[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16279]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 98-049-1]
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 Cooperative State-Federal Bovine
Tuberculosis Eradication Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 18, 1998 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the accuracy of burden estimate,
ways to minimize the burden (such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology), or any
other aspect of this collection of information to: Docket No. 98-049-1,
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03, 4700 River
Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please send an original and
three copies, and state that your comments refer to Docket No. 98-049-
1. Comments received may be inspected at USDA, room 1141, South
Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC,
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Persons wishing to inspect comments are requested to call ahead on
(202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the comment reading room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the
Cooperative State-Federal Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program,
contact Dr. James P. Davis, Senior Staff Veterinarian, National Animal
Health Programs, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD
20737-1231, (301) 734-5970. For copies of more detailed information on
the information collection, contact Mr. Gregg Ramsey, APHIS'
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734-5682.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Tuberculosis.
OMB Number: 0579-0084.
Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 1998.
Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The United States Department of Agriculture is
responsible for preventing the spread of serious communicable animal
diseases from one State to another, and for eradicating such diseases
from the United States when feasible.
In connection with this mission, the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service participates in the Cooperative State-Federal Bovine
Tuberculosis Eradication Program, which is a national program to
eliminate bovine tuberculosis (a serious disease of livestock) from the
United States.
The disease also affects man through contact with infected animals
or their byproducts. Our program is conducted under the various States'
authorities supplemented by Federal regulations on the interstate
movement of animals.
Implementing our Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Program
necessitates the use of a number of information-gathering documents,
including various forms needed to properly identify, test, and
transport animals. Other information gathering documents are used to
report and review epidemiological data collected during investigations
necessary to locate the disease and ensure adequate controls are in
place to prevent its spread. Still other documents provide information
we need to pay indemnity to owners of animals that are destroyed
because of tuberculosis.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
the continued use of this information collection activity.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
We need this outside input to help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 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
proposed 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 reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.32444 hours per response.
Respondents: State Veterinarians, livestock inspectors, herd
owners.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 5,031.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 10.642.
Estimated annual number of responses: 53,540.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 17,371 hours. (Due to
rounding, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the average 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 12th day of June 1998.
Charles Schwalbe,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 98-16279 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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