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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 13, 2008. 

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) 720–8958. 

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: Importation of Poultry Meat and 

Other Poultry Products from Sinaloa 

and Sonora, Mexico. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0144. 

Summary of Collection: Veterinary 

Services, a program within USDA’s 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), is responsible for 

administering regulations intended to 

prevent the introduction of animal 

diseases, such as exotic Newcastle 

disease (END) into the United States. 

APHIS currently has regulations in 

place that restrict the importation of 

poultry meat and other poultry products 

from Mexico due to the presence of 

exotic Newcastle disease in the country. 

However, APHIS does allow the 

importation of poultry meat and poultry 

products from the Mexican States of 

Sinaloa and Sonora because APHIS has 

determined that poultry meat and 

products from these two Mexican States 

pose a negligible risk of introducing 

exotic Newcastle disease into the United 

States. To ensure that these items are 

safe for importation, APHIS requires 

that certain data appear on the foreign 

meat inspection certificate that 

accompanies the poultry meat and other 

poultry products from Sinaloa and 

Sonora to the United States. APHIS also 

requires that serial numbered seals be 

applied to containers carrying the 

poultry meat and other poultry 

products. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to certify 

that the poultry meat or other poultry 

products were (1) derived from poultry 

born and raised in commercial breeding 

establishments in Sinaloa and Sonora; 

(2) derived from poultry that were 

slaughtered in Sinaloa or Sonora in a 

Federally-inspected slaughter plant 

approved to export these commodities 

to the United States in accordance with 

Food Safety & Inspection regulations; (3) 

processed at a Federally inspected 

processing plant in Sinaloa or Sonora; 

and (4) kept out of contact with poultry 

from any other State within Mexico. 

APHIS will also collect information to 

ensure that the poultry meat or poultry 

products from Sinaloa and Sonora pose 

the most negligible risk possible for 

introducing exotic Newcastle disease 

into the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 40. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Poultry and Pork Products 

Transiting the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0145. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) and the Animal & Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) is 

responsible for controlling and 

eliminating domestic animal diseases 

such as brucellosis and scrapie, as well 

as preventing the introduction of exotic 

animal diseases such as hog cholera, 

exotic Newcastle disease (END) and 

other foreign diseases. Disease 

prevention is the most effective method 

for maintaining a healthy animal 

population and enhancing the United 

States’ ability to compete in exporting 

animals and animal products. The 

regulations under which APHIS 

conducts disease prevention activities 

are contained in title 9, chapter D, parts 

91 through 99 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. APHIS has determined that 

fresh pork and pork products, as well as 

poultry carcasses, parts and products 

from Mexican States can transit the 

United States with minimal risk of 

introducing hog cholera or END. 

Allowing fresh pork and pork products 

as well as poultry carcasses, parts, and 

products from certain Mexican States to 

transit the United States necessitates the 

use of several information collection 

activities, which include the completion 

of an import permit application, the 

placement of serial numbered seals on 

product containers, and the forwarding 

of a written, pre-arrival notification to 

APHIS port personnel. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to 

ensure that fresh pork and pork 

products, as well as poultry carcasses, 

parts, and products transiting the 

United States from Mexico pose a 

negligible risk of introducing hog 

cholera and END into the United States. 

APHIS will also collect the name, 

address of the exporter, the origin and 

destination points of entry, the date of 

transportation, the method and route of 


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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 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 


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