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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), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC;
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 publication 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
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
National Agriculture Statistics Service
Title: Childhood Injury and Adult
Occupational Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0235.
Summary of Collection: Primary
function of the National Agricultural
Statistics Services (NASS) is to prepare
and issue state and national estimates of
crop and livestock production under the
authority of 7 U.S.C 2204(a). NASS has
been asked by the National Institute of
Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH) to
conduct a childhood injury and adult
occupational injury survey. Together the
survey’s are designed to: (1) Provide
estimates of childhood nonfatal injury
incidence rates, annual injury
frequencies, and descriptive injury
information for children under the age
of 20 living on, working on, or visiting
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on farming operations in the U.S.; and
(2) provide estimates of the annual
occupational adult nonfatal injury
incidence rates, annual occupational
injury frequencies and descriptive
injury information for farm operators
and their employees 20 years of age or
older.
Need and Use of the Information:
Data from these survey’s will provide a
source of consistent information that
NIOSH can use to target funds
appropriated by Congress for the
prevention of childhood agricultural
injuries and adult occupational injuries.
No source of data on childhood injuries
or adult occupational farm injuries
exists that covers all aspects of the
agricultural production sector.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 25,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 7,667.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 29, 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
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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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Sugar Imported for Exports as
Refined Sugar or as a Sugar-Containing
Product, or Used in Production of
Certain Polyhydric Alcohols.
OMB Control Number: 0551–0015.
Summary of Collection: Regulation 7
CFR Part 1530 authorizes the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) to issue
import licenses to enter raw cane sugar
exempt from the tariff-rate quota (TRQ)
for the raw cane sugar imports and
related requirements on the condition
that an equivalent quantity of refined
sugar be: (1) Exported as refined sugar;
(2) exported as an ingredient in sugar
containing products; or (3) used in
production of certain polyhydric
alcohols. The purpose of the sugar
import-licensing program is to assist
U.S. sugar manufacturers, refiners, and
processors in making U.S. products
price competitive on the world market;
and facilitate the use of domestic
refining capacity.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS
will collect information to verify that
the world-priced sugar is actually
exported and not diverted onto the
domestic market, thereby undermining
the objectives of politically sensitive
U.S. sugar policies. This collection
enables USDA to monitor participants
in an effort to ensure compliance with
Program parameters. Without the
collection, there would be increased
opportunity to purposely divert sugar
onto the domestic market.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 202.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting;
Quarterly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 410.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Specialty Sugar Certificate
Application.
OMB Control Number: 0551–0025.
Summary of Collection: The
collection of information is necessary to
fulfill the legal obligations of the
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regulation at 15 CFR 2011 subpart B to
issue specialty sugar certificates, letters
to importers signed by the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) Certifying
Authority, and ensuring that U.S.
importers comply with the program’s
requirements. The regulation sets forth
the terms and conditions under which
the Certifying Authority in FAS issues
certificates to importers allowing them
to enter specialty sugars under the tariffrate quota (TRQ) for refined sugar.
Need and Use of the Information: The
collected information will be used to:
(1) Determine whether applicants for the
program meet the regulation’s eligibility
criteria; (2) ensure that sugar to be
imported is specialty sugar and meets
the requirements of the regulation; (3)
audit participants’ compliance with the
regulation; and (4) prevent entry of
world-priced program sugar from
entering the domestic commercial
market instead of domestic specialty
sugar market. The Certifying Authority
needs the information to manage, plan,
evaluate, and account for program
activities.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 41.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 45.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–31039 Filed 12–1–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
jlentini on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
November 29, 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
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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.
Office of Procurement and Property
Management
Title: Guidelines for Designating
Biobased Products for Federal
Procurement.
OMB Control Number: 0503–0011.
