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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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June 2, 2010.
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
regarding (a) 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;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; (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 and 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) 720–8681.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Forest Service
Title: Timber Purchasers’ Cost and
Sales Data.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0017.
Summary of Collection: The National
Forest Management Act (NFMA), 16
U.S.C. 472a, is applicable to appraisal of
National Forest timber sales. The NFMA
requires that the Federal government
receive not less than the appraised value
of timber or forest product. In regulation
36 CFR part 223.60, the objective of
Forest Service (FS) timber appraisals is
to determine fair market value. The
Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of
1960, the Forest Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974, and the
National Forest Management Act of
1976, authorizes the FS to sell forest
products and National Forest System
timber. FS timber and product
appraisers develop advertised timber
and product sale prices using residual
and transaction evidence method of
appraisal. Residual appraisals begin
through the collection of production
cost data. Transaction evidence
appraisals begin with an average of past
successful bids by timber purchasers for
timber for which the stumpage rate has
been adjusted for the timber sale and
market conditions at the time. FS
collects the data from timber sales and
product purchases through submissions
by contractors both locally and
nationally. There are no forms required
for the collection of costs data.
Need and Use of the Information: FS
will collect information to verify the
minimum rates returned a fair value to
the Government and that the residual
and transaction system are a reliable
approach to valuing timber and
products. The information is also used
to assure the accuracy of the residual
and transaction systems and to develop
minimum stumpage rates for small sales
or for areas where there is no current
sale activity to use for transaction
evidence. If the information is not
collected, FS does not have a sound
check to determine if the value being
received from products really reflects
the true market value.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
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Total Burden Hours: 80.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS–FV–10–0040]
Notice of Request for Revision of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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) intention to request for
revision of a currently approved
information collection for Fruit and
Vegetable Market News.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the Internet at https://www.regulations or
to the Market News Branch, Fruit &
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 2702
South, Stop 0238, Washington, DC
20250–0238. Comments should make
reference to the dates and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register and
will be made available for public
inspection in the above office during
regular business hours or at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terry C. Long, Chief; Fruit and
Vegetable Market News Branch, Fruit
and Vegetable Programs, (202) 720–
2175, Fax: (202) 720–0547.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fruit and Vegetable Market
News.
OMB Number: 0581–0006.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Collection and
dissemination of information for fruit,
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vegetable and ornamental production
and to facilitate trading by providing a
price base used by producers,
wholesalers, and retailers to market
product.
The Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), section
203(g) directs and authorizes the
collection and dissemination of
marketing information including
adequate outlook information, on a
market area basis, for the purpose of
anticipating and meeting consumer
requirements, aiding in the maintenance
of farm income and to bring about a
balance between production and
utilization.
The fruit and vegetable industry
provides information on a voluntary
basis, and is gathered through
confidential telephone and face-to-face
interviews by market reporters.
Reporters request supplies, demand,
and prices of over 330 fresh fruit,
vegetable, nut ornamental, and other
specialty crops. The information is
collected, compiled, and disseminated
by Market News in its critical role as an
impartial third party. It is collected and
reported in a manner which protects the
confidentiality of the respondent and
their operations.
The fruit and vegetable market news
reports are used by academia and
various government agencies for
regulatory and other purposes, but are
primarily used by the fruit, vegetable
and ornamental trade, which includes
packers, processors, brokers, retailers,
producers, and associated industries.
Members of the fruit and vegetable
industry regularly make it clear that
they need and expect the Department of
Agriculture will issue price and supply
market reports for commodities of
regional, national and international
significance in order to assist in making
immediate production and marketing
decisions and as a guide to the amount
of product in the supply channel.
Market News data is a critical
component in AMS’ decisionmaking
process with regard to the purchase of
fruit and vegetable products each for
domestic feeding programs.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .0647 hours per
response.
Respondents: Fruit, vegetable, and
ornamental industry, or other for-profit
businesses, individuals or households,
farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,013.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 219.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 56,861 hours.
