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public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

Winona Lake Scott, 

Associate Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil 

Rights. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0026] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Movement of 

Plants and Plant Products From Hawaii 

and the Territories 

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 for the 

interstate movement of fruits and 

vegetables from Hawaii and the 

Territories. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 2, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0026 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–2021–0026, 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 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 the movement of plants 

and plant products from Hawaii and the 

Territories, contact Mr. Marc Phillips, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

PPQ, APHIS, USDA, 4700 River Road 

Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

851–2114. For information on the 

information collection, contact Mr. 

Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork 

Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301) 

851–2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Movement of Plants and Plant 

Products From Hawaii and the 

Territories. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0346. 

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 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. 

In 7 CFR part 318, under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart A—Regulated 

Articles from Hawaii and the 

Territories’’ (§§ 318.13–1 through 

318.13–17), APHIS prohibits or restricts 

the interstate movement of fruits and 

vegetables into the continental United 

States from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the 

U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands to prevent plant pests and 

noxious weeds from being introduced 

into and spread within the continental 

United States. 

The regulations contain requirements 

for a performance-based process for 

approving the interstate movement of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more 

designated phytosanitary measures and 

for acknowledging pest-free areas. These 

requirements involve information 

collection activities, including limited 

permits, inspections to issue limited 

permits, inspections of production 

areas, transit permits, compliance 

agreements, inspection and certification, 

labeling for fruits and vegetables 

produced in pest free areas, written 

requests for facility approvals, trapping 

and surveillance, and recordkeeping. In 

addition, the activities of packaging, 

marking, identification, and certification 

of sweet potatoes from Hawaii are also 

included. 

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, 

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 0.21 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Wholesalers and 

producers of fruits and vegetables; 

growers, shippers, and exporters in 

Hawaii, U.S. Territories, and State plant 

regulatory officials; and irradiation 

facility personnel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 283. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 55. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 15,673. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 3,286 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 27th day of 

May 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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