[Federal Register: July 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 129)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 02-073-1]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension 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 an extension of approval of an information
collection in support of the regulations for the importation of poultry
meat and other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico.
DATES: We will consider all comments we receive on or before September
3, 2002.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery
or by e-mail. If you use postal mail/commercial delivery, please send
four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to: Docket
No. 02-073-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. 02-073-1. If you use e-mail,
address your comment to regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your comment must
be contained in the body of your message; do not send attached files.
Please include your name and address in your message and ``Docket No.
02-073-1'' on the subject line.
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 on the regulations
regarding importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, contact Dr. Michael David, Assistant
Director, Sanitary International Standards Team, National Center for
Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 33, Riverdale, MD
20737; (301) 734-8093. 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 Poultry Meat and Other Poultry Products from
Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico.
OMB Number: 0579-0144.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is
responsible for protecting the health of our Nation's livestock and
poultry populations by preventing the introduction of contagious,
infectious, or communicable diseases of livestock and poultry and for
eradicating such diseases from the United States when feasible. In
connection with this mission, Veterinary Services of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, regulates the importation of
animals and animals products in order to prevent the introduction of
animal diseases, such as exotic Newcastle disease, into the United
States. The regulations pertaining to the importation of animals and
animal products are set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
in title 9, chapter I, subchapter D (9 CFR parts 91 through 99).
We currently have regulations in place that restrict the
importation of poultry meat and other poultry products from Mexico and
other regions of the world where exotic Newcastle disease has been
determined to exist. However, we allow the importation, under specified
conditions, of poultry meat and poultry products from the Mexican
States of Sinaloa and Sonora because we have determined that poultry
meat and products from these two Mexican States, when imported in
accordance with those conditions, pose a negligible risk of introducing
exotic Newcastle disease into the United States. To ensure that these
items are safe for importation, we require that certain data appear on
the foreign meat inspection certificate that accompanies the poultry
meat or other poultry products from Sinaloa and Sonora. We also require
that serially numbered seals be applied to containers carrying the
poultry meat or other poultry products. These requirements necessitate
the use of information collection activities.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities 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
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 information collection 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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Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response.
Respondents: Federal animal health authorities in Mexico, and
personnel in Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico, who operate slaughtering and
processing plants and who engage in the export of poultry meat and
other poultry products to the United States.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 10.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 4.
Estimated annual number of responses: 40.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 40 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 28th day of June, 2002.
Bobby R. Acord,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 02-16824 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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