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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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received
within 30 days of this notification.
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
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Animal Welfare.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0093.
Summary of Collection: The
Laboratory Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
(Pub. L. 89–544) enacted August 24,
1966, and amended December 24, 1970
(Pub. L. 91–579); April 22, 1976 (Pub. L.
94–279); and December 23, 1985 (Pub.
L. 99–198) required the U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) to regulate the
humane care and handling of most
warm-blooded animals, including
marine mammals, used for research or
exhibition purposes, sold as pets, or
transported in commerce. The
legislation and its amendments were the
result of extensive demand by organized
animal welfare groups and private
citizens requesting a Federal law to
protect such animals. The Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), Animal Care (AC) has the
responsibility to enforce the AWA and
the provisions of 9 CFR, Chapter 1,
Subchapter A, which implements the
AWA.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information to insure
that animals used in research facilities
or for exhibition purposes are provided
humane care and treatment. The
information is used to ensure those
dealers, exhibitors, research facilities,
carriers, etc., are in compliance with the
Animal Welfare Act and regulations and
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standards promulgated under this
authority of the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 11,687.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 47,815.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Tomatoes from
Certain Central American Countries.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0286.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to carry out operations or
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests new to the United States or
not known to be widely distributed
throughout the United States. The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) allows certain types of
tomatoes grown in approved registered
production sites in Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and
Nicaragua to be imported into the
United States with treatment. The
conditions are designed to prevent the
introduction of quarantine pests into the
United States, including trapping, preharvest inspection, and shipping
procedures.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS requires that each shipment of
tomatoes must be accompanied by a
phytosanitary certificate issued by the
National Plant Protection Organization
and bearing the declaration, ‘‘These
tomatoes were grown in an area
recognized to be free of Medfly and the
shipment has been inspected and found
free of the pest listed in the
requirements.’’ Failure to collect this
information would cripple APHIS’
ability to ensure that peppers and
tomatoes from Central America are not
carrying fruit flies.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 24.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 287.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Shelled Peas
from Kenya .
OMB Control Number: 0579–0302.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to carry out operations or
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
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control, prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests new to the United States or
not known to be widely distributed
throughout the United States. The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) fruits and vegetables
regulations allows the importation of
shelled garden peas from Kenya into the
continental United States while
continuing to protect against the
introduction of quarantined peas.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS requires that some plants or
plant products be accompanied by a
phytosanitary inspection certificate that
is completed by plant health officials in
the originating or transiting country.
APHIS uses the information on the
certificate to determine the pest
condition of the shipment at the time of
inspection in the foreign country.
Without the information, all shipments
would need to be inspected very
thoroughly, thereby requiring
considerably more time. This would
slow the clearance of international
shipments.
Description of Respondents: Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 8.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge Recreation Visitor
Study
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information
collection: Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge Recreation Visitor Study—2009.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before October 26, 2009 to
be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Alan E.
Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness
Research Institute, Forest Service, Rocky
Mountain Research Station, 790 E.
Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT 59801.
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Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 406–542–4196 or by e-mail
to: awatson@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments
received at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute, Forest
Service, Rocky Mountain Research
Station, 790 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula,
MT, during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
406–542–4197 to facilitate entry to the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan E. Watson, Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute at 406–
542–4197. Individuals who use TDD
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS)
at 1–800–877–8339, 24 hours a day,
every day of the year, including
holidays.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Recreation Visitor Study—2009.
OMB Number: 0596–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: This
information collection will expire 3
years from the date of OMB approval.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute in
Missoula, Montana, works under an
interagency agreement with the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service of the U.S.
Department of the Interior to provide
information to support management
planning for public wilderness areas
and National Wildlife Refuge.
Management of specific refuges is
directed by laws, policies, and
Comprehensive Conservation Plans. The
Wilderness Act of 1964 directs the
National Wilderness Preservation
System be managed to protect natural
wilderness conditions and to provide
outstanding opportunities for the public
to find solitude or primitive and
unconfined types of recreational
experiences. The Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge contains 8 million acres
of federally protected wilderness, the
Molly Beattie Wilderness and over 11
million acres of land and water
managed for multiple values including
subsistence, wildlife, water quality, and
scenic values. The Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge is also mandated to
provide recreation experiences to
visitors under a number of laws,
including the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act, the Refuge Recreation
Act, and the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act.
To help meet Federal agencies’
mandates related to recreation,
scientists at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute
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periodically monitor and report to
managers and the public visitor use and
user characteristics and visitor feedback
on management actions on Federal
lands. Agency personnel use the
information to ensure that visitors’
recreational activities do not harm
natural resources of the refuge, and that
recreation experiences in wilderness
areas are protected.
