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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 79, No. 113 

Thursday, June 12, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 9, 2014. 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by July 14, 2014 will 

be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725–17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. 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 Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Plants for Planting Regulation. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0190. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

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

7701 et seq.), the Secretary of 

Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or 

restrict the importation, entry, 

exportation, or movement in interstate 

commerce of plant pests and other 

articles, to prevent the introduction of 

plant pests into the United States. The 

regulations in 7 CFR Part 319 prohibits 

or restricts the importation of certain 

plants and plants products into the 

United States to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests and noxious 

weeds. The regulations contained in 

‘‘Subpart-Plants for Planting,’’ §§ 319.37 

through 319.37–14, restrict, among other 

things, the importation of living plants, 

plant parts, and seed for propagation. 

The nursery stock regulations require 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) to collect information 

from a variety of individuals who are 

involved in growing, exporting, and 

importing nursery stock. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to 

ensure that plant pests are not 

introduced into the United States. The 

information APHIS collects serves as the 

supporting documentation needed to 

issue required PPQ forms and 

documents that allow importation of 

nursery stock. APHIS requires a permit 

for the restricted articles to ensure that 

plant pest and plant diseases are not 

introduced into the United States. 

APHIS uses this information to 

implement and invoke the requirements 

of the Plant Protection Act. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 94. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 646. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13792 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0043] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Black Stem Rust; Identification 

Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties 

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 

the black stem rust quarantine and 

regulations. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0043. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS-2014-0043, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0043 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: For 

information on the black stem rust 

quarantine and regulations, contact Dr. 

Prakash Hebbar, National Program 

Manager, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 160, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–2228. For copies of more 

detailed information on the information 


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collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Black Stem Rust; Identification 

Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0186. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

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

of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit 

or restrict the importation, entry, or 

interstate movement of plants, plant 

products, and other articles to prevent 

the introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. 

Black stem rust is one of the most 

destructive plant diseases of small 

grains that is known to exist in the 

United States. The disease is caused by 

a fungus that reduces the quality and 

yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and 

rye crops by robbing host plants of food 

and water. In addition to infecting small 

grains, the fungus lives on a variety of 

alternate host plants that are species of 

the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and 

Mahonia. The fungus is spread from 

host to host by wind-borne spores. 

The black stem rust quarantine and 

regulations, contained in 7 CFR 301.38 

through 301.38–8 (referred to below as 

the regulations), quarantine the 

conterminous 48 States and the District 

of Columbia and govern the interstate 

movement of certain plants of the 

genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and 

Mahonia, known as barberry plants. The 

species of these plants are categorized as 

either rust-resistant or rust-susceptible. 

Rust-resistant plants do not pose a risk 

of spreading black stem rust or of 

contributing to the development of new 

races of rust; rust-susceptible plants do 

pose such risks. 

Paragraph (b) of § 301.38–2 provides 

the requirements for the submission of 

a request to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service to add a 

variety to the list of rust-resistant 

barberry varieties in the regulations. A 

request must include a description of 

the variety, including a written 

description and color pictures that can 

be used by an inspector to clearly 

identify the variety and distinguish it 

from other varieties. This requirement 

helps to ensure that State plant 

inspectors can clearly determine 

whether plants moving into or through 

their States are rust-resistant varieties 

listed in 7 CFR 301.38–2. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of this information 

collection activity 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 

collection of information 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 4 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Nurseries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 8. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 32 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 6th day of 

June 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–13738 Filed 6–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0013] 

Notice of Availability of an Evaluation 

of the African Horse Sickness Status 

of Saudi Arabia 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that Saudi 

Arabia is free of African horse sickness 

(AHS). After reviewing the 

documentation submitted by Saudi 

Arabia in support of its request and 

considering other factors, the 

Administrator of the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that AHS is not present in 

Saudi Arabia. We are making that 

determination, as well as an evaluation 

we have prepared in connection with 

this action, available for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0013. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0013, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0013 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. 

Chip Wells, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services, 

Sanitary Trade Issues Team, National 

Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–3317. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 93 

(referred to below as the regulations) 

prescribe the conditions for the 

importation into the United States of 

specified animals to prevent the 

introduction of various animal diseases, 

including African horse sickness (AHS). 

AHS is a fatal viral equine disease that 

is not known to exist in the United 

States. 

Part 93, § 93.308 contains 

requirements governing the importation 

of horses, mules, zebras, and other 

equids from regions where AHS exists 

in order to prevent the introduction of 


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