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21202 

Vol. 72, No. 82 

Monday, April 30, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

April 25, 2007. 

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: Importation of Mangoes from 

the Philippines. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0172. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture is 

responsible for preventing plant pests 

and noxious weeds from entering the 

United States. Under the Plant 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7711–7714), the 

Secretary of Agriculture, either 

independently or in cooperation with 

the States, is authorized to carry out 

operations or measures 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. The regulations in 

‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 

CFR 319.56 through 319.56–8) allow the 

importation of mangoes from Guimaras 

Island in the Republic of the Philippines 

into the United States under certain 

conditions. The regulations require the 

use of box marking to indicate the origin 

of the fruit, phytosanitary certificate to 

confirmed that the fruit has been grown 

and treated in accordance with the 

regulations and a trust fund agreement 

between the Republic of the Philippines 

Department of Agriculture and the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

to cover the Agency’s participation in 

the treatment and inspection activities 

in the Philippines that are required for 

the importation of mangoes. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to verify 

that the commodity was treated 

adequately with heat to eliminate the 

pest risk and to verify that the 

temperature remained at the appropriate 

level for the entire treatment period, 

thereby destroying any fruit flies present 

in the commodity. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms; Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,827. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 121. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Unshu Oranges. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0173. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–7772) 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

to regulate the importation of plants, 

plant products, and other articles into 

the United States to prevent the 

introduction of plant pest and noxious 

weeds. The regulations in ‘‘SubpartCitrus Fruit’’ (7 CFR 319.28) allow the 

importation of unshu oranges from 

Kyushu Island and Honshu Island, 

Japan, into the United States under 

certain conditions. A certificate must 

accompany the unshu oranges from the 

Japanese plant protection service 

certifying that the fruit is apparently 

free of citrus canker. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

(APHIS) will collect information using 

form PPQ 203, Foreign Site Certificate of 

Inspection and/or Treatment. The 

information from the form will be used 

to certify that unshu oranges from Japan 

are free of citrus canker and to also 

ensure that the oranges are not imported 

into citrus-producing areas of the 

United States such as Florida and 

California. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 23. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,535. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–8153 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

April 25, 2007. 

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 


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