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HPAI occurrence in that country was 

confirmed on August 7, 2017. 

Subsequent to that report, and after 

confirming that the HPAI occurred in 

commercial birds or poultry, APHIS 

placed restrictions on the importation of 

poultry, commercial birds, other types 

of birds (research, performing), ratites, 

any avian hatching eggs, unprocessed 

avian products and byproducts, and 

certain fresh poultry products from the 

Philippines to mitigate risk of HPAI 

introduction into the United States. 

Those restrictions went into effect on 

August 7, 2017, the reported date of 

confirmation of the HPAI occurrence in 

the Philippines. With the publication of 

this notice, we are adding the 

Philippines to the list of regions APHIS 

considers affected with HPAI of any 

subtype. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781– 

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.4. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 10th day of 

January 2018. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00696 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0106] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Specimen 

Submission 

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 livestock disease 

surveillance programs. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 19, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0106. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2017–0106, 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-2017-0106 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) 7997039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding livestock disease 

surveillance programs, contact Ms. Lori 

Anderson, Chief of Staff, STAS, VS, 

APHIS, 1920 Dayton Ave., Ames, IA 

50010; (515) 337–7405. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Ms. 

Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Specimen Submission. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0090. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.) 

provides the Secretary of Agriculture 

broad authority to prohibit or restrict, 

through orders and regulations, the 

importation or entry and interstate 

movement of any animal, article, or 

means of conveyance if the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

determines that the prohibition or 

restriction is necessary to prevent the 

introduction or spread of any pest or 

disease of livestock within the United 

States. 

Disease prevention is the most 

effective method for maintaining a 

healthy animal population and for 

enhancing the United States’ ability to 

globally compete in the trade of animals 

and animal products. However, animal 

disease prevention cannot be 

accomplished without the existence of 

an effective disease surveillance 

program, which is conducted by the 

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary 

Services (VS). 

The animal disease surveillance 

program is based on information 

submitted on the Specimen Submission 

form and the continuation sheets, as 

well as equivalent sources. VS forms are 

critical to VS’ mission. They are 

routinely used whenever specimens 

(such as blood, milk, tissue, or urine) 

from any animal (such as cattle, swine, 

sheep, goats, horses, and poultry) are 

submitted to the National Veterinary 

Services Laboratories for disease testing. 

If the information was not collected or 

collected less frequently, APHIS would 

not have the critical information 

necessary to effectively operate a 

disease surveillance program and 

identify the animals and herds from 

which the specimens were taken, 

allowing effective disease prevention 

and eradication. 

An additional form that APHIS uses is 

the Parasite Submission form. This form 

is used by the Cattle Fever Tick 

Eradication Program and the National 

Tick Surveillance Program to identify 

the individuals submitting tick samples 

and the animal sources of those 

samples. 

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. APHIS needs 

this outside input to help accomplish 

the following: 

(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, (such as through the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses.) 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.31 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: State veterinarians and 

other State personnel who are qualified 

and authorized to collect and submit 

specimens for laboratory analysis, 

accredited veterinarians, private 

veterinarians, animal health 

technicians, herd owners, private 

laboratories, and research institutions. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 1,773. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 15. 


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Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 27,193. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,604 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 

January 2018. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00694 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–6–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 98—Birmingham, 

Alabama; Application for Expansion of 

Subzone 98D; Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. 

Sulligent, Alabama 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the City of Birmingham, 

grantee of FTZ 98, requesting an 

expansion of Subzone 98D on behalf of 

Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., in Sulligent, 

Alabama. The application was 

submitted pursuant to the provisions of 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the 

regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 

part 400). It was formally docketed on 

January 10, 2018. 

The subzone currently consists of one 

site located at 7711 Highway 278 East in 

Sulligent, Alabama. The applicant is 

now requesting authority to include an 

additional site: Proposed Site 2 (13 

acres)—7668 Highway 278, Sulligent. 

No additional production authority is 

being requested at this time. As 

requested, the entire subzone would be 

subject to the existing activation limit of 

FTZ 98. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Qahira El-Amin of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to review 

the application and make 

recommendations to the Executive 

Secretary. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

February 26, 2018. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period to March 13, 2018. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s 

website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Qahira El-Amin at Qahira.El-Amin@

trade.gov or (202) 482–5928. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00699 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–01–2018] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 18—San Jose, 

California; Application for Subzone 

Expansion, Lam Research 

Corporation, Fremont and Livermore, 

California 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by 

the City of San Jose, grantee of FTZ 18, 

requesting expanded subzone status for 

the facility of Lam Research Corporation 

(Lam), located in Tracy, California. The 

application was submitted pursuant to 

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade 

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a– 

81u), and the regulations of the FTZ 

Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally 

docketed on January 3, 2018. 

Subzone 18F consists of the following 

sites in Fremont and Livermore: Site 1 

(29 acres) 4650 Cushing Parkway, 

Fremont; Site 4 (14.82 acres) 1 and 101 

Portola Avenue, Livermore; Site 5 (4.4 

acres)—7364 Marathon Drive and 7150 

Patterson Pass Road, Unit G, Livermore; 

Site 7 (0.91 acres)—6757 Las Positas 

Road, Livermore; Site 8 (0.44 acres)— 

7888 Marathon Drive, Livermore; Site 9 

(1.6 acres)—41707 Christy Street, 

Fremont; Site 11 (1.19 acres)—4050 

Starboard Drive, Fremont; and, Site 12 

(0.98 acres)—7650 Marathon Drive, 

Livermore. The applicant is now 

requesting authority to expand the 

subzone to include an additional site 

(3.49 acres) located at 6551 West 

Schulte Road, Tracy, which would be 

designated as Site 13. The expanded 

subzone would be subject to the existing 

activation limit of FTZ 18. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Christopher Kemp of the 

FTZ Staff is designated examiner to 

review the application and make 

recommendations to the Executive 

Secretary. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary at the address below. The 

closing period for their receipt is 

February 26, 2018. Rebuttal comments 

in response to material submitted 

during the foregoing period may be 

submitted during the subsequent 15-day 

period to March 13, 2018. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 

21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the 

‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the FTZ 

Board’s website, which is accessible via 

www.trade.gov/ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Christopher Kemp at 

Christopher.Kemp@trade.gov or (202) 

482–0862. 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00680 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Environmental Technologies Trade 

Advisory Committee (ETTAC) Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, DOC. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Technologies Trade Advisory 

Committee (ETTAC). 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 from 8:30 

a.m.–3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT). The deadline for members of the 

public to register or to submit written 

comments for dissemination prior to the 

meeting is 5:00 p.m. EDT on Friday, 

January 26, 2018. The deadline for 

members of the public to request 

auxiliary aids is 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

Tuesday, January 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

Room 6057–59 at the U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Herbert Clark Hoover 


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