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Vol. 79, No. 181 

Thursday, September 18, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0068] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Trichinae Certification Program 

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 voluntary Trichinae Certification 

Program to enhance the ability of U.S. 

pork producers to export pork and pork 

products to overseas markets. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0068. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0068, 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-2014-0068 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 Trichinae 

Certification Program, contact Dr. Troy 

Bigelow, Senior Staff VeterinarianSwine, Surveillance, Preparedness and 

Response Services, VS, APHIS, 210 

Walnut Street, Room 891, Des Moines, 

IA 50309; (515) 284–4121. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Trichinae Certification Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0323. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture is authorized, among 

other things, to prohibit or restrict the 

importation and interstate movement of 

animals and animal products to prevent 

the introduction into and dissemination 

within the United States of livestock 

diseases and pests and to conduct 

programs to detect, control, and 

eradicate pests and diseases of livestock. 

In addition, under the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622), 

the APHIS Administrator has authority 

with respect to voluntary inspection and 

certification of animal products and the 

inspection, testing, treatment, and 

certification of animals. 

APHIS regulations in 9 CFR part 149 

contain certification requirements for 

the voluntary Trichinae Certification 

Program, which is a cooperative effort 

by APHIS and the U.S. pork industry. 

The program is intended to enhance the 

ability of swine producers, as well as 

slaughter facilities and other persons 

that handle or process swine from pork 

production sites that have been certified 

under the program, to export fresh pork 

and pork products to foreign markets. 

There are a number of information 

collection activities for the voluntary 

Trichinae Certification Program, 

including notification to APHIS of 

program withdrawal, requests to APHIS 

for temporary program withdrawal, 

requests for review of audit results or 

other determinations, certification site 

audit form and requests for certification 

site audit, spot audits, animal disposal 

plans, animal movement records, rodent 

control logbook, feed mill quality 

assurance affidavits, slaughter test 

results, and recordkeeping. 

Since the last approval of this 

collection, the estimated total annual 

burden on respondents has decreased 

from 7,492 hours to 2,118 hours, and the 

estimated annual number of responses 

has decreased from 14,189 to 3,793. 

These changes are due to several 

reasons. We discovered that we did not 

accurately estimate the number of herds 

that would be registered for the 

voluntary Trichinae Certification 

Program. Our estimates were created at 

the beginning of the program when it 

was assumed that the program would 

continue and grow; however, changes in 

trade practices have decreased 

participation in the program. In 

addition, we adjusted the hours per 

response for several of the information 

collection activities to more accurately 

reflect the time required to complete 

them. 

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 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 0.56 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Auditors (accredited 

veterinarians or State animal health 


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officials), pork producers, mill 

managers, slaughter facility personnel, 

and personnel from approved 

laboratories. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 1,250. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 3.03. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 3,793. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 2,118 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 12th day of 

September 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22256 Filed 9–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0078] 

Field Release of Diaphorencyrtus 

aligarhensis for the Biological Control 

of Asian Citrus Psyllid in the 

Contiguous United States; Availability 

of an Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that a draft environmental assessment 

has been prepared by the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service relative 

to the proposed release of 

Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis for the 

biological control of the Asian citrus 

psyllid, Diaphorina citri, in the 

contiguous United States. We are 

making this environmental assessment 

available to the public for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 20, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0078. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0078, 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-2014-0078 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. 

Shirley A Wager-Page ́, Assistant 

Director, Pest Permitting Branch, 

Registration, Identification, Permitting, 

and Plant Safeguarding, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, 

MD 20737–1236; (301) 851–2323. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Asian 

citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri; ACP), 

can cause economic damage to citrus in 

groves and nurseries by direct feeding. 

Both adults and nymphs feed on young 

foliage, depleting the sap and causing 

galling or curling of leaves. High 

populations feeding on a citrus shoot 

can kill the growing tip. 

ACP’s primary threat to citrus, 

however, is not as a direct plant pest, 

but as an efficient vector of the bacterial 

pathogen that causes citrus greening. 

Also known as Huanglongbing (HLB), 

citrus greening is considered to be one 

of the most serious citrus diseases in the 

world. HLB is a bacterial disease, 

caused by strains of the bacterial 

pathogen ‘‘Candidatus Liberibacter 

asiaticus,’’ that attacks the vascular 

system of host plants. The pathogen is 

phloem-limited, inhabiting the foodconducting tissue of the host plant, and 

causes yellow shoots, blotchy mottling 

and chlorosis, reduced foliage, and tip 

dieback of citrus plants. HLB greatly 

reduces production, destroys the 

economic value of the fruit, and can kill 

trees. Once infected, there is no cure for 

a tree with HLB. In areas of the world 

where the disease is endemic, citrus 

trees decline and die within a few years 

and may never produce usable fruit. 

ACP is currently present in Alabama, 

American Samoa, Florida, Georgia, 

Guam, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, 

the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto 

Rico, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 

portions of Arizona, California, and 

South Carolina. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 

proposing to issue permits for the field 

release of a parasitic wasp, 

Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis, to reduce 

the severity of infestations of ACP in the 

United States and retard the spread of 

HLB. 

APHIS’ review and analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts 

associated with this proposed release 

are documented in detail in an 

environmental assessment entitled 

‘‘Field Release of Diaphorencyrtus 

aligarhensis for the Biological Control of 

the Asian Citrus Psyllid in the 

Contiguous United States’’ (June 2014). 

We are making this environmental 

assessment available to the public for 

review and comment. We will consider 

all comments that we receive on or 

before the date listed under the heading 

DATES at the beginning of this notice. 

The environmental assessment may 

be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web 

site or in our reading room (see 

ADDRESSES above for a link to 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

environmental assessment by calling or 

writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please 

refer to the title of the environmental 

assessment when requesting copies. 

The environmental assessment has 

been prepared in accordance with: (1) 

The National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.); (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of 

September 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22288 Filed 9–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Revision of the Land and Resource 

Management Plan for El Yunque 

National Forest, Puerto Rico 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Revise the 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

and prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for El Yunque National Forest 

(El Yunque). 

SUMMARY: As directed by the National 

Forest Management Act (NFMA), the 


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