APHIS performs testing at slaughter and rendering facilities and to prevent the spread of animal diseases within the United States. Disease surveillance plays an important role in the APHIS mission of protecting the health of the US livestock and poultry populations, and testing animals for disease is an important surveillance tool.
US Code:
7 USC 8301
Name of Law: Animal Health Protection Act of 2002
After carefully reviewing procedures for this program, staff determined that a number of forms: VS 10-4 (Specimen Submission Form) and 10-4A (Continuation Sheet for the Specimen Submission Form), which were accounted for on the last renewal of this collection, are prepared by APHIS scrapie and bovine TB program staff (or, in the case of TB, by Food Safety and Inspection Service staff as well) and are being tracked through information collections for those diseases. Brucellosis is also tracked through a different information collection. This information collection renewal has been corrected to track only those VS Forms 10-4 and 10-4A filled out by contractors collecting BSE specimens. Moreover, few plants are currently being added to the APHIS list of approved slaughter facilities through new listing agreements, so the renewal tracks fewer plants signing listing agreements and undergoing inspections requiring the use of VS Form 10-5. There is an adjustment with the number of respondents decreasing by -112 respondents causing the number of responses to decrease by -2031 resulting in a decrease in the total burden hours by -1531.
The Appeal of Denial of Listing, the Appeal of Withdrawal of Listing, and the Withdrawal of Listing through notice from the facility, were not accounted for on the last renewal of this collection. However, they are rarely used and by adding them there is a program change. APHIS now requires Slaughter or Rendering Facilities to enter into Listing Agreement with APHIS causing a program change. The total program change is +20 respondents, +23 responses and +13 burden hours.
For all these reasons, while new burden was added, the overall burden on the public is reduced since the last renewal of this collection.
$190,167
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Deb Cox 3017340828
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.
Form vs 10-5 Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments
2010 Supporting Statement 0212.docx
2010 APHIS 71 - 0212.xls
Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments