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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 

0.4654 hours per response. 

Respondents: State animal health 

officials, producers and owners 

(including animal and feedlot owners), 

and accredited veterinarians. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5,000. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 11.9532. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 59,766. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 27,818 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. 2012–20737 Filed 8–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0056] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Swine Hides, Bird 

Trophies, and Deer Hides 

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 

the importation of swine hides, bird 

trophies, and deer hides. 

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-2012-0056- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0056, 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-2012-0056 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 swine hides, bird 

trophies, and deer hides, contact Dr. 

Tracye Butler, Assistant Director, NCIE, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3340. 

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 Swine Hides, 

Bird Trophies, and Deer Hides. 

OMB Number: 0579–0307. 

Type of Request: 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 are contained in title 9, 

parts 91 through 99, of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 95 

(referred to below as the regulations) 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

specified animal products into the 

United States to prevent the 

introduction into the U.S. livestock 

population of certain contagious animal 

diseases. Section 95.5 of the regulations 

contains, among other things, specific 

processing, recordkeeping, and 

certification requirements for untanned 

hides and skins and bird trophies. 

The regulations require that 

shipments of hides be accompanied by 

certificates showing their origin and 

certifying that the hides are from areas 

free of certain animal diseases. 

Shipments of ruminant hides from 

Mexico must be accompanied by written 

statements indicating that the hides 

were frozen for 24 hours and treated for 

ticks. Shipments of bird trophies must 

be accompanied by certificates of origin 

certifying that the trophies are from 

regions free of exotic Newcastle disease 

and highly pathogenic avian influenza. 

These activities help ensure that the 

products do not harbor disease or ticks. 

We have increased the estimated 

annual burden after reviewing the 

regulations and current data. When 

comparing the regulations with the 

information collection activities, we 

found that the reporting of certificates 

for hides and skins from certain regions 

was omitted from past information 

collections. 

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 


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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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