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4134 

Vol. 74, No. 14 

Friday, January 23, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 15, 2009. 

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: Treatment for Fruits and 

Vegetables. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–New. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

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

the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to regulate the importation of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

to prevent the introduction of injurious 

plant pests. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

amended the fruits and vegetables 

regulations by revising the approved 

doses for irradiation treatment of 

imported fruits and vegetables. The 

regulation established a new minimum 

generic dose for the fruit fly family, 

reduced the minimum dose of 

irradiation for some specific fruit fly 

species, added 10 pests to the list of 

pests for which irradiation is an 

approved treatment at less than the 

generic dose, and provided for the use 

of irradiation as a treatment for cut 

flowers and foliage. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Certain fruits and vegetables moved 

interstate from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and 

the U.S. Virgin Islands must undergo 

irradiation treatment. These 

requirements involve information 

collection activities, including the use 

of permits, certificates, request for 

facility approval, and package marking. 

If this information were not collected, it 

would seriously affect APHIS’ ability to 

ensure that certain fruit and vegetables 

entering the United States from 

numerous countries do not harbor fruit 

flies or other insect pests that could 

cause serious damage to American 

agriculture. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 23. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 55. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Clementines 

from Spain. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0203. 

Summary of Collection: As authorized 

by the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

7701–7772) (PPA), 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), which administers 

regulation to implement the PPA. The 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables,’’ 7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56–8, prohibits or restricts the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world to prevent the introduction 

and dissemination of plant pests, 

including fruit flies. 

Under the regulations, clementines 

from Spain are subject to certain 

conditions before entering the United 

States to ensure that exotic plant pests, 

such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, are 

not introduced into the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information 

including a trust fund agreement, 

grower registration and agreement, a 

Mediterranean fruit fly management 

program, fruit fly trapping and control 

activities, recordkeeping, a 

phytosanitary certificate and box 

labeling to ensure that the cold 

treatment was successfully completed 

and also to ensure that no 

Mediterranean fruit flies are found in 

any of the shipment of clementines from 

Spain. Failure to collect this 

information would cripple APHIS’ 

ability to ensure that clementines from 

Spain are not carrying fruit flies. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,508. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 13,927. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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