In the 2009 survey, the Agency
intends to record responses of visitors to
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in
the same areas as the survey that was
conducted in 1977, prior to the area
attaining National Wildlife Refuge and
wilderness area designation status. The
Agency intends to expand the survey to
include visitor feedback regarding major
factors that influence the experiences in
the area, including encounters with
other visitors, subsistence use, research,
administrative use, and availability of
information needed to plan trips. The
data from this information collection
would be stored at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute in
Missoula, Montana. Scientists working
at the Research Institute would conduct
the data analysis.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
would use information from this
collection to:
(1) Understand visitor demographics,
frequency of visits, and residence;
(2) Understand visitor activities, such
as whether they are hunting, river
floating, method of access, size of group,
difficulty in finding campsites,
conditions encountered, and
information available for trip planning;
(3) Understanding how the Agency’s
management of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge and other potential
facilitating and constraining factors
influence a visitor’s recreation
experience;
(4) Understand how to educate
recreation visitors so they do not leave
impacts from their visits; such as
wildlife disturbance, damaged
vegetation, litter, and polluted lakes and
streams, and can engage in high quality,
and safe recreational experiences; and
(5) Provide information that may
assist in revision of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive
Conservation Plan.
Respondents would be recreation
visitors to the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. Visitors would be contacted as
they enter or exit the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge and would be provided
with a self-addressed, postage-pre-paid
postcard that offers them alternative
methods of response to the survey: (1)
Mail the postcard to the Leopold
Institute with a name and address to
have the survey sent to them, (2) mail
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the postcard to the Leopold Institute
with an electronic e-mail address to
obtain an electronic version of the
survey, or (3) use the Web address on
the postcard to access the survey. All
responses would be voluntary and
anonymous (names would not be
connected with responses in any way).
Data collected in this information
collection are not available from other
sources and have not been collected
since 1977.
This study would only ask non-local
recreation visitors, non-local, nonsubsistence users questions about their
recreation visit, their personal
demographics relevant to provision of
service and educational research, and
factors that have influenced or are likely
to influence their recreation visits.
Survey respondents would be told that
their responses are voluntary and would
be anonymous. The survey will not
include questions related to oil
exploration or development in the
boundaries of the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20
minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals
who use government facilities and
services.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 900.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 300 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical or
scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
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
respondents, including the additional
use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval.
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Dated: August 13, 2009.
William J. Lange,
Acting Deputy Chief, Research &
Development.
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recommendations submitted by
SUSTAIN and will consult with the
Food Aid Consultative Group before
actions are taken in response to the
findings.
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Signed at Washington, DC, on August 17,
2009.
Jonathan Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E9–20296 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
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Food Aid Quality Improvement Report
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Farm Service Agency
(FSA) is making available the Food Aid
Quality Project report prepared by
Sharing Science and Technology to Aid
in the Improvement of Nutrition
(SUSTAIN). The report contains
recommendations for improvements in
the specifications, micronutrient
composition, commodity sampling, and
testing regimes for commodities
procured by FSA for the U.S.
international food assistance programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard Froehlich, Export Program
Manager, phone: (202) 720–7398; mail:
Farm Service Agency, USDA, ATTN:
Howard Froehlich, Export Program
Manager, Commodity Operations
Divisions, STOP 0553, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0553; e-mail:
Howard.Froehlich@wdc.fsa.usda.gov;
fax: (202) 690–3123. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative
means for communication information
(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.)
should contact USDA’s TARGET Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this notice is to announce
the availability of the Food Aid Quality
Project report. The Food Aid Quality
Project Report was undertaken to meet
the objectives established jointly by
USDA and the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) to
improve and ensure the quality, safety,
nutrient delivery and shelf life of
international food assistance provided
by the U.S. Government to 56 countries
worldwide. SUSTAIN, a nonprofit
organization, conducted the project and
provided the report that contains their
findings and recommendations to
USDA.
The public can access the published
report through the Commodity
Operations Web site at https://
www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=
home&subject=coop&topic=landing.
USDA will continue to review the
report and evaluate the
SUMMARY:
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Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Notice of Funds Availability Under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, 2009; Correction
AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service, Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural
Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service
(RHS), Rural Business-Cooperative
Service (RBS), and Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) published a document in
the Federal Register on July 23, 2009, at
74 FR 36448. The document did not
provide a date for the comment period
for the collection of information under
the DATES section or the ‘‘Comments’’
under the Paperwork Reduction Act
section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding this correction
should be directed to Cheryl Thompson,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, 202–692–0043.
Correction
In the Federal Register of July 23,
2009, in FR Doc. E9–17512, the
corrections are as follows:
1. On page 36448, in the first column,
at the end of the paragraph under DATES,
add the following paragraph:
The comment period for information
collection under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 continues
through September 21, 2009. Comments
on the paperwork burden must be
received by this date to be assured of
consideration.
2. On page 36450, in the second
column, at the end of the paragraph
under ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’, add
the following paragraph:
Comments
Comments are invited regarding: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
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information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of Rural
Development, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of Rural Development’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
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 may be sent to Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and
Management Branch, Support Services
Division, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Development, STOP
0742, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250. All responses to
this Notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also be a
matter of public record.
Dated: August 18, 2009.
