Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices 78385 

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 Emergency Management Response 

System. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 2, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0091. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0091, 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-2014-0091 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 Emergency 

Management Response System, contact 

Dr. Fred Bourgeois, EMRS National 

Coordinator, PIC, NPIC, VS, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (318) 288–4083. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Ms. 

Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Emergency Management 

Response System. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0071. 

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 U.S. Department 

of Agriculture is authorized, among 

other things, to protect the health of 

U.S. livestock and poultry populations 

by preventing the introduction and 

interstate spread of serious diseases and 

pests of livestock and by eradicating 

such diseases from the United States 

when feasible. 

The Emergency Management 

Response System (EMRS), which is a 

web-based system, helps APHIS manage 

and investigate potential incidents of 

foreign animal diseases in the United 

States. 

When a potential foreign animal 

disease incident is reported, APHIS or 

State animal health officials dispatch a 

foreign animal disease veterinary 

diagnostician to the premises of the 

reported incident to conduct an 

investigation. The diagnostician obtains 

vital epidemiologic data by conducting 

field investigations, including sample 

collection, and by interviewing the 

owner or manager of the premises being 

investigated. These important data, 

submitted electronically by the 

diagnostician into EMRS, include such 

items as the purpose of the 

diagnostician’s visit and suspected 

disease, type of operation on the 

premises, the number and type of 

animals on the premises, the number of 

sick or dead animals on the premises, 

the results of physical examinations of 

affected animals and necropsy 

examinations, vaccination information 

on the animals in the herd or flock, 

biosecurity practices at the site, whether 

any animals were recently moved out of 

the herd or flock, whether any new 

animals were recently introduced into 

the herd or flock, the number and kinds 

of test samples taken, and detailed 

geographic data concerning the 

premises location. EMRS allows these 

epidemiological and diagnostic data to 

be documented and transmitted more 

efficiently. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of 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, such as electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 1.0 

hour per response. 

Respondents: Owners or operators of 

livestock and poultry facilities and State 

animal health officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 387. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,548. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,548 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 

December 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30509 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0107] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Bovine 

Spongiform Encephalopathy; 

Importation of Animals and Animal 

Products 

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 animals and animal 

products and byproducts to protect 

against the introduction of bovine 

spongiform encephalopathy into the 

United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 2, 

2015. 

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78386 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 249 / Tuesday, December 30, 2014 / Notices 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0107. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0107, 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-2014-0107 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 animals and animal 

products and byproducts to prevent the 

introduction of bovine spongiform 

encephalopathy into the United States, 

contact Dr. Langston Hull, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Veterinary Services, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3363. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Bovine Spongiform 

Encephalopathy; Importation of 

Animals and Animal Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0234. 

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 of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture regulates the importation of 

animals and animal products into the 

United States to guard against the 

introduction of animal diseases. The 

regulations in 9 CFR parts 93, 94, 95, 

and 96 (referred to below as the 

regulations) govern the importation of 

certain animals, birds, poultry, meat, 

other animal products and byproducts, 

hay, and straw into the United States in 

order to prevent the introduction of 

animal diseases, including bovine 

spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a 

chronic degenerative disease affecting 

the central nervous system of cattle. 

To help ensure that BSE is not 

introduced into the United States, the 

regulations place specified conditions 

on the importation of certain live 

ruminants and ruminant products and 

byproducts. These requirements 

necessitate the use of several 

information collection activities, 

including Veterinary Services (VS) Form 

16–3, permit application; certification 

statements for the importation of 

ruminants and ruminant products; 

certificate for inedible processed animal 

origin materials and products from BSEfree regions; cooperative service 

agreements with foreign facilities that 

process and store regulated materials 

and products destined for importation 

into the United States; VS Form 17–33, 

Animals Imported for Immediate 

Slaughter; the placing of seals on 

conveyances from the exporting region; 

agreement with slaughter facilities on 

use of seals on conveyances transporting 

animals from BSE minimal-risk regions; 

notification regarding conditions of 

sealed shipments; and notification of 

designated individuals authorized to 

break seals. 

In addition to the above information 

collection activities, we are adding VS 

Form 17–130, Ruminants Imported to 

Designated/Approved Feedlots; and VS 

Form 1–27, Permit for Movement of 

Restricted Animals. As a result of 

adding these two activities and the 

increase in importations from Canada, 

the estimated annual number of 

responses has increased by 110,463, and 

the estimated total annual burden on 

respondents has increased by 160,983 

hours. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (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. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 1 

hour per response. 

Respondents: Herd owners, U.S. 

importers of regulated animal products, 

salaried veterinarians in BSE-free 

regions and BSE-affected regions, 

foreign exporters of processed animal 

protein and other regulated materials 

and products, accredited veterinarians, 

feedlot managers, and slaughter facility 

managers. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4,500. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 52. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 235,752. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 231,307 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 

December 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30501 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—USDA Foods in 

Schools Cost Dynamics 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

invites the general public and other 

public agencies to comment on this 

proposed information collection. This is 

a new collection for a study of USDA 

Foods in Schools Cost Dynamics. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before March 2, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

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