The purpose of this information collection is to allow the import of fresh bananas from the Philippines into the continental United States while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests.
The reinstatement of this information collection resulted in a program change increase of +41 respondents, +161,331 annual responses, and +1,330 total burden hours.
The following burden was inadvertently omitted from the previous information collections but is now included in this collection: (1) Production Site Registration; (2) Monitoring and Oversight (business); (3)Maintain All Forms and Documents that Include Fruit Fly Detections and Updating Records (foreign government); (4) Phytosanitary Certificates with Declaration (foreign government); (5) Investigations; (6) Fruit Fly Trapping for Low Pest Prevalance (business); (7) Fruit Fly Trapping for Low Pest Prevalance (foreign government); (8) Shipping Documents; and (9) Hard Green StateHarvest Certification.
$12,977
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Marc Phillips 3017340753
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.