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Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding the regulations
for the submission of itineraries, contact
Dr. Barbara Kohn, Senior Staff
Veterinarian, AC, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1236; (301) 851–3751. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2908.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Animal Care; Submission of
Itineraries.
OMB Number: 0579–0361.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Animal Welfare Act
(AWA) (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to
promulgate rules and standards and
other requirements governing the
humane handling, housing, care,
treatment, and transportation of certain
animals by dealers, exhibitors, and other
regulated entities. The Secretary of
Agriculture has delegated the
responsibility for enforcing the AWA to
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS).
Regulations and standards established
under the AWA are contained in 9 CFR
parts 1, 2, and 3. The regulations in 9
CFR part 2 establish certain
responsibilities of regulated persons
under the AWA. These responsibilities
include requirements for the licensing
and registration of dealers, exhibitors,
and research facilities, standards for
veterinary care, identification of
animals, and recordkeeping. APHIS
requires licensees or registrants who
intend to exhibit animals away from
their approved sites to submit itineraries
in accordance with § 2.126 of the
regulations.
On October 1, 2009 (74 FR 50738–
50740, Docket No. APHIS–2006–0023),
APHIS proposed to amend § 2.126 to
require that any exhibitor who is subject
to the AWA regulations (including, but
not limited to, circuses, traveling
educational exhibits, animal acts, and
petting zoos), and who intends to
exhibit any animal at any location other
than the person’s approved site, must
submit a written itinerary to the Animal
Care (AC) Regional Director. Under the
proposed rule, the AC Regional Director
would have to receive the itinerary by
email or facsimile no fewer than 2 days
in advance of any travel and must
include the following:
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• The name of the person who
intends to exhibit the animal and
transport the animal for exhibition
purposes, including any business name
and current AWA license or registration
number and, in the event that any
animal is leased, borrowed, loaned, or
under some similar arrangement, the
name of the person who owns such
animal;
• The name, identification number or
identifying characteristics, species
(common or scientific name), sex, and
age of each animal; and
• The names, dates, and locations
(with addresses), where the animals will
travel, be housed, and be exhibited,
including all anticipated dates and
locations (with addresses) for any stops
and layovers.
These information collection
activities were provided initial approval
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under control number
0579–0361.
APHIS received comments on the
proposed itinerary requirements and
will be addressing those comments and
any possible changes to the
requirements, based on those comments,
in the final rule. However, the initial
approval for this information collection
will expire on February 28, 2013.
We are asking OMB to extend
approval of the submission of itineraries
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 0.25
hours per response.
Respondents: Exhibitors.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 300.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 8.66.
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Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 2,600.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 650 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.)
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 7th day of
December 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–30130 Filed 12–12–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Report of Acreage, Noninsured Crop
Disaster Assistance Program
Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are
seeking comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a
revision of a currently approved
information collection associated with
the report of acreage for the Noninsured
Crop Disaster Assistance Program
(NAP). The Report of Acreage form is
being revised for more efficient data
entry in Modernize and Innovate the
Delivery of Agricultural Systems
(MIDAS). The producer will also no
longer be required to provide certain
additional information with the form
that will likely result in a reduction in
the burden hours in this information
collection. This information collection
is needed to administer the program.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by February 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, OMB control
number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail: USDA Farm Service Agency,
Farm Programs, Production Emergencies
and Compliance Division, CPS, ATTN:
Jantrice Williams, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 0517, Washington,
DC 20250–0523.
Also, send comments to the Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jantrice Williams, (202) 720–3637.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Description of Information Collection
Title: Report of Acreage for the
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program (NAP).
OMB Control Number: 0560–0004.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: NAP provides financial
assistance to producers who have
suffered a production loss of an eligible
crop or were prevented from planting an
eligible crop as a result of natural
disasters. Eligible crops are commercial
crops or other agricultural commodities
for which catastrophic risk protection
under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b) is not available
and that are produced for food or fiber.
Additionally, eligible crops also
include floriculture, non-ornamental
nursery, ornamental nursery, ginseng,
mushroom, honey, maple sap, seaoats,
seagrass, industrial crops, Christmas
tree crops, turfgrass sod, seed crops, and
aquaculture (including ornamental fish).
