[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43624-43626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17020]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by 
September 9, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the 
following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Communicable Diseases in Horses.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0127.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal 
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to 
detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or 
poultry. The Secretary may also prohibit or restrict import or export 
of any animal or related material if necessary, to prevent the spread 
of any livestock or poultry pest or disease. The AHPA is contained in 
Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-18 of Public Law 107-171, May 13, 
2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
    Veterinary Services (VS), a program within USDA's Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is responsible for administering 
regulations intended to ensure that animals affected with EIA are 
identified through proficient and reliable testing and that appropriate 
reporting occurs. Further, regulations ensure animals testing positive 
are moved interstate in a way that does not endanger the health of the 
U.S. equine population. APHIS regulations at title 9, Code of Federal 
Regulations (9 CFR) 75.4 deal specifically with regulating the 
interstate movement of horses affected with equine infectious anemia 
(EIA). VS provides guidance on approval of laboratories, diagnostic 
facilities, and research facilities. Ensuring the safe movement of 
these horses requires the use of information collection activities, 
including an EIA laboratory test form, a certificate or permit for the 
interstate movement of an EIA reactor, a supplemental investigation 
form if a horse tests positive for EIA, agreements, request for 
hearing, and written notification of withdrawal of approval.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from 
forms, APHIS VS 10-11, Equine Infectious Anemia Laboratory Test; VS 10-
12, Equine Infectious Anemia Supplemental Investigation; and VS 1-27, 
Permit for the Movement of Restricted Animals, VS-10-15, Agreement to 
Conduct Equine Infectious Anemia Testing, VS-10-16, Laboratory 
Inspection Checklist for Equine Infectious Anemia Testing, will be used 
to prevent the spread of

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equine infectious anemia. Regulations also require the use an Agreement 
for Approved Livestock Facilities, Request for Hearing, Written 
Notification of Approval or Withdrawal, Review of Requirements and 
Interview, Memorandum of Recommendation and Justification, Monthly 
Summary Reporting, Denial or Withdrawal of Laboratory Approval. Without 
the information it would be impossible for APHIS to effectively 
regulate the interstate movement of horses infected with EIA.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit; 
State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 235,018.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 92,610.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host Materials from Canada.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0142.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) is responsible for preventing plant diseases or insect pests 
from entering the United States, preventing the spread of pests not 
widely distributed in the United States, and eradicating those imported 
pests when eradication is feasible. Under the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7701- et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
regulate the importation of plants, plant products, and other articles 
to prevent the introduction of injurious plant pests. The regulations 
implementing this Act are contained in Title 7 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR), Part 319 (Foreign Quarantine Notices). The Plant 
Protection and Quarantine, a program within USDA's Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for ensuring that 
these regulations are enforced.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from individuals both within and outside the United States using 
phytosanitary certificates, certificates of origin, a written 
statement, a compliance agreement and an emergency Action notice. 
Information collected will ensure that importing foreign logs, trees, 
shrubs, and other articles do not harbor plant or insect pests such as 
the gypsy moth. Failing to collect this information would cripple 
APHIS' ability to ensure that trees (including Christmas trees), 
shrubs, logs, and a variety of other items imported from Canada do not 
harbor gypsy moths.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 3,201.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,358.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Control of Chronic Wasting Disease.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0189.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal 
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to 
detect, control, and eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or 
poultry, and to pay claims arising from destruction of animals. Disease 
prevention is the most effective method for maintaining a healthy 
animal population and enhancing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS) ability to complete in exporting animals and animal 
products. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform 
encephalopathy (TSE) of elk, deer and moose typified by chronic weight 
loss leading to death. The presence of CWD disease in cervids causes 
significant economic and market losses to U.S. producers. To accelerate 
the control and limit the spread of this disease in the United States, 
APHIS created a cooperative, voluntary Federal-State-private sector CWD 
Herd Certification Program. The program is designed to identify farmed 
or captive herds infected with CWD and provided for the management of 
these herds in a way that reduces the risk of spreading CWD.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information 
from owners of elk, deer, and moose herds who choose to participate in 
the CWD Herd Certification program. They would need to follow program 
requirements for animal identification, testing, herd management, and 
movement of animals into and from herds. APHIS also established 
requirements for the interstate movement of cervids to prevent movement 
of elk, deer, and moose that pose a risk of spreading CWD. Carrying out 
this program will entail the use of several information collection 
activities and three APHIS forms. Failing to collect it would make it 
impossible for APHIS to maintain its CWD Herd Certification Program, 
thereby hindering APHIS' ability to prevent and control the spread of 
CWD in the United States.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit and not-
for-profit; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 9,053.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 322,546.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA)--Payment of Indemnity.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0192.
    Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal 
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to 
detect, control, or eradicate pest or diseases of livestock or poultry. 
Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a clinical disease resulting from 
infection with the ISA virus and poses a substantial threat to the 
economic viability and sustainability of salmon aquaculture in the 
United States and abroad. This indemnity program entails the use of 
several information collection activities, including completing a 
program enrollment form as well as an appraisal and indemnity claim 
form; developing biosecurity protocols; conducting biosecurity audits; 
developing site-specific ISA action plans; compiling fish inventories 
and mortality reports (and recordkeeping); and disease surveillance to 
control ISA. Program participants, who may include certain aquaculture 
industry business owners, managers, site employees, and accredited 
veterinarians, and designated laboratories, must also assist APHIS with 
certain disease surveillance activities. Without the information it 
would be impossible for APHIS to contain and prevent ISA outbreaks in 
the United States.
    Need and Use of the Information: APHIS uses a form to enroll 
aquaculture industry businesses, three others to reimburse them for 
disease losses, and other information activities to document or conduct 
biosecurity, protocols, and audits; develop site-specific ISA action 
plans; compile fish inventories and mortality reports (and keep records 
of the inventories and reports); and conduct disease surveillance.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 13.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 549.


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    Dated: August 5, 2021.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-17020 Filed 8-9-21; 8:45 am]
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