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61321 

Vol. 78, No. 192 

Thursday, October 3, 2013 

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 

FOUNDATION 

Board of Directors Executive Session 

Meeting 

Meeting: African Development 

Foundation, Board of Directors 

Executive Session Meeting 

Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 9:00 

a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Place: 1400 Eye Street NW., Suite 

1000, Washington, DC 20005 

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 

Status: 

1. Open session, Tuesday, October 22, 

2013, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 

2. Closed session, Tuesday, October 22, 

2013, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. 

Shari Berenbach, 

President/CEO, USADF. 

[FR Doc. 2013–24236 Filed 10–2–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6117–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0074] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Live Swine, Pork, and Pork Products 

from Certain Regions Free of Classical 

Swine Fever in Brazil, Chile, and 

Mexico 

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 

importation of live swine, pork, and 

pork products from certain regions free 

of classical swine fever in Brazil, Chile, 

and Mexico. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

2, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0074- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0074, 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-2013-0074 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 

importation of live swine, pork, and 

pork products from certain regions free 

of classical swine fever in Brazil, Chile, 

and Mexico, contact Dr. Magde Elshafie, 

Senior Staff Veterinary Medical Officer, 

TTS, NCIE, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

851–3300. 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: Importation of Live Swine, Pork, 

and Pork Products From Certain Regions 

Free of Classical Swine Fever in Brazil, 

Chile, and Mexico. 

OMB Number: 0579–0230. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the United States 

Department of Agriculture is authorized, 

among other things, to prohibit or 

restrict the importation and interstate 

movement of animals and animal 

products to prevent the introduction 

into and dissemination within the 

United States of livestock diseases and 

pests. To carry out this mission, APHIS 

regulates the importation of animals and 

animal products into the United States. 

The regulations for the importation of 

animals and animal products are 

contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98. 

Part 94 allows the importation, under 

certain conditions, of live swine, pork, 

and pork products from certain regions 

that are free of classical swine fever 

(CSF) in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico to 

prevent the introduction of CSF into the 

United States. In accordance with 

§ 94.25, APHIS recognizes certain 

regions in Brazil, Chile, and Mexico as 

free of CSF but places restrictions on the 

importation of live swine, pork, and 

pork products from these regions. These 

restrictions are placed because these 

regions either supplement their pork 

supplies by importing fresh (chilled or 

frozen) pork from CSF-affected regions, 

supplement their pork supplies with 

pork from CSF-affected regions that is 

not processed in accordance with the 

requirements in part 94, share a 

common land border with CSF-affected 

regions, or import live swine from such 

regions under conditions less restrictive 

than would be acceptable for 

importation into the United States. 

To ensure that the importation of live 

swine, pork, and pork products from 

Brazil, Chile, and Mexico do not 

introduce CSF into the United States, 

the regulations include certain 

information collection activities, 

including certificates, compliance 

agreements, and cooperative service 

agreements. These information 

collection activities were previously 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for Chile and 

Mexico. However, on November 16, 

2010 (75 FR 69851–69857, Docket No. 

APHIS–2009–0034), APHIS amended 

the regulations to add the Brazilian 

State of Santa Catarina to the list of 

regions in § 94.25. 

In addition, since the last approval of 

this collection, the demand for imported 

pork and pork products has increased, 

which is reflected by an increased 

number of certificates issued by foreign 

veterinarians. As a result, we have 

increased the estimated annual number 


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