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addressed to: The Office of Negotiations
and Agreements, Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS), USDA, Stop 1040, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20250, or by fax to (202) 720–0340.
The Office of Negotiations and
Agreements may be reached by
telephone at (202) 720–6219, with
inquiries directed to Lorie Fitzsimmons
and Steffon Brown.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
The ATACs are authorized by sections
135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended (Pub. L. 93–618, 19
U.S.C. 2155). The purpose of these
committees is to advise the Secretary
and the USTR concerning agricultural
trade policy. The committees are
intended to ensure that representative
elements of the private sector have an
opportunity to express their views to the
U.S. government.
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Proposed Committee Changes
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. II), FAS
gives notice that the Secretary and
USTR are considering removing
representation of the planting seeds
industry from the Tobacco, Cotton,
Peanuts and Planting Seeds (TCPPS)
ATAC and adding representation of the
planting seeds sector to the Grains, Feed
and Oilseeds (GFO) ATAC. The
justification for this structural change is
that many of the issues that the GFO
committee addresses, such as
genetically modified organisms, new
technologies and international
negotiations, are common within the
U.S. planting seeds industry. The
proposed changes will result in the
Tobacco, Cotton and Peanuts (TCP)
ATAC and the Grains, Feed, Oilseeds,
and Planting Seeds (GFOPS) ATAC.
Background
In 1974, Congress established a
private sector advisory committee
system to ensure that U.S. trade policy
and negotiating objectives adequately
reflect U.S. commercial and economic
interests. The private sector advisory
committee system currently consists of
three tiers:
• The President’s Advisory
Committee on Trade and Policy
Negotiations;
• Five general policy advisory
committees, including the Agricultural
Policy Advisory Committee; and,
• Twenty-eight technical advisory
committees, including the ATACs.
As to the technical advisory
committees, Section 135(c)(2) of the
Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 215) provides that:
The President shall establish such
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sectoral or functional advisory
committees as may be appropriate. Such
committees shall, insofar as is
practicable, be representative of all
industry, labor, agricultural, or service
interests (including small business
interests) in the sector or functional
areas concerned. In organizing such
committees, USTR and the Secretaries
of Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, the
Treasury, or other executive
departments, as appropriate, shall—
(A) Consult with interested private
organizations; and
(B) take into account such factors as—
(i) patterns of actual and potential
competition between United States
industry and agriculture and foreign
enterprise in international trade,
(ii) the character of the nontariff
barriers and other distortions affecting
such competition,
(iii) the necessity for reasonable limits
on the number of such advisory
committees,
(iv) the necessity that each committee
be reasonably limited in size, and
(v) in the case of each sectoral
committee, that the product lines
covered by each committee be
reasonably related.
USTR and USDA are seeking
comments regarding whether all
appropriate interest in the sectors
represented by the ATACs are being
represented by the current membership
of the ATACs, and if not, what
additional interest should be
represented.
Requirements for Submission: Public
comments via e-mail should be
addressed to
Lorie.Fitsimmons@fas.usda.gov and
Steffon.Brown@fas.usda.gov. Comments
submitted via U.S. mail should be
addressed to: The Office of Negotiations
and Agreements, FAS, USDA, Stop
1040, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
Dated: September 28, 2010.
Suzanne Hale,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
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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 Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Drivers’ Awareness of and
Response to Significant Weather Events
and the Correlation of Weather to Road
Impacts.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(request for approval of a new
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Average Hours per Response: 6
minutes.
Burden Hours: 120.
Needs and Uses: This project is a joint
effort of the University of Utah (U of U),
NOAA’s National Weather Service
(NWS), the Utah Department of
Transportation (UDOT), and NorthWest
Weathernet (NWN) to investigate and
understand the relationship between
meteorological phenomena and road
conditions, as well as public
understanding and response to available
forecast information. The events which
impact the Salt Lake City metro area
during the winter of 2010– 2011 will be
examined. Through the administration
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of a targeted survey, important details
will be gathered regarding: (a) The
information that drivers possessed prior
to and during a storm, including
knowledge of observed and forecast
weather conditions; (b) sources of
weather and road information; (c) any
modification of travel and/or commute
plans, based on event information; (d)
anticipation and perception of storm
impacts and severity; and (e) perception
and behavioral response to messages
conveyed by the NWS and UDOT, along
with their satisfaction of information
provided. Analyses of the information
gathered will focus on driver
knowledge, perceptions, and
decisionmaking. Ultimately, the results
of this survey will provide insight on
how the Weather Enterprise may more
effectively communicate hazard
information to the public in a manner
which leads to improved response (i.e.,
change travel times, modes, etc.). With
a sufficient level of behavior change, it
should be possible to improve safety
and reduce the costs associated with
weather-related congestion and
associated delays. Additionally, the
project will shed light upon the
interrelationship between
meteorological phenomena, road
conditions, and their combined impact
on travel.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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 6616, 14th and
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
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 1, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Expanded Vessel
Monitoring System Requirement in the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before December 6,
2010.
