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carry out this mission. Under the 

authority of the Federal Seed Act of 

1939, as amended, the USDA regulates 

the importation and interstate 

movement of certain agricultural and 

vegetable seeds. The Plant Protection & 

Quarantine Division of USDA’s Animal 

& Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) has established a seed analysis 

program with Canada that allows U.S. 

companies that import seed for cleaning 

or processing to enter into compliance 

agreements with APHIS. This program 

eliminates the need for sampling 

shipments of Canadian-origin seed at 

the border, and allows certain seed 

importers to clean seed without the 

direct supervision of an APHIS 

inspector. APHIS will collect 

information using forms PPQ 925, Seed 

Analysis Certificate and PPQ 519, 

Compliance Agreement. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

PPQ 925 and PPQ 519 to ensure that 

imported seeds do not pose a health 

threat to U.S. agriculture. If the 

information were not collected there 

would be no way of preventing noxious 

weeds from entering the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 1,168. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,576. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Artificially 

Dwarfed Plants. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0176. 

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 Plant 

Protection and Quarantine, a unit 

within USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), enforce 

these regulations. Artificially dwarfed 

plants imported into the United States 

must be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate of inspection 

issued by a plant health official 

employed by the government of the 

country from which the plants are 

exported. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from the 

phytosanitary certificate to state that the 

plants were: (1) Grown for at least 2 

years in a nursery that is registered with 

the government of the country of export; 

(2) grown in pots containing only sterile 

growing media; (3) grown on benches at 

least 50 cm above the ground; and (4) 

inspected at least once each year by the 

plant protection service of the country 

of export. The collected information 

will enable PPQ to verify that the 

imported plants were grown under 

conditions that help keep the plants free 

from infestation by certain longhorned 

beetles and other pests. Without the 

information APHIS could not verify that 

imported nursery stock does not present 

significant risk of introducing plant 

pests and plant diseases into the United 

States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms; State, Local or 

Tribal Government; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 38. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–12962 Filed 7–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Docket No. AMS–PY–07–0041] 

Notice of Request for an Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget, for an extension of, and 

revision to a currently approved 

information collection for the National 

Research, Promotion, and Consumer 

Information Programs. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by September 4, 2007. 

Additional Information: Interested 

persons are invited to submit written 

comments on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to Angela C. 

Snyder, Research and Promotion; 

Standards, Promotion, & Technology 

Branch; Poultry Programs, AMS, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture; 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0256; 

Washington, DC 20250–0259, (202) 720–

0976. Comments should reference the 

docket number and the date and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register and will be available for public 

inspection in the Office of the Docket 

Clerk, Poultry Programs, AMS, USDA, 

Room 3953–S, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

0259, during regular business hours, or 

can be viewed at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Research, Promotion, 

and Consumer Information Programs. 

OMB Number: 0581–0093. 

Expiration Date, as approved by OMB: 

11/30/2007. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: National research and 

promotion programs are designed to 

strengthen the position of a commodity 

in the marketplace, maintain and 

expand existing domestic and foreign 

markets, and develop new uses and 

markets for specified agricultural 

commodities. USDA has the 

responsibility for implementing and 

overseeing programs for a variety of 

commodities including beef, 

blueberries, cotton, dairy, eggs, fluid 

milk, Hass avocados, honey, lamb, 

mangos, mushrooms, peanuts, popcorn, 

pork, potatoes, soybeans, and 

watermelons. The enabling legislation 

includes the Beef Promotion and 

Research Act of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 2901–

2911]; Cotton Research and Promotion 

Act of 1966 [7 U.S.C. 2101–2118]; the 

Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 

1983 [7 U.S.C. 4501–4514]; the Fluid 

Milk Promotion Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 

6401–6417]; the Egg Research and 

Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 

2701–2718]; the Hass Avocado 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

Act [7 U.S.C. 7801–7813]; the Honey 

Research, Promotion, and Consumer 

Information Act, as amended [7 U.S.C. 

