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64986 

Vol. 72, No. 222 

Monday, November 19, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

DATE: November 13, 2007. 

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 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), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 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) 720–8958. 

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: Phytophthora Ramorum; 

Quarantine and Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0310. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 

7772), the Secretary of Agriculture, 

either independently or in cooperation 

with the States, is authorized to carry 

out operations or measures to detect, 

eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or 

retard the spread of plant pest new to 

the United States or not widely 

distributed throughout the United 

States. Under ‘‘Subpart-Phytophthora 

Ramorum’’ (7 CFR 301.92 through 

301.92–11, referred to as the regulation), 

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) restricts the 

interstate movement of certain regulated 

and restricted articles from quarantined 

areas in California and Oregon to 

prevent the artificial spread of 

Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen 

that causes the plant disease commonly 

known as sudden oak death, ramorum 

left blight, and ramorum dieback. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information through 

a compliance agreement to establish 

restrictions on the interstate movement 

of nursery stock from nurseries in nonquarantined counties in California, 

Oregon, and Washington. If California, 

Oregon, and Washington State did not 

comply with provisions by signing a 

compliance agreement, P. ramorum 

would have the potential to spread to 

eastern forests adversely impacting the 

ecosystem balances, foreign/domestic 

nursery stocks, and lumber markets. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondent: 1,425. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,263. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5720 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 14, 2007. 

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), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 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) 720–8681. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: National Research, Promotion, 

and Consumer Information Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0093. 

Summary of Collection: The U.S. 

Department of Agriculture has the 

responsibility for implementing and 


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