[Federal Register: January 14, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 10)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-124-1]
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 associated with the Application for Inspection and
Certification of Animal Byproducts.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
15, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
EDOCKET: Go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once you have entered
EDOCKET, click on the ``View Open APHIS Dockets'' link to locate this
document.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. 04-124-1,
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. 04-124-1.
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. 04-124-1'' on the subject
line.
Reading Room: 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.,
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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.
Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related information, including the names of groups
and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Application for
Inspection and Certification of Animal Byproducts, contact Dr. Terry
Morris, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services, National
Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 40,
Riverdale MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-5259. 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: Application for Inspection and Certification of Animal
Byproducts.
OMB Number: 0579-0008.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: U.S. exporters who wish to export certain animal
byproducts to other countries must, in some instances, furnish the
importing country with certificates that have been issued or endorsed
by Veterinary Services (VS) of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. VS Form 16-24, Application for
Inspection and Certification of Animal Byproducts, is one such
certificate. The form also serves as a written agreement under which
the exporter pays for services we render in connection with documenting
the certification statements required by the importing country.
The exporter provides VS with the information requested on VS Form
16-24, including a detailed description of the processing techniques
that are used to make the product eligible to enter the importing
country. VS uses this information to monitor and certify the processing
techniques. After monitoring the processing technique, VS issues or
endorses the certificate attesting to the class and quality of the
products and that the products have been processed according to the
conditions and requirements of the importing country.
Without this certification, the importing country would not accept
the product, and the exporter would be unable to conduct business with
that country. The use of VS Form 16-24 has no impact on animal disease
prevention or eradication activities in the United States. The form was
developed to meet the importation requirements of other countries.
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 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.
Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.5 hour per response.
Respondents: U.S. exporters of animal byproducts.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 10.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 10.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 5 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 10th day of January 2005.
Elizabeth E. Gaston,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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