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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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November 16, 2011.
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 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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Domestic Quarantines.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0088.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–
7772) the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. Plant
Protection and Quarantine, a program
within USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, (APHIS) is
responsible for implementing this Act
and does so through the enforcement of
its domestic quarantine regulations
contained in Title 7 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, CFR part 301.
Administering these regulations often
requires APHIS to collect information
from a variety of individuals who are
involved in growing, packing, handling,
transporting, plants and plant products.
The information collected from these
individuals is vital to helping ensure
that injurious plant diseases and insect
pests do not spread within the United
States. Information to be collected is
necessary to determine compliance with
domestic quarantines. Federal/State
domestic quarantines are necessary to
regulate the movement of articles from
infested areas to noninfested area.
Collecting information requires the use
of a number of forms and documents.
APHIS will collect information using
various forms and documents.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information by
interviewing growers and shippers at
the time the inspections are being
conducted and by having growers and
shippers of exported plants and plant
products complete an application for a
transit permit. Information is collected
from the growers, packers, shippers, and
exporters of regulated articles to ensure
that the articles, when moved from a
quarantined area, do not harbor
injurious plant diseases and insect
pests. The information obtained will be
used to determine compliance with
regulations and for issuance of forms,
permits, certificates, and other required
documents.
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Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 28,244.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 512,147.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy; Importation of
Animals and Animal Products.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0234.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The law
gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad
authority to detect, control, or eradicate
pests or diseases of livestock or poultry.
The AHPA is contained in Title X,
Subtitle E, Sections 10401–18 of Public
Law 107–171, May 13, 2002, the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) regulates the
importation of animals and animal
products into the United States to guard
against the introduction of animal
diseases. The regulations in 9 CFR parts
91, 93, 94, 95 and 96 govern the
importation of certain animals, birds,
poultry, meat, other animal products
and byproducts, hay, and straw into the
United States in order to prevent the
introduction of diseases, such as bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a
chronic degenerative disease that affects
the central nervous system of cattle.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect the information to
prevent BSE incursion into the United
States using the following: (1) Import
Permit Application (VS Form 16–3); (2)
Certificate for Inedible Processed
Animal Origin Materials and Products
from BSE-Free Regions; (3) Cooperative
agreements with foreign facilities that
process and store regulated materials
and products destined for import into
the United States; (4) Certification
Statement for Products from BSE
Minimal Risk Regions and Japan, and
Inedible Processed Animal Proteins of
Non-Ruminant Origin from BSEAffected Regions; (5) Seals; (6)
Notification of designation of person
authorized to break seals; (7)
Agreements with slaughter facilities
concerning the use of seals on
conveyances transporting animals from
BSE Minimal Risk Regions; (8) Form for
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animals imported for immediate
slaughter (VS Form 17–33); Certification
statement for ruminants. Failure to
collect this information would make it
impossible for APHIS to effectively
prevent BSE-contaminated animal
products from entering the United
States.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 5,949.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 70,324.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–30051 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Funding for the Guaranteed Loan
Interest Assistance Program; Farm
Loan Programs
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The regulations implementing FSA’s
Guaranteed Loan Program and IA can be
found in 7 CFR part 762.
This notice announces that FSA is no
longer accepting applications under the
Interest Assistance Program due to a
lack of funding. However, guaranteed
loans will still be available without
interest assistance.
This notice does not invalidate
existing interest assistance agreements.
Existing agreements will be honored,
claims will be paid as agreed, and all
eligible servicing options can be
pursued. For further information on
specific applications and loans, current
guaranteed loan borrowers should
contact their FSA State or county office;
potential guaranteed loan applicants
should contact their lender. FSA office
locations can be found at https://
www.fsa.usda.gov. A notice will be
published in the Federal Register
announcing the date FSA will resume
accepting applications for the Interest
Assistance Program if funding becomes
available.
Signed on November 17, 2011.
Bruce Nelson,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011–30107 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am]
This notice announces that
the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is no
longer accepting applications for
guaranteed loans with interest
assistance because of a lack of program
funding.
DATES: Effective Date: November 22,
2011.
BILLING CODE 3410–05–P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY:
Randi Sheffer, (202) 720–3889. Persons
with disabilities who require alternative
means for communication (Braille, large
print, audio tape, etc.) should contact
the USDA Target Center at (202) 720–
2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92–
419, CONACT), as amended, authorizes
FSA’s Guaranteed Loan Program. The
program provides lenders with a
guarantee of up to 95 percent of
principal and interest on the loan. The
FSA guarantee permits lenders to make
agricultural credit available to farmers
who would be unable to obtain
sufficient credit to fund their farming
operations without the guarantee.
Pursuant to section 351 of the CONACT
(7 U.S.C. 1999) FSA also subsidizes 4
percent of the interest rate on
guaranteed loans to qualifying
borrowers under its Interest Assistance
Program. Interest assistance is subject to
additional eligibility criteria beyond
that required for the initial guarantee.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory
Committee Meeting
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
The Bureau of the Census
(U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice of
a meeting of the Federal Economic
Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC).
