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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 

0.045736 hours per response. 

Respondents: Federal, State, and local 

agencies and the public who request 

services from WS or engage in wildlife 

damage management projects with WS. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 89,902. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.01295. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 91,066. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 4,165 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 23rd

day of August 2010. 

Gregory Parham 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21459 Filed 8–26–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0084] 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Information Collection; National 

Animal Health Monitoring System; 

Sheep 2011 Study 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: New 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 

initiate an information collection to 

support the National Animal Health 

Monitoring System Sheep 2011 Study. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 26, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0084) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0084, 

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. APHIS2010-0084. 

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 Sheep 2011 Study, 

contact Ms. Sandra Warnken, 

Management and Program Analyst, 

Centers for Epidemiology and Animal 

Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre 

Avenue, Building B MS 2E3, Fort 

Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494-7193. 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: National Animal Health 

Monitoring System; Sheep 2011 Study. 

OMB Number: 0579-xxxx. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

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 United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

authorized, among other things, to 

protect the health of our Nation’s 

livestock and poultry populations 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. In connection with this 

mission, APHIS operates the National 

Animal Health Monitoring System 

(NAHMS), which collects nationally 

representative, statistically valid, and 

scientifically sound data on the 

prevalence and economic importance of 

livestock diseases and associated risk 

factors. 

NAHMS’ national 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 is the only agency 

responsible for collecting data on 

livestock health. Participation in any 

NAHMS study is voluntary, and all data 

are confidential. 

APHIS plans to conduct the Sheep 

2011 Study as part of an ongoing series 

of NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock 

population. The 22 States targeted for 

the study account for 85 percent of the 

ewe inventory in the United States on 

January 1, 2010, and on 70 percent of 

farms in the United States with one or 

more ewes. The purpose of this study is 

to collect information, through 

questionnaires and biologic sampling, 

to: 

∑ Describe trends in sheep health and 

management practices from 1996 to 

2011. 

∑ Describe management and 

biosecurity practices used to control 

common infectious diseases, including 

scrapie, ovine progressive pneumonia, 

Johne’s disease, and caseous 

lymphadenitis. 

∑ Estimate the prevalence of 

gastrointestinal parasites and 

anthelmintic resistance. 

∑ Estimate the prevalence of 

Mycoplasma ovipneumonia in domestic 

sheep flocks. Relate presence of the 

organism in blood and nasal secretions 

to clinical signs and demographic and 

management factors. 

∑ Facilitate the collection of 

information and samples regarding 

causes of abortion storms in sheep. 

∑ Determine producer awareness of 

the zoonotic potential of contagious 

ecthyma (soremouth) and the 

management practices used to prevent 

transmission of the disease. 

∑ Provide serum to include in the 

serological bank for future research. 

The study will consist of a series of 

on-farm questionnaires, with biologic 

sampling, that will be administered by 

APHIS-designated data collectors. The 

information collected through the Sheep 

2011 Study will be analyzed and 

organized into descriptive reports. 

Information sheets will be derived from 

these reports, and the data will be 

disseminated to and used by a variety of 

constituents, including producers, 

veterinarians, stakeholders, academia, 

and others. The data will help APHIS 

address emerging issues and examine 

the economic impact of selected animal 

health management practices. 

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1To view the notice, the pest risk analysis, the 

risk management analysis, and the comments we 

received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0065. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

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 

(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 

0.8840854 hours per response. 

Respondents: Sheep producers in 22 

States. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5,500. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.7285454. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 9,507. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 8,405 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 23rd

day of August 2010. 

Gregory Parham 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21455 Filed 8–26–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0065] 

Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for 

the Importation of Fresh Mango Fruit 

From Pakistan Into the Continental 

United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our decision to begin issuing permits for 

the importation into the continental 

United States of fresh mango fruit from 

Pakistan. Based on the findings of a pest 

risk analysis, which we made available 

to the public for review and comment 

through a previous notice, we believe 

that the application of one or more 

designated phytosanitary measures will 

be sufficient to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating plant pests 

or noxious weeds via the importation of 

fresh mango fruit from Pakistan. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Donna L. West, Senior Import 

Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 

Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 734–0627. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 

through 319.56–50, referred to below as 

the regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

Under that process, APHIS publishes a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the availability of the pest 

risk analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of a 

particular fruit or vegetable. Following 

the close of the 60-day comment period, 

APHIS may begin issuing permits for 

importation of the fruit or vegetable 

subject to the identified designated 

measures if: (1) No comments were 

received on the pest risk analysis; (2) 

the comments on the pest risk analysis 

revealed that no changes to the pest risk 

analysis were necessary; or (3) changes 

to the pest risk analysis were made in 

response to public comments, but the 

changes did not affect the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk. 

In accordance with that process, we 

published a notice 1 in the Federal 

Register on June 17, 2010 (75 FR 34422, 

Docket No. APHIS–2010–0065), in 

which we announced the availability, 

for review and comment, of a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh 

mango fruit from Pakistan. We solicited 

comments on the notice for 60 days 

ending on August 16, 2010. We received 

19 comments by that date, from 

nurseries, exporters, private citizens, a 

marketing agency, and a State 

department of agriculture. All of the 

commenters supported the importation 

of fresh mango fruit from Pakistan under 

the conditions described in the risk 

management document. 

Therefore, in accordance with the 

regulations in § 319.56–4(c)(2)(ii), we 

are announcing our decision to begin 

issuing permits for the importation into 

the continental United States of fresh 

mango fruit from Pakistan subject to the 

following phytosanitary measures: 

• The mangoes must be irradiated 

with a minimum absorbed dose of 400 

gray. 

• If irradiation is applied outside of 

the United States, each consignment of 

mangoes must be inspected jointly by 

the national plant protection 

organization (NPPO) of Pakistan and 

APHIS inspectors and accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

NPPO of Pakistan. The phytosanitary 

certificate must document that the 

consignment received the required 

irradiation treatment. The phytosanitary 

certificate must also contain an 

additional declaration that states: ‘‘This 

consignment was inspected jointly by 

APHIS and Government of Pakistan 

inspectors, and found free of 

Xanthomonas campestris pv. 

mangiferaeindicae.’’ To be consistent 

with International Plant Protection 

Convention standards, treatment 

specifics, including the application of 

400 Gy dose, will be located in the 

treatment section of the phytosanitary 

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