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would not be able to correct accidental 

or fraudulent overpayment errors in the 

SNAP Program. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government (SLT); 

Individuals/Households (I/H). 

Number of Respondents: 53 SLT and 

884,516 (I/H). 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting, 

Recordkeeping; On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 203,090. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18293 Filed 8–28–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0066] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Plants for 

Planting Regulations 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to 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 to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the plants for planting 

regulations. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 30, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2017-0066. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2017–0066, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

APHIS-2017-0066 or in our reading 

room, which 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) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the plants for planting 

regulations, contact Ms. Lydia Colon, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

PPQ, PHP, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 

851–2302. For copies of more detailed 

information on the information 

collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Plants for Planting Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0190. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: As authorized by the Plant 

Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture, either 

independently or in cooperation with 

States, may carry out operations or 

measures to detect, eradicate, suppress, 

control, prevent, or retard the spread of 

plant pests that are new to or not widely 

distributed within the United States. 

This authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture. 

APHIS regulations contained in 

‘‘Subpart—Plants for Planting’’ (7 CFR 

319.37 through 319.37–14) prohibit or 

restrict, among other things, the 

importation of living plants, plant parts, 

and seeds for propagation. In 

accordance with these regulations, 

plants for planting from certain parts of 

the world may be imported into the 

United States only under certain 

conditions to prevent the introduction 

of plant pests into the United States. 

Individuals who are involved in 

growing, exporting, and importing 

plants for planting must provide 

information to APHIS about the 

commodities they wish to bring into the 

United States. Implementing APHIS’ 

nursery stock regulations requires 

APHIS to collect information from a 

variety of individuals who are involved 

in growing, exporting, and importing 

nursery stock. This information 

includes permits, foreign site certificates 

of inspection and/or treatment; written 

requests to APHIS for permission to 

move, propagate, or allow propagation 

of regulated articles; markings and 

identification of regulated articles; 

phytosanitary certificates; grower and 

production site registrations; 

inspections, lists, reinstatements/ 

reapprovals; and trust fund agreements. 

The information APHIS collects serves 

as the supporting documentation 

needed to issue required PPQ forms and 

documents that allow importation of 

nursery stock and is vital to helping 

APHIS ensure that plant pests are not 

introduced into the United States. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities, as described, 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 

0.516 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers, exporters, 

and growers of plants for planting; and 

the national plant protection 

organization of each exporting country. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 44. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 245. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 10,769. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 5,557 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 

August 2017. 

Jere L. Dick, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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