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copies of more detailed information on 

the information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS* Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Animal Health 

Monitoring System; Goat 2009 Study. 

OMB Number: 0579–xxxx. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Health 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the United States 

Department of Agriculture is authorized, 

among other things, to prevent the 

introduction and interstate spread of 

livestock diseases by prohibiting or 

restricting the importation and interstate 

movement of animals and other articles 

and by eradicating such diseases from 

the United States when feasible. In 

connection with this mission, the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) operates the National 

Animal Health Monitoring System 

(NAHMS), which collects nationally 

representative, statistically valid, and 

scientifically sound data on the 

prevalence and economic importance of 

livestock and poultry diseases and 

associated risk factors. 

NAHMS’ studies have evolved into a 

collaborative industry and government 

initiative to help determine the most 

effective means of preventing and 

controlling diseases of livestock. APHIS 

is the only agency responsible for 

collecting data on livestock health. 

Participation in any NAHMS study is 

voluntary, and all data are confidential. 

APHIS plans to conduct the Goat 2009 

Study as part of an ongoing series of 

NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock 

population. The 21 States targeted for 

the study have approximately 85 

percent of the goats in the United States 

and 78 percent of U.S. operations with 

goats. The purpose of this study is to 

collect information, through 

questionnaires and biologic sampling, 

to: 

• Determine producer awareness of 

Veterinary Services program diseases 

and describe management and 

biosecurity practices important for the 

control of infectious diseases (including 

brucellosis, scrapie, caprine arthritis 

encephalitis (CAE), Johne’s, and caseous 

lymphadenitis). Provide a baseline 

description of animal health, nutrition, 

and management practices in the U.S. 

goat industry. 

• Estimate the prevalence of: 

• Mycobacterium parataberculosis 

(Johne’s) infection; 

• Internal parasitism and 

anthelminthic resistance; and 

• Common causes of mastitis. 

• Characterize contagious ecthyma 

(soremouth) in U.S. goats. Determine 

producer awareness of zoonotic 

potential and practices to prevent 

soremouth transmission and assess 

producer interest in an improved 

vaccine for soremouth. 

• Examine factors (i.e., genetic and/or 

management) that correlate with CAE 

virus levels. 

• Provide genetic and serological 

banks for future research. 

The study will consist of a series of 

on-farm questionnaires, with biologic 

sampling, that will be administered by 

APHIS-designated data collectors. The 

information collected through the Goat 

2009 Study will be analyzed and 

organized into descriptive reports. 

Information sheets will be derived from 

these reports, and the data will be 

disseminated to and used by a variety of 

constituents, including producers, 

veterinarians, stakeholders, academia, 

and others. The data will help APHIS 

address emerging issues and examine 

the economic impact of selected health 

management practices. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

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 

1.048689 hours per response. 

Respondents: Goat producers in 21 

States. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5,500. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.5536. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 8,544. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 8,960 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 23rd day of 

September 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–22827 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0088] 

Mexican Fruit Fly; Removal of 

Quarantined Areas 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of changes to 

quarantined area. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have made changes to the areas 

quarantined for Mexican fruit fly. The 

quarantined area was updated on July 

15, 2008, by removing from quarantine 

the area in San Diego County, CA, that 

had been quarantined, and on August 

20, 2008, by removing from quarantine 

the area in Willacy County, TX, that had 

been quarantined. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Wayne D. Burnett, National 

Coordinator, USDA-APHIS-Fruit Fly 

Exclusion and Detection Programs, 4700 

River Road Unit 137, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1234; (301) 734–4387. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha 

ludens) is a destructive pest of fruit. In 

the United States, the Mexican fruit fly 

attacks apples, apricots, avocados, 

grapefruit, mangos, nectarines, peaches, 

pears, plums, prunes, oranges, and 

tangerines, as well as other fruits. 

In a final rule published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 32431–32439, 

Docket No. APHIS–2006–0084) on June 

9, 2008, and effective on July 9, 2008, 

we established a new subpart that 

consolidated our domestic fruit fly 

quarantine regulations (§§ 301.32 

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through 301.32–10, referred to below as 

the regulations). These regulations set 

out procedures for determining the areas 

quarantined for fruit flies and impose 

restrictions on the interstate movement 

of regulated articles from quarantined 

areas. 

