19024 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 1996 / Notices

[Docket No. STD–96–0002]

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13) and Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR

Part 1320 (60 FR 44978), this notice

announces the Agricultural Marketing

Service’s (AMS) intention to request an

extension for and revision to a currently

approved information collection in

support of its regulations,

Recordkeeping Requirements for

Certified Applicators of Federally

Restricted Use Pesticides (7 CFR Part

110).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bonnie Poli, Chief, Pesticide Records

Branch, Science and Technology

Division, AMS, 8700 Centreville Road,

Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20110, (703)

330–7826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements

for Certified Applicators of Federally

Restricted Use Pesticides.

OMB Number: 0581–0164.

Expiration Date of Approval: August

31, 1996.

Type of Request: Extension and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The regulations,

‘‘Recordkeeping Requirements for

Certified Applicators of Federally

Restricted Use Pesticides,’’ require

certified pesticide applicators to

maintain records of federally restricted

use pesticide applications for a period

of 2 years. The regulations also provide

for access to pesticide records or record

information by Federal or State officials,

or by licensed health care professionals

when needed to treat an individual who

may have been exposed to restricted use

pesticides, and penalties for

enforcement of the recordkeeping and

access provisions.

The Food, Agriculture, Conservation,

and Trade Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–624;

7 U.S.C. 136i–1), referred to as the

FACT Act, directs and authorizes the

Department to develop regulations

which establish requirements for

recordkeeping by all certified

applicators of federally restricted use

pesticides. A certified applicator is an

individual who is certified by the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

or a State under cooperative agreement

with EPA to use or supervise the use of

restricted use pesticides.

Section 1491 of the FACT Act directs

and authorizes the Secretary of

Agriculture to ensure compliance with

regulations as the Secretary may

prescribe, including levying penalties,

for failure to comply with such

regulations.

Because this is a regulatory program

with enforcement responsibility, USDA

must ensure that certified applicators

are maintaining restricted use pesticide

application records for the 2 year period

required by the FACT Act. To

accomplish this, USDA must collect

information through personal

inspections of certified applicator’s

restricted use pesticide application

records.

The information collected is used

only by authorized representatives of

the USDA (AMS, Science and

Technology Division’s national staff,

other designated Federal employees,

and designated State supervisors and

their staffs), which are designated access

to the record information through

section 1491, subsection (b) of the FACT

Act. The information is used to

administer the Federal Pesticide

Recordkeeping Program. The Agency is

the primary user of the information, and

the secondary user is each designated

State agency which has a cooperative

agreement with AMS.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated as follows:

(a) Approximately 760,000 certified

private applicators (recordkeepers)

apply restricted use pesticides. It is

estimated that on an average certified

private applicators have a total annual

burden of .35 hours per recordkeeper.

(b) There are approximately 384,000

certified commercial applicators

nationally who are required to provide

copies of restricted use pesticide

application records to their clients. It is

estimated that certified commercial

applicators have a total annual burden

of 1,892,352 hours.

(c) It is estimated that State agency

personnel who work through

cooperative agreements with AMS, to

inspect certified private applicator’s

records have a total annual burden of

9,280 hours.

Respondents: Certified private and

commercial applicators, State

governments or employees, and Federal

agencies or employees.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,144,064—The total number of

respondents includes approximately

384,000 certified commercial

applicators, 760,000 certified private

applicators (recordkeepers) and

designated state agency personnel

utilized to inspect certified private

applicator’s records.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: The estimated number of

responses per respondent is as follows:

(a) It is estimated that certified private

applicators (recordkeepers), record on

an average 5 restricted use pesticide

application records annually.

(b) It is estimated that certified

commercial applicators provide 616

copies of restricted use pesticide records

to their clients annually.

(c) State agency personnel, who work

under cooperative agreements with

AMS to conduct restricted use pesticide

record inspections have approximately

4,832 responses annually.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2,171,712 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Bonnie Poli,

Pesticide Records Branch, at (703) 330–

7826.

Comments: Comments are invited on:

(a) whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (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.

Comments may be sent to: Bonnie Poli,

Chief, Pesticide Records Branch,

Science and Technology Division, AMS,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 8700

Centreville Rd, Suite 200, Manassas, VA

20110. 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.

Dated: April 24, 1996.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–10647 Filed 4–29–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 84 / Tuesday, April 30, 1996 / Notices 19025

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 96–017–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed 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 a currently

approved information collection in

support of regulations and standards

issued under the Voluntary Scrapie

Flock Certification Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 1, 1996 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology),

or any other aspect of this collection of

information to: Docket No. 96–017–1,

Regulatory Analysis and Development,

PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1238. Please send an original and three

copies, and state that your comments

refer to Docket 96–017–1. Comments

received may be inspected at USDA,

room 1141, South Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments and notices are

requested to call ahead on (202) 690–

2817 to facilitate entry into the

comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information on the regulations and

standards for the Voluntary Scrapie

Flock Certification Program, contact Dr.

Daniel Harpster, Senior Staff

Veterinarian, National Animal Health

Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road,

Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231,

(301) 734–4931; or e-mail:

DHarpster@aphis.usda.gov. For copies

of the proposed collection of

information, contact Ms. Cheryl Jenkins,

APHIS’ Information Collection

Coordinator, at (301) 734–5360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Title: Voluntary Scrapie Flock

Certification Program.

OMB Number: 0579–0101.

Expiration Date of Approval: August

31, 1996.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: To control scrapie in the

United States, we have promulgated

regulations establishing the Voluntary

Scrapie Flock Certification Program. It

consists primarily of identifying and

eliminating infected animals and herds

in order to prevent the disease from

spreading. This process requires that

participating flock owners communicate

vital information to us (via mail or

telephone) concerning the health of

their animals.

Generally, the presence of the disease

cannot be detected until the animal

becomes clinically ill. Due to the lack of

a live animal diagnostic test for scrapie,

efforts to control and eliminate the

disease depend upon the cooperation of

flock owners and veterinarians in

reporting clinically ill animals.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

information collection 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 proposed

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, or other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 3.050 hours per

response.

Respondents: Flock owners, State

animal health officials, accredited

veterinarians, State or Federal

veterinary medical officers, and State or

university diagnostic laboratory

directors.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,180.

Estimated Numbers of Responses per

Respondent: 4.402.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 15,846 hours.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for Office of Management and Budget

approval of the information collection.

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of

April 1996.

Lonnie J. King,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

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[Docket No. 96–018–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed 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 a currently

approved information collection in

support of the National Animal Health

Monitoring System.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 1, 1996 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology),

or any other aspect of this collection of

information to: Docket No. 96–018–1,

Regulatory Analysis and Development,

PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1238. Please send an original and three

copies, and state that your comments

refer to Docket 96–018–1. Comments

received may be inspected at USDA,

room 1141, South Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments and notices are

requested to call ahead on (202) 690–

2817 to facilitate entry into the

comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information on the National Animal

Health Monitoring System, contact Mr.

David Cummings, Program Manager,

Centers for Epidemiology and Animal

Health, VS, APHIS, 555 South Howes,

Suite 100, Fort Collins, CO 80521; (970)

490–7895. For copies of the proposed

collection of information, contact Ms.

Cheryl Jenkins, APHIS’ Information

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

5360.