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Vol. 77, No. 33 

Friday, February 17, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 13, 2012. 

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 Gypsy Moth Host 

Materials from Canada. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0142. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is responsible for preventing 

plant diseases or insect pests from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported pests when 

eradication is feasible. Under the Plant 

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

the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to regulate the importation of 

plants, plant products, other articles to 

prevent the introduction of injurious 

plant pests. The Plant Protection and 

Quarantine a program within USDA’s 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is responsible for 

ensuring that these regulations are 

enforced. APHIS will collect 

information using phytosanitary 

certificates, certificates of origin, written 

statement and a compliance agreement 

from individuals both within and 

outside the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to 

ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, 

shrubs, and other articles do not harbor 

plant or insect pests such as the gypsy 

moth. Failing to collect this information 

would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure 

that trees, shrubs, logs, and a variety of 

other items imported from Canada do 

not harbor gypsy moths. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals or 

households; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,146. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 81. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3713 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Public Availability of FY 2011 Service 

Contract Inventories 

AGENCY: Office of Procurement and 

Property Management, Departmental 

Management, Department of 

Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of public availability of 

FY 2011 Service Contract inventories. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

743 of Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–117), Department of Agriculture is 

publishing this notice to advise the 

public of the availability of the FY 2011 

Service Contract inventory. This 

inventory provides information on 

service contract actions over $25,000 

that were made in FY 2011. The 

information is organized by function to 

show how contracted resources are 

distributed throughout the agency. The 

inventory has been developed in 

accordance with guidance issued on 

November 5, 2010 by the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Office of 

Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). 

OFPP’s guidance is available at http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ 

omb/procurement/memo/ 

servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. Department of 

Agriculture has posted its inventory and 

a summary of the inventory on the 

Office of Procurement and Property 

Management homepage at the following 

link: http://www.dm.usda.gov/ 

procurement/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Mun ̃ oz, Office of Procurement and 

Property Management, at (202) 720– 

1273 or by mail at OPPM, MAIL STOP 

9304, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9303. Please cite 

‘‘2011 Service Contract Inventory’’ in all 

correspondence. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2012. 

Lisa M. Wilusz, 

Director, Office of Procurement and Property 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3708 Filed 2–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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