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intent is to provide for independent 

hearing and review determinations that 

resulted from Agency adverse decisions. 

Hearing Officers conduct evidentiary 

hearings on adverse decisions or, when 

the appellant requests they review the 

Agency’s record of the adverse decision 

without a hearing. Although NAD 

maintains a database to track appeal 

requests, the database contains only 

information necessary to process the 

appeal request, such as the name, 

address, filing data, and final results of 

the appeal. NAD will collect 

information using a survey. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

NAD wants to gather current data to 

measure the appellant’s perception of 

the quality of how easy the 

determination was to read; how intently 

the Hearing Officer listened to the 

appellant; and if the appellant would be 

willing to have the same Hearing Officer 

hear a future appeal. NAD will also use 

the information gathered from its 

surveys to tailor and prioritize training. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 1,600. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 272. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 16, 2017. 

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 are 

requested regarding (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 through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by September 20, 

2017 will be considered. Written 

comments should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), New Executive Office Building, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20502. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit their comments to OMB via 

email to: OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 

and to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. 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 Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Hass Avocado 

from Michoaca ́n Mexico. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0129. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701—et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests, to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulations allow fresh Hass 

Avocados grown in approved orchards 

in Michoacan, Mexico to be imported 

into the United States under certain 

conditions. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

form PPQ 587 ‘‘Application for Permit 

to Import Plants or Plant Products,’’ to 

ensure that fresh Hass Avocados from 

Mexico do not harbor insect pests 

(including Avocado stem weevils, seed 

weevils, and seed moths). The 

information collected will ensure that 

fresh Hass Avocados from Mexico do 

not harbor exotic insect pests that, if 

introduced into the United States, could 

inflict severe damage upon U.S. 

agriculture. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Federal Government; 

and State Officials. 

Number of Respondents: 1,786. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 447,216. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Export Certification, 

Accreditation of Non-Government 

Facilities. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0130. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is responsible for 

preventing plant diseases or insect pests 

from entering the United States, as well 

as, the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported when 

eradication is feasible. The Plant 

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

authorizes the Department to carry out 

this mission. In addition to its mission, 

APHIS provides export certification 

services to ensure other countries that 

the plants and plant products they are 

receiving from the United States are free 

of plant diseases and insect pests. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

accreditation process requires the use of 

several information activities to ensure 

that nongovernment facilities applying 

for accreditation processes the necessary 

qualifications. APHIS will collect 

information for applications submitted 

by operator/owner of a non-government 

facility seeking accreditation to conduct 

laboratory testing or phytosanitary 

inspection. The application should 

contain the legal name and full address 

of the facility, the name, address, 

telephone and fax numbers of the 

facility’s operator, a description of the 

facility, and a description of the specific 

laboratory testing or phytosanitary 

inspection services for which the 

facility is seeking accreditation. If these 

activities are not conducted properly, 

APHIS export certification program 

would be compromised, causing a 

disruption in plant and plant product 

exports that could prove financially 

damaging to U.S. exporters. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, Local and 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 9. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 199. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: South American Cactus Moth; 

Quarantine and Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0337. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701—et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is 


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authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulations, ‘‘Subpart-South 

American Cactus Moth’’ (7 CFR part 

301.55 through 301.55–9), restrict the 

interstate movement of regulated 

articles from quarantined areas into or 

through non-quarantined areas within 

the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

limited permits, Federal certificates, and 

compliance agreements. The limited 

permits are used to authorize movement 

of regulated articles that are not 

certifiable to specified destination for 

processing, treatment, or utilization. 

Federal certificates are used for 

domestic movement of treated articles 

relating to quarantines, and are issued 

for regulated articles when an inspector 

or other person authorized to issue 

certificates finds that the articles have 

met the conditions of the regulations 

and may be safely moved interstate 

without further restrictions. Compliance 

agreements are provided for the 

convenience of persons who are 

involved in the growing, handling, or 

moving of regulated articles from 

quarantined areas. Without this 

information, APHIS could not provide 

an effective domestic quarantine 

program to prevent the artificial spread 

of the South American cactus moth 

within the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; and Foreign Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 6. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 16. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Johne’s Disease. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0338. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act of 2002 is the 

primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The law 

gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 

authority to detect, control, or eradicate 

pests or diseases of livestock or poultry. 

The regulations in Title 9, Chapter 1, 

Subchapter C of the Code of Federal 

Regulations, govern the interstate 

movement of animals to prevent the 

dissemination of livestock and poultry 

diseases in the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) will collect information 

using form VS 1–27, Permit for 

Movement of Restricted Animals and 

Official Ear Tags. APHIS will collect the 

following information from formVS– 

127: (1) The number of animals to be 

moved; (2) the species of the animals; 

(3) the points of origin and destination, 

and (4) the names and addresses of the 

consignor and the consignee. Failing to 

collect this information would greatly 

hinder the control of Johne’s disease 

and possible lead to increased 

prevalence. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Accredited 

Veterinarians. 

