The purpose for this collection is for APHIS to perform testing at slaughtering and rendering facilities 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
There is a program change of -23 respondents, -10,704 annual responses, and -2,676 burden hours resulting from VS reviewing and closely monitoring procedures for this program, and determining that the VS 10-4 (Specimen Submission Form) and VS 10-4A (Continuation Sheet for the Specimen Submission Form) were no longer being used for collecting BSE specimens. Therefore, these forms are being removed from this collection. VS currently collects BSE information on three electronic forms approved under OMB No. 0579-0409, National Veterinary Services Laboratories; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance Program: (1) Form 17-146 (BSE Surveillance Submission Form);
(2) VS 17-146A (BSE Surveillance Submission Continuation Sheet); and (3) VS 17-131 (BSE Surveillance Data Collection Form).
However, the total number of respondents has risen from 63 to 1,925, which is an adjustment of +1,862 respondents. The annual responses have increased by 9,585 and the total burden hours have increased by 1,590. VS is continuing to collect Listing Agreements and also Facility and Inspection Reports (VS 10-5), but now is able to collect Listing Agreements and VS 10-5s from nearly all U.S. slaughtering and rendering establishments, which has caused the large increase in respondents. The removal of the VS 10-4 and 10-4A offset the increase of respondents to the decrease in annual responses and total burden hours.
$88,878
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
SS 0212 2014.docx
79 Blood 2014.xls
Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments