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comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2010–0090.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket 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.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on regulations for the
importation of bees and related articles,
contact Dr. Colin Stewart, Senior
Entomologist, Pest Permit Evaluations,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–0774.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Bees and Related Articles.
OMB Number: 0579–0207.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Honeybee Act (7
U.S.C. 281–286), the Secretary is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation of honeybees and honeybee
semen to prevent the introduction into
the United States of diseases and
parasites harmful to honeybees and of
undesirable species such as the African
honeybee. This authority has been
delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
Further, the Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, or
interstate movement of plants, plant
products, and other articles to prevent
the introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. As with the
Honeybee Act, APHIS has delegated
authority for the PPA.
The establishment of certain bee
diseases, parasites, or undesirable
species and subspecies of honeybees in
the United States could cause
substantial reductions in pollination by
bees. These reductions could cause
serious damage to crops and other
plants and result in substantial financial
losses to American agriculture.
Regulations for the importation of
honeybees and honeybee semen and
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regulations to prevent the introduction
of exotic bee diseases and parasites
through the importation of bees other
than honeybees, certain beekeeping
products, and used beekeeping
equipment are contained in 7 CFR part
322, ‘‘Bees, Beekeeping Byproducts, and
Beekeeping Equipment.’’ These
regulations require the use of certain
information collection activities,
including: An application for permit,
appeals for denial of permit application
and cancellation of permit, request for
risk assessment, inspection report of
containment facilities, request for
release of containment, transit
documentation, export certificate, notice
of arrival, packaging and labeling, and
recordkeeping by containment facilities.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for an additional 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
0.0352809 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers and shippers
of bees and related articles, foreign
governments, and containment
facilities.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 336.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 47.830357.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 16,071.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 567 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
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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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of
October 2010.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Manti-La Sal National Forest Resource
Advisory Committee; Meeting
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Manti-La Sal National
Forest Resource Advisory Committee
will meet in Price, Utah. The Committee
is meeting as authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110–
343) and in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the meeting is to hold the second
meeting of the newly formed
Committee.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
October 20, 2010, and will begin at
9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
the conference room of the Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources Building,
319 North Carbonville Road, Price,
Utah. Written comments should be sent
to Rosann Fillmore, Manti-La Sal
National Forest, 599 West Price River
Drive, Price, UT 84501. Comments may
also be sent via e-mail to
rdfillmore@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to
435–637–4940.
All comments, including names and
addresses when provided, are placed in
the record and are available for public
inspection and copying. The public may
inspect comments received at the MantiLa Sal National Forest, 599 West Price
River Drive, Price, UT 84501. Visitors
are encouraged to call ahead to 435–
636–3525 to facilitate entry into the
building.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosann Fillmore, RAC coordinator,
USDA, Manti-La Sal National Forest,
599 West Price River Drive, Price, UT
84501; 435–636–3525; E-mail
rdfillmore@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
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between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting is open to the public. The
following business will be conducted:
(1) Consideration of Proposal Forms, (2)
Development of Proposal Review
Process, (3) Development of Guidelines,
(4) Public comment. Persons who wish
to bring related matters to the attention
of the Committee may file written
statements with the Committee staff
before or after the meeting. Public input
sessions will be provided and
individuals who made written requests
by September 15, 2010 will have the
opportunity to address the Committee at
those sessions.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Pamela E. Brown,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Lincoln County Resource
Advisory Committee Meeting
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–
393) the Kootenai National Forest’s
Lincoln County Resource Advisory
Committee will meet on Wednesday,
October 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Forest
Supervisor’s Office in Libby, Montana
for a business meeting. The meeting is
open to the public.
DATES: October 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor’s Office,
31374 U.S. Hwy 2, Libby, Montana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janette Turk, Committee Coordinator,
Kootenai National Forest at (406) 283–
7764, or e-mail jturk@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda
will include review of 2010 project
proposals and 2008–09 project status. If
the meeting date or location is changed,
notice will be posted in the local
newspapers, including the Daily
Interlake based in Kalispell, Montana.
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SUMMARY:
Dated: October 1, 2010.
Paul Bradford,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0047]
Monsanto Company and KWS SAAT
AG; Supplemental Request for Partial
Deregulation of Roundup Ready Sugar
Beet
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has received a
supplemental request for ‘‘partial
deregulation’’ or similar administrative
action from the Monsanto Company and
KWS SAAT AG for the planting,
harvesting, and interstate movement of
Roundup Ready® sugar beets under
measures designed to ensure any risks
posed by cultivation are mitigated. This
notice is to inform the public of the
availability of the documents submitted
to the Agency from Monsanto Company
and KWS SAAT AG requesting a
‘‘partial deregulation.’’
ADDRESSES: You may view the request
for ‘‘partial deregulation’’ on the
Regulations.gov Web site (see https://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/main?main=DocketDetail
&d=APHIS-2010-0047) or on the APHIS
Web site (see https://www.aphis.
usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs2/03_32301p
_a1.pdf). Copies may also be obtained
from the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Rick Coker, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
146, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301)
734–5720. To obtain copies of the
supplemental request for ‘‘partial
deregulation,’’ contact Ms. Cindy Eck at
(301) 734–0667, e-mail:
cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
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
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genetically engineered organisms and
products are considered ‘‘regulated
articles.’’
On October 19, 2004, APHIS
published a notice in the Federal
Register (69 FR 61466–61467, Docket
No. 04–075–1) announcing receipt of a
petition from the Monsanto Company
(Monsanto) and KWS SAAT AG (KWS)
requesting a determination of
nonregulated status under 7 CFR part
340 for sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp.
vulgaris) designated as event H7–1,
which has been genetically engineered
for tolerance to the herbicide
glyphosate. The petition stated that this
article should not be regulated by
APHIS because it is unlikely to pose a
plant pest risk. APHIS also announced
in that notice the availability of a draft
environmental assessment (EA)
examining the potential environmental
impacts of the proposed action in
accordance with National
Environmental Policy Act requirements
for the proposed determination of
nonregulated status. Following review
of public comments and completion of
the EA, we published another notice in
the Federal Register on March 17, 2005
(70 FR 13007–13008, Docket No. 04–
075–2), advising the public of our
determination, effective March 4, 2005,
that the Monsanto/KWS sugar beet
event H7–1 was no longer considered a
regulated article under APHIS
regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
On September 21, 2009, the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District
of California issued a ruling in a lawsuit
filed by two organic seed groups and
two nonprofit organizations challenging
our decision to deregulate sugar beet
event H7–1 (referred to in the lawsuit as
Roundup Ready® sugar beet, or
‘‘RRSB’’), pursuant to the Plant
Protection Act (PPA) and in compliance
with the Administrative Procedure Act
and the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Under the
provisions of NEPA, agencies must
examine the potential environmental
impacts of proposed major Federal
actions, and the Court ruled that APHIS’
EA failed to consider certain
environmental and interrelated
economic impacts. As a result, the Court
ruled that APHIS is required to prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS). Accordingly, APHIS is preparing
an EIS, for which we published a
notice 1 in the Federal Register (75 FR
29969–29972, Docket No. APHIS–2010–
0047) on May 28, 2010, to solicit
1 The notice can be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0047.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Manti-La Sal National Forest Resource Advisory Committee; Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Manti-La Sal National Forest Resource Advisory Committee
will meet in Price, Utah. The Committee is meeting as authorized under
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L.
110-343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
purpose of the meeting is to hold the second meeting of the newly
formed Committee.
DATES: The meeting will be held October 20, 2010, and will begin at 9
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the conference room of the Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources Building, 319 North Carbonville Road,
Price, Utah. Written comments should be sent to Rosann Fillmore, Manti-
La Sal National Forest, 599 West Price River Drive, Price, UT 84501.
Comments may also be sent via e-mail to rdfillmore@fs.fed.us or via
facsimile to 435-637-4940.
All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect comments received at the Manti-La Sal
National Forest, 599 West Price River Drive, Price, UT 84501. Visitors
are encouraged to call ahead to 435-636-3525 to facilitate entry into
the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosann Fillmore, RAC coordinator,
USDA, Manti-La Sal National Forest, 599 West Price River Drive, Price,
UT 84501; 435-636-3525; E-mail rdfillmore@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
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between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through
Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. The
following business will be conducted: (1) Consideration of Proposal
Forms, (2) Development of Proposal Review Process, (3) Development of
Guidelines, (4) Public comment. Persons who wish to bring related
matters to the attention of the Committee may file written statements
with the Committee staff before or after the meeting. Public input
sessions will be provided and individuals who made written requests by
September 15, 2010 will have the opportunity to address the Committee
at those sessions.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Pamela E. Brown,
Forest Supervisor.
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