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After the 30-day review period closes, 

APHIS will review and evaluate any 

information received during the 30-day 

review period. If, after evaluating the 

information received, APHIS determines 

that we have not received substantive 

new information that would warrant 

APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, APHIS will notify 

the public through an announcement on 

our Web site of our final regulatory 

determination. If, however, APHIS 

determines that we have received 

substantive new information that would 

warrant APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, then APHIS will 

notify the public of our intent to 

conduct additional analysis and to 

prepare an amended EA, a new FONSI, 

and/or a revised PPRA, which would be 

made available for public review 

through the publication of a notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

APHIS will also notify the petitioner. 

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

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

May 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12687 Filed 5–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0036] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Artificially Dwarfed 

Plants 

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 

the regulations for the importation of 

artificially dwarfed plants. 

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-2013-0036- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0036, 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-2013-0036 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 artificially dwarfed 

plants, contact Mr. Dave Farmer, 

National Operations Manager, PEQ 

Coordinator, PPQ, APHIS, Venture IV, 

Suite 200, 920 Main Campus Drive, 

Raleigh, NC 27606; (919) 855–7366. 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: 

Importation of Artificially Dwarfed 

Plants. 

OMB Number: 0579–0176. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Secretary 

of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit 

or restrict the importation, entry, or 

interstate movement of plants, plant 

products, and other articles to prevent 

the introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service. 

The regulations contained in 

‘‘Subpart–Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 

319.37 through 319.37–14) prohibit or 

restrict the importation of living plants, 

plant parts, and seeds for propagation. 

Among other things, § 319.37–5(q) 

requires artificially dwarfed plants that 

are imported into the United States, 

except for plants that are less than 2 

years old, to be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate issued by the 

government of the country of origin. 

This phytosanitary certificate must 

contain declarations that the plants 

were: 

• Grown for at least 2 years in a 

greenhouse or screenhouse in a nursery 

registered with the government of the 

country where the plants were grown; 

• Grown in a greenhouse or 

screenhouse that has screening with 

openings of not more than 1.6 

millimeters on all vents and openings, 

and all entryways equipped with 

automatic closing doors; 

• Grown in pots containing only 

sterile growing media during the 2-year 

period when they were grown in a 

greenhouse or screenhouse in a 

registered nursery; 

• Grown on benches at least 50 

centimeters above the ground during the 

2-year period when they were grown in 

a greenhouse or screenhouse in a 

registered nursery; and 

• Inspected (along with the 

greenhouse or screenhouse and nursery) 

for any evidence of pests and found free 

of pests of quarantine significance to the 

United States at least once every 12 

months by the plant protection service 

of the country where the plants are 

grown. 

The phytosanitary certificate and 

declarations help APHIS verify that 

imported artificially dwarfed plants do 

not pose a risk for the introduction of 

longhorned beetles and other pests into 

the United States. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of this information 

collection activity 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. 


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Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 0.25 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers, nurseries, 

and plant health officials of exporting 

countries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 30. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 150. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 38 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. 2013–12681 Filed 5–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2013–0016] 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection: Public Health Information 

System—Animal Disposition Reporting 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, the Food Safety and 

Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing 

its intention to request extension of an 

information collection for data on meat, 

poultry, exotic animal, and rabbit 

slaughter for the Public Health 

Information System—Animal 

Disposition Reporting because the 

information collection approval is 

scheduled to expire on June 30, 2013. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before July 29, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

notice. Comments may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

Web site provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this Web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: 

Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, Patriots Plaza 3, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Mailstop 3782, Room 8–163A, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3, 

355 E. Street SW., Room 8–163A, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number FSIS– 

2013–0016. Comments received in 

response to this docket will be made 

available for public inspection and 

posted without change, including any 

personal information, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to background 

documents or comments received, go to 

the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza 

3, 355 E. Street, Room 8–164, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700 between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

For Additional Information: Contact 

John O’Connell, Paperwork Reduction 

Act Coordinator, Food Safety and 

Inspection Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 6065, 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

(202) 720–0345. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Public Health Information System— 

Animal Disposition Reporting. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

approved information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0583–0139. 

Expiration Date: 6/30/2013. 

Abstract: FSIS has been delegated the 

authority to exercise the functions of the 

Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 2.18, 

2.55) as specified in the Federal Meat 

Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et 

seq.) and the Poultry Products 

Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et 

seq.). FSIS protects the public by 

verifying that meat and poultry products 

are wholesome, not adulterated, and 

properly marked, labeled, and packaged. 

FSIS also inspects exotic animals and 

rabbits under the authority of the 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 1621, et seq.). 

FSIS is planning to request an 

extension of an approved information 

collection that addresses paperwork 

requirements for the Public Health 

Information System—Animal 

Disposition Reporting, formerly known 

as the electronic Animal Disease 

Reporting System, because the OMB 

approval will expire on June 30, 2013. 

In accordance with 9 CFR 320.6, 

381.180, 352.15, and 354.91, 

establishments that slaughter meat, 

poultry, exotic animals, and rabbits are 

required to maintain certain records 

regarding their business operations and 

to report this information to the Agency 

as required. 

In the Public Health Information 

System—Animal Disposition Reporting, 

establishments report (by shift) 

slaughter totals in number of head and 

weight by animal category. Poultry 

slaughter establishments complete FSIS 

Form 6510–7 after each shift and submit 

it to the Agency. Other slaughter 

establishments provide their business 

records to FSIS to report the necessary 

information. 

FSIS uses this information to plan 

inspection activities, to develop 

sampling plans, to target establishments 

for testing, to develop the Agency 

budget, and to develop reports to 

Congress. FSIS also provides this data to 

other USDA agencies, including the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS), the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), 

and the Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), for 

their publications and for other 

functions. 

FSIS has made the following 

estimates on the basis of an information 

collection assessment: 

Estimate of Burden: FSIS estimates 

that it will take poultry slaughter 

establishments an average of two 

minutes per response and other animal 

slaughter establishments five minutes 

per response to collect and submit this 

information to FSIS. 

Respondents: Slaughter 

establishments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,341. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 48,350 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

assessment can be obtained from John 

O’Connell, Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA, 1400 Independence 

SW., Room 6065, South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250; (202)720–0345. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of FSIS’s functions, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of FSIS’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 


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