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[FR Doc. 2017–09124 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am] [FR Doc. 2017–09123 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–03–P BILLING CODE 3410–03–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Research Service Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agricultural Research Service Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License May 2, 2017. Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA. AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice of intent. ACTION: Notice of intent. Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Oregon State University of Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license to the variety of blackberry described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 15/330,508, ‘‘BLACKBERRY PLANT NAMED ‘COLUMBIA SUNRISE’,’’ filed on September 29, 2016. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Oregon State University of Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license to the variety of strawberry described in U.S. Plant Patent Application Serial No. 15/330,507, ‘‘STRAWBERRY PLANT NAMED ‘MARY’S PEAK’,’’ filed on September 29, 2016. DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 5, 2017. ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUMMARY: DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 301– 504–5989. SRADOVICH on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 May 04, 2017 Jkt 241001 Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. Brian T. Nakanishi of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 301– 504–5989. The Federal Government’s patent rights in this plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government’s patent rights in this plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments must be received on or before June 5, 2017. PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments are required regarding (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments regarding this information collection received by June 5, 2017 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 725–17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information that such E:\FR\FM\05MYN1.SGM 05MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 86 / Friday, May 5, 2017 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency SRADOVICH on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. [Docket No. APHIS–2016–0103] Title: 7 CFR 765, Direct Loan Servicing—Regular. OMB Control Number: 0560–0236. Summary of Collection: Authority to establish the regulatory requirements contained in 7 CFR 765 is provided under 5 U.S.C. 301, which provides that ‘‘The Head of an Executive department or military department may prescribe regulations for the government of his department, the distribution and performance of its business . . .’’ The Secretary delegated authority to administer the provisions of the Act applicable to the Farm Loan Program (FLP) to the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service in section 2.16 of 7 CFR part 2. FLP provides loans to family farmers to purchase real estate equipment and finance agricultural production. The regulations covered by this information collection package describes, the policies and procedures the agency uses to service most FLP loans to ensure borrowers are meeting the requirements of their loan agreements. Need and Use of the Information: Information requested under this collection is submitted by borrowers to the local agency office serving the county in which their business is headquartered. The information is used by the agency to manage application of proceeds from the sale of agency security, consider whether a borrower is in compliance with their loan covenants, assist the borrower in achieving their business goals, conduct day-to-day management of the agency’s loan portfolio, and ensure that the agency’s interests are protected. Failure to collect the information or collecting it less frequently could result in the failure of the farm operation or loss of agency security property or position. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms. Number of Respondents: 54,524. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually. Total Burden Hours: 82,565. Notice of Determination; Changes to the National Poultry Improvement Plan Program Standards Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2017–09138 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–05–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:43 May 04, 2017 Jkt 241001 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: We are updating the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Program Standards document. In a previous notice, we made available to the public for review and comment proposed changes to the NPIP Program Standards document to establish new biosecurity principles, amend testing procedures for Mycoplasma, clarify laboratory procedures for Salmonella, add new diagnostic tests for Mycoplasma and Salmonella, and reduce confusion between references to the regulations and the Program Standards. SUMMARY: DATES: Effective July 5, 2017. Dr. Denise Brinson, DVM, Senior Coordinator, National Poultry Improvement Plan, VS, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094–5104; (770) 922– 3496. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The regulations in 9 CFR parts 145, 146, and 147 (referred to below as the regulations) contain the provisions of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP), a cooperative Federal-StateIndustry mechanism for controlling certain poultry diseases. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture amends these provisions from time to time to incorporate new scientific information and technologies within the Plan. In § 147.53, paragraph (b) states that approved tests and sanitation procedures used to qualify flocks for NPIP classifications are set out in the NPIP Program Standards.1 In that section, paragraphs (d) and (e) set out the process for adding or revising tests or sanitation procedures. Paragraph (e)(1) states that APHIS will publish a notice in the Federal Register making SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1 The Program Standards may be viewed on the NPIP Web site at https:// www.poultryimprovement.org/documents/ ProgramStandardsAugust2014.pdf, or by writing to the Service at National Poultry Improvement Plan, APHIS, USDA, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 101, Conyers, GA 30094. PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 21187 the test or sanitation procedure available for public comment. Paragraph (e)(2)(i) states that, at the end of the comment period, the test or sanitation procedure will be added to the NPIP Program Standards, or the NPIP Program Standards will be updated to reflect changes to an existing test or sanitation procedure, if: • No comments were received on the notice; • The comments on the notice supported the action described in the notice; or • The comments on the notice were evaluated but did not change the Administrator’s determination that approval of the test or sanitation procedure is appropriate based on the standards in paragraph (a) of § 147.53. On February 13, 2017, we published a notice 2 in the Federal Register (82 FR 10452–10453, Docket No. APHIS–2016– 0103) advising the public that we had prepared updates to the NPIP Program Standards document. The proposed updates would amend the Program Standards by establishing new standards for biosecurity principles. They also would amend the hemagglutination inhibition test procedures for Mycoplasma, clarify the laboratory procedure recommended for the bacteriological examination of Salmonella in birds, amend the laboratory procedure recommended for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. synoviae, and add new diagnostic tests for Mycoplasma and Salmonella. Finally, we noted that the Program Standards are currently divided into subparts in the same way the regulations are. Therefore, we proposed to change the use of the word ‘‘Subpart’’ to ‘‘Standard’’ in the Program Standards for ease of distinguishing between references to the regulations and references to the Program Standards. We solicited comments on the notice for 30 days ending on March 15, 2017. We did not receive any comments by that date. Therefore, in accordance with our regulations in § 147.53(e)(2)(i)(A), we are revising the NPIP Program Standards as described in our previous notice. We are also making a minor change to the NPIP Program Standards document due to a change in company ownership of one of the approved diagnostic test kits. The diagnostic test kit is the Bax® PCR assays for Salmonella 1 and 2, which was previously owned by Dupont Qualicon. The test kit is now owned by 2 To view the notice, go to https:// www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2016-0103. E:\FR\FM\05MYN1.SGM 05MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 86 (Friday, May 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21186-21187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09138]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 2, 2017.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are required regarding (1) whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by June 5, 
2017 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
725-17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged to 
submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 
or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Copies of the submission(s) 
may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such

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persons are not required to respond to the collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: 7 CFR 765, Direct Loan Servicing--Regular.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0236.
    Summary of Collection: Authority to establish the regulatory 
requirements contained in 7 CFR 765 is provided under 5 U.S.C. 301, 
which provides that ``The Head of an Executive department or military 
department may prescribe regulations for the government of his 
department, the distribution and performance of its business . . .'' 
The Secretary delegated authority to administer the provisions of the 
Act applicable to the Farm Loan Program (FLP) to the Under Secretary 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service in section 2.16 of 7 CFR part 
2. FLP provides loans to family farmers to purchase real estate 
equipment and finance agricultural production. The regulations covered 
by this information collection package describes, the policies and 
procedures the agency uses to service most FLP loans to ensure 
borrowers are meeting the requirements of their loan agreements.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information requested under this 
collection is submitted by borrowers to the local agency office serving 
the county in which their business is headquartered. The information is 
used by the agency to manage application of proceeds from the sale of 
agency security, consider whether a borrower is in compliance with 
their loan covenants, assist the borrower in achieving their business 
goals, conduct day-to-day management of the agency's loan portfolio, 
and ensure that the agency's interests are protected. Failure to 
collect the information or collecting it less frequently could result 
in the failure of the farm operation or loss of agency security 
property or position.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 54,524.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 82,565.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-09138 Filed 5-4-17; 8:45 am]
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