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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 118

Tuesday, June 19, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 14, 2001.

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

regarding (a) 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;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Washington, DC 20503 and to

Departmental Clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC

20250–7602. Comments regarding these

information collections are best assured

of having their full effect if received

within 30 days of this notification.

Copies of the submission(s) may be

obtained by calling (202) 720–6746.

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.

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Title: Application for Payment.

OMB Control Number: 0578–0018.

Summary of Collection: The

Conservation Program regulations at 7

CFR 622, 624, 631, 632, 636, 701, 702,

752, and 1467 set forth the basic

policies, program provisions, and

eligibility requirements for owners and

operators to apply for application of

payments after entering into and

carrying out long-term conservation

program contracts with technical

assistance under the various programs.

The Natural Resources Conservation

Service (NRCS) is responsible for the

administration of various conservation

programs through NRCS delivery

systems. NRCS will collect information

using the Application for Payment form.

Need and Use of the Information:

NRCS will collect information to

provide program participants with a

method for making application

payment, provide information regarding

completion of conservation program

contract activities, provide certification

of work performed with the required

standards, determine division of

payment, ascertain the status of debt

register collections, and provide the

responsible NRCS official with authority

to make Federal cost-share payments to

the land users or third party upon

successful completion of a conservation

program contract. The information

collected will be used by NRCS to

ensure the proper use of program funds.

Without the information, funds

appropriated by Congress could not be

dispensed without the supporting

information on the Application for

Payment form.

Description of Respondents: Farms;

Individuals or households; Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 35,540.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Annually; Other (as required for

assistance).

Total Burden Hours: 20,731.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Interstate Movement of Certain

Tortoises.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0156.

Summary of Collection: These

authorities (Title 21, U.S.C. authorizes

sections 111, 114, 114a, 114–1, 115, 120,

121, 125, 126, 134a, 134c, 134f, and

134g of 21 U.S.C.) permit the Secretary

of the United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA) to prevent, control,

and eliminate domestic diseases such as

tuberculosis, as well as to take actions

to prevent and to manage exotic

diseases such as heartwater disease. The

Veterinary Services Division of the

Animal & Plant Health Inspection

Service (APHIS) enforces regulations

that pertain to the importation of

animals and animal products into the

United States and the prevention of

foreign animal disease incursions into

the United States. APHIS published an

interim rule to allow the interstate

movement of leopard tortoises, African

spurred tortoises, and Bell’s hingeback

tortoises if a health certificate

accompanies these tortoises. APHIS will

collect information using APHIS form

7001.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to

ensure that the interstate movement of

these tortoises poses no risk of

spreading exotic ticks within the United

States. If the information is not collected

APHIS would be forced to continue

their complete ban on the interstate

movement of leopard, African spurred,

and Bell’s hingeback tortoises.

Description of Respondents: Federal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 150.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 75.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Citrus Canker: Commercial

Citrus Tree Replacement Program.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0163.

Summary of Collection: The United

States Department of Agriculture

(USDA) is responsible for preventing

plant pests and noxious weeds from

entering the United States, preventing

the spread of pests and weeds not

widely distributed in the United States,

and eradicating those imported pests

and weeds when eradication is feasible.

Chapter 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act (7

U.S.C. 161) provides authority for the

Secretary of Agriculture to quarantine

any State, Territory, or District of the

United States to prevent the spread of

insect pests and plant diseases (such as

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Citrus Canker) new or not widely

distributed throughout the United

States. The Plant Protection &

Quarantine Division of USDA’s Animal

& Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS) has regulations in place to

prevent the interstate spread of citrus

canker. APHIS will collect information

using form PPQ 652.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect the owner’s name,

address, and a description of the

owner’s property, and certification

statements that the trees removed from

the owner’s property were commercial

citrus trees. The information will be

used to verify the location and number

of citrus trees for which the owner is

requesting replacement funds. If the

information were not collected APHIS

would be unable to reimburse eligible

grove owners for the loss of their trees.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 65.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 15.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Importation of Horses,

Ruminants, Swine, and Dogs, Inspection

and Treatment for Screwworm.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0165.

Summary of Collection: The Animal

and Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS) of the United States

Department of Agriculture is charged

with disease prevention. This agency

regulates the importation of animals and

animal products into the U.S. to guard

against the introduction of exotic animal

diseases. Title 21 U.S.C. authorizes

sections 111, 114, 114a, 114–1, 115, 120,

125, 126, 134a, 134c, 134f, and 134g of

21 U.S.C. authorizes the Secretary to

prevent, control and eliminate domestic

diseases such as brucellosis, as well as

to take actions to prevent and to manage

exotic diseases such as exotic Newcastle

disease and other foreign diseases. The

regulations under which APHIS conduct

disease prevention activities are

contained in Title 9, Chapter 1,

Subchapter D, Parts 91 through 99.

