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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 

0.1997 hours per response. 

Respondents: Federal animal health 

authorities in certain regions and 

foreign exporters of certain animal 

byproducts. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 191. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 3.7225. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 711. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 142 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 17th day of 

August 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20739 Filed 8–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0062] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Foreign Quarantine Notices 

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 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations to prevent the introduction 

or spread of foreign plant pests into or 

within the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 22, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012–0062- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0062, 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-2012-0062 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 foreign quarantine 

regulations, contact Mr. Matthew 

Rhoads, Director, Regulation, Permit, 

and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–2018. 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: Foreign Quarantine Notices. 

OMB Number: 0579–0049. 

Type of Request: 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 or 

prohibit 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. Regulations 

governing the importation of plants, 

fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, seeds, 

unmanufactured wood articles, and 

other plant products are contained in 7 

CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine 

Notices.’’ 

In administering the regulations, 

APHIS collects information from 

persons both within and outside the 

United States who are involved in 

growing, packing, handling, 

transporting, and importing articles 

regulated under part 319. 

For example, many plants or plant 

products may not be imported until the 

person wishing to import them receives 

a permit from APHIS. The person 

wishing to import these items must first 

fill out a permit application. We 

consider the permit application process 

extremely important, since the 

information on the application enables 

us to determine whether the items for 

import represent a potential pest threat 

to U.S. agriculture. 

Under certain circumstances, we also 

require importers to supply us with 

other types of information. We require, 

for example, that containers used to 

import various plants or plant products 

be marked in a certain way so that our 

inspectors can accurately identify them 

and match them to their accompanying 

documentation. 

We require that certain shipments be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

inspection certificate, which is a 

document completed by plant health 

officials in the originating country that 

attests to the condition of the shipment 

with respect to plant pests at the time 

it was inspected prior to its export to the 

United States. We use this important 

information as a guide in determining 

the intensity of the inspection we must 

conduct when the shipment arrives in 

the United States. 

This and other information we collect 

is vital to helping us ensure that 

imported plants and plant products do 

not harbor plant pests or noxious weeds 

that, if introduced into the United 

States, could cause millions of dollars in 

damage to U.S. agriculture. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities 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 

0.2993 hours per response. 


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Respondents: U.S. importers of fruits 

and vegetables; foreign plant protection 

authorities; individuals involved in 

growing, packing, handling, 

transporting, and importing plants and 

plant products; and beekeepers. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 93,066. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 3.4404. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 320,182. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 95,818 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 17th day of 

August 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20738 Filed 8–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southern Arizona Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Southern Arizona 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Tucson, Arizona. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 112–141) 

(the Act) and operates in compliance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purpose of the committee is to 

improve collaborative relationships and 

to provide advice and recommendations 

to the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the title II 

of the Act. The meeting is open to the 

public. The purpose of the meeting is to 

review and recommend projects 

authorized under title II of the Act. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 18, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Tucson Interagency Fire Center, 

2646 E. Commerce Center Place, 

Tucson, AZ 85706. Written comments 

may be submitted as described under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. All 

comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Coronado National Forest Supervisor’s 

Office, 300 West Congress Street, 

Tucson, AZ 85701. Please call ahead to 

520–388–8458 to facilitate entry into the 

building to view comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Davis, Coronado National Forest 

Supervisor’s Office, 520–388–8458, 

sldavis@fs.fed.us, or Jennifer Ruyle, 

RAC Coordinator, same location, 520– 

388–8351, jruyle@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted: 

Review, discussion, and 

recommendation to the Designated 

Federal Official of the proposals to be 

funded. Additional information may be 

obtained from Sarah Davis, contact 

information listed above. Anyone who 

would like to bring related matters to 

the attention of the committee may file 

written statements with the committee 

staff before or after the meeting. The 

agenda will include time for people to 

make oral statements of three minutes or 

less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by September 14, 2012 to be scheduled 

on the agenda. Written comments and 

requests for time for oral comments 

must be sent to Sarah Davis, Coronado 

National Forest Supervisor’s Office, 300 

West Congress Street, Tucson, AZ 

85701, or by email to sldavis@fs.fed.us, 

or via facsimile to 520–388–8332. A 

summary of the meeting will be posted 

at https://fsplaces.fs.fed.us/fsfiles/unit/ 

wo/secure_rural_schools.nsf within 21 

days of the meeting. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring resonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices 

or other reasonable accomodation for 

access to the facility or procedings by 

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. All 

reasonable accommodation requests are 

managed on a case by case basis. 

Dated: August 17, 2012. 

Cornelia D. Lane, 

Acting Forest Supervisor, Coronado National 

Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20733 Filed 8–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Ozark-Ouachita Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ozark-Ouachita 

Rescource Advisory Committee will 

meet in Waldron, Arkansas. The 

committee is authorized under the 

Secure Rural Schools and Community 

Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 112– 

141) (the Act) and operates in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. The purpose of the 

committee is to improve collaborative 

relationships and to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Forest Service 

concerning projects and funding 

consistent with the title II of the Act. 

The meeting is open to the public. The 

purpose of the meeting is to review and 

recommend projects authorized under 

title II of the Act. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 25, 2012, beginning at 4:30 

p.m. CST. Alternate meeting dates are 

September 26, 27, and 28 in case of 

postponement due to weather, lack of 

committee quorum, or other unforeseen 

circumstances. Please call 501–321– 

5202 prior to September 25th to 

determine postponment or 

rescheduling. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Scott County Courthouse, 100 W. 

First Street, Waldron, AR 71958. 

Written comments may be submitted as 

described under Supplementary 

Information. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at the Ouachita 

National Forest Supervisor’s Office. 

Please call ahead to 501–321–5202 to 

facilitate entry into the building to view 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caroline Mitchell, Committee 

Coordinator, USDA, Ouachita National 

Forest, P.O. Box 1270, Hot Springs, AR 

71902. (501–321–5318). Individuals 

who use telecommunication devices for 

the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 

8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted: 

review and recommend projects 

authorized under title II of the Act. 


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