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Monday through Friday, except to be shipped, for processing purposes, Estimated Annual Number of holidays. To be sure someone is there to to a region where Newcastle disease Responses: 203. help you, please call (202) 799–7039 exists and then returned to the United Estimated Total Annual Burden on before coming. States. These provisions require the use Respondents: 205 hours. (Due to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For of four information collection activities: averaging, the total annual burden hours information on the importation of live (1) A certificate of origin that must be may not equal the product of the annual poultry, poultry meat, and other poultry issued, including serial numbers that number of responses multiplied by the products from specified regions into the must be recorded; (2) maintenance of reporting burden per response.) United States, contact Dr. Magde records; (3) cooperative service All responses to this notice will be Elshafie, Senior Staff Veterinarian, agreements that must be signed; and (4) summarized and included in the request National Import Export Services, VS, certificates for shipment back to the for OMB approval. All comments will APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40, United States. also become a matter of public record. Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3332. The information collection Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of For copies of more detailed information requirements above are currently March 2016. on the information collection, contact approved by the Office of Management Kevin Shea, Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ and Budget (OMB) for the importation Administrator, and Plant Health Information Collection Coordinator, at of live poultry, poultry meat, and other Inspection Service. poultry products from specified regions (301) 851–2727. [FR Doc. 2016–06659 Filed 3–23–16; 8:45 am] under number 0579–0228, and U.S. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BILLING CODE 3410–34–P Title: Importation of Live Poultry, origin poultry meat shipped, for Poultry Meat, and Other Poultry processing purposes, to a region where Products From Specified Regions. Newcastle disease exists and returned to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OMB Control Number: 0579–0228. the United States under number 0579– Type of Request: Revision to and 0141. After OMB approves and Animal and Plant Health Inspection extension of approval of an information combines the burden for both Service collections under one collection collection. [Docket No. APHIS–2013–0044] Abstract: Under the authority of the (number 0579–0228), the Department Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. will retire number 0579–0141. Environmental Impact Statement; 8301 et seq.), the Animal and Plant We are asking OMB to approve our Animal Carcass Management: Record Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of use of these information collection of Decision the United States Department of activities, as described, for an additional Agriculture is authorized, among other 3 years. AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health The purpose of this notice is to solicit things, to prohibit or restrict the Inspection Service, USDA. comments from the public (as well as importation and interstate movement of ACTION: Notice. affected agencies) concerning our and animal products to prevent information collection. These comments SUMMARY: We are advising the public the introduction into and dissemination will help us: that the Animal and Plant Health within the United States of livestock (1) Evaluate whether the collection of Inspection Service has prepared a diseases and pests. To carry out the information is necessary for the proper record of decision for the programmatic mission, APHIS regulates the performance of the functions of the environmental impact statement titled importation of animals and animal Agency, including whether the ‘‘Carcass Management During a Mass products into the United States. The information will have practical utility; Animal Health Emergency.’’ regulations are contained in 9 CFR parts (2) Evaluate the accuracy of our DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2016. 92 through 98. estimate of the burden of the collection ADDRESSES: You may read the In part 94, § 94.33 allows the of information, including the validity of importation, subject to certain documents referenced in this notice and the methodology and assumptions used; any comments we received in our conditions, of live poultry, poultry (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and reading room. The reading room is meat, and other poultry products from clarity of the information to be located in Room 1141 of the USDA certain regions, including Argentina and collected; and the Mexican States of Campeche, (4) Minimize the burden of the South Building, 14th Street and Quintana Roo, and Yucatan, that are free collection of information on those who Independence Avenue SW., of Newcastle disease. The conditions for are to respond, through use, as Washington, DC. Normal reading room importation require, among other things, appropriate, of automated, electronic, hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday certification from a full-time salaried mechanical, and other collection through Friday, except holidays. To be veterinary officer of the national technologies; e.g., permitting electronic sure someone is there to help you, government of the exporting region that submission of responses. please call (202) 799–7039 before poultry and poultry products exported Estimate of Burden: The public coming. Those documents are also from one of these regions originated in reporting burden for this collection of posted with the comments we received that region (or in another region information is estimated to average 1 on the Regulations.gov Web site at recognized by APHIS as free of hour per response. http://www.regulations.gov/ Newcastle disease) and that before the Respondents: Federal animal health #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0044. export to the United States, the poultry authorities of certain regions that export FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For and poultry products were not live poultry, poultry meat, and other questions related to the carcass commingled with poultry and poultry poultry products; importers; pet bird management program, contact Ms. Lori products from regions where Newcastle owners; and zoological facilities. P. Miller, PE, Senior Staff Officer, disease exists. Estimated Annual Number of Science, Technology and Analysis In addition, the regulations in § 94.6 Respondents: 48. Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, include provisions that allow poultry Estimated Annual Number of Unit 41, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) meat that originates in the United States Responses per Respondent: 4.229. 851–3512. For questions related to the

