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1The final standards document will be available 

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

index.shtml. 

burden on respondents from 2,832,437 

hours to 47,051 hours. In addition, the 

estimated annual number of 

respondents has decreased from 500,472 

to 106,890. 

We are asking 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 

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 0.44 

hours per response. 

Respondents: State and Tribal animal 

health authorities; animal producers; 

operators of markets, buying stations, 

and feedlots; laboratory staff; device 

manufacturers; and slaughter plant 

personnel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 60,315. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.77. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 106,890. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 47,051 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 20th day of 

December, 2012 . 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31346 Filed 12–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0058] 

Data Standards for Electronic 

Interstate Certificates of Veterinary 

Inspection 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of new data standards 

required to generate an official interstate 

certificate of veterinary inspection 

(ICVI). The data standards would define 

the minimum data elements required to 

generate an ICVI using an electronic 

data system, outline the methods by 

which data can be shared between 

participating systems, and provide 

methods of approving data systems for 

data quality control. We are making 

these standards available for public 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before January 30, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2012– 

0058–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0058, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

The data standards and any comments 

we receive may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2012–0058 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Joseph Vantiem, Information 

Technology Coordinator, National 

Animal Health Policy and Programs, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 35, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851– 

3579. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) has established a set of 

minimum data standards for any 

electronic system to be used to generate 

an official interstate certificate of 

veterinary inspection (ICVI). The 

standards were developed with the 

National Assembly of State Animal 

Health Officials. 

ICVIs protect animal health in several 

important ways. States use ICVIs to 

monitor animal movements, address 

specific animal health concerns, and 

enforce regulations. Specifically, ICVI 

are used to document the health status 

of animals moving interstate and track 

the animals’ movement. ICVIs are also 

used to record observations and test 

results that show freedom from specific 

diseases. 

ICVIs have traditionally been paper 

documents; however, a paper-based 

system can result in lag time between 

animal movement and the distribution 

of documents as well as inefficiencies in 

document archiving and retrieval. 

APHIS has attempted to address these 

deficiencies by developing an electronic 

module that lets States enter ICVI data 

into the Veterinary Services Process 

Streamlining (VSPS) system. Several 

States and private entities are also 

attempting to improve the usefulness of 

ICVIs by developing electronic versions 

for use by State animal health officials 

and accredited veterinarians. 

Since ICVIs contain important data 

fields for both animal disease 

traceability and disease surveillance, the 

data elements used in ICVIs must be 

compatible with one another and with 

the current database standards being 

implemented in the Surveillance 

Collaborative Services (SCS) 

application. SCS is an animal health 

and surveillance system that is used to 

maintain test and vaccination data and 

other program information such as 

disease or certification status for flocks/ 

herds subject to APHIS’ animal disease 

or pest surveillance and control 

programs. 

We have prepared a document 

entitled ‘‘Data Standards for Interstate 

Certificates of Veterinary Inspection’’ 

(July 2012) that establishes a common 

set of data for ICVIs so the data can be 

collected by a variety of methods and be 

shared seamlessly between all 

participating entities. We are making 

this document available to the public for 

review and comment before posting it 

on the APHIS Web site 1 for use by 

interested States and private entities. 

The data standards document may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES

above for instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

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location and hours of the reading room). 

You may also request paper copies of 

the data standards by calling or writing 

to the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of 

December, 2012. . 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31401 Filed 12–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–SM–2012–N248;FXFR133

50700640–134–FF07J00000] 

Subsistence Management Program for 

Public Lands in Alaska; Rural 

Determination Process 

AGENCIES: Forest Service, Agriculture; 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: Federal subsistence 

regulations require that the rural or 

nonrural status of communities or areas 

be reviewed every 10 years. In 2009, the 

Secretary of the Interior initiated a 

review of the Federal Subsistence 

Management Program. An ensuing 

directive was for the Federal 

Subsistence Board (Board) to review its 

process for determining the rural and 

nonrural status of communities. As a 

result, the Board has initiated a review 

of the rural determination process and 

is requesting comments from the public. 

