Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 2014 / Notices 7633 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 60. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 6. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 360. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 3,054 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 3rd day of 

February 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02759 Filed 2–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0104] 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Information Collection; National 

Animal Health Laboratory Network 

Laboratories Annual Inventory 

Verification for USDA-Owned 

Equipment 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: New 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 approval of a new information 

collection associated with the National 

Animal Health Laboratory Network 

laboratories annual inventory 

verification for U.S. Department of 

Agriculture-owned equipment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0104-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0104, 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-2013-0104 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 National Animal 

Health Laboratory Network laboratories 

annual inventory verification, contact 

Ms. Cindy Chard-Bergstrom, 

Microbiologist, National Animal Health 

Laboratory Network, NVSL, VS, APHIS, 

1920 Dayton Road, Building 20, Ames, 

IA 50010; (515) 337–7198. 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: National Animal Health 

Laboratory Network Laboratories 

Annual Inventory Verification for 

USDA-Owned Equipment. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–XXXX. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

Abstract: The National Animal Health 

Laboratory Network (NAHLN) is a 

cooperative effort between two agencies 

within the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

and the National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture (NIFA). NAHLN was 

established to coordinate the testing 

capacities of Federal veterinary 

diagnostic laboratories with the 

extensive infrastructure of State and 

university veterinary diagnostic 

laboratories. This network enhances the 

United States’ early detection of and 

response to animal health emergencies, 

including bioterrorists events, newly 

emerging disease, and foreign animal 

disease agents that could threaten the 

nation’s food supply and public health. 

In 2002, NAHLN was created when 

APHIS and NIFA entered into 

cooperative agreements with 12 State 

and university veterinary diagnostic 

laboratories. APHIS has since contracted 

with additional State and university 

diagnostic laboratories to assist with 

testing and surveillance, and NAHLN 

currently consists of 56 State and 

university laboratories as well as other 

Federal laboratories. 

At the Federal level, APHIS’ National 

Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) 

serves as the national veterinary 

diagnostic reference and confirmatory 

laboratory. NVSL coordinates activities, 

participates in methods validation, and 

provides training, proficiency testing, 

assistance, materials, and prototypes for 

diagnostic testing. NVSL also reviews 

the equipment used by the laboratories 

within the NAHLN to ensure that the 

non-USDA laboratories have the 

equipment resources needed to perform 

any necessary testing. 

As part of the review process, APHIS 

requires the use of certain information 

collection activities, including a review 

spreadsheet, verification of equipment 

information, the addition of information 

to the list, and submission of completed 

spreadsheets. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (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 

0.5705 hours per response. 

Respondents: Laboratory directors 

and State animal health officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 39. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 156. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 89 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. 

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7634 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 2014 / Notices 

1To view the final rule, go to http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2007-0039. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

February 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02762 Filed 2–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0088] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Blood and 

Tissue Collection at Slaughtering and 

Rendering Establishments 

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 blood 

and tissue collection at slaughtering and 

rendering establishments to enhance 

animal disease surveillance. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0088- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0088, 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-2013-0088 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 blood 

and tissue collection at slaughtering and 

rendering establishments, contact Dr. 

Debra Cox, Senior Staff Veterinarian, 

Cattle Health Center, SPRS, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–3504. 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: Blood and Tissue Collection at 

Slaughtering and Rendering 

Establishments. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0212. 

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 U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized, 

among other things, to prevent the 

interstate spread of livestock diseases 

and for eradicating such diseases from 

the United States when feasible. As part 

of this mission, APHIS’ Veterinary 

Services (VS) conducts animal disease 

surveillance programs, including 

diagnostic testing. 

The regulations in 9 CFR, subchapter 

C, part 71, ‘‘General Provisions,’’ 

provide for the collection of blood and 

tissue samples from livestock (horses, 

cattle, bison, captive cervids, sheep and 

goats, swine, and other farmed animals) 

and poultry at slaughter. Persons 

moving livestock and poultry interstate 

for slaughter may only move the 

animals to slaughtering or rendering 

establishments that have been listed by 

the Administrator of APHIS. At APHIS’ 

discretion, slaughtering or rendering 

establishment personnel will collect 

blood and tissue samples to assess the 

prevalence of disease and to identify 

sources of disease. 

Section 71.21 contains the 

requirements for tissue and blood 

testing at slaughter and requires the 

completion of certain information 

collection activities. Federal personnel, 

in conjunction with establishment 

personnel, are required to complete a 

listing agreement and a USDA-APHIS 

VS ‘‘USDA Listed Slaughter Facility 

Inspection Report’’ (VS Form 10–5). If 

the Administrator denies or withdraws 

an establishment’s listing, the 

establishment may appeal the denial or 

withdrawal in writing to the 

Administrator. In addition, if an 

operator of a facility notifies the 

Administrator, in writing, that the 

facility will no longer handle livestock 

moved interstate in accordance with the 

regulations, the Administrator will 

withdraw an establishment’s listing. 

The above information collection 

activities and the USDA-APHIS 

National Veterinary Services 

Laboratories Specimen Submission 

Form/Continuation Sheet (VS Form 10– 

4/10–4A) for collection of bovine 

spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 

specimens were previously approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under this collection. However, 

APHIS will no longer require VS Form 

10–4/10–4A and will be instituting the 

use of an electronic form for use with 

BSE specimens under 0579–0409, 

which is a recently approved 

information collection. 

Though APHIS will no longer require 

VS Form 10–4/10–4A, we estimate that 

there will be an increase in the number 

of respondents for this collection based 

on a final rule published in the Federal 

Register on May 7, 2013 1 (78 FR 26486– 

26489, APHIS–2007–0039). APHIS 

anticipates being able to collect listing 

agreements and facility inspection 

reports from nearly all U.S. slaughtering 

and rendering establishments. As a 

result, we have increased the estimated 

number of respondents from 66 to 1,925. 

However, based on the removal of the 

VS Form 10–4/10–4A, the estimated 

annual number of responses and the 

estimated total annual burden on 

respondents have decreased from 10,747 

to 9,628 and 2,691 hours to 1,605 hours, 

respectively. 

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. 

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