Summary of Collection: Section 9002
of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, as
amended by the Food, Conservation,
and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008,
provides for a preferred procurement
program under which Federal agencies
are required to purchase biobased
products, with certain exceptions. Items
(which are generic groupings of
products) are designated by rulemaking
for preferred procurement. To qualify
items for procurement under this
program, the statute requires that the
Secretary of Agriculture consider
information on the availability of items,
the economic and technological
feasibility of using such items and the
life cycle costs of using such items. In
addition, the Secretary is required to
provide information on designated
items to Federal agencies about the
availability, relative price, performance,
and environmental and public health
benefits of such items and where
appropriate shall recommend the level
of biobased material to be contained in
the procured product.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Office of Procurement and Property
Management (OPPM) and the Center for
Industrial Research and Service at Iowa
State University will interact with
manufacturers and venders to gather
such information and material for
testing, as may be required for
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designation of items for preferred
procurement by Federal agencies. The
information collected will be gathered
using a variety of methods, including
face to face visits with a manufacturer
or vendor, submission by manufacturers
and vendors of information
electronically to OPPM, and survey
instruments filled out by manufacturers
and vendors and submitted to OPPM.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 75.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 7,800.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–31038 Filed 12–1–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
License
Agricultural Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, intends
to grant to DICKEY-john Corporation of
Auburn, Illinois, an exclusive license to
U.S. Patent No. 6,691,563, ‘‘Universal
Dielectric Calibration Method and
Apparatus for Moisture Content
Determination in Particulate and
Granular Materials,’’ issued on February
17, 2004 and to U.S. Patent Application
Serial No. 12/782,079, ‘‘Microwave
Sensor and Algorithm for Moisture and
Density Determination,’’ filed on May
18, 2010.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 3, 2012.
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 patent rights in
these inventions are assigned to the
United States of America, as represented
by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in
the public interest to so license this
invention as DICKEY-john Corporation
of Auburn, Illinois has submitted a
complete and sufficient application for
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 29, 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Sugar Imported for Exports as Refined Sugar or as a Sugar-
Containing Product, or Used in Production of Certain Polyhydric
Alcohols.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0015.
Summary of Collection: Regulation 7 CFR Part 1530 authorizes the
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to issue import licenses to enter
raw cane sugar exempt from the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for the raw cane
sugar imports and related requirements on the condition that an
equivalent quantity of refined sugar be: (1) Exported as refined sugar;
(2) exported as an ingredient in sugar containing products; or (3) used
in production of certain polyhydric alcohols. The purpose of the sugar
import-licensing program is to assist U.S. sugar manufacturers,
refiners, and processors in making U.S. products price competitive on
the world market; and facilitate the use of domestic refining capacity.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect information to
verify that the world-priced sugar is actually exported and not
diverted onto the domestic market, thereby undermining the objectives
of politically sensitive U.S. sugar policies. This collection enables
USDA to monitor participants in an effort to ensure compliance with
Program parameters. Without the collection, there would be increased
opportunity to purposely divert sugar onto the domestic market.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 202.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Quarterly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 410.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Specialty Sugar Certificate Application.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0025.
Summary of Collection: The collection of information is necessary
to fulfill the legal obligations of the
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regulation at 15 CFR 2011 subpart B to issue specialty sugar
certificates, letters to importers signed by the Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS) Certifying Authority, and ensuring that U.S. importers
comply with the program's requirements. The regulation sets forth the
terms and conditions under which the Certifying Authority in FAS issues
certificates to importers allowing them to enter specialty sugars under
the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for refined sugar.
Need and Use of the Information: The collected information will be
used to: (1) Determine whether applicants for the program meet the
regulation's eligibility criteria; (2) ensure that sugar to be imported
is specialty sugar and meets the requirements of the regulation; (3)
audit participants' compliance with the regulation; and (4) prevent
entry of world-priced program sugar from entering the domestic
commercial market instead of domestic specialty sugar market. The
Certifying Authority needs the information to manage, plan, evaluate,
and account for program activities.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 41.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 45.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31039 Filed 12-1-11; 8:45 am]
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