S. 

exporters who export aquaculture 

animals to countries that require this 

certification. 

APHIS evaluates diagnostic methods 

for detecting aquatic animal pathogens 

listed by the World Organization for 

Animal Health (OIE) in the OIE 

diagnostic manual and other supporting 

scientific literature. APHIS lists the 

laboratories approved to conduct 

diagnostic testing in support of export 

health certification of aquatic species at 

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_

health/lab_info_services/downloads/ 

ApprovedLabs_Aquaculture.pdf. Once 

approved, the laboratories are inspected 

by APHIS every 2 years to maintain 

their approval. 

The approval of laboratories to 

conduct tests for the export of 

aquaculture animals requires the use of 

certain information collection activities 

including notification of intent to 

request approval, application for APHIS 

approval, protocol statement, 

submission and recordkeeping of 

sample copies of diagnostic reports, 

quality assurance/control plans and 

their recordkeeping, notification of 

proposed changes to assay protocols, 

recordkeeping of supporting assay 

documentation, and request for removal 

of approved status. 

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 11.4 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: State, university, and 

private laboratory personnel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 8. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 70. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 560. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 6,382 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 4th day of 

January 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00064 Filed 1–7–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0068] 

Notice of Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Release of Lilioceris egena for 

Biological Control of Air Potato 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) relative 

to permitting the release of an insect, 

Lilioceris egena, for the biological 

control of air potato (Dioscorea 

bulbifera). Based on the environmental 

assessment and other relevant data, we 

have reached a preliminary 

determination that the release of this 

control agent within the continental 

United States will not have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. We are making the EA 

available to the public for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 8, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0068. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2019–0068, 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-2019-0068 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: Dr. 

Colin D. Stewart, Assistant Director, 

Pests, Pathogens, and Biocontrol 

Permits, Permitting and Compliance 

Coordination, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1237; (301) 851–2327; colin.stewart@

usda.gov. 


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