These regulations govern the

importation of animals, birds and

poultry, certain animal and poultry

products, and animal germplasm. The

animal import regulations are being

amended to require horses, ruminants,

swine and dogs imported from regions

of the world where screwworm is

considered to exist to be inspected and

treated for infestation with screwworm.

Need and Use of the Information:

Horses, ruminants, swine, and dogs

entering the United States from regions

where screwworm is known to exist

must be accompanied by a certificate,

signed by a full-time salaried veterinary

official of the exporting country, stating

that these animals have been thoroughly

examined, that they have been treated

with ivermectin, that any visible

wounds have been treated with

camaphos, and the animals appear to be

free of screwworm. This is necessary to

prevent the introduction of screwworm

into the United States. Screwworm is a

pest native to tropical areas and causes

extensive damage to livestock and other

warm-blooded animals. If the

information were collected less

frequently or not collected at all, it

would significantly cripple our ability

to ensure that horses, ruminants, swine,

and dogs imported into the United

States are not carrying screwworm.

Such a development would make a

screwworm incursion much more likely,

with economically damaging effects on

the U.S. equine, cattle, and swine

industries.

Description of Respondents: Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal.

Number of Respondents: 36.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 34.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Bluetongue Surveillance Pilot

Program (BSPP).

OMB Control Number: 0579–NEW.

Summary of Collection: The

Department of Agriculture is

responsible for protecting the health of

animals and poultry by preventing the

spread of contagious diseases from one

State to another and by eradicating such

diseases from the United States when

feasible. 7 U.S.C. 391, the Animal

Industry Act of 1884 mandates the

collection and dissemination of animal

and poultry health data and

information. APHIS is initiating the

Bluetongue Surveillance Pilot Program

Sentinel Trail that will take place on

farms in Nebraska, South Dakota, North

Dakota, and Montana. Bluetongue is a

virus transmitted by blood-feeding

midges, which breed in cattle manure

and transmit the viruses between hosts

including antelope, cattle, deer, elk,

goats, and sheep. Cattle are infected

naturally by these viruses but rarely

show clinical signs. APHIS will collect

information using several forms.

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to: (1)

Develop a pilot sentinel system as a tool

for substantiating disease freedom and

compare it to other surveillance options;

(2) test Bluetongue disease freedom in

two demarcated populations (free and

infected); (3) develop data on the

epidemiology of Bluetongue in a

seasonally infected area. The

information from the study will be

disseminated and used by livestock

producers, animal health officials,

private veterinary practitioners, public

health officials, the media, educational

institutions, and others to improve

agricultural productivity and

competitiveness.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,365.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 1,373.

Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: Poultry Market News Report.

OMB Control Number: 0581–0033.

Summary of Collection: The

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946,

legislates that USDA shall ‘‘collect and

disseminate marketing information

***’’ and ‘‘* * * collect, tabulate,

and disseminate statistics on marketing

agricultural products, including, but not

restricted to statistics on marketing

supplies, storage, stocks, quantity,

quality, and condition of such products

in various positions in the marketing

channel, use of such products, and

shipments and unloads thereof.’’ The

mission of Market News is to provide

current unbiased, factual information to

all members of the Nation’s agricultural

industry, from farm to retailer.

Need and Use of the Information:

Market News Reports aid government

agencies in tracking prices, wages and

productivity or as indicators of

economic activity. Market news

information is contained in published

reports distributed by other government

agencies—for example the ‘‘Situation

and Outlook: reports by the Economic

Research Service and is used by private

business firms, as well as, educational

institutions, agricultural colleges and

universities. Also, the poultry and egg

industry uses the data to help determine

future production and marketing

projections. The absence of this data

would deny primary and secondary

users information that otherwise would

be available to aid them in their

production and marketing decisions,

analyses, research and knowledge of

current market conditions. The

omission of these data could adversely

affect prices, supply, and demand.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 1,720.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Weekly; Monthly.

Total Burden Hours: 17,657.

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Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: 7 CFR Part 70. Regulations for

Voluntary Grading of Poultry Products

and Rabbit Products.

OMB Control Number: 0581–0127.

Summary of Collection: The

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (60

Stat. 1087–1091, as amended; 7 U.S.C.

1621–1627) (AMA) directs and

authorizes the Department to develop

standards of quality, grades, grading

programs, and services to enable a more

orderly marketing of agricultural

products so trading may be facilitated

and so consumers may be able to obtain

products graded and identified under

USDA programs. The Agricultural

Marketing Service (AMS) carries out

regulations, which provide a voluntary

program for grading poultry and rabbit

products. This program is voluntary

where respondents would need to

request or apply for the specific service

they wish.

