The MOU in conjunction with management plan define the geographic Brucellosis management area and describe the surveillance and mitigation activities that the State will conduct to identify occurrence of B. abortus in domestic livestock and wildlife and potential risks for spread of disease.
APHIS is requesting an emergency approval for this final rule information collection due to the nation of the information collection and that ROCIS will only allow an emergency request. APHIS is publishing the final rule, but at the interim rule stage, an information collection package was submitted and disapproved. As part of the terms of clearance for the disapproval, APHIS needed to address all of the comments received from the interim rule and submit another information collection package which APHIS is requesting approval for now.
US Code:
7 USC 8301
Name of Law: Animal Health Protection Act
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.