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###### Department of Agriculture

###### Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

          - [Docket No. APHIS-2011-0125]

# 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                           ( print page 11483)                        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]

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