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Notices Federal Register

15548 

Vol. 80, No. 56 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0014] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Hawaiian and 

Territorial Fruits and Vegetables 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and 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 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the regulations for the 

interstate movement of fruits and 

vegetables from Hawaii and the 

territories. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 26, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0014. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2015–0014, 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-2015-0014 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 regulations for the 

interstate movement of fruits and 

vegetables from Hawaii and the 

territories, contact Mr. David Lamb, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–2159. For copies of more 

detailed information on the information 

collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Hawaiian and Territorial Fruits 

and Vegetables Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0346. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), which administers regulations 

to implement the PPA. 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Regulated Articles From Hawaii and the 

Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through 

318.13–26), APHIS prohibits or restricts 

the interstate movement of fruits and 

vegetables into the continental United 

States from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the 

U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands to prevent plant pests and 

noxious weeds from being introduced 

into and spread within the continental 

United States. 

The regulations contain requirements 

for a performance-based process for 

approving the interstate movement of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more 

designated phytosanitary measures and 

for acknowledging pest-free areas. These 

requirements involve information 

collection activities, including limited 

permits, inspections to issue limited 

permits, inspections of production 

areas, transit permits, compliance 

agreements, inspection and certification, 

labeling for fruits and vegetables 

produced in pest free areas, written 

requests for facility approvals, trapping 

and surveillance, and recordkeeping. In 

addition, the activities of packaging, 

marking, identification, and certification 

of sweet potatoes from Hawaii are also 

included. 

This notice includes a description of 

the information collection requirements 

currently approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

OMB control numbers 0579–0198 and 

0579–0281. Therefore, we will 

consolidate them into one collection 

(0579–0346). In addition, we have also 

added recordkeeping to this collection. 

As a result of consolidating 0579–0198 

and 0579–0281 under 0579–0346, and 

upon approval of this collection by 

OMB, APHIS will retire numbers 0579– 

0198 and 0579–0281. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities, as described, 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. 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 0.47 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Wholesalers and 

producers of fruits and vegetables; 

growers, shippers, and exporters in 

Hawaii, U.S. Territories, and State plant 

regulatory officials; and irradiation 

facility personnel. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 56 / Tuesday, March 24, 2015 / Notices 15549 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 302. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 81.5. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 24,626. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 11,749 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 18th day of 

March 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06725 Filed 3–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0009] 

Retail Exemptions Adjusted Dollar 

Limitations 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

the dollar limitations on the amount of 

meat and meat food products, poultry, 

and poultry products that a retail store 

can sell to hotels, restaurants, and 

similar institutions without 

disqualifying itself for exemption from 

Federal inspection requirements. In 

accordance with FSIS’s regulations, for 

calendar year 2015, the dollar limitation 

for meat and meat food products is 

being increased from $70,400 to $76,900 

and for poultry products from $57,100 

to $58,200. FSIS is changing the dollar 

limitations from calendar year 2014 to 

reflect price changes for these products, 

as evidenced by the Consumer Price 

Index. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 23, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina 

Kouba, Issuances Staff, Office of Policy 

and Program Development, Food Safety 

and Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 6067, 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202) 690–6510. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the Poultry 

Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 

et seq.) provide a comprehensive 

statutory framework to ensure that meat, 

meat food products, poultry, and 

poultry products prepared for commerce 

are wholesome, not adulterated, and 

properly labeled and packaged. 

Statutory provisions requiring 

inspection of the preparation or 

processing of meat, meat food, poultry, 

and poultry products do not apply to 

operations of types traditionally and 

usually conducted at retail stores and 

restaurants when those operations are 

conducted at any retail store or 

restaurant or similar retail-type 

establishment for sale in normal retail 

quantities (21 U.S.C. 661(c)(2) and 

454(c)(2)). FSIS’s regulations (9 CFR 

303.1(d) and 381.10(d)) elaborate on the 

conditions under which inspection 

requirements do not apply to retail 

operations involving the preparation of 

meat and meat food, and processing of 

poultry and poultry products. 

Sales to Hotels, Restaurants, and 

Similar Institutions 

Under these regulations, sales to 

hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions (other than household 

consumers) disqualify a retail store from 

exemption if the product sales exceed 

either of two maximum limits: 25 

percent of the dollar value of total 

product sales or the calendar year dollar 

limitation set by the Administrator. The 

dollar limitation is adjusted 

automatically during the first quarter of 

the year if the Consumer Price Index 

(CPI), published by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, shows an increase or decrease 

of more than $500 in the price of the 

same volume of product for the previous 

year. FSIS publishes a notice of the 

adjusted dollar limitations in the 

Federal Register. (See 9 CFR 

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b).) 

The CPI for 2014 reveals an annual 

average price increase for meat and meat 

food products at 9.24 percent and for 

poultry products at 1.97 percent. When 

rounded to the nearest $100, the dollar 

limitation for meat and meat food 

products increased by $6,500 and the 

dollar limitation for poultry products 

increased by $1,100. Because the dollar 

limitation of meat and meat food 

products and poultry products 

increased by more than $500, FSIS is 

increasing the dollar limitation on sales 

to hotels, restaurants, and similar 

institutions to $76,900 for meat and 

meat food products and to $58,200 for 

poultry products for calendar year 2015, 

in accordance with 9 CFR 

303.1(d)(2)(iii)(b) and 

381.10(d)(2)(iii)(b). 

Additional Public Notification 

FSIS Public awareness of all segments 

of rulemaking and policy development 

is important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

Web page located at: http:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 

FSIS will also make copies of this 

publication available through the FSIS 

Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, and other types of information 

that could affect or would be of interest 

to constituents and stakeholders. The 

Update is communicated via Listserv, a 

free electronic mail subscription service 

for industry, trade groups, consumer 

interest groups, health professionals, 

and other individuals who have asked 

to be included. The Update is also 

available on the FSIS Web page. In 

addition, FSIS offers an electronic mail 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at 

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information to regulations, directives, 

and notices. Customers can add or 

delete subscriptions themselves, and 

have the option to password protect 

their accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

No agency, officer, or employee of the 

USDA shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity, sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, or political 

beliefs, exclude from participation in, 

deny the benefits of, or subject to 

discrimination any person in the United 

States under any program or activity 

conducted by the USDA. 

How to File a Complaint of 

Discrimination 

To file a complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, which 

may be accessed online at http:// 

www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

docs/2012/ 

Complain_combined_6_8_12.pdf, or 

write a letter signed by you or your 

authorized representative. 

Send your completed complaint form 

or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: 

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture 

Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410. 

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