The purpose of this collection is to issue a health certificate requiring the names of the species being exported from the United States and whether they are cultured stock or wild stock; their place of origin, their country of destination and the date and method of transport.
Due to a combination of foreign countries not yet accepting these export health certificates and U.S. producers unfamiliar with the availability of the forms, there have been fewer numbers of requests received over the past 2 years compared to the program's estimated numbers from 3 years ago. Consequently, the program has decreased the expectant number of respondents and responses per respondent. As a result of the decrease in respondents and responses the burden hours decreased from 1500 to 100.
$1,481
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
PETER MERRILL 3017340649
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.