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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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 160 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: State governments. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 160 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 24th day of 

August 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18599 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0044] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Foreign 

Quarantine Notices 

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 the regulations to 

prevent the introduction or spread of 

foreign plant pests and diseases into or 

within the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 29, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0044 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0044, 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 www.regulations.gov 

or in our reading room, which is located 

in Room 1620 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 foreign quarantine 

notices, contact Mr. Marc Phillips, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2114. 

For more detailed information on the 

information collection reporting 

process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, 

APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483; 

joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Foreign Quarantine Notices. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0049. 

Type of request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests and diseases 

into the United States or their 

dissemination within the United States. 

This authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), which administers 

regulations to implement the PPA. 

Regulations governing the importation 

of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, 

seeds, unmanufactured wood articles, 

and other plant products are contained 

in 7 CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine 

Notices.’’ Regulations governing the 

transit of certain products or articles 

that are classified as prohibited or 

restricted products or articles are 

contained in 7 CFR part 352, ‘‘Plant 

Quarantine Safeguard Regulations.’’ 

The movement of plants and plant 

products requires various information 

collection activities, such as operational 

workplans; audits; pest risk 

assessments; cooperative service 

agreements; trust funds; production or 

processing site/facility registrations; 

foreign site certification of inspection 

and/or treatment; applications for 

permits; appeals of denial or revocation 

of permits; requests for additional 

mailing labels; compliance agreements; 

phytosanitary certificates; labeling; 

importer documents; agreements for 

post entry quarantine State screening 

notices; 30-day article notifications; 

requests for emergency transshipment or 

division; notices of arrival; emergency 

action notifications; and monitoring/ 

recordkeeping from entities responsible 

for growing, packing, handling, 

transporting, and importing foreign 

plant parts (roots, bulbs, seeds, fruit, 

leaves, etc.), plant products, timber, and 

timber products. In addition, APHIS 

collects required information from 

national plant protection organizations 

(NPPOs) as part of the commodity 

import approval process. 

The information collected is vital to 

helping APHIS ensure that plants and 

plant products do not harbor plant pests 

or diseases that, if introduced into the 

United States, could cause extensive 

economic damage to U.S. agriculture. 

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. 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, 


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mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.011 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Facilities; growers; 

producers; production, processing, and 

packing sites; importers; individuals; 

businesses; brokers; shippers; NPPOs; 

and foreign plant protection authorities. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 22,315. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2,803. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 62,552,921. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 712,982 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 25th day of 

August 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18645 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0051] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Contract Pilot and Aircraft Acceptance 

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 (APHIS’) 

intention to request an extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the use of contract 

pilots and aircraft in APHIS’ Plant 

Protection and Quarantine domestic, 

emergency, and biological control 

programs. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 29, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0051 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0051, 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 www.regulations.gov 

or in our reading room, which is located 

in Room 1620 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 contract pilot and 

aircraft acceptance, contact Dr. Richard 

Johnson, National Policy Manager, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 26, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2109. 

For more detailed information on the 

information collection reporting 

process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, 

APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483; 

joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Contract Pilot and Aircraft 

Acceptance. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0298. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture, either 

independently or in cooperation with 

States, to carry out operations or 

measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 

control, prevent, or retard the spread of 

plant pests and noxious weeds that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. This authority has 

been delegated to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS). 

As part of this mission, APHIS’ Plant 

Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

program responds to introductions of 

plant pests with eradication, 

suppression, or containment through 

various programs in cooperation with 

State departments of agriculture and 

other government agencies. These 

programs may include the aerial 

application of treatments to control 

plant pests. 

APHIS contracts for these services, 

and prior to any aerial applications, 

requests certain information from the 

contractors and/or contract pilots to 

ensure that the work will be done 

according to specifications. Among 

other things, APHIS asks to see the 

aircraft registration, the aircraft’s 

airworthiness certificate, the pilot’s 

license, the pilot’s medical certification, 

the pilot’s proof of flight review, the 

pilot’s pesticide applicator’s license, 

and the aircraft logbook. Information 

from these documents and aircraft 

inspection results are consolidated by 

APHIS for signature by the APHIS 

official and the contractor or contract 

pilot, indicating acceptance of the pilot 

and aircraft for the job. 

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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.27 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Contractors and/or 

contract pilots of aircraft. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 30. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 30. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 8 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. 


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