SUMMARY:
Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Becky Renko, (206) 526–
6110 or Becky.Renko@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Abstract
This request is for a renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
NOAA has established large-scale
depth-based management areas, referred
to as Groundfish Conservation Areas
(GCAs), where groundfish fishing is
prohibited or restricted. These areas
were specifically designed to reduce the
catch of species while allowing healthy
fisheries to continue in areas and with
gears where little incidental catch of
overfished species is likely to occur.
Because NOAA needs methods to
effectively enforce area restrictions,
certain commercial fishing vessels are
required to install and use a vessel
monitoring system (VMS) that
automatically sends hourly position
reports. Exemptions from the reporting
requirement are available for inactive
vessels or vessels fishing outside the
monitored area. The vessels are also
required to declare what gear will be
used.
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To ensure the integrity of the GCAs
and Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA),
a pilot VMS program was implemented
on January 1, 2004. The pilot program
required vessels registered to Pacific
Coast groundfish fishery limited entry
permits to carry and use VMS
transceiver units while fishing off the
coasts of Washington, Oregon and
California. On January 1, 2007, the VMS
program coverage was expanded to
include all open access fisheries in
addition to the limited entry fisheries.
A change request to expand the
available fishery declarations will be
published as part of a final rule, RIN
0648–AY68, in late 2010. As stated in
the proposed rule for RIN 0648–AY68
(75 FR 53380, August 31, 2010), the
public reporting burden for the changes
to the declaration reporting system are
not expected to change the public
reporting burden.
II. Method of Collection
The installation/activation reports are
available over the Internet. Due to the
need for the owner’s signature,
installation reports must be faxed or
mailed to NMFS. Hourly position
reports are automatically sent from VMS
transceivers installed aboard vessels.
Exemption reports and declaration
reports are submitted via a toll-free
telephone number.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0573.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(renewal of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,500.
Estimated Time per Response: VMS
installation: 4 hours; VMS maintenance:
4 hours; installation, exemption and
activation reports: 5 minutes each; and
declaration reports: 4 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8,581.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2,900,250.
IV. Request for 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 shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
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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 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Drivers' Awareness of and Response to Significant Weather
Events and the Correlation of Weather to Road Impacts.
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Regular submission (request for approval of a new
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 1,200.
Average Hours per Response: 6 minutes.
Burden Hours: 120.
Needs and Uses: This project is a joint effort of the University of
Utah (U of U), NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), the Utah
Department of Transportation (UDOT), and NorthWest Weathernet (NWN) to
investigate and understand the relationship between meteorological
phenomena and road conditions, as well as public understanding and
response to available forecast information. The events which impact the
Salt Lake City metro area during the winter of 2010- 2011 will be
examined. Through the administration
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of a targeted survey, important details will be gathered regarding: (a)
The information that drivers possessed prior to and during a storm,
including knowledge of observed and forecast weather conditions; (b)
sources of weather and road information; (c) any modification of travel
and/or commute plans, based on event information; (d) anticipation and
perception of storm impacts and severity; and (e) perception and
behavioral response to messages conveyed by the NWS and UDOT, along
with their satisfaction of information provided. Analyses of the
information gathered will focus on driver knowledge, perceptions, and
decisionmaking. Ultimately, the results of this survey will provide
insight on how the Weather Enterprise may more effectively communicate
hazard information to the public in a manner which leads to improved
response (i.e., change travel times, modes, etc.). With a sufficient
level of behavior change, it should be possible to improve safety and
reduce the costs associated with weather-related congestion and
associated delays. Additionally, the project will shed light upon the
interrelationship between meteorological phenomena, road conditions,
and their combined impact on travel.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: One time.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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 6616, 14th and
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 OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 1, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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