Justification for Removing PPQ 526 Permit Items from APHIS/CDC Form 2

Justification for Change

Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins (42 CFR Part 73)

(OMB Control No. 0920-0576) Expiration 1/31/2024

Change Request

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response

Division of Select Agents and Toxins

Lori Bane

(404) 718-2006

(404) 718-2097 FAX

zoz1@cdc.gov

March 5, 2021

Nonmaterial/non-substantive change to an OMB approved information collection for Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins (42 CFR Part 73) (OMB Control No. 0920-0576) Expiration 1/31/2024

Justification for the Change - A nonmaterial/non-substantive can be explained in table format as shown below:

Form	Current Item	Requested Change	Justification
APHIS/CDC Form 2: Request to Transfer Select Agents and Toxins	Section A, 1: 4. PPQ Permit # (if applicable):	Remove question.	The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine determined that a PPQ 526 permit (Permit to Move Live Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, Soil, and Prohibited Plants) is no longer required for the importation or interstate/intrastate movement of the PPQ select agents listed in 7 CFR 331.3.
APHIS/CDC Form 2: Request to Transfer Select Agents and Toxins	Section A, Transfer extension requested (only for approved transfers):  Yes  No	Remove question.	Regulations do not support transfer extension.

Mini Supporting Statement

Justification for Change

This is a request for nonmaterial/non-substantive change is based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine determined that a PPQ 526 permit (Permit to Move Live Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, Soil, and Prohibited Plants) is no longer required for the importation or interstate/intrastate movement of the PPQ select agents listed in 7 CFR 331.3 and the regulations do not support transfer extension. The removal of questions, nonmaterial/non-substantive changes, will not affect the burden in completing the form.