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shipment, the time and date the items 

are expected to arrive at the port, how 

long the items are expected to be in the 

United States, the permit number of the 

shipment, and the serial numbers of the 

seals on the shipment containers. If the 

information is not collected, it would 

make disease incursion event much 

more likely, with potentially devastating 

affects on the U.S. swine and poultry 

industries. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; farm; individual or 

households; not-for-profit institutions; 

Federal Government; State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 22. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 279. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Foot-and-Mouth Disease; 

Prohibition on Importation of Farm 

Equipment. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0195. 

Summary of Collection: Regulations 

contained in 9 CFR parts 92 through 98 

prohibits the importation of used farm 

equipment into the United States from 

regions in which foot-and-mouth 

disease or rinderpest exist, unless the 

equipment has been steam-cleaned prior 

to export to the United States so that it 

is free of exposed dirt and other 

particulate matter. Disease prevention is 

the most effective method for 

maintaining a healthy animal 

population and enhancing the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) ability to compete in exporting 

animals and animal products. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information through 

the use of a certification statement in 

which the exporter states that the 

cleaning of the equipment has been 

done. This is necessary to help prevent 

the introduction of foot-and-mouth 

disease into the United States. If the 

information were not collected APHIS 

would be forced to discontinue the 

importation of any used farm equipment 

from FMD regions, a development that 

could have a damaging financial impact 

on exporters and importers of this 

equipment. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,000. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–19092 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0087] 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Information Collection; Integrated 

Survey Information System 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: New 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 approval of an information 

collection associated with the Integrated 

Survey Information System. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 17, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0087 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0087, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–

2008–0087. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Integrated Survey 

Information System, contact Valerie 

DeFeo, National Program Manager, 

Emergency and Domestic Programs, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 134, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–3393. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS* 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Integrated Survey Information 

System. 

OMB Number: 0579–xxxx. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

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 Administrator, 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS). 

As part of this mission, the Plant 

Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

program, APHIS, has designed a data 

management system by integrating 

existing systems focused on core 

program functions to maximize PPQ’s 

ability to respond to plant health 

emergencies. This Plant Health 

Information System (PHIS) provides 

APHIS a comprehensive plant health 

data management system capable of 

supporting the mission of safeguarding 

U.S. agriculture. The Integrated Survey 

Information System (ISIS) is one of 

PHIS’ core components. ISIS is a webenabled and seamlessly integrated 

survey tool for timely or ‘‘real-time’’

collection and storage of data 

concerning plant pests, easily merged 

into a geographic information system 

mapping and analysis tool and available 

to key regulatory partners and 

stakeholders. Flexibility within ISIS 

allows for transfer of summary data to 

public sites, including PPQ’s National 

Agricultural Pest Information System. 

Individual States and PPQ utilize ISIS to 

conduct surveys, to detect and measure 

the presence of plant pests, and to 

generate reports which may be used for 

operational decisionmaking when 

responding to plant pest problems. As 

part of ISIS information collection 

activities, PPQ and States use PPQ form 

391, ‘‘Specimens for Determination,’’ to 

submit samples for pest identification. 

We are asking the Office of 

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approve our use of these information 

collection activities for 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 

information collection, 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 

information collection 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 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 0.25 

hours per response. 

Respondents: State plant health 

regulatory officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 470. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 39.361702. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 18,500. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 4,625 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 12th day of 

August 2008. 

Cindy Smith, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–19090 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0084] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for Importation of Fresh 

White Asparagus From Senegal Into 

the Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation into the 

continental United States of fresh white 

asparagus from Senegal. Based on that 

analysis, we believe that the application 

of one or more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the risks of introducing or disseminating 

plant pests or noxious weeds via the 

importation of fresh white asparagus 

from Senegal. We are making the pest 

risk analysis available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 17, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2008-0084 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0084, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–

2008–0084. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Shirley Wager Page ́, Branch Chief, 

Commodity Import Analysis and 

Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1231; (301) 734–8758. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘SubpartFruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 

through 319.56–47, referred to below as 

the regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into and spread within the 

United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

These measures are: 

• The fruits or vegetables are subject 

to inspection upon arrival in the United 

States and comply with all applicable 

provisions of § 319.56–3; 

• The fruits or vegetables are 

imported from a pest-free area in the 

country of origin that meets the 

requirements of § 319.56–5 for freedom 

from that pest and are accompanied by 

a phytosanitary certificate stating that 

the fruits or vegetables originated in a 

pest-free area in the country of origin; 

• The fruits or vegetables are treated 

in accordance with 7 CFR part 305; 

• The fruits or vegetables are 

inspected in the country of origin by an 

inspector or an official of the national 

plant protection organization of the 

exporting country, and have been found 

free of one or more specific quarantine 

pests identified by the risk analysis as 

likely to follow the import pathway; 

and/or 

• The fruits or vegetables are a 

commercial consignment. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of Senegal to allow the 

importation of fresh asparagus from 

Senegal into the continental United 

States. We have completed a pest risk 

assessment to identify pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of importation into 

the United States and, based on that 

pest risk assessment, have prepared a 

risk management analysis to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to fresh white asparagus to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that fresh white asparagus 

can be safely imported into the 


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