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Vol. 83, No. 113 

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 7, 2018. 

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 are 

requested regarding (1) 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) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 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 12, 2018 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 Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Poultry Meat and 

Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa 

and Sonora, Mexico; Poultry and Pork 

Transiting the United States From 

Mexico. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0144. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act of 2002 (Title X, 

Subtitle E, Sec. 10401–18 of Pub. L. 

107–171) is the primary Federal law 

governing the protection of animal 

health. Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and for 

enhancing the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary 

Services’ ability to allow United States 

animal producers to compete in the 

world market of animal and animal 

product trade. APHIS currently has 

regulations in place that restrict the 

importation of poultry meat and other 

poultry products from Mexico due to 

the presence of Newcastle Disease (ND) 

in that country. However, APHIS allows 

the importation of poultry meat and 

poultry products from the Mexican 

States of Sinaloa and Sonora because 

APHIS has determined that poultry 

meat and products from these two 

Mexican States pose a negligible risk of 

introducing ND into the United States. 

To ensure that these items are safe for 

importation, APHIS requires that certain 

data appear on the foreign meat 

inspection certificate that accompanies 

the poultry meat and other poultry 

products from Sinaloa and Sonora to the 

United States. APHIS also requires that 

serial numbered seals be applied to 

containers carrying the poultry meat 

and other poultry products. In addition 

there is an application and approval 

process required for the transit of pork 

and pork products and poultry 

carcasses, parts, or products (except 

eggs and egg products). APHIS also 

requires a pre-arrival notification to 

alert Customs & Boarder Protection 

Inspectors, along with an emergency 

action notice. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to certify 

that the poultry meat or other poultry 

products were (1) derived from poultry 

born and raised in commercial breeding 

establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; 

(2) derived from poultry that were 

slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a 

Federally-inspected slaughter plant 

approved to export these commodities 

to the United States in accordance with 

Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3) 

processed at a Federally inspected 

processing plant in Sinaloa or Sonora; 

and (4) kept out of contact with poultry 

from any other State within Mexico. 

APHIS will also collect information to 

ensure that the poultry meat or poultry 

products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose 

the most negligible risk possible for 

introducing ND into the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 558. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Control of Chronic Wasting 

Disease. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0189. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is 

the primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The law 

gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 

authority to detect, control, and 

eradicate pests or diseases of livestock 

or poultry, and to pay claims arising 

from destruction of animals. Disease 

prevention is the most effective method 

for maintaining a healthy animal 

population and enhancing the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) ability to complete in exporting 

animals and animal products. Chronic 

wasting disease (CWD) is a 

transmissible spongiform 

encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and 

moose typified by chronic weight loss 

leading to death. The presence of CWD 

disease in cervids causes significant 

economic and market losses to U.S. 

producers. In an effort to accelerate the 

control and limit the spread of this 

disease in the United States, APHIS 

created a cooperative, voluntary 

Federal-State-private sector CWD Herd 

Certification Program designed to 

identify farmed or captive herds 

infected with CWD and provided for the 

management of these herds in a way 

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Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

owners of elk, deer, and moose herds 

who choose to participate in the CWD 

Herd Certification program. They would 

need to follow program requirements for 

animal identification, testing, herd 

management, and movement of animals 

into and from herds. APHIS also 

established requirements for the 

interstate movement of cervids to 

prevent movement of elk, deer, and 

moose that pose a risk of spreading 

CWD. Carrying out this program will 

entail the use of several information 

collection activities: Memoranda of 

understandings; participation requests/ 

applications; sample collections and lab 

submissions; inspections, inventories, 

and herd records; cervid identification; 

reports of cervid disappearances, 

escapes, and deaths; herd plans; annual 

reports; consistent State reviews; 

epidemiological investigations; 

appraisal, destruction, and payment of 

indemnity; letter to appeal suspension; 

Interstate Certificates of Veterinary 

Inspection (ICVI); and wild cervid ICVI, 

and surveillance data. Failure to collect 

this information would cripple APHIS’ 

ability to effectively sustain its CWD 

control program. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,532. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting 

and Recordkeeping: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 347,163. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Infectious Salmon Anemia 

(ISA)—Payment of Indemnity. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0192. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is 

the primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The law 

gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 

authority to detect, control, or eradicate 

pest or diseases of livestock or poultry. 

Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a 

clinical disease resulting from infection 

with the ISA virus; signs include 

hemorrhaging, anemia, and lethargy. 

ISA poses a substantial threat to the 

economic viability and sustainability of 

salmon aquaculture in the United States 

and abroad. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will 

collect information using VS Form 1–22 

ISA Program Enrollment Form, VS Form 

1–23 All Species Appraisal and 

Indemnity Claim Form, VS Form 1–24 

Proceeds from Animals Sold for 

Slaughter Form, and VS Form 1–26 

Appraisal and Indemnity Request for 

Affected Premises Using Contract 

Growers Form. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS uses the following information 

activities to reimburse aquaculture 

industry businesses; conduct 

biosecurity, protocols and audits; 

develop site-specific ISA action plans; 

compile fish inventories and mortality 

reports (and keep records of the 

inventories and reports); and conduct 

disease surveillance. Each program 

participant must sign an ISA Program 

Enrollment Form in which they agree to 

participate fully in USDA’s and the 

State of Maine’s ISA Program. APHIS 

will collect the owner’s name and 

address, the number of fish for which 

the owner is seeking payment, and the 

appraised value of each fish. 

The owner must also certify as to 

whether the fish are subject to a 

mortgage. Without the information it 

would be impossible for APHIS to 

launch its program to contain and 

prevent ISA outbreaks in the United 

States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 13. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 547. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2018–0029] 

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of 

an Information Collection; National 

Animal Health Monitoring System; 

Goat 2019 Study 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Reinstatement 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 the reinstatement of an 

information collection to conduct the 

National Animal Health Monitoring 

System’s Goat 2019 Study. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 13, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2018-0029. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2018–0029, 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-2018-0029 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 Goat 2019 Study, 

contact Mr. Bill Kelley, Program 

Analyst, Science, Technology, and 

Analysis Services, VS, 2150 Centre 

Avenue, Building B, Fort Collins, CO 

80524; (970) 494–7207. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Ms. 

Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Animal Health 

Monitoring System; Goat 2019 Study. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0354. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of an 

information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

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

the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to protect the health of the 

livestock, poultry, and aquaculture 

populations in the United States by 

preventing the introduction and 

interstate spread of serious diseases and 

pests of livestock and for eradicating 

such diseases from the United States 

when feasible. This authority has been 

delegated to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS). 

In connection with this mission, 

APHIS operates the National Animal 

Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), 

which collects, on a national basis, 

statistically valid and scientifically 

sound data on the prevalence and 

economic importance of livestock, 

poultry, and aquaculture disease risk 

factors. 

NAHMS’ studies have evolved into a 

collaborative industry and government 

initiative to help determine the most 

effective means of preventing and 

controlling diseases of livestock. APHIS 


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