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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. ST–06–01]
Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY:
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA
Notice and request for
comments.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS), Science and
Technology Program’s intention to
include three new public information
collection request forms when
submitting its request for approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), for an extension of and revision
to OMB 0581–0055, ‘‘Application for
Plant Variety Protection Certification
and Objective Description of Variety.’’
Copies of the proposed forms may be
obtained by calling the Plant Variety
Protection Office (PVPO) contact listed.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 3, 2006.
Additional Information or Comments:
Contact Bernadette Thomas, Information
Technology Specialist, Plant Variety
Protection Office (PVPO), Science and
Technology, AMS, Room 401, National
Agricultural Library (NAL), 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD
20705; Telephone (301) 504–5297 and
Fax (301) 504–5291.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Regulations Governing the
Application for Plant Variety Protection
Certificate and Reporting Requirements
under the Plant Variety Protection Act.
OMB Number: 0581–0055.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,
2006.
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Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Variety Protection
Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was
established ‘‘To encourage the
development of novel varieties of
sexually reproduced plants and make
them available to the public, providing
protection available to those who breed,
develop, or discover them, and thereby
promote progress in agriculture in the
public interest.’’
The PVPA is a voluntary user funded
program which grants intellectual
property rights protection to breeders of
new, distinct, uniform, and stable seed
reproduced and tuber propagated plant
varieties. To obtain these rights the
applicant must provide information
which shows the variety is eligible for
protection and that it is indeed new,
distinct, uniform, and stable as the law
requires. Application forms, descriptive
forms, and ownership forms are
furnished to applicants to identify the
information which is required to be
furnished by the applicant in order to
legally issue a certificate of protection
(ownership). The certificate is based on
claims of the breeder and cannot be
issued on the basis of reports in
publications not submitted by the
applicant. Regulations implementing
the PVPA appear at 7 CFR part 92.
Currently approved forms ST–470,
Application for Plant Variety Protection
Certificate, Form ST–470 series,
Objective Description of Variety (Exhibit
C to Form ST–470P), and Form ST–470–
E, Statement of Basis of Applicant’s
Ownership, are the basis by which the
determination, by PVPO, is made as to
whether a new, distinct, uniform, and
stable seed reproduced or tuberpropagated variety in fact exists and is
entitled to protection.
The application form would be
revised to add Exhibit F, Declaration
Regarding Deposit. This addition would
be made because the regulations have
been revised to allow applicants to
submit a declaration that a voucher seed
sample will be deposited, rather than
requiring that the deposit be made at the
time of the application. The application
form would also be revised slightly to
update the Voucher Sample to 3,000
viable untreated seeds and the Filing
and Examination fee. The information
received on applications, with certain
exceptions, is required by law to remain
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confidential until the certificate is
issued (7 U.S.C. 2426).
The three new forms to be included
in the renewal submission for approval
to OMB are:
Form ST–471: Request for Credit Card
Services.
Abstract: The information collected
on Form ST–471 will be used to
authorize payment by credit card for
services requested by users of this feefor-service program. It allows the
requestor to specify their contact and
billing information. It guides the
requestor in providing sufficient details
regarding the service to be performed so
that PVP Office staff will know how to
apply the payment. The list of services
and their fees are provided on Page 2 of
3 on the form.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this form is estimated to
average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: PVP applicants and
other requestors of PVP services.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
75.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
225.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 112.50.
Form ST–472: National Center for
Genetic Resources Preservation Deposit
Form for Plant Variety Protection
Voucher Sample.
Abstract: The National Center for
Genetic Resources Preservation
(NCGRP) requests that certain
identification accompany the deposit of
seed samples into their seed storage
facility, including who the depositor is
and what is being deposited. In the past
most of this information had been
provided by the PVP Office since
voucher seed samples were required to
be sent to the PVP Office when an
application for Plant Variety Protection
is filed. A change in procedure allows
applicants to submit their voucher seed
samples directly to the NCGRP. As a
result of this change in procedure, the
information collected from applicants
on Form ST–472 will provide the
NCGRP and the PVP Office with the
information necessary to deposit a PVP
voucher sample. In order to handle the
sample appropriately, the NCGRP
would need to know whether it is a
genetically engineered organism and
whether the material is patented.
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this form is estimated to
average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: PVP applicants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
75.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
225.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 112.50.
Form ST–473: Recordation Form for
Plant Variety Protection Office.