Number of Respondents: 6. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 9. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of French Beans 

and Runner Beans from the Republic of 

Kenya into the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0373. 

Summary of Collection: 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 in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–76), prohibit or restrict 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 that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. The regulations allow 

the importation of French beans and 

runner beans from the Republic of 

Kenya into the United States. As a 

condition of entry, both commodities 

would have to be produced in 

accordance with a systems approach 

that would include requirements for 

packing, washing, and processing. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service will use the following activities 

to collect information: Inspections, 

packinghouse registration, box labeling, 

and phytosanitary certificates. Use of 

these information collection activities 

would allow for the importation of 

French beans and runner beans from the 

Republic of Kenya into the United 

States while continuing the protection 

against the introduction of quarantine 

pests. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; and Foreign Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 3. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 55. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Female Squash 

Flowers from Israel into the Continental 

United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0406. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Protection Act (PPA, 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. 

As authorized by the PPA, the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulates the importation of 

certain fruits and vegetables in 

accordance with the regulations in 

‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 

CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–76. 

Section 319.56–68 provides the 

requirements for the importation of 

female squash flowers from Israel into 

the continental United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

the following activities: Production site 

registration, trapping records, box 

markings, production site inspections, 

and phytosanitary certificates. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; and Foreign Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 6. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 556. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Cape Gooseberry 

from Colombia into the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0411. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Protection Act (PPA, 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. 

As authorized by the PPA, the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulates the importation of 

certain fruits and vegetables in 

accordance with the regulations in 

‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 

CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–76). In 

accordance with Section 319.56–67, 

cape gooseberry from Colombia may be 

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certain conditions to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

the following activities: Bilateral 

workplan, production site registration, 

trapping, recordkeeping, phytosanitary 

inspection and a phytosanitary 

certificate. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; and Foreign Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 424. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion, Recordkeeping. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,880. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Direct Investment 

Surveys: BE–605, Quarterly Survey of 

Foreign Direct Investment in the United 

States—Transactions of U.S. Affiliate 

With Foreign Parent 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 20, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, or via email at 

PRAcomments@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Patricia Abaroa, Chief, Direct 

Investment Division (BE–49), Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., 

Washington, DC 20233; phone: (301) 

278–9591; or via email at 

Patricia.Abaroa@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Quarterly Survey of Foreign 

Direct Investment in the United States— 

Transactions of U.S. Affiliate with 

Foreign Parent (Form BE–605) obtains 

quarterly data on transactions and 

positions between foreign-owned U.S. 

business enterprises and their ‘‘affiliated 

foreign groups’’ (i.e., their foreign 

parents and foreign affiliates of their 

foreign parents). The survey is a sample 

survey that covers all U.S. affiliates 

above a size-exemption level. The 

sample data are used to derive universe 

estimates of direct investment 

transactions, positions, and income in 

nonbenchmark years from similar data 

reported in the BE–12, Benchmark 

Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in 

the United States, which is conducted 

every five years and will next be 

conducted for the fiscal year ending in 

2017. The data collected through the 

BE–605 survey are essential for the 

preparation of the U.S. international 

transactions, national income and 

product, and input-output accounts and 

the net international investment 

position of the United States. The data 

are needed to measure the size and 

economic significance of foreign direct 

investment in the United States, 

measure changes in such investment, 

and assess its impact on the U.S. 

economy. 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA) does not propose any changes to 

the survey. 

II. Method of Collection 

Notice of specific reporting 

requirements, including who is to 

report, the information to be reported, 

the manner of reporting, and the time 

and place of filing reports, will be 

mailed to potential respondents each 

quarter. Reports are due 30 days after 

the close of each calendar or fiscal 

quarter, or 45 days if the report is for the 

final quarter of the respondent’s 

financial reporting year. Reports are 

required from every U.S. business 

enterprise in which a foreign entity 

owns, directly and/or indirectly, 10 

percent or more of the voting securities 

of the U.S. business enterprise if it is 

incorporated, or an equivalent interest if 

it is unincorporated, at any time during 

the quarter, and that meets the 

additional conditions detailed in Form 

BE–605. Certain private funds are 

exempt from reporting. Entities required 

to report will be contacted individually 

by BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA 

have no reporting responsibilities. 

Potential respondents include those 

U.S. business enterprises that were 

required to report on the BE–12, 

Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct 

Investment in the United States—2012, 

along with those U.S. business 

enterprises that subsequently have 

become at least partly foreign owned. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0009. 

Form Number: BE–605. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

17,200 annually. 

Estimated Time per Response: One 

hour is the average, but may vary 

considerably among respondents 

because of differences in company size 

and complexity. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 17,200. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 

3101–3108, as amended). 

IV. Request for Comments 

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 will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Lead, Office of Chief 

Information Officer. 

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