35186 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 116 / Thursday, June 16, 2011 / Notices 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

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 August 15, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0043-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0043, 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/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0043 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on 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, Staff 

Veterinarian, Live Animal Imports, 

National Center for Import and Export, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–8364. 

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: 

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; 

Importation of Animals and Animal 

Products. 

OMB Number: 0579–0234. 

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 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 

various 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 allow, under specified 

conditions, the importation of certain 

live ruminants and ruminant products 

and byproducts. These requirements 

necessitate the use of several 

information collection activities, 

including 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 BSE-free 

regions; cooperative 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; and 

notification of designated individuals 

authorized to break seals. 

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; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.6039374 hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. importers; herd 

owners; foreign exporters; foreign 

salaried veterinary officials of exporting 

regions; APHIS accredited veterinarians; 

slaughter facility personnel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5,949. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 21.695747. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 129,068. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 77,949 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 10th day of 

June 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0037] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for Interstate Movement of 

Rambutan From Puerto Rico Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the interstate movement 

into the continental United States of 

fresh rambutan fruit from Puerto Rico. 

Based on that analysis, we believe that 

the application of one or more 

designated phytosanitary measures will 

be sufficient to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating plant pests 

or noxious weeds via the interstate 

movement of rambutan from Puerto 

Rico. We are making the pest risk 

analysis available to the public for 

review and comment. 


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DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 15, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0037-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0037, 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/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2011-0037 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Philip Grove, Regulatory Coordinator, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734– 

6280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Regulated Articles From Hawaii and the 

Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through 

318.13–26, referred to below as the 

regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the interstate 

movement of fruits and vegetables into 

the continental United States from 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands to 

prevent plant pests and noxious weeds 

from being introduced into and spread 

within the continental United States. 

(The continental United States is 

defined in § 318.13–2 of the regulations 

as the 48 contiguous States, Alaska, and 

the District of Columbia.) 

Section 318.13–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the interstate movement of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

moved subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to allow 

the interstate movement of fresh 

rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum 

L.) from Puerto Rico to the continental 

United States. We have completed a 

pest list to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of interstate movement into the 

continental United States and, based on 

that pest list, have prepared a risk 

management analysis to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to the commodity to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 

rambutan can be safely moved from 

Puerto Rico to the continental United 

States using one or more of the six 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in § 318.13–4(b). These measures 

are: 

• Inspection and certification by an 

inspector in Puerto Rico that the 

rambutan are free of all quarantine pests 

likely to follow the pathway of interstate 

movement of the rambutan; 

• Movement of the rambutan as 

commercial consignments only; and 

• Distribution of the rambutan only 

within a defined area (a prohibition on 

movement to Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, 

or Guam) and marking of the boxes or 

containers in which the rambutan is 

distributed to indicate those distribution 

restrictions. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 318.13–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk analysis for 

public review and comment. The pest 

risk analysis may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

pest risk analysis by calling or writing 

to the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the pest risk analysis when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the interstate movement of 

rambutan from Puerto Rico to the 

continental United States in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will begin allowing the interstate 

movement of rambutan from Puerto 

Rico to the continental United States 

subject to the requirements specified in 

the risk management document. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772, and 7781– 

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of 

June 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Fremont and Winema Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Fremont and Winema 

Resource Advisory Committee will meet 

in Lakeview Oregon, for the purpose of 

evaluating and recommending resource 

management projects for funding in FY 

2012, under the provisions of Title II of 

the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 

2000 (reauthorized in 2008). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 

19 and 20, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Lakeview Interagency Office, 1301 

South G Street, Lakeview, OR 97630. 

Send written comments to Fremont 

and Winema Resource Advisory 

Committee, c/o USDA Forest Service, 

Klamath Ranger District, 2819 Dahlia, 

Suite A, Klamath Falls, Oregon or 

electronically to agowan@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Gowan, Designated Federal 

Official, c/o Klamath Ranger District, 

2819 Dahlia, Suite A, Klamath Falls, 

Oregon, telephone (541) 883–6741. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda will include a review and 

evaluation of FY 2012 Title II proposals 

including presentations by project 

proponents. Business items will include 

the prioritization and ranking of 

proposals by the RAC, including final 

recommendations for funding of fiscal 

year 2012 projects. 

All Fremont and Winema Resource 

Advisory Committee Meetings are open 

to the public. There will be a time for 

public input and comment. Interested 

citizens are encouraged to attend. 

Dated: June 10, 2011. 

Amy Gowan, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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