4601–4613]; the Mushroom Promotion, 

Research, and Consumer Information 

Act of 1990 [7 U.S.C. 6101–6112]; the 

Popcorn Promotion, Research, and 

Consumer Information Act [7 U.S.C. 

7481–7491]; the Pork Promotion, 

Research, and Consumer Information 

Act of 1985 [7 U.S.C. 4801–4819]; the 

Potato Research and Promotion Act [7 

U.S.C. 2611–2627]; the Soybean 

Promotion, Research, and Consumer 

Information Act [7 U.S.C. 6301–6311]; 

the Watermelon Research and 

Promotion Act [7 U.S.C. 4901–4916]; 

and the Commodity Promotion, 

Research, and Information Act of 1996 

[7 U.S.C. 7411–7425] (which governs 

the blueberry, lamb, mango, and peanut 

programs). 


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These programs carry out projects 

relating to research, consumer 

information, advertising, sales 

promotion, producer information, 

market development, and product 

research to assist, improve, or promote 

the marketing, distribution, and 

utilization of their respective 

commodities. Approval of the programs 

is required through referendum of 

affected parties. The programs are 

administered by industry boards 

composed of producer, handler, 

processor, and in some cases, importer 

and public members appointed by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. Program 

funding is generated through 

assessments on designated industry 

segments. 

The Secretary also approves the 

boards’ budgets, plans, and projects. 

These responsibilities have been 

delegated to AMS. The applicable 

commodity program areas within AMS 

have direct oversight of the respective 

programs. 

The information collection 

requirements in this request are 

essential to carry out the intents of the 

various Acts authorizing such programs, 

thereby providing a means of 

administering the programs. The 

objective in carrying out this 

responsibility includes assuring the 

following: (1) Funds are collected and 

properly accounted for; (2) expenditures 

of all funds are for the purposes 

authorized by the enabling legislation; 

and (3) the board’s administration of the 

programs conforms to USDA policy. The 

forms covered under this collection 

require the minimum information 

necessary to effectively carry out the 

requirements of the respective orders, 

and their use is necessary to fulfill the 

intents of the Acts as expressed in the 

orders. The information collected is 

used only by authorized employees of 

the various boards and authorized 

employees of USDA. 

The various boards utilize a variety of 

forms including; reports concerning 

status information such as handler and 

importer reports; transaction reports; 

exemption from assessment forms and 

reimbursement forms; forms and 

information concerning referenda 

including ballots; forms and information 

concerning board nominations and 

selection and acceptance statements; 

certification of industry organizations; 

and recordkeeping requirements. The 

forms and information covered under 

this information collection require the 

minimum information necessary to 

effectively carry out the requirements of 

the programs and their use is necessary 

to fulfill the intent of the applicable 

authorities. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, which requires 

Government agencies in general to 

provide the public the option of 

submitting information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.41 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers, processors, 

handlers, importers, and others in the 

marketing chain of a variety of 

agricultural commodities, and 

recordkeepers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

452,182. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

415,677. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 0.92. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 170,033.37 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Angela C. Snyder, 

Research and Promotion; Standards, 

Promotion, & Technology Branch at 

(202) 720–0976. 

Comments regarding, but not limited 

to: (1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All comments received will be 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours at the above 

address and may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 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. 

Dated: June 29, 2007. 

Ellen Y. King, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–3272 Filed 6–29–07; 4:32 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0079] 

Notice of Request for Revision and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Live Swine, Pork, and Pork Products 

From Eight Mexican States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision 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 and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with regulations for the 

importation of live swine, pork, and 

pork products from eight Mexican States 

into the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, select 

‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the 

Docket ID column, select APHIS–2007–

0079 to submit or view public 

comments and to view supporting and 

related materials available 

electronically. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’

link. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0079, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–

2007–0079. 

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 


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