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serially numbered seals on product 

containers, and the forwarding of a prearrival notification to U.S. port 

personnel. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities 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 

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 

0.920792079 hours per response. 

Respondents: Exporters in Mexico 

and full-time, salaried veterinarians 

employed by the national government of 

Mexico. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 22. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 13.7727. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 303. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 279 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 31st day of 

January 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–2264 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0025] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for Importation of Blueberries 

From Guatemala 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 blueberries 

from Guatemala. 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 blueberries from 

Guatemala. 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 April 7, 

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=Docket

Detail&d=APHIS2008-0025 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–2008–0025, 

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–

2008–0025. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on the 

environmental assessment 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: Mr. 

Tony Roma ́n, Import Specialist, 

Commodity Import Analysis and 

Operation Staff, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1231; (301) 734–8758. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—

Fruits 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 Guatemala to allow the 

importation of blueberries from 

Guatemala 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 the commodity to mitigate 

the pest risk. We have concluded that 


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blueberries can be safely imported into 

the continental United States from 

Guatemala using one or more of the five 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in § 319.56–4(b). Therefore, in 

accordance with § 319.56–4(c), we are 

announcing the availability of our pest 

risk analysis for public review and 

comment. The pest risk analysis may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES

above for instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

pest risk analysis by calling or writing 

to the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the pest risk analysis when 

requesting copies. 

After reviewing the comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of 

blueberries from Guatemala in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of the analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will begin issuing permits for 

importation of blueberries from 

Guatemala into the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the risk management 

analysis. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of 

January 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–2263 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection: Volunteer 

Programs 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

the Standards for Approval of Volunteer 

Programs. 

DATES: We will consider comment 

received by April 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comment, include volume, date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

E-mail: Send comments to: 

Mondina.Jolley@wdc.usdc.gov. 

Fax: (202) 401–0515. 

Mail: Ms. C. Mondina Jolley, Student 

Employment Program Manager, USDA, 

FSA, Human Resources Division, 

Domestic Operations Branch, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–0596. 

Comments also should be sent to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

C. Mondina Jolley, Student Employment 

Program Manager, phone: (202) 401–

0515. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Volunteer Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0232. 

Expiration Date for Approval: August 

31, 2008. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The Volunteer Program 

Personnel Management Notice is issued 

to allow the FSA to enter into volunteer 

agreements with students, individuals, 

groups or organizations who sponsor 

individual’s services without 

compensation, and who perform those 

services in furtherance of the programs 

of the Agency. This information 

collection allows FSA to effectively 

recruit, train, and accept volunteers to 

carry out programs supported by the 

USDA Department. 

The type of respondents are mainly 

students; individuals; and sponsored 

volunteer program service Agreements. 

The supporting documents with the 

forms in this information collection are 

required to allow the Agency to 

document the use (as required by the 

Office of Personnel Management letter 

dated April 18, 1996, i.e., to inform 

volunteers of the nature of their 

appointment with respect to service 

credit for leave or other employees 

benefits and record time and 

attendance) of individuals providing 

voluntary service but are not Federal 

employees except for the purpose of 

Chapter 81 of Title 5, U.S.C. (relating to 

Worker Compensation Program), and 

Sections 2671 through 2680 of Title 28 

U.S.C. relating to tort claims. The forms 

are furnished to selected volunteers to 

secure and record information regarding 

the agreement and permit the volunteer 

to submit time and attendance 

information. 

Estimate of Burden: The recording 

keeping requirements in this clearance 

are normal business records and, 

therefore, have no burden. Public 

reporting burden for this information 

collection is estimated to average 15 

minutes per response. The average 

travel time, which is included in the 

total annual burden, is estimated to be 

1 hour per respondent. 

Estimated Total Number of 

respondents: 80. 

Average time to respond: 25. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Total annual burden hours: 30. 

Comments are invited on: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the Agency’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including those 

who respond through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, or 

mechanical, collection techniques, or 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

will be a matter of public records. 

Comments will be summarized and 

included in the submission for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Signed in Washington, DC on February 1, 

2008. 

Teresa C. Lasseter, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. E8–2191 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Meeting of the Land Between The 

Lakes Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Land Between The Lakes 

Advisory Board will hold a meeting on 

Thursday, February 28, 2008. Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

App.2. 

The meeting agenda includes the 

following: 


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