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authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, 

either independently or in cooperation 

with States, to carry out operations or 

measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 

control, prevent, or retard the spread of 

plant pests and noxious weed that are 

new to or not yet widely distributed 

within the United States. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), Plant Protection and 

Quarantine (PPQ) have joined forces 

with the States to create a program 

called the Cooperative Agricultural Pest 

Survey. The program allows the States 

and PPQ to conduct surveys to detect 

and measure the presence of exotic 

plant pests and noxious weed and to 

enter survey data into a national 

computer-based system (National 

Agricultural Plant Information System). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

PPQ Form 391 and the information from 

the survey to predict potential plant 

pest and noxious weed situations and to 

promptly detect and respond to the 

occurrence of new pests and to record 

the location of those pest incursions that 

could directly hinder the export of U.S. 

farm commodities. If the information 

were not collected, it would seriously 

affect APHIS ability to timely assist 

farmers, State personnel, and others 

involved in agriculture and protection 

of the environment from the threat pose 

by migratory pests. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 155. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,969. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4919 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0035] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza; 

Voluntary Control Program and 

Payment of Indemnity 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for a voluntary control 

program for the H5/H7 subtypes of low 

pathogenic avian influenza in poultry 

and the payment of indemnity for costs 

associated with eradication of the 

disease. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 18, 

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–

0035 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–2007–0035, 

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–

2007–0035. 

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 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the information 

collection associated with the voluntary 

control program for subtypes H5/H7 low 

pathogenic avian influenza and the 

payment of indemnity, contact Mr. 

Andrew Rhorer, Senior Coordinator, 

Poultry Improvement Staff, National 

Poultry Improvement Plan, Veterinary 

Services, APHIS, USDA, 1498 Klondike 

Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094–

5104; (770) 922–3496. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

7477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Low Pathogenic Avian 

Influenza; Voluntary Control Program 

and Payment of Indemnity. 

OMB Number: 0579–0305. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has authority 

for, among other things, administering 

the National Poultry Improvement Plan 

(NPIP), the primary purpose of which is 

to protect the health of the U.S. poultry 

population. NPIP is a Federal-Stateindustry cooperative program for the 

improvement of poultry breeding flocks 

and products through disease control 

techniques. Participation in all Plan 

programs is voluntary, but flocks, 

hatcheries, and dealers of breeding 

poultry must first qualify as ‘‘U.S. 

Pullorum-Typhoid Clean’’ as a 

condition for participation in the other 

Plan programs. 

Under the Plan, the regulations in 9 

CFR part 56, ‘‘Control of H5/H7 Low 

Pathogenic Avian Influenza,’’ provide 

for the payment of indemnity for costs 

associated with the eradication of H5/ 

H7 subtypes of low pathogenic avian 

influenza (LPAI). To participate in the 

LPAI indemnity program, poultry 

owners must sign a payment, appraisal, 

and agreement form (VS Form 1–23) and 

must certify as to whether any other 

parties hold mortgages on the flock and 

whether any contracts exist for the 

growing or care of poultry to be 

destroyed. In addition, the regulations 

in 9 CFR part 146, ‘‘National Poultry 

Improvement Plan for Commercial 

Poultry,’’ require for the voluntary 

program the use of a number of 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities: VS Form 9–2, 

Flock Selecting and Testing Report; VS 

Form 9–4, Summary of Breeding Flock 

Participation; and VS Form 9–5, Report 

of Hatcheries, Dealers, and Independent 

Flocks Participating in the NPIP. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (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 


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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 

information collection, 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 

0.586196963 hours per response. 

Respondents: Poultry slaughter plants 

and table-egg producers. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2,317. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 40.45446698. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 93,733. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 54,946 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 13th day of 

March 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4916 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0011] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Blood and Tissue Collection at 

Slaughtering and Rendering 

Establishments 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for blood and tissue 

collection at slaughtering and rendering 

establishments to enhance animal 

disease surveillance. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 18, 

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–

0011 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–2007–0011, 

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–

2007–0011. 

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 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding an information 

collection associated with regulations 

for blood and tissue collection at 

slaughtering and rendering 

establishments, contact Dr. Adam Grow, 

Director, Surveillance and Identification 

Programs, National Center for Animal 

Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 46, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1231; (301) 734–6954. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

7477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Blood and Tissue Collection at 

Slaughtering and Rendering 

Establishments. 

OMB Number: 0579–0212. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, is authorized 

to prevent the interstate spread of 

livestock diseases and for eradicating 

such diseases from the United States 

when feasible. In connection with this 

mission, the Veterinary Services (VS) 

program, APHIS, conducts animal 

disease surveillance programs, 

including diagnostic testing. 

The regulations in 9 CFR, subchapter 

C, part 71, ‘‘General Provisions,’’

provide for the collection of blood and 

tissue samples from livestock (horses, 

cattle, bison, captive cervids, sheep and 

goats, swine, and other farmed animals) 

and poultry at slaughter. Persons 

moving livestock and poultry interstate 

for slaughter may only move the 

animals to slaughtering or rendering 

establishments that have been listed by 

the Administrator of APHIS. Federal 

personnel, in conjunction with 

establishment personnel, are required to 

complete a listing agreement and a 

facility inspection report. At APHIS’

discretion, slaughtering or rendering 

establishment personnel will collect 

blood and tissue samples to assess the 

prevalence of disease and to identify 

sources of disease. The test-at-slaughter 

program necessitates the use of a 

specimen submission form, VS Form 

10–4. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (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 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 


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