The purpose of this collection is to
allow pink and red tomatoes grown in approved registered production
sites in Costa Rica, El Salavdor, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
and Panama to be imported into the US without treatment.
Previous burden hours totaled
25,936. There is an adjustment of -25,649 burden hours and
-2,181,692 annual responses for the following reasons: the only
country currently shipping tomatoes is Guatemala; the countries of
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama are
presently not shipping tomatoes because transportation/fuel costs
have gone up as well as production costs in these countries. These
reasons are why Guatemala is currently the only country shipping
tomatoes and accounts for the decrease of 7,537 hours. Also, the
pre-harvest inspections were inadvertently included in the last
approval process which accounted for 18,112 hours in the previous
submission. There was no paperwork associated with the
inspections.
$6,360
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Donna West 301 734-0627
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.