52710 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 166 / Friday, August 27, 2010 / Notices 

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 23rd

day of August 2010. 

Gregory Parham 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21458 Filed 8–26–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0083] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

National Management Information 

System 

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 

cooperative wildlife damage 

management programs. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 26, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0083) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0083, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2010-0083. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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 the national 

management information system for 

cooperative wildlife damage 

management programs, contact Mr. 

Robert Myers, Wildlife Biologist, 

Wildlife Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 87, Riverdale MD 20737; 

(301) 651-8845. 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 Management 

Information System. 

OMB Number: 0579-0335. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: As authorized by the Act of 

1931 (7 U.S.C. 426-426c; 46 Stat. 1468) 

as amended, the Secretary of 

Agriculture may conduct activities and 

enter into agreements with States, local 

jurisdictions, individuals, public and 

private agencies, organizations, and 

institutions in the control of nuisance 

mammals and birds and those mammal 

and bird species that are reservoirs for 

zoonotic diseases. 

Wildlife Services (WS) of the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), cooperates with Federal 

agencies, State and local governments, 

and private individuals to research and 

implement the best methods of 

managing conflicts between wildlife and 

human health and safety, agriculture, 

property, and natural resources. 

As part of the WS program, WS enters 

into agreements to document the terms 

and conditions for cooperating with 

parties outside of APHIS. 

In the normal course of business in 

response to requests for assistance in 

managing wildlife damage, WS collects 

information about organizations, 

industry, Federal and non-Federal 

entities, and members of the public as 

part of its program. Program activities 

usually consist of either cooperative 

direct control or technical assistance 

programs. In the former, WS provides 

goods, services, and expertise to address 

wildlife damage. Clients must reimburse 

USDA for expenses and time spent by 

WS to conduct these kinds of programs. 

In the latter, WS gives advice in the 

form of telephone consultations, 

personal onsite consultations, training 

sessions, demonstration projects, etc. 

WS usually provides only technical 

expertise in these activities, and the 

client usually conducts whatever 

activities are likely to manage the 

wildlife damage occurring. Such 

activities are usually free to the public. 

All persons who receive assistance 

from WS are referred to as 

‘‘cooperators,’’ and any information 

provided by clients to WS is voluntary. 

Information is used by the agency to: 

∑ Identify cooperators appropriately. 

∑ Identify lands on which WS 

personnel will work. 

∑ Differentiate between cooperators 

(i.e., property owners, land managers, or 

resource owners) who request assistance 

to manage damage caused by wildlife. 

∑ Identify the land areas on which 

wildlife damage management activities 

would be conducted. 

∑ Identify the relationship between 

resources or property, WS’ protection of 

such resources or property, and the 

damage caused by wildlife. 

∑ Determine the methods or damage 

management activities to deal with the 

damage. 

∑ Establish a record that a cooperative 

agreement has been entered into with a 

cooperator. 

∑ Document that permission has been 

obtained from landowners to go on the 

cooperator’s property. 

∑ Record wildlife damage occurrences 

on cooperator’s property and steps to 

address them. 

∑ Record occurrences which may have 

affected non-target species or humans 

during, or related to, WS project actions. 

∑ Determine satisfaction with service 

to help WS evaluate, modify, and 

improve its programs. 

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 

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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 

0.045736 hours per response. 

Respondents: Federal, State, and local 

agencies and the public who request 

services from WS or engage in wildlife 

damage management projects with WS. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 89,902. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.01295. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 91,066. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 4,165 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 23rd

day of August 2010. 

Gregory Parham 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21459 Filed 8–26–10: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0084] 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Information Collection; National 

Animal Health Monitoring System; 

Sheep 2011 Study 

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 

initiate an information collection to 

support the National Animal Health 

Monitoring System Sheep 2011 Study. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 26, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0084) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send one copy of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0084, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2010-0084. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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 the Sheep 2011 Study, 

contact Ms. Sandra Warnken, 

Management and Program Analyst, 

Centers for Epidemiology and Animal 

Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre 

Avenue, Building B MS 2E3, Fort 

Collins, CO 80526; (970) 494-7193. 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 

Monitoring System; Sheep 2011 Study. 

OMB Number: 0579-xxxx. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

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 (USDA) is 

authorized, among other things, to 

protect the health of our Nation’s 

livestock and poultry populations by 

preventing the introduction and 

interstate spread of serious diseases and 

pests of livestock and for eradicating 

such diseases from the United States 

when feasible. In connection with this 

mission, APHIS operates the National 

Animal Health Monitoring System 

(NAHMS), which collects nationally 

representative, statistically valid, and 

scientifically sound data on the 

prevalence and economic importance of 

livestock diseases and associated risk 

factors. 

NAHMS’ national studies have 

evolved into a collaborative industry 

and government initiative to help 

determine the most effective means of 

preventing and controlling diseases of 

livestock. APHIS is the only agency 

responsible for collecting data on 

livestock health. Participation in any 

NAHMS study is voluntary, and all data 

are confidential. 

APHIS plans to conduct the Sheep 

2011 Study as part of an ongoing series 

of NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock 

population. The 22 States targeted for 

the study account for 85 percent of the 

ewe inventory in the United States on 

January 1, 2010, and on 70 percent of 

farms in the United States with one or 

more ewes. The purpose of this study is 

to collect information, through 

questionnaires and biologic sampling, 

to: 

∑ Describe trends in sheep health and 

management practices from 1996 to 

2011. 

∑ Describe management and 

biosecurity practices used to control 

common infectious diseases, including 

scrapie, ovine progressive pneumonia, 

Johne’s disease, and caseous 

lymphadenitis. 

∑ Estimate the prevalence of 

gastrointestinal parasites and 

anthelmintic resistance. 

∑ Estimate the prevalence of 

Mycoplasma ovipneumonia in domestic 

sheep flocks. Relate presence of the 

organism in blood and nasal secretions 

to clinical signs and demographic and 

management factors. 

∑ Facilitate the collection of 

information and samples regarding 

causes of abortion storms in sheep. 

∑ Determine producer awareness of 

the zoonotic potential of contagious 

ecthyma (soremouth) and the 

management practices used to prevent 

transmission of the disease. 

∑ Provide serum to include in the 

serological bank for future research. 

The study will consist of a series of 

on-farm questionnaires, with biologic 

sampling, that will be administered by 

APHIS-designated data collectors. The 

information collected through the Sheep 

2011 Study will be analyzed and 

organized into descriptive reports. 

Information sheets will be derived from 

these reports, and the data will be 

disseminated to and used by a variety of 

constituents, including producers, 

veterinarians, stakeholders, academia, 

and others. The data will help APHIS 

address emerging issues and examine 

the economic impact of selected animal 

health management practices. 

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