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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
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 2, 2010.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–13625 Filed 6–7–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0156]
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.;
Determination of Nonregulated Status
for Genetically Engineered High-oleic
Soybeans
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public of
our determination that a soybean line
developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, designated as
transformation event 305423, which has
been genetically engineered to have
higher levels of oleic acid, and lower
levels of linoleic and linolenic acids in
the soybean oil, is no longer considered
a regulated article under our regulations
governing the introduction of certain
genetically engineered organisms. Our
determination is based on our
evaluation of data submitted by Pioneer
Hi-Bred International in its petition for
a determination of nonregulated status,
our analysis of other scientific data, and
comments received from the public in
response to our previous notice
announcing the availability of the
petition for nonregulated status and its
associated environmental assessment
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and plant pest risk assessment. This
notice also announces the availability of
our written determination and finding
of no significant impact.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may read the
documents referenced in this notice and
the comments we received in our
reading room. The reading room is
located in room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 690-2817 before
coming. Those documents are also
available on the Internet at (https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/not_reg.html)
and are posted with the previous notices
and the comments we received on the
Regulations.gov Web site at (https://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2007-0156).
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
(https://www.aphis.usda.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Karen Green, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236;
(301) 734-0672, email:
(karen.c.green@aphis.usda.gov). To
obtain copies of the documents
referenced in this notice, contact Ms.
Cindy Eck at (301) 734-0667, email:
(cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The regulations in 7 CFR part 340,
‘‘Introduction of Organisms and
Products Altered or Produced Through
Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant
Pests or Which There Is Reason to
Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ regulate,
among other things, the introduction
(importation, interstate movement, or
release into the environment) of
organisms and products altered or
produced through genetic engineering
that are plant pests or that there is
reason to believe are plant pests. Such
genetically engineered organisms and
products are considered ‘‘regulated
articles.’’
The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide
that any person may submit a petition
to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a
determination that an article should not
be regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 340.6
describe the form that a petition for a
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document No. AMS-FV-10-0040]
Notice of Request for 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) intention to request for revision of a currently
approved information collection for Fruit and Vegetable Market News.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
the Internet at https://www.regulations or to the Market News Branch,
Fruit & Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Room 2702 South, Stop 0238, Washington, DC 20250-0238. Comments should
make reference to the dates and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register and will be made available for public inspection in
the above office during regular business hours or at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry C. Long, Chief; Fruit and
Vegetable Market News Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, (202) 720-
2175, Fax: (202) 720-0547.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fruit and Vegetable Market News.
OMB Number: 0581-0006.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Collection and dissemination of information for fruit,
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vegetable and ornamental production and to facilitate trading by
providing a price base used by producers, wholesalers, and retailers to
market product.
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627),
section 203(g) directs and authorizes the collection and dissemination
of marketing information including adequate outlook information, on a
market area basis, for the purpose of anticipating and meeting consumer
requirements, aiding in the maintenance of farm income and to bring
about a balance between production and utilization.
The fruit and vegetable industry provides information on a
voluntary basis, and is gathered through confidential telephone and
face-to-face interviews by market reporters. Reporters request
supplies, demand, and prices of over 330 fresh fruit, vegetable, nut
ornamental, and other specialty crops. The information is collected,
compiled, and disseminated by Market News in its critical role as an
impartial third party. It is collected and reported in a manner which
protects the confidentiality of the respondent and their operations.
The fruit and vegetable market news reports are used by academia
and various government agencies for regulatory and other purposes, but
are primarily used by the fruit, vegetable and ornamental trade, which
includes packers, processors, brokers, retailers, producers, and
associated industries. Members of the fruit and vegetable industry
regularly make it clear that they need and expect the Department of
Agriculture will issue price and supply market reports for commodities
of regional, national and international significance in order to assist
in making immediate production and marketing decisions and as a guide
to the amount of product in the supply channel. Market News data is a
critical component in AMS' decisionmaking process with regard to the
purchase of fruit and vegetable products each for domestic feeding
programs.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .0647 hours per response.
Respondents: Fruit, vegetable, and ornamental industry, or other
for-profit businesses, individuals or households, farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,013.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 219.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 56,861 hours.
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 through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: June 2, 2010.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-13625 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]
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