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11480 

Vol. 77, No. 38 

Monday, February 27, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 21, 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: Endangered Species Regulations 

and Forfeiture Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0076. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1513 et seq.) directs Federal 

departments to utilize their authorities 

under the Act to conserve endangered 

and threatened species. Section 3 of the 

Act specifies that the Secretary of 

Agriculture is authorized to promulgate 

such regulations as may be appropriate 

to enforce the Act. The regulations 

contained in 7 CFR 355 are intended to 

carry out the provisions of the Act. The 

Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

division of USDA’s Animal & Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 

responsible for implementing these 

regulations. Specifically, Section 9(d) of 

the Act authorizes 7 CFR 355.11, which 

requires a general permit to engage in 

the business of importing or exporting 

terrestrial plants listed in 50 CFR Parts 

17 and 23. APHIS will collect 

information using several PPQ forms. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information on the 

applicant’s name and address, whether 

the applicant is affiliated with a 

business, and the address of all the 

applicant’s business locations in order 

for the applicant to obtain a general 

permit. Upon approval of the permit, 

any endangered species shipped via 

mail must be sent to an authorized port 

of entry and must be accompanied by 

appropriate supporting documentation. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 16,579. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 7,552. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Clementines 

from Spain. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0203. 

Summary of Collection: As authorized 

by the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

7701–7772) (PPA), the Secretary of 

Agriculture may prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, exportation, or 

movement in interstate commerce of 

any plant, plant product, biological 

control organism, noxious weed, means 

of conveyance, or other article if the 

Secretary determines that the 

prohibition or restriction is necessary to 

prevent a plant pest or noxious weed 

from being introduced into or 

disseminated within the United States. 

This authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), which administers 

regulation to implement the PPA. The 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables,’’ 7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56–8, prohibits or restrict the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pest, 

including fruit flies. 

Under the regulations, clementines 

from Spain are subject to certain 

conditions before entering the United 

States to ensure that exotic plant pest, 

such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are 

not introduced into the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information 

including a trust fund agreement, 

grower registration and agreement, a 

Mediterranean fruit fly management 

program, fruit fly trapping and control 

activities, recordkeeping, a 

phytosanitary certificate and box 

labeling to ensure that the cold 

treatment was successfully completed 

and also to ensure that no 

Mediterranean fruit flies are found in 

any of the shipment of clementines from 

Spain. 

Failure to collect this information 

would cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure 

that clementines from Spain are not 

carrying fruit flies. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,508. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,340. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4379 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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