Section 301.32–3 of the regulations 

sets out the procedures for determining 

the areas quarantined for fruit flies. 

Paragraph (a) of § 301.32–3 states that 

the Administrator will designate as a 

quarantined area each State, or each 

portion of a State, in which a fruit fly 

population subject to the regulations has 

been found by an inspector or in which 

the Administrator has reason to believe 

that a fruit fly population is present, or 

that the Administrator considers 

necessary to quarantine because of its 

inseparability for quarantine 

enforcement purposes from localities in 

which a fruit fly population has been 

found. 

Section 301.32–3 of the regulations 

provides that a State, or a portion of a 

State, will be removed from quarantine 

when the Administrator determines that 

sufficient time has passed without 

finding additional flies or other 

evidence of infestation in the area to 

conclude that the fruit fly no longer 

exists in that area. 

Section 301.32–3 of the regulations 

further provides that the Administrator 

will publish the description of the 

quarantined area on the Plant Protection 

and Quarantine (PPQ) Web site, http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/

plant_pest_info/fruit_flies/index.shtml . 

The description of the quarantined area 

will include the date the description 

was last updated and a description of 

the changes that have been made to the 

quarantined area. The description of the 

quarantined area may also be obtained 

by request from any local office of PPQ; 

local officials are listed in telephone 

directories. Finally, § 301.32–3 

establishes that, after a change is made 

to the quarantined area, we will publish 

a notice in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the change has 

occurred and describing the change to 

the quarantined area. 

On July 15, 2008, we removed the 

area in San Diego County, CA, from 

quarantine and updated the quarantined 

area for Mexican fruit fly on the PPQ 

Web site. 

On August 20, 2008, we removed the 

area in Willacy County, TX, from 

quarantine and updated the quarantined 

area for Mexican fruit fly on the PPQ 

Web site. 

This notice is to inform the public of 

these changes. 

Previous Interim Rules 

This notice also serves to inform the 

public that we are taking no action on 

the following fruit fly quarantine 

interim rules because the lists of areas 

quarantined for fruit flies were removed 

from the regulations in the June 2008 

final rule. 

• Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Add 

Portions of Santa Clara and Solano 

Counties, CA, to the List of Quarantined 

Areas (72 FR 69137–69139, Docket No. 

APHIS–2007–0133), published and 

effective December 7, 2007; 

• Mexican Fruit Fly; Removal of 

Quarantined Area (73 FR 5086–5087, 

Docket No. APHIS–2008–0129), 

published and effective January 29, 

2008, which removed Willacy County, 

TX, from the list of Mexfly quarantined 

areas; 

• Mediterranean Fruit Fly; Add 

Portion of Los Angeles County, CA, to 

the List of Quarantined Areas (73 FR 

9171–9172, Docket No. APHIS–2008– 

0004), published and effective February 

20, 2008; and 

• Mexican Fruit Fly; Designation of 

Portion of Willacy County, TX, as a 

Quarantined Area (73 FR 31929–31930, 

Docket No. APHIS–2008–0057), 

published and effective June 5, 2008. 

The current fruit fly quarantined areas 

can be viewed on the PPQ Web site at 

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

plant_health/plant_pest_info/fruit_flies/

index.shtml . 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

September 2008. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–22837 Filed 9–26–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Information 

Collection for the Report of School 

Program Operations 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on a 

proposed information collection. The 

proposed collection is an extension of a 

currently approved collection for the 

Report of School Programs Operations. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted by November 28, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to: Mrs. Lynn 

Rodgers-Kuperman, Chief, Program 

Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child 

Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 638, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. Comments 

will also be accepted through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All written comment(s) will be open 

for public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 640, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval, and will become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Request for additional information 

should be directed to: Mrs. Lynn 

Rodgers-Kuperman at (703) 305–2590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Report of School Programs 

Operations. 

OMB Number: 0584–0002. 

Expiration Date: March 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The National School Lunch 

Program, the School Breakfast Program, 

the Commodity Schools Program, and 

the Special Milk Program are authorized 

by the National School Lunch Act, 42 

U.S.C. 1751, et seq., and the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. 1771, 

et seq. Program implementing 

regulations are contained in 7 CFR parts 

210, 215, and 220. In accordance with 

§ 210.5(d)(1), § 215.11(c)(2), and 

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