Abstract: For program purposes, it is
important that the ownership, contact
information, and any encumbrances
against PVP Certificates are recorded
within the PVP Office. Currently,
changes in this information are often
reported in an inconsistent or
incomplete manner. This can cause
difficulties in recording the information
and contacting the owner, which can
result in cancellation of their
intellectual property rights. The
information collected on Form ST–473
will be used to record changes in
ownership, contact information,
assignment, security interest, variety
name, and certified seed options, in an
orderly fashion.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this form is estimated to
average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: PVP Applicants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
25.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 12.50.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
PVPA, to provide applicants with
certificates of protection, to provide the
respondents the type of service they
request, and to administer the program.
Estimate of Burden: Total public
reporting burden for this entire
collection is estimated to average .733
hours per response.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
110.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 21.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,280.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,671.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
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of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Bernadette
Thomas, Information Technology
Specialist, Plant Variety Protection
Office, Room 401, NAL Building, 10301
Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD
20705. All comments received will be
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same
address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 30, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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The Forest Supervisor signed the
Record of Decision on January 24, 2006.
Copies: To receive a CD or a hard
copy of the FEIS or the Record of
Decision, request it from Ron Ellis,
NEPA Coordinator; Hoosier National
Forest; 811 Constitution Avenue;
Bedford, IN 47421. To request a CD
electronically, send a message with your
request to r9_hoosier_website@fs.fed.us.
Appeal Opportunities: Only those
who submitted substantive comments
during one of the two comments periods
are eligible to appeal this decision.
DATES:
Send any appeal to the
Appeal Deciding Officer: Regional
Forester Randy Moore, 626 East
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
53202; fax: 414–944–3963. Send
electronic appeals to: appeals-easternhoosier@fs.fed.us. When submitting
electronic comments, please reference
the German Ridge Restoration Project on
the subject line. In addition, include
your name and mailing address.
ADDRESSES:
Ron
Ellis, NEPA Coordinator, Hoosier
National Forest, USDA Forest Service;
telephone: 812 275–5987. See address
above under Copies (under SUMMARY).
Another means of obtaining information
on the project is to visit the Forest Web
page at https://www.fs.fed.us/r9/
hoosier—click on ‘‘Forest Projects,’’
then ‘‘Scoping Packages,’’ and then
‘‘German Ridge Restoration.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Selected Alternative
Forest Service
The selected alternative is to
implement the proposed action, which
would fulfill the goals and objectives of
the Forest Plan involving the restoration
of native communities; replace pine
plantations with native hardwood
communities that include a strong
component of oaks, hickories, and other
fire-adapted plants; and restore natural
vegetative conditions to a set of barrens
within the project area. To accomplish
those goals, the Forest would during the
next six or seven years; (1) Apply
prescribed fire on approximately 2,170
acres, (2) thin approximately 215 acres,
(3) implement pine removal on
approximately 355 acres, and (4)
complete shelterwood harvest on
approximately 120 acres. Additional
activities would also be pursued.
Hoosier National Forest, Indiana;
German Ridge Restoration Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of Availability; FEIS
available.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service,
Hoosier National Forest has made a
decision on a final environmental
impact statement for German Ridge
Restoration project. The Acting Forest
Supervisor has selected Alternative A
for implementation. The DEIS discloses
the environmental consequences of
replacing nonnative pine plantations in
the German Ridge area of Perry County,
Indiana with native hardwood
communities.
The DEIS was available for comment
during two comment periods. A
previous decision was withdrawn so
that a second comment period could be
provided in case someone had not been
aware of the original opportunity to
comment. No additional substantive
comments were received during the
additional comment period.
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Responsible Official
James L. Lowe, Acting Forest
Supervisor; Hoosier National Forest; 811
Constitution Avenue; Bedford, Indiana
47421.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22;
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section
21)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. ST-06-01]
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS), Science and Technology Program's intention to include
three new public information collection request forms when submitting
its request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), for an extension of and revision to OMB 0581-0055, ``Application
for Plant Variety Protection Certification and Objective Description of
Variety.'' Copies of the proposed forms may be obtained by calling the
Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO) contact listed.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 3, 2006.
Additional Information or Comments: Contact Bernadette Thomas,
Information Technology Specialist, Plant Variety Protection Office
(PVPO), Science and Technology, AMS, Room 401, National Agricultural
Library (NAL), 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705; Telephone
(301) 504-5297 and Fax (301) 504-5291.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Regulations Governing the Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certificate and Reporting Requirements under the Plant
Variety Protection Act.
