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possession; and (2) veterinary biologics 

licensees and permittees must account 

for the remaining quantity of each serial 

or subserial of any such veterinary 

biological product at each location in 

the distribution channel known to the 

licensee or permittee. These information 

collection activities have been approved 

by OMB under control number 0579– 

0318. 

This notice includes a description of 

the information collection activities 

currently approved by OMB under 

numbers 0579–0013 and 0579–0318. 

After OMB approves and combines the 

burden for both collections under one 

collection (number 0579–0013), the 

Department will retire number 0579– 

0318. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information 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. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

1.963 hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. importers, 

exporters, and shippers of veterinary 

biological products; State veterinary 

authorities; and operators of 

establishments that produce or test 

veterinary biological products or that 

engage in product research and 

development and their wholesalers, 

dealers, jobbers, foreign consignees, or 

other persons known to have any such 

worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or 

harmful veterinary biological product in 

their possession. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 220. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 181.413. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 39,911. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 78,349 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 22nd day of 

May 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12692 Filed 5–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0030] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Federally Recognized State Managed 

Phytosanitary Program 

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 

Federal recognition of a State’s plant 

pest containment, eradication, or 

exclusion program as a Federally 

Recognized State Managed 

Phytosanitary Program. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 29, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0030- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0030, 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-2013-0030 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 Federally 

Recognized State Managed 

Phytosanitary Program, contact Ms. 

Diane L. Schuble, National Coordinator 

for Official Control, Plant Health 

Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

851–2334. 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: Federally Recognized State 

Managed Phytosanitary Program. 

OMB Number: 0579–0365. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or 

restrict the importation, entry, or 

interstate movement of plants, plant 

products, or other articles if the 

Secretary determines that the 

prohibition or restriction is necessary to 

prevent a plant pest or noxious weed 

from being introduced into or 

disseminated within the United States. 

This authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS). 

As part of this mission, APHIS’ Plant 

Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

program responds to introductions of 

plant pests to eradicate, suppress, or 

contain them through various programs 

to prevent their interstate spread. 

APHIS’ plant pest containment and 

eradication programs qualify as ‘‘official 

control programs,’’ as defined by the 

International Plant Protection 

Convention (IPPC), recognized by the 

World Trade Organization as the 

standard-setting body for international 

plant quarantine issues. ‘‘Official 

control’’ is defined as ‘‘the active 

enforcement of mandatory 

phytosanitary regulations and the 

application of mandatory phytosanitary 

procedures with the objective of 

containment or eradication of 

quarantine pests or for the management 

of regulated non-quarantine pests.’’ As a 

contracting party to the IPPC, the United 

States has agreed to observe IPPC 

principles as they relate to international 

trade. However, APHIS will also 

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intended to protect other States that 

would be endangered by the 

introduction of a quarantine pest 

established elsewhere in the United 

States. 

APHIS is aware that individual States 

enforce phytosanitary regulations and 

procedures within their borders to 

address pests of concern, and that those 

pests are not always also the subject of 

an APHIS response program or activity. 

To strengthen APHIS’ safeguarding 

system to protect agriculture and to 

facilitate agriculture trade through 

effective management of phytosanitary 

measures, APHIS initiated the Federally 

Recognized State Managed 

Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program, which 

establishes an administrative process for 

granting Federal recognition to certain 

State-managed official control programs 

for plant pest eradication or 

containment and State-managed pest 

exclusion programs. (The FRSMP 

Program was previously referred to as 

the Official Control Program.) Federal 

recognition of a State’s pest control 

activities will justify actions by Federal 

inspectors at ports of entry to help 

exclude pests that are under a 

phytosanitary program in a destination 

State. This process involves the use of 

information collection activities, 

including the submission by States of a 

protocol for quarantine pests of concern 

and a protocol for regulated nonquarantine pests. 

These information collection 

activities were previously approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) with an estimated total annual 

burden on respondents of 106,000 

hours. However, we overestimated the 

number of respondents, and we have 

adjusted the estimated total annual 

burden on respondents to 1,399 hours. 

We are asking OMB to approve these 

information collection activities 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. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 82 

hours per response. 

Respondents: State Plant Health 

Regulatory Officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 53. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 0.33. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 17. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,399 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 22nd day of 

May 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12697 Filed 5–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0031] 

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; 

Availability of Plant Pest Risk 

Assessment, Environmental 

Assessment, Preliminary Finding of No 

Significant Impact, and Preliminary 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

of Canola Genetically Engineered for 

Herbicide Resistance 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared a 

preliminary determination regarding a 

request from Pioneer Hi-Bred 

International, Inc., seeking a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

canola designated as DP–073496–4, 

which has been genetically engineered 

for resistance to the herbicide 

glyphosate. We are also making 

available for public review our plant 

pest risk assessment, environmental 

assessment, and preliminary finding of 

no significant impact for the 

preliminary determination of 

nonregulated status. 

DATES: We will consider any 

information that we receive on or before 

June 28, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit any 

information by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

Detail;D=APHIS-2012-0031. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send any information to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0031, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition and any other information we 

receive on this docket may be viewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0031 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. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition are also available on the APHIS 

Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

biotechnology/ 

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS Petition Number 11–063–01p. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Chief, 

Biotechnology Environmental Analysis 

Branch, Environmental Risk Analysis 

Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 

851–3927, email: rebecca.l.stankiewiczgabel@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies 

of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3892, email: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the authority of the plant pest 

provisions of the Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the regulations in 

7 CFR part 340, ‘‘Introduction of 

Organisms and Products Altered or 

Produced Through Genetic Engineering 

Which Are Plant Pests or Which There 

Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ 

regulate, among other things, the 

introduction (importation, interstate 

movement, or release into the 

environment) of organisms and products 

altered or produced through genetic 

engineering that are plant pests or that 

there is reason to believe are plant pests. 

Such genetically engineered (GE) 


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