[Federal Register: May 18, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 97)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 01-033-1]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information
Collection
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement of approval of an information collection; comment
request.
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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 reinstatement of an expired information
collection in support of regulations governing the importation of
tomatoes from Spain, Chile, France, Morocco, and Western Sahara to
prevent the introduction of foreign plant pests into the United States.
DATES: We invite you to comment on this docket. We will consider all
comments that we receive by July 17, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Please send four copies of your comment (an original and
three copies) to: Docket No. 01-033-1, Regulatory Analysis and
Development PPD, APHIS, Suite 3C03, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.
Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. 01-033-1.
You may read any comments that we receive on this docket in our
reading room. The reading room 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) 690-2817 before coming.
APHIS documents published in the Federal Register, and related
information, including the names of organizations and individuals who
have commented on APHIS dockets, are available on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding foreign
quarantine regulations, contact Donna L. West, Import Specialist,
Phytosanitary Issues Management Team, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit
140, Riverdale, MD 20737-1232; (301) 734-8262. For copies of more
detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS'' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
734-7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Tomatoes from Spain, Chile, France, Morocco,
and Western Sahara.
OMB Number: 0579-0131.
Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 2001.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of an expired information
collection.
Abstract: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
responsible for preventing plant pests from entering the United States
and controlling and eradicating plant pests in the United States. The
Plant Protection Act authorizes the Department to carry out this
mission. The Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program of USDA's
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is responsible for
implementing the regulations that carry out the intent of this Act.
The regulations in ``Subpart--Fruits and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56
through 319.56-8) 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, including
fruit flies, that are new to or not widely distributed within the
United States.
The regulations in Sec. 319.56-2dd allow tomatoes from Spain,
Chile, France, Morocco, and Western Sahara to be imported into the
United States subject to certain conditions. Allowing tomatoes to be
imported necessitates the use of certain information collection
activities, including completing phytosanitary inspection certificates
and maintaining records regarding trap placement and Medfly captures.
The information we collect serves as the supporting documentation
needed to confirm that the tomatoes have been produced in accordance
with the conditions set forth in the regulations.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning this information collection
activity. These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the information collection is necessary for
the proper performance of our agency's functions, 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 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 0.5 hours per response.
Respondents: Foreign plant health protection authorities.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 34.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 72.
Estimated annual number of responses: 2448.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1224 hours.
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 14th day of May 2001.
Craig A. Reed,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 01-12535 Filed 5-17-01; 8:45 am]
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