These comments will be used by the 

Board, coordinating with the Secretaries 

of the Interior and Agriculture, to assist 

in making decisions regarding the scope 

and nature of possible changes to 

improve the rural determination 

process. 

DATES: Comments: Comments on this 

notice must be received or postmarked 

by November 1, 2013. 

Public meetings: The Federal 

Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils 

will hold public meetings to receive 

comments and make recommendations 

to the Federal Subsistence Board on this 

notice on several dates between August 

19 and October 30, 2013. See Public 

Meetings under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific information on 

dates and locations of the public 

meetings. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments on 

this notice must be received or 

postmarked by November 1, 2013. You 

may submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronically: Comments 

addressing this notice may be sent to 

subsistence@fws.gov. 

• By hard copy: U.S. mail or handdelivery to: USFWS, Office of 

Subsistence Management, 1011 East 

Tudor Road, MS 121, Attn: Theo 

Matuskowitz, Anchorage, AK 99503– 

6199, or hand delivery to the Designated 

Federal Official attending any of the 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Council public meetings. 

Comments received will be available 

for public review during public 

meetings held by the Board on this 

issue. This generally means that any 

personal information you provide us 

will be available during public review. 

Public meetings: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific information on 

dates and locations of the public 

meetings. If the Board decides 

additional meetings are required, public 

announcements will be made that 

provide meeting dates and locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Attention: Peter J. Probasco, Office of 

Subsistence Management; (907) 786– 

3888; or subsistence@fws.gov. For 

questions specific to National Forest 

System lands, contact Steve Kessler, 

Regional Subsistence Program Leader, 

USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region; 

(907) 743–9461; or skessler@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under Title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111–3126), 

the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) 

jointly implement the Federal 

Subsistence Management Program. This 

Program provides a priority for taking of 

fish and wildlife resources for 

subsistence uses on Federal public 

lands and waters in Alaska. The 

Secretaries published temporary 

regulations to implement this Program 

in the Federal Register on June 29, 1990 

(55 FR 27114), and final regulations in 

the Federal Register on May 29, 1992 

(57 FR 22940). The Secretaries have 

amended these regulations a number of 

times. Because this Program is a joint 

effort between Interior and Agriculture, 

these regulations are located in two 

titles of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR): Title 36, ‘‘Parks, Forests, and 

Public Property,’’ and Title 50, 

‘‘Wildlife and Fisheries,’’ at 36 CFR 

242.1–28 and 50 CFR 100.1–28, 

respectively. The regulations contain 

the following subparts: Subpart A, 

General Provisions; Subpart B, Program 

Structure; Subpart C, Board 

Determinations; and Subpart D, 

Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife. 

Federal Subsistence Board 

Consistent with subpart B of these 

regulations, the Secretaries established a 

Federal Subsistence Board to administer 

the Federal Subsistence Management 

Program. The Board comprises: 

• A Chair, appointed by the Secretary 

of the Interior with concurrence of the 

Secretary of Agriculture; 

• The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; 

• The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. 

National Park Service; 

• The Alaska State Director, U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management; 

• The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. 

Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

• The Alaska Regional Forester, U.S. 

Forest Service; and 

• Two public members appointed by 

the Secretary of the Interior with 

concurrence of the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Through the Board, these agencies 

and public members participate in the 

development of regulations for subparts 

C and D, which, among other things, set 

forth program eligibility and specific 

harvest seasons and limits. 

In administering the program, the 

Secretaries divided Alaska into 10 

subsistence resource regions, each of 

which is represented by a Federal 

Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. 

The Councils provide a forum for rural 

residents with personal knowledge of 

local conditions and resource 

requirements to have a meaningful role 

in the subsistence management of fish 

and wildlife on Federal public lands in 

Alaska. The Council members represent 

varied geographical, cultural, and user 

interests within each region. 

Public Meetings 

The Federal Subsistence Regional 

Advisory Councils have a substantial 

role in reviewing subsistence issues and 

making recommendations to the Board. 

The Federal Subsistence Board, through 

the Councils, will hold public meetings 

to accept comments on this notice 

during the fall meeting cycle. You may 

present comments on this notice during 

those meetings at the following 

locations in Alaska, on the following 

dates: 

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