The purpose of this collection is to verify that pink and red tomatoes were grown in approved registered production sites in Costa Rica, El Salavdor, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama and that they meet the requirements necessary to be imported into the United States without treatment.
This reinstatement is a program change resulting in +54 respondents, +6,072 total annual responses, and +1,160 total burden hours.
After careful review of the regulations, APHIS has added the following burden items to this collection: (1) Pre-Inspection Harvest; (2) Production Site Registration (business and foreign government); (3) Production Site and Packinghouse Inspection Records (foreign government); (4) Export Certification; (5) Phytosanitary Certification (foreign government); and (6) Recertification of Production Sites.
$28,570
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Tony Roman 301 734-8758
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.