The Committee will advise the Directors
of the Economics and Statistics
Administration’s (ESA) two statistical
agencies, the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) and the Census Bureau,
and the Commissioner of the
Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) on statistical
methodology and other technical
matters related to the collection,
tabulation, and analysis of federal
economic statistics. Last minute changes
to the agenda are possible, which could
prevent giving advance public notice of
schedule adjustments.
DATE: December 9, 2011. The meeting
will begin at approximately 9 a.m. and
adjourn at approximately 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 1441
SUMMARY:
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L. Street NW., 2nd Floor Conference
Suite, Washington, DC 20230–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara K. Atrostic, Designated Federal
Official, Department of Commerce, U.S.
Census Bureau, Center for Economic
Studies Room 2K135, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone
(301) 763–6442. For TTY callers, please
use the Federal Relay Service 1 (800)
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the FESAC are appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce. The Committee
provides scientific and technical
expertise, as appropriate, to the
Directors of the BEA, the Census
Bureau, and the Commissioner of the
Department of Labor’s BLS, on
statistical methodology and other
technical matters related to the
collection, tabulation, and analysis of
federal economic statistics. The
Committee has been established in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Title 5, United States
Code, Appendix 2, and Section10).
The meeting is open to the public,
and a brief period is set aside for public
comments and questions. Persons with
extensive questions or statements must
submit them in writing at least three
days before the meeting to the
Designated Federal Official named
above. If you plan to attend the meeting,
please register by Monday, December 5,
2011. You may access the online
registration form with the following
link: https://www.regonline.com/fesac_
dec2011_meeting. Seating is available to
the public on a first-come, first-served
basis.
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should also be directed to
the Designated Federal Official as soon
as known, and preferably two weeks
prior to the meeting.
Dated: November 15, 2011.
Robert M. Groves,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2011–30129 Filed 11–21–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Regulations and Procedures Technical
Advisory Committee; Notice of Open
Meeting
The Regulations and Procedures
Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC)
will meet December 7, 2011, 9 a.m.,
Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover
Building, 14th Street between
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 16, 2011.
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 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: Domestic Quarantines.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0088.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701-7772) the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant pests
to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States or
their dissemination within the United States. Plant Protection and
Quarantine, a program within USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, (APHIS) is responsible for implementing this Act and does so
through the enforcement of its domestic quarantine regulations
contained in Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, CFR part 301.
Administering these regulations often requires APHIS to collect
information from a variety of individuals who are involved in growing,
packing, handling, transporting, plants and plant products. The
information collected from these individuals is vital to helping ensure
that injurious plant diseases and insect pests do not spread within the
United States. Information to be collected is necessary to determine
compliance with domestic quarantines. Federal/State domestic
quarantines are necessary to regulate the movement of articles from
infested areas to noninfested area. Collecting information requires the
use of a number of forms and documents. APHIS will collect information
using various forms and documents.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information by
interviewing growers and shippers at the time the inspections are being
conducted and by having growers and shippers of exported plants and
plant products complete an application for a transit permit.
Information is collected from the growers, packers, shippers, and
exporters of regulated articles to ensure that the articles, when moved
from a quarantined area, do not harbor injurious plant diseases and
insect pests. The information obtained will be used to determine
compliance with regulations and for issuance of forms, permits,
certificates, and other required documents.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms;
State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 28,244.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 512,147.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Importation of Animals and
Animal Products.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0234.
Summary of Collection: The Animal Health Protection Act (AHPA) of
2002 is the primary Federal law governing the protection of animal
health. The law gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad authority to
detect, control, or eradicate pests or diseases of livestock or
poultry. The AHPA is contained in Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401-
18 of Public Law 107-171, May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) regulates the importation of animals and animal products into
the United States to guard against the introduction of animal diseases.
The regulations in 9 CFR parts 91, 93, 94, 95 and 96 govern the
importation of certain animals, birds, poultry, meat, other animal
products and byproducts, hay, and straw into the United States in order
to prevent the introduction of diseases, such as bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE), a chronic degenerative disease that affects the
central nervous system of cattle.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect the information
to prevent BSE incursion into the United States using the following:
(1) Import Permit Application (VS Form 16-3); (2) Certificate for
Inedible Processed Animal Origin Materials and Products from BSE-Free
Regions; (3) Cooperative agreements with foreign facilities that
process and store regulated materials and products destined for import
into the United States; (4) Certification Statement for Products from
BSE Minimal Risk Regions and Japan, and Inedible Processed Animal
Proteins of Non-Ruminant Origin from BSE-Affected Regions; (5) Seals;
(6) Notification of designation of person authorized to break seals;
(7) Agreements with slaughter facilities concerning the use of seals on
conveyances transporting animals from BSE Minimal Risk Regions; (8)
Form for
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animals imported for immediate slaughter (VS Form 17-33); Certification
statement for ruminants. Failure to collect this information would make
it impossible for APHIS to effectively prevent BSE-contaminated animal
products from entering the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 5,949.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 70,324.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-30051 Filed 11-21-11; 8:45 am]
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