Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 54783 

to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0102, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2008–0102. 

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 regulations for the 

importation of Christmas cactus and 

Easter cactus in growing media from the 

Netherlands and Denmark, contact Dr. 

Arnold T. Tschanz, Senior Risk 

Manager, Commodity Import Analysis 

and Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 734–5306. 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: Importation of Christmas Cactus 

and Easter Cactus in Growing Media 

from the Netherlands and Denmark. 

OMB Number: 0579–0266. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (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. The 

regulations contained in ‘‘Subpart— 

Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, 

Seeds, and Other Plant Products’’ 

prohibit or restrict, among other things, 

the importation of living plants, plant 

parts, and seeds for propagation. 

Under these regulations, Christmas 

cactus and Easter cactus in approved 

growing media may be imported into 

the United States from the Netherlands 

and Denmark under certain conditions, 

which require the use of a phytosanitary 

certificate and declaration stating the 

plants were grown in accordance with 

specific conditions, an agreement 

between APHIS and the plant protection 

service of the country where the plants 

are grown, and an agreement between 

the foreign plant protection service and 

the grower. 

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 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 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.5714 hours per response. 

Respondents: Foreign plant protection 

service officials and growers in the 

Netherlands and Denmark. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 20. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 10.5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 210. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 120 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 17th day of 

September 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–22193 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0109] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Foreign Quarantine Notices 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations to prevent the introduction 

or spread of foreign plant pests into or 

within the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

24, 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=APHIS– 

2008–0109 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–2008–0109, 

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– 

2008–0109. 

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 foreign quarantine 

regulations, contact Ms. Candace Funk, 

Staff Officer, Quarantine Policy, 

Analysis and Support, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 60, Riverdale, MD 


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54784 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 

20737; (301) 734–5290. 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: Foreign Quarantine Notices. 

OMB Number: 0579–0049. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: As authorized by the Plant 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), 

the Secretary of Agriculture may 

prohibit or restrict the importation, 

entry, exportation, or movement in 

interstate commerce of any plant, plant 

product, biological control organism, 

noxious weed, means of conveyance, or 

other article if the Secretary determines 

that the prohibition or restriction is 

necessary to prevent a plant pest or 

noxious weed from being introduced 

into or disseminated within the United 

States. This authority has been 

delegated to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS). 

Regulations governing the importation 

of plants, fruits, vegetables, roots, bulbs, 

seeds, unmanufactured wood articles, 

and other plant products are contained 

in 7 CFR part 319, ‘‘Foreign Quarantine 

Notices.’’ 

In administering the regulations, 

APHIS collects information from 

persons both within and outside the 

United States who are involved in 

growing, packing, handling, 

transporting, and importing articles 

regulated under part 319. 

For example, many plants or plant 

products may not be imported until the 

person wishing to import them receives 

a permit from us. The person wishing to 

import these items must first fill out a 

permit application. We consider the 

permit application process extremely 

important, since the information on the 

application enables us to determine 

whether the items for import represent 

a potential pest threat to U.S. 

agriculture. 

Under certain circumstances, we also 

require importers to supply us with 

other types of information. We require, 

for example, that containers used to 

import various plants or plant products 

be marked in a certain way so that our 

inspectors can accurately identify them 

and match them to their accompanying 

documentation. 

We require that certain shipments be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

inspection certificate, which is a 

document completed by plant health 

officials in the originating country that 

attests to the condition of the shipment 

with respect to plant pests at the time 

it was inspected prior to its export to the 

United States. We use this important 

information as a guide in determining 

the intensity of the inspection we must 

conduct when the shipment arrives in 

the United States. 

This and other information we collect 

is vital to helping us ensure that 

imported plants and plant products do 

not harbor plant pests or noxious weeds 

that, if introduced into the United 

States, could cause millions of dollars in 

damage to U.S. agriculture. 

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 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 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.3167168 hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. importers of fruits 

and vegetables, foreign plant protection 

authorities, individuals involved in 

growing, packing, handling, 

transporting, and importing plants and 

plant products. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 92,420. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 3.259987. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 301,288. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 95,423 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 17th day of 

September 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–22288 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0104] 

Notice of Request for Revision and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Animal Welfare 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision 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 and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with Animal Welfare Act 

regulations for the humane handling, 

care, treatment, and transportation of 

certain animals by dealers, research 

facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and 

intermediate handlers. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

24, 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=APHIS2008-0104 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–2008–0104, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2008–0104. 

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, 


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