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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
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AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics
Service, Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to request revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection, the Fruits, Nuts,
and Specialty Crops Surveys. Revision
to burden hours will be needed due to
changes in the size of the target
population, sample design, minor
changes in questionnaire design and an
anticipated increase in response rates.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 30, 2009 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0039,
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: (202) 720–6396.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: David Hancock, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fruits, Nuts, and Specialty
Crops Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0039.
Expiration Date of Approval: January
31, 2010.
Type of Request: To revise and extend
a currently approved information
collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue
State and national estimates of crop and
livestock production, prices, and
disposition; as well as economic
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statistics, environmental statistics
related to agriculture and also to
conduct the Census of Agriculture.
The Fruits, Nuts, and Specialty Crops
survey program collects information on
acreage, yield, production, price, and
value of citrus and noncitrus fruits and
nuts and other specialty crops in States
with significant commercial production.
The program provides data needed by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture and
other government agencies to administer
programs and to set trade quotas and
tariffs. Producers, processors, other
industry representatives, State
Departments of Agriculture, and
universities also use forecasts and
estimates provided by these surveys.
Authority: These data will be collected
under authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).
Individually identifiable data collected under
this authority are governed by section 1770
of the Food Security Act of 1985 as amended,
7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford
strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data
provided by respondents. This Notice is
submitted in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113) and
Office of Management and Budget regulations
at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29,
1995). NASS also complies with OMB
Implementation Guidance, ‘‘Implementation
Guidance for Title V of the E-Government
Act, Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’
Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15,
2007, p. 33376.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this information collection is
based on 73 individual surveys with
expected responses of 4–30 minutes and
frequency of 1–12 times per year.
Estimated number of responses per
respondent is 1.6.
Respondents: Producers, processors,
and handlers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
60,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 13,000 hours.
Copies of this information collection
and related instructions can be obtained
without charge from David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–
2388.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;
(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, through
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the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or
other forms of information technology
collection methods.
All responses to this notice will
become a matter of public record and be
summarized in the request for OMB
approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, August 11,
2009.
Joseph T. Reilly,
Associate Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, intends
to grant to Plant Biofuels, Inc. of
Gaithersburg, Maryland, an exclusive
license to the soybean varieties
described in Plant Variety Protection
Certificate Number 9800027, ‘‘Derry,’’
issued on June 30, 1999, and in Plant
Variety Protection Certificate Number
9800028, ‘‘Donegal,’’ issued on June 30,
1999.
DATES: Comments must be received by
September 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,
ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June
Blalock of the Office of Technology
Transfer at the Beltsville address given
above; telephone: 301–504–5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Government’s rights in these
plant varieties are assigned to the
United States of America, as represented
by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in
the public interest to so license these
varieties, as Plant Biofuels, Inc. of
Gaithersburg, Maryland, has submitted a
complete and sufficient application for
a license. 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
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license would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Notice of Proposed Change to Section
IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide
AGENCY: Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of
proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS
State Technical Guide for review and
comment.
SUMMARY: It has been determined by the
NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia
that changes must be made in the NRCS
State Technical Guide specifically in
practice standards: #442, Irrigation
System, Sprinkler; #441, Irrigation
System, Microirrigation; #443, Irrigation
System, Surface and Subsurface; #447,
Tailwater Recovery; #449, Irrigation
Water Management; #309, Agchemical
Handling Facility; #432, Dry Hydrant;
#455, Land Reclamation, Toxic
Discharge Control; #453, Land
Reclamation, Landslide Treatment;
#543, Land Reclamation, Abandoned
Mined Land; #544, Land Reclamation,
Currently Mined Land; #457, Mine Shaft
and Adit Closing; #468, Lined Waterway
or Outlet; #582, Open Channel; #584,
Channel Stabilization; #580,
Streambank and Shoreline Protection;
#350, Sediment Basin. These practices
will be used to plan and install
conservation practices on cropland,
pastureland, woodland, and wildlife
land.
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DATES: Comments will be received for a
30-day period commencing with the
date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), 1606
Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond,
Virginia 23229–5014; Telephone
number (804) 287–1691; Fax number
(804) 287–1737. Copies of the practice
standards will be made available upon
written request to the address shown
above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site:
https://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/
draftstandards.html.
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Section
343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
states that revisions made after
enactment of the law to NRCS State
technical guides used to carry out
highly erodible land and wetland
provisions of the law shall be made
available for public review and
comment. For the next 30 days, the
NRCS in Virginia will receive comments
relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination
will be made by the NRCS in Virginia
regarding disposition of those comments
and a final determination of change will
be made to the subject standards.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 24, 2009.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Richmond, Virginia.
[FR Doc. E9–20864 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA).
Title: Public Telecommunications
Facilities Program Grant Monitoring.
OMB Control Number: 0660–0001.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 5,080.
Number of Respondents: 1,950.
Average Hours Per Response: 28.
Needs and Uses: NTIA administers
the Public Telecommunications
Facilities Program (PTFP). The purpose
of the program is to assist, through
matching funds, in the planning and
construction of public
telecommunications facilities. The
reporting requirements include (1)
Construction schedules/planning
timetables to enable NTIA/PTFP to
monitor a project through quarterly
performance reports, which alert NTIA/
PTFP if the project is on-schedule for
completion; (2) close-out reports to
ensure the agency that Federal funds
were expended in accordance with the
grant award; and (3) annual reports to
assure the agency that the Federal
interest is maintained and protected for
the statutorily specified 10-year period.
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Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
governments.
Frequency: Quarterly; annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
retain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Nicholas Fraser,
(202) 395–5887.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 7845, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Nicholas Fraser, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX number (202) 395–7258 or
via the Internet at
Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: August 25, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–20855 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–60–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–552–802]
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Notice of Extension of Time
Limit for the Final Results of the Third
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Effective Date: August 31, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations,
Office 9, Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202)
482–6905.
Background
On June 4, 2009, the Department of
Commerce (‘‘Department’’) published a
notice extending the deadline for the
final results of the administrative review
of the antidumping duty order on
certain frozen warmwater shrimp from
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(‘‘Vietnam’’), covering the period
February 1, 2007, through January 31,
2008. See Certain Frozen Warmwater
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Plant
Biofuels, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland, an exclusive license to the
soybean varieties described in Plant Variety Protection Certificate
Number 9800027, ``Derry,'' issued on June 30, 1999, and in Plant
Variety Protection Certificate Number 9800028, ``Donegal,'' issued on
June 30, 1999.
DATES: Comments must be received by September 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Blalock of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone:
301-504-5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's rights in these
plant varieties are assigned to the United States of America, as
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public
interest to so license these varieties, as Plant Biofuels, Inc. of
Gaithersburg, Maryland, has submitted a complete and sufficient
application for a license. 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
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license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209
and 37 CFR 404.7.
Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-20929 Filed 8-28-09; 8:45 am]
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