[Federal Register: June 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 119)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 02-022-1]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: New 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 initiate a new information collection activity to support
cooperative agreements in the study of bovine tuberculosis.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 19, 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. 02-022-1, 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. 02-022-1. 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.
02-022-1'' 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 National
Cooperative State-Federal Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program,
contact Dr. Joseph Van Tiem, Senior Staff Veterinarian, National Animal
Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231; (301) 734-7716. 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: Cooperative Agreements in the Study of Bovine Tuberculosis.
OMB Number: 0579-XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of
the United States Department of Agriculture is responsible for, among
other things, preventing the spread of serious communicable animal
diseases (such as bovine tuberculosis) from one State to another, and
for eradicating such diseases from the United States when feasible.
Bovine tuberculosis is a contagious, infectious, and communicable
disease that affects cattle, bison, deer, elk, goats, and other
species, including humans. Tuberculosis in infected animals and humans
manifests itself in lesions of the lung, bone, and other body parts,
causes weight loss and general debilitation, and can be fatal.
Through the National Cooperative State-Federal Bovine Tuberculosis
Eradication Program, APHIS works with the national livestock industry
and State animal health agencies to eradicate tuberculosis from
domestic livestock in the United States and to prevent its recurrence.
APHIS sponsors cooperative agreements for research on such issues as
testing, vaccinations, pathobiology, and molecular biology relating to
bovine
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tuberculosis infection in animal species that could lead to
improvements in disease detection and prevention. Granting cooperative
agreements to institutions of higher education (including State-
sponsored universities), hospitals, or other nonprofit organizations to
conduct research projects necessitates the use of information
collection activities, including the completion of project proposals
and progress and financial status reports.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
the information collection activities for cooperative agreements for
the study of bovine tuberculosis.
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 3.5 hours per response.
Respondents: Program participants (researchers associated with
universities, hospitals, or other nonprofit organizations).
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: 28 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 14th day of June 2002.
Peter Fernandez,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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