Need and Use of the Information:

Because the AMA requires that the cost

of the service be assessed and collected,

there is no alternative but to provide

voluntary programs on a fee for service

basis and to collect the information

needed to establish the cost. The

information collected is used to

administer the grading services

requested by the respondents and only

by authorized representatives of the

USDA.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Federal Government;

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 374.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion; Semi-annually; Monthly;

Annually; Other.

Total Burden Hours: 1,781.

Food and Nutrition Service

Title: National School Lunch Program.

OMB Control Number: 0584–0006.

Summary of Collection: Section 9 of

the National School Lunch Act (NSLA)

gives the Secretary authority to

prescribe the minimum nutritional

requirements for lunches served by

schools participating in the School

Lunch Program. The current program

regulations include the third party

disclosure provisions which require

school food authorities to inform

children and their parents of the use of

products or dishes containing more than

30 parts fully hydrated vegetable protein

products to less than 70 parts beef, pork,

poultry or seafood in food served under

the NSLP. The Food and Nutrition

Service will collect information using

forms FNS–66, 640, and 67.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be collected to ensure

that the alternatives implemented by the

States and the school food authorities

adequately meet program requirements

and goals. The information gathered

will contribute to a comprehensive

review of program operations and will

be available for monitoring purposes.

Description of Respondents: State,

Local, or Tribal Government;

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Nor-for-profit

institutions; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 118,051.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Quarterly; Monthly; Annually; Semiannually; Other.

Total Burden Hours: 9,462,622.

Food and Nutrition Service

Title: 7 CFR Part 220 School Breakfast

Program.

OMB Control Number: 0584–0012.

Summary of Collection: Section 4 of

the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966

as amended, authorizes the School

Breakfast Program (SBP). The Food and

Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the

School Breakfast Program on behalf of

the Secretary of Agriculture so that

needy children may receive their

breakfasts free or at a reduced price. The

current program regulations include

third party disclosure provisions which

requires school food authorities to

inform children and their parents of the

use of products or dishes containing

more than 30 parts fully hydrated

vegetable protein products to less than

70 parts beef, pork, poultry or seafood

in food served under the SBP.

Need and Use of the Information:

School food authorities provide

information to State agencies. The State

agencies report to FNS. FNS uses the

information submitted to determine the

amount of funds to be reimbursed,

evaluate and adjust program operations,

and to develop projections for future

program operations.

Description of Respondents: State,

Local, or Tribal Government;

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 82,748.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Quarterly; Monthly; Semi-annually;

Annually; Other.

Total Burden Hours: 4,895,796.

Forest Service

Title: 36 CFR Part 228, Subpart C—

Disposal of Mineral Materials.

OMB Control Number: 0596–0081.

Summary of Collection: The Forest

Service (FS) is responsible for

overseeing the management of National

Forest System land. The Multiple-Use

Mining Act of 1955 (30 U.S.C. 601, 603,

611–615) gives the FS specific authority

to manage the disposal of mineral

materials mined from National Forest

land. FS uses form FS–2800–9 to collect

detailed information on the planned

mining and disposal operations as well

as a contract for the sale of mineral

materials.

Need and Use of the Information: FS

will use information collected from the

public to ensure that environmental

impacts of mineral material disposal are

minimized. A review of the operating

plan provides the authorized officer the

opportunity to determine if the

proposed operation is appropriate and

consistent with all applicable land

management laws and regulations. The

information also provides the means of

documenting planned operations and

the terms and conditions that the FS

deems necessary to protect surface

resources.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 3,000.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 7,500.

Nancy B. Sternberg,

Departmental Information Clearance Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

Determination of Total Amounts and

Quota Period for Tariff-Rate Quotas for

Raw Cane Sugar and Certain Imported

Sugars, Syrups, and Molasses

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice establishes the

aggregate quantity of 1,360,983 metric

tons raw value of sugar that may be

entered under the provisions of

additional U.S. Note 5 (a) of the

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTS) during fiscal year

(FY) 2001. The following quantities are

established for entry: 1,117,195 metric

tons raw value of raw sugar under

subheading 1701.11.10 of the HTS;

38,000 metric tons raw value of certain

sugars, syrups, and molasses under

subheadings 1701.12.10, 1701.91.10,

1701.99.10, 1702.90.10, and 2106.90.44;

105,788 metric tons raw value of sugar

from Mexico in accordance with the

terms of the North American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA); and 100,000