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importation of animal and poultry 

products and byproducts, including 

fresh (frozen or chilled) pork and pork 

products, into the United States. For 

fresh pork and pork products, these 

include certification of the pork or pork 

products by foreign national 

governments; application of seals; if a 

seal is broken, information on where 

and why; requests for approval of 

defrost facilities and for hearings 

regarding denial or termination of 

approval; applications for importing 

small amounts of pork or pork products 

for analysis, testing, or examination; 

cooperative service (trust fund) 

agreements; notifications to Federal 

inspectors of the arrival in the United 

States of pork or pork products from 

foreign regions; and recordkeeping. 

These activities are currently 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under OMB control 

number 0579–0015, which also covers 

information collection activities for a 

variety of other animal and poultry 

products imported into the United 

States. We are proposing to separate the 

commodities previously approved 

under OMB control number 0579–0015 

into individual collections to better 

reflect the commodities’ specific 

collection activities and account for the 

information APHIS collects. Once 

approved by OMB, only information 

collection activities associated with the 

importation of nonfood animal and 

poultry products and byproducts will be 

under OMB control number 0579–0015. 

Information collection activities for 

fresh pork or pork products and other 

commodities now covered under OMB 

control number 0579–0015 will receive 

new numbers when approved. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of the information 

collection activities related to 

importation of fresh (frozen or chilled) 

pork or pork products for 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 

84.96126418 hours per response. 

Respondents: Foreign national 

governments; shippers’ crews; 

inspectors; defrost facility operators; 

processing facility operators; 

laboratories, museums, and States; and 

meat processing facility operators. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 93. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 66.344086. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 6,170. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 524,211 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 21st day of 

February 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4560 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0125] 

Notice of Revision and Request for 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Nonfood Animal and Poultry Products 

and Byproducts Into the United States 

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 

revise an information collection 

associated with regulations for restricted 

and controlled importation of nonfood 

animal and poultry products and 

byproducts into the United States and to 

request extension of approval of the 

information collection. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0125- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0125, 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–2011–0125 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) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on restricted and controlled 

importation of nonfood animal and 

poultry products and byproducts into 

the United States, contact Dr. Tracye 

Butler, Assistant Director, Technical 

Trade Services Team—Products, NCIE, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–7376. 

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: Restricted and Controlled 

Importation of Nonfood Animal and 

Poultry Products and Byproducts Into 

the United States. 

OMB Number: 0579–0015. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the authority of the 

Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

regulates the importation of certain 

animal and poultry products and 

byproducts to prevent the introduction 

of pests and diseases of livestock and 

poultry into the United States. These 

regulations are found at 9 CFR parts 94, 

95, 96, and 122. 

The regulations require a number of 

information collection activities to 

prevent the introduction of livestock 

and poultry diseases and pests via the 

importation of animal and poultry 


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products and byproducts into the 

United States. These include 

applications, agreements, certificates, 

certifications by foreign national 

governments, compliance agreements, 

permissions to import, placards on 

vehicles, statements on manifests, bills 

of lading, or waybills, and reports. 

These activities are currently 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under OMB control 

number 0579–0015 and apply to a 

variety of animal and poultry products 

and byproducts imported into the 

United States, including, but not limited 

to, nonfood animal and poultry 

products and byproducts. We are 

proposing to separate the commodities 

approved under OMB control number 

0579–0015 into individual collections to 

better reflect the commodities’ specific 

collection activities and account for the 

information APHIS collects. Once 

approved by OMB, only information 

collection activities associated with the 

importation of nonfood animal and 

poultry products and byproducts will be 

under OMB control number 0579–0015, 

and the title of this information 

collection will name these commodities. 

We are publishing separate Federal 

Register notices for the other 

collections, which will receive new 

OMB control numbers when approved. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of the information 

collection activities for nonfood animal 

and poultry products and byproducts 

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 under OMB 

control number 0579–0015. 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 

0.73241 hours per response. 

Respondents: Foreign national 

governments, foreign port personnel, 

foreign exporters, nonprofit and profit 

U.S. importers, museums, educational 

institutions, transportation operators, 

and carrier personnel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 3,334. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.342831434. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 4,477. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 3,279 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 21st day of 

February 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4562 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

[Docket No. FCIC–12–0003] 

Request for Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Risk Management Agency, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

Note: With this renewal submission of 

0563–0067—Risk Management and Crop 

Insurance Education; Requests for 

Applications, we are merging the burden of 

0563–0066—Community Outreach and 

Assistance Partnership Program and 

changing the title to—Risk Management 

Education and Outreach Partnerships 

Program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C Chapter 35) this notice announces 

the Risk Management Agency’s 

intention to request an extension for and 

revision to a currently approved 

information collection for Risk 

Management and Crop Insurance 

Education; Request for Applications. 

DATES: Comments on this notice will be 

accepted until close of business April 

27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: FCIC prefers that comments 

be submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. You may 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

ID No. FCIC–12–0003, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• By Mail to: Lana Cusick, Risk 

Management Education Division, 

USDA/RMA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Stop 0808, Washington, 

DC 20250–0808, telephone (202) 720– 

3325. 

All comments received, including 

those received by mail, will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, and can 

be accessed by the public. All comments 

must include the agency name and 

docket number or Regulatory 

Information Number (RIN) for this rule. 

For detailed instructions on submitting 

comments and additional information, 

see http://www.regulations.gov. If you 

are submitting comments electronically 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

and want to attach a document, we ask 

that it be in a text-based format. If you 

want to attach a document that is a 

scanned Adobe PDF file, it must be 

scanned as text and not as an image, 

thus allowing FCIC to search and copy 

certain portions of your submission. For 

questions regarding attaching a 

document that is a scanned Adobe PDF 

file, please contact the RMA Web 

Content Team at (816) 823–4694 or by 

email at rmaweb.content@rma.usda.gov. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received for any dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, 

labor union, etc.). You may review the 

complete User Notice and Privacy 

Notice for Regulations.gov at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Risk Management Education 

and Outreach Partnerships Program. 

OMB Number: 0563–0067. 

Type of Request: Extension, merge, 

and revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Crop Insurance 

Act directs the Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation, operating through RMA, to 

(a) establish crop insurance education 

and information programs in States that 

have been historically underserved by 

the Federal crop insurance program [7 

U.S.C. 1524(a)(2)]; and (b) provide 

agricultural producers with training 

opportunities in risk management, with 

a priority given to producers of specialty 

crops and underserved commodities [7 


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