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certain information collection activities 

that include operational workplans, 

production site registrations, pest 

detection investigations and 

reinstatement, heat treatment facility 

certifications, heat treatment monitoring 

and inspections, trust fund agreements, 

inspections, and emergency action 

notifications. 

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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1 hour per 

response. 

Respondents: Facilities, production 

sites, importers, and the national plant 

protection organization of Jamaica. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 80. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 398. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 427 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 6th day of 

October 2017 . 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22222 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0080] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Black Stem Rust; Identification 

Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties 

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 

the black stem rust quarantine and 

regulations. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

12, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0080. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS-2017-0080, 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-2017-0080 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 black stem rust 

quarantine and regulations, contact Dr. 

Richard N. Johnson, National Policy 

Manager, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road, Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–2109. 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: Black Stem Rust; Identification 

Requirements for Addition of RustResistant Varieties. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0186. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: 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 

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. 

Black stem rust is one of the most 

destructive plant diseases of small 

grains that is known to exist in the 

United States. The disease is caused by 

a fungus that reduces the quality and 

yield of infected wheat, oat, barley, and 

rye crops by robbing host plants of food 

and water. In addition to infecting small 

grains, the fungus lives on a variety of 

alternate host plants that are species of 

the genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and 

Mahonia. The fungus is spread from 

host to host by wind-borne spores. 

The black stem rust quarantine and 

regulations, contained in 7 CFR 301.38 

through 301.38–8 (referred to below as 

the regulations), quarantine the 

conterminous 48 States and the District 

of Columbia and govern the interstate 

movement of certain plants of the 

genera Berberis, Mahoberberis, and 

Mahonia, known as barberry plants. The 

species of these plants are categorized as 

either rust-resistant or rust-susceptible. 

Rust-resistant plants do not pose a risk 

of spreading black stem rust or of 

contributing to the development of new 

races of rust; rust-susceptible plants do 

pose such risks. 

Paragraph (b) of § 301.38–2 provides 

the requirements for the submission of 

a request to the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service to add a 

variety to the list of rust-resistant 

barberry varieties in the regulations. A 

request must include a description of 

the variety, including a written 

description and color pictures that can 

be used by an inspector to clearly 

identify the variety and distinguish it 

from other varieties. This requirement 

helps to ensure that State plant 

inspectors can clearly determine 

whether plants moving into or through 

their States are rust-resistant varieties 

listed in 7 CFR 301.38–2. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of this information 

collection activity for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 


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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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 4 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Nurseries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 8. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 32 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 11th day of 

October 2017. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22346 Filed 10–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2017–0081] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Karnal Bunt; 

Importation of Wheat and Related 

Articles 

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 regulations for the 

importation of wheat and related 

articles from regions affected with 

Karnal bunt. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

12, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2017-0081. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2017–0081, 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-2017-0081 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 Karnal bunt and the 

importation of wheat and related 

articles, contact Mr. George Galasso, 

National Trade Director, PPQ, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 140, Riverdale, 

MD 20737; (301) 851–2050. 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: Karnal Bunt; Importation of 

Wheat and Related Articles. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0240. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

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

of Agriculture is authorized, among 

other things, to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, 

biological control organism, noxious 

weeds, means of conveyances, and other 

articles to prevent the introduction of 

plant pests or noxious weeds into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS). 

Karnal bunt is a fungal disease of 

wheat (Triticum aestivum), durum 

wheat (Triticum durum), and triticale 

(Triticum aestivum X Secale cereale), a 

hybrid of wheat and rye. Karnal bunt is 

caused by the smut fungus Tilletia 

indica (Mitra) Mundkhur and is spread 

by spores, primarily through movement 

of infected seed. 

To prevent the introduction and 

spread of various wheat diseases, 

including Karnal bunt, APHIS’ 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Wheat 

Diseases’’ (7 CFR 319.59–1 through 

319.59–4) prohibit the importation of 

wheat seed, plants, straw, and other 

products into the United States from 

regions affected with Karnal bunt. 

The regulations require that certain 

regulated articles imported from Karnal 

bunt-free areas within regions regulated 

for Karnal bunt be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate that must be 

completed by an official of the national 

plant protection organization (NPPO) of 

the region of origin. The certificate must 

include a declaration stating that the 

regulated articles originated in areas 

where Karnal bunt is not known to 

occur, as attested to either by survey 

results or by testing for bunted kernels 

or spores. In addition, there are other 

information collection activities 

including notices of arrival, disinfection 

documents, and emergency action 

notice. 

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. 


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