OMB Number: 0581-0055.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2006.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et
seq.) was established ``To encourage the development of novel varieties
of sexually reproduced plants and make them available to the public,
providing protection available to those who breed, develop, or discover
them, and thereby promote progress in agriculture in the public
interest.''
The PVPA is a voluntary user funded program which grants
intellectual property rights protection to breeders of new, distinct,
uniform, and stable seed reproduced and tuber propagated plant
varieties. To obtain these rights the applicant must provide
information which shows the variety is eligible for protection and that
it is indeed new, distinct, uniform, and stable as the law requires.
Application forms, descriptive forms, and ownership forms are furnished
to applicants to identify the information which is required to be
furnished by the applicant in order to legally issue a certificate of
protection (ownership). The certificate is based on claims of the
breeder and cannot be issued on the basis of reports in publications
not submitted by the applicant. Regulations implementing the PVPA
appear at 7 CFR part 92.
Currently approved forms ST-470, Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certificate, Form ST-470 series, Objective Description of
Variety (Exhibit C to Form ST-470P), and Form ST-470-E, Statement of
Basis of Applicant's Ownership, are the basis by which the
determination, by PVPO, is made as to whether a new, distinct, uniform,
and stable seed reproduced or tuber-propagated variety in fact exists
and is entitled to protection.
The application form would be revised to add Exhibit F, Declaration
Regarding Deposit. This addition would be made because the regulations
have been revised to allow applicants to submit a declaration that a
voucher seed sample will be deposited, rather than requiring that the
deposit be made at the time of the application. The application form
would also be revised slightly to update the Voucher Sample to 3,000
viable untreated seeds and the Filing and Examination fee. The
information received on applications, with certain exceptions, is
required by law to remain confidential until the certificate is issued
(7 U.S.C. 2426).
The three new forms to be included in the renewal submission for
approval to OMB are:
Form ST-471: Request for Credit Card Services.
Abstract: The information collected on Form ST-471 will be used to
authorize payment by credit card for services requested by users of
this fee-for-service program. It allows the requestor to specify their
contact and billing information. It guides the requestor in providing
sufficient details regarding the service to be performed so that PVP
Office staff will know how to apply the payment. The list of services
and their fees are provided on Page 2 of 3 on the form.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this form is
estimated to average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: PVP applicants and other requestors of PVP services.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 225.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 112.50.
Form ST-472: National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
Deposit Form for Plant Variety Protection Voucher Sample.
Abstract: The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation
(NCGRP) requests that certain identification accompany the deposit of
seed samples into their seed storage facility, including who the
depositor is and what is being deposited. In the past most of this
information had been provided by the PVP Office since voucher seed
samples were required to be sent to the PVP Office when an application
for Plant Variety Protection is filed. A change in procedure allows
applicants to submit their voucher seed samples directly to the NCGRP.
As a result of this change in procedure, the information collected from
applicants on Form ST-472 will provide the NCGRP and the PVP Office
with the information necessary to deposit a PVP voucher sample. In
order to handle the sample appropriately, the NCGRP would need to know
whether it is a genetically engineered organism and whether the
material is patented.
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this form is
estimated to average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: PVP applicants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 225.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 112.50.
Form ST-473: Recordation Form for Plant Variety Protection Office.
Abstract: For program purposes, it is important that the ownership,
contact information, and any encumbrances against PVP Certificates are
recorded within the PVP Office. Currently, changes in this information
are often reported in an inconsistent or incomplete manner. This can
cause difficulties in recording the information and contacting the
owner, which can result in cancellation of their intellectual property
rights. The information collected on Form ST-473 will be used to record
changes in ownership, contact information, assignment, security
interest, variety name, and certified seed options, in an orderly
fashion.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this form is
estimated to average .5 hours per response.
Respondents: PVP Applicants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 25.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12.50.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the PVPA, to provide applicants
with certificates of protection, to provide the respondents the type of
service they request, and to administer the program.
Estimate of Burden: Total public reporting burden for this entire
collection is estimated to average .733 hours per response.
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, and Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 110.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 21.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,280.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,671.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Bernadette Thomas,
Information Technology Specialist, Plant Variety Protection Office,
Room 401, NAL Building, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705.
All comments received will be available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: January 30, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E6-1382 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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