Dallas Tonsager,
Under Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9–20347 Filed 8–24–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Request for Proposals: Fiscal Year
2009 Funding Opportunity for
Research on the Economic Impact of
Cooperatives
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Initial notice of request for
proposals.
SUMMARY: Rural Business-Cooperative
Service programs are administered
through USDA Rural Development.
USDA Rural Development announces
the availability of $300,000 in
competitive cooperative agreement
funds for fiscal year (FY) 2009 to
conduct research on the national
economic impact of all types of
cooperatives. USDA Rural Development
hereby requests proposals from
institutions of higher education
interested in applying for a
competitively awarded cooperative
research agreement. This funding is a
follow through on to funding awarded
in FY 2006, FY 2007 and FY 2008, the
intent of which was to encourage
research on the critical issue of the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Recreation Visitor Study
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information collection: Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge Recreation Visitor Study--2009.
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before October 26,
2009 to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Alan
E. Watson, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station, 790 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT
59801.
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Comments also may be submitted via facsimile to 406-542-4196 or by
e-mail to: awatson@fs.fed.us.
The public may inspect comments received at the Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research
Station, 790 E. Beckwith Ave., Missoula, MT, during normal business
hours. Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to 406-542-4197 to
facilitate entry to the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan E. Watson, Aldo Leopold
Wilderness Research Institute at 406-542-4197. Individuals who use TDD
may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a
day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Visitor Study--
2009.
OMB Number: 0596-NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: This information collection will
expire 3 years from the date of OMB approval.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in
Missoula, Montana, works under an interagency agreement with the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior to
provide information to support management planning for public
wilderness areas and National Wildlife Refuge. Management of specific
refuges is directed by laws, policies, and Comprehensive Conservation
Plans. The Wilderness Act of 1964 directs the National Wilderness
Preservation System be managed to protect natural wilderness conditions
and to provide outstanding opportunities for the public to find
solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreational experiences.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge contains 8 million acres of
federally protected wilderness, the Molly Beattie Wilderness and over
11 million acres of land and water managed for multiple values
including subsistence, wildlife, water quality, and scenic values. The
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is also mandated to provide recreation
experiences to visitors under a number of laws, including the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act, as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act, the Refuge Recreation Act, and
the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
To help meet Federal agencies' mandates related to recreation,
scientists at the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
periodically monitor and report to managers and the public visitor use
and user characteristics and visitor feedback on management actions on
Federal lands. Agency personnel use the information to ensure that
visitors' recreational activities do not harm natural resources of the
refuge, and that recreation experiences in wilderness areas are
protected.
In the 2009 survey, the Agency intends to record responses of
visitors to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the same areas as
the survey that was conducted in 1977, prior to the area attaining
National Wildlife Refuge and wilderness area designation status. The
Agency intends to expand the survey to include visitor feedback
regarding major factors that influence the experiences in the area,
including encounters with other visitors, subsistence use, research,
administrative use, and availability of information needed to plan
trips. The data from this information collection would be stored at the
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in Missoula, Montana.
Scientists working at the Research Institute would conduct the data
analysis.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service would use information from this
collection to:
(1) Understand visitor demographics, frequency of visits, and
residence;
(2) Understand visitor activities, such as whether they are
hunting, river floating, method of access, size of group, difficulty in
finding campsites, conditions encountered, and information available
for trip planning;
(3) Understanding how the Agency's management of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge and other potential facilitating and
constraining factors influence a visitor's recreation experience;
(4) Understand how to educate recreation visitors so they do not
leave impacts from their visits; such as wildlife disturbance, damaged
vegetation, litter, and polluted lakes and streams, and can engage in
high quality, and safe recreational experiences; and
(5) Provide information that may assist in revision of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan.
Respondents would be recreation visitors to the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. Visitors would be contacted as they enter or exit the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and would be provided with a self-
addressed, postage-pre-paid postcard that offers them alternative
methods of response to the survey: (1) Mail the postcard to the Leopold
Institute with a name and address to have the survey sent to them, (2)
mail the postcard to the Leopold Institute with an electronic e-mail
address to obtain an electronic version of the survey, or (3) use the
Web address on the postcard to access the survey. All responses would
be voluntary and anonymous (names would not be connected with responses
in any way). Data collected in this information collection are not
available from other sources and have not been collected since 1977.
This study would only ask non-local recreation visitors, non-local,
non-subsistence users questions about their recreation visit, their
personal demographics relevant to provision of service and educational
research, and factors that have influenced or are likely to influence
their recreation visits. Survey respondents would be told that their
responses are voluntary and would be anonymous. The survey will not
include questions related to oil exploration or development in the
boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 minutes.
Type of Respondents: Individuals who use government facilities and
services.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 900.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 300 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have
practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's
estimate of the burden of the 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
respondents, including the additional use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval.
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Dated: August 13, 2009.
William J. Lange,
Acting Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
[FR Doc. E9-20442 Filed 8-24-09; 8:45 am]
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