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programmatic environmental impact Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of Plant Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, statement and record of decision, March 2016. 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, contact Ms. Samantha Floyd, Kevin Shea, MD 20737–1231; (301) 851–2198. Environmental Protection Specialist, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cape ivy Environmental and Risk Analysis Inspection Service. (Delairea odorata), a native of South Services, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road, [FR Doc. 2016–06657 Filed 3–23–16; 8:45 am] Africa, has become one of the most Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) BILLING CODE 3410–34–P pervasive non-native plants to invade 851–3053. the coastal west region of the United SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE States, particularly in California and October 25, 2013, the Animal and Plant Oregon. Cape ivy is a weedy vine that Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Animal and Plant Health Inspection prefers moist, partly-shaded published in the Federal Register (78 Service environments along the Pacific coast; FR 63959, Docket No. APHIS–2013– [Docket No. APHIS–2015–0099] however, there are reports of 0044) a notice of intent to prepare a infestations at inland riparian locations. programmatic environmental impact Availability of an Environmental Fragments of the plant easily root, statement (PEIS) for the purpose of Assessment for the Biological Control which facilitates the spread of this analyzing the use of various carcass of Cape Ivy invasive plant. Overgrowth of cape ivy, management options during a mass AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health a climbing vine, causes native plants to animal health emergency. On August Inspection Service, USDA. die. The Animal and Plant Health 24, 2015, the Environmental Protection ACTION: Notice of availability and Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing Agency (EPA) published in the Federal request for comments. to issue permits for the field release of Register (80 FR 51256) a notice of the a gall-forming , regalis, availability of the draft PEIS. The public SUMMARY: We are advising the public into the continental United States to comment period for the draft PEIS was that the Animal and Plant Health reduce the severity of cape ivy 60 days. APHIS accepted comments on Inspection Service has prepared a draft infestations. environmental assessment relative to the draft PEIS during and after the the control of Cape ivy, Delairea APHIS’ review and analysis of the comment period until November 3, odorata. The environmental assessment proposed action are documented in 2015. considers the effects of, and alternatives detail in a draft environmental On December 11, 2015, APHIS to, the field release of a gall-forming fly, assessment (EA) entitled ‘‘Field Release published and distributed the final , into the of the Gall-forming Fly, Parafreutreta PEIS, which included responses to all continental United States for use as a regalis Munro (Diptera: ), for comments received by November 3, biological control agent to reduce the Biological Control of Cape-ivy, Delairea 2015. On December 18, 2015, EPA severity of Cape Ivy infestations. We are ordorata (Asterales: Asteraceae), in the published in the Federal Register (80 making the environmental assessment Contiguous United States’’ (February FR 79041) a notice of availability of the available to the public for review and 2015). We are making the EA available final PEIS. comment. to the public for review and comment. The National Environmental Policy DATES: We will consider all comments We will consider all comments that we Act (NEPA) implementing regulations in that we receive on or before April 25, receive on or before the date listed 40 CFR 1506.10 require a minimum 30- 2016. under the heading DATES at the day waiting period between the time a ADDRESSES: You may submit comments beginning of this notice. final EIS is published and the time an by either of the following methods: The EA may be viewed on the • agency makes a decision on an action Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to Regulations.gov Web site or in our covered by the EIS. APHIS has reviewed http://www.regulations.gov/ reading room (see ADDRESSES above for the final PEIS and comments received #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0099. a link to Regulations.gov and • Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: during the 30-day waiting period and information on the location and hours of Send your comment to Docket No. has concluded that the final PEIS fully the reading room). You may request APHIS–2015–0099, Regulatory Analysis analyzes the issues covered by the draft and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station paper copies of the draft EA by calling PEIS and addresses the comments and 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, or writing to the person listed under FOR suggestions submitted by commenters. Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. FURTHER INFORMAITON CONTACT. Please This notice advises the public that the Supporting documents and any refer to the title of the EA when waiting period has elapsed, and APHIS comments we receive on this docket requesting copies. has issued a record of decision (ROD) to may be viewed at http:// The EA has been prepared in implement the preferred alternative www.regulations.gov/ accordance with: (1) The National described in the final PEIS. #!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0099 or Environmental Policy Act of 1969 The ROD has been prepared in in our reading room, which is located in (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et accordance with: (1) NEPA, as amended room 1141 of the USDA South Building, seq.); (2) regulations of the Council on (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); (2) regulations 14th Street and Independence Avenue Environmental Quality for SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading of the Council on Environmental implementing the procedural provisions room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); (3) Quality for implementing the Monday through Friday, except procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR holidays. To be sure someone is there to USDA regulations implementing NEPA parts 1500–1508); (3) USDA regulations help you, please call (202) 799–7039 (7 CFR part 1b); and (4) APHIS’ NEPA implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b); before coming. Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part and (4) APHIS’ NEPA Implementing FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 372). Procedures (7 CFR part 372). Robert Tichenor, Senior Entomologist,

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