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Vol. 76, No. 157 

Monday, August 15, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 10, 2011. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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: Export Certification, 

Accreditation of Non-Government 

Facilities. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0130. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is responsible for 

preventing plant diseases or insect pests 

from entering the United States, as well 

as, the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported when 

eradication is feasible. The Plant 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), 

authorizes the Department to carry out 

this mission. In addition to its mission, 

APHIS provides export certification 

services to ensure other countries that 

the plants and plant products they are 

receiving from the United States are free 

of plant diseases and insect pests. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information for 

applications submitted by operator/ 

owner of a non-government facility 

seeking accreditation to conduct 

laboratory testing or phytosanitary 

inspection. The application should 

contain the legal name and full address 

of the facility, the name, address, 

telephone and fax numbers of the 

facility’s operator, a description of the 

facility, and a description of the specific 

laboratory testing or phytosanitary 

inspection services for which the 

facility is seeking accreditation. If these 

activities are not conducted properly, 

APHIS export certification program 

would be compromised, causing a 

disruption in plant and plant product 

exports that could prove financially 

damaging to U.S. exporters. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, Local and 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 300. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Tomatoes from 

Spain, Chile, France, Morocco, and 

Western Sahara. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0131. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C. 

7701—et seq.), the Secretary of 

Agriculture is authorized to carry out 

operations or measure to detect, 

eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or 

retard the spread of plant pests new to 

the United States or not known to be 

widely distributed throughout the 

United States. Regulations authorized 

by the PPA concerning the importation 

of fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the word are 

contained in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–50). These regulations allow 

tomatoes from Spain, Chile, France, 

Morocco, and Western Sahara to be 

imported into the United States (subject 

to certain conditions). 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) will collect information 

using the phytosanitary certificate 

certifying that the tomatoes were grown 

in registered greenhouses in a specified 

area of the exporting country. APHIS 

uses the information on this certificate 

to determine the pest condition of the 

shipment at the time of inspection in 

the foreign country. Without this 

information, all shipments would need 

to be inspected very thoroughly, thereby 

requiring considerably more time. This 

would slow the clearance of 

international shipments. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 34. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,704. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Karnal Bunt; Revision of 

Regulations for Importing Wheat. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0240. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 

7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), domestic Karnal bunt 

regulations are contained in SubpartKarnal Bunt (7 CFR 301.89–1 through 

301.89–16). Karnal bunt is a fungal 

disease of wheat. Karnal bunt is caused 


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by the smut fungus Tilletia indica 

(Mitra) Mundkur and is spread by 

spores, primarily through the movement 

of infected seed. 

Need and Use of the Information: In 

order for APHIS to verify that the 

articles are being imported in 

compliance with the regulations, the 

articles would have to be accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate issued by 

the national plant protection 

organization of the region of origin. The 

certificate must include a declaration 

stating that the regulated articles 

originated in areas where Karnal bunt is 

not known to occur, as attested to either 

by survey resulting or by testing for 

bunted karnals or spores. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 600. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Pine Shoot Beetle Host Material 

from Canada. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0257. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 

7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Animal 

Plant and Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) have established restrictions on 

the importation of pine shoot beetle host 

material into the United States from 

Canada. Pine shoot beetle (PSB) is a pest 

of pine trees. It can cause damage in 

weak and dying trees where 

reproductive and immature stages of 

PSB occur, and in the new growth of 

healthy trees. PSB can damage urban 

ornamental trees and can cause 

economic losses to the timber, 

Christmas trees, and nursery industries. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect the information 

using Compliance Agreements, Written 

Statements, and Canadian Phytosanitary 

Certificates to protect the United States 

from the introduction of pine shoot 

beetle and other plant diseases. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,340. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 94. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20737 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

South Central Idaho Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The South Central Idaho 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Jerome, Idaho. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

(the Act) and operates in compliance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purpose of the committee is to 

improve collaborative relationships and 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the title II 

of the Act. The meeting is open to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting is to 

review project applications for funding. 

DATES: The meeting will be held August 

31, 2011, 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 

319 S 417 E, Jerome, Idaho 83338. 

Written comments may be submitted as 

described under Supplementary 

Information. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at the Sawtooth 

National Forest, 2647 Kimberly Road 

East, Twin Falls, Idaho. Please call 

ahead to (208) 737–3200 to facilitate 

entry into the building to view 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Thomas, Designated Federal Official, 

Sawtooth National Forest, 208–737– 

3200, and jathomas@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

Requests for reasonable accomodation 

for access to the facility or proceedings 

may be made by contacting the person 

listed For Further Information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted: 

Review project applications for funding. 

The meeting agenda may be previewed 

at the following Web site: http://fs.usda.

gov/sawtooth. Anyone who would like 

to bring related matters to the attention 

of the committee may file written 

statements with the committee staff 

before or after the meeting. The agenda 

will include time for people to make 

oral statements of three minutes or less. 

This time will be set aside on the 

agenda as Public Forum. A summary of 

the meeting will be posted at http://fs.

usda.gov/sawtooth within 21 days of the 

meeting. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Julie A. Thomas, 

Federal Designated Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20647 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency 

of the United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), invites comments 

on this information collection for which 

RUS intends to request approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 14, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5168 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that the Agency 

is submitting to OMB as a revision to an 

existing collection. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 


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