Specific information is collected from
producers on identification of the crop
(including type and variety), practices,
intended uses, planting patterns, and
predominant species of forage
vegetation (including intended method
of harvest, that is mechanically
harvested or grazed); dates crops were
planted or planting was completed
(including age of perennial crops);
number of acres of each planting of the
eligible crop in which the producer has
a share in the administrative county;
number of acres intended but prevented
from being planted; shares and
identities of all producers sharing in the
crop at the time a NAP application for
coverage was filed; FSA farm serial
number or location of commodities not
necessarily associated with an FSA farm
serial number such as colonies of bees
for honey production (including the
number of bee colonies belonging to the
unit); aquaculture production (including
the name, type, or variety of each
aquaculture species in a physical
location of acreage on which the facility
resides such as ponds and waterbeds);
ornamental nursery (including the size
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and origin, that is container or field
grown, of plants belonging to the unit);
mushroom facilities; turfgrass sod
(including the average number of square
yards per acre and all unharvested
acres); and trees for maple sap
production (including number of
eligible trees, average size and age of
producing trees, and total number of
taps placed or anticipated for the
tapping season). NAP operates under
the regulations in 7 CFR part 1437.
The ‘‘Modernize and Innovate the
Delivery of Agricultural Systems’’
(MIDAS) is FSA’s initiative to improve
the delivery of FSA farm program
benefits and services through the reengineering of farm program business
processes and the adoption of enhanced
and modernized information
technology. FSA is not collecting any
new information on the FSA–578.
However, the Report of Acreage form is
being revised for more efficient data
entry in MIDAS. Producers will no
longer be required to provide certain
additional information with the form
that will reduce the burden hours in this
information collection. The producers
will only need to report to one county
office instead of each administrative
county office due to MIDAS. Therefore,
FSA expects a reduction in the annual
total burden hours for collection of the
information.
Respondents: Producers.
Estimated of Respondent Burden:
Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to
average 30 minutes (0.50 hour) per
response. The average travel time,
which is included in the total burden,
is estimated to be 1 hour per
respondent.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 291,500.
Estimated Annual Number of Forms
per Person: 1.5.
Estimated Annual Responses on
Respondents: 437,250.
Estimate of Total Annual Burden
Hours: 510,125.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Determine whether the continued
collection of information is still
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the FSA, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Assess the accuracy of the FSA’s
estimate of burden including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
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(4) 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 comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for the Office of
Management and Budget approval.
Signed on November 1, 2012.
Juan M. Garcia,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012–30019 Filed 12–12–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection Request: Highly
Erodible Land Conservation and
Wetland Conservation
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCIES:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking
comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an
extension of a currently approved
information collection associated with
Highly Erodible Land Conservation and
Wetland Conservation certification
requirements. This information is
collected in support of the conservation
compliance provisions of Title XII of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (the 1985
Farm Bill), as amended by the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(the 2008 Farm Bill).
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by February 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Daniel McGlynn, Deputy
Director, Production, Emergencies, and
Compliance Division, USDA, FSA,
STOP 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0517.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Report of Acreage, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA)
are seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations
on a revision of a currently approved information collection associated
with the report of acreage for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program (NAP). The Report of Acreage form is being revised for more
efficient data entry in Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of
Agricultural Systems (MIDAS). The producer will also no longer be
required to provide certain additional information with the form that
will likely result in a reduction in the burden hours in this
information collection. This information collection is needed to
administer the program.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by February 11, 2013.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, OMB control number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of
the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
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Mail: USDA Farm Service Agency, Farm Programs, Production
Emergencies and Compliance Division, CPS, ATTN: Jantrice Williams, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0517, Washington, DC 20250-0523.
Also, send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jantrice Williams, (202) 720-3637.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Report of Acreage for the Noninsured Crop Disaster
Assistance Program (NAP).
OMB Control Number: 0560-0004.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: NAP provides financial assistance to producers who have
suffered a production loss of an eligible crop or were prevented from
planting an eligible crop as a result of natural disasters. Eligible
crops are commercial crops or other agricultural commodities for which
catastrophic risk protection under 7 U.S.C. 1508(b) is not available
and that are produced for food or fiber.
Additionally, eligible crops also include floriculture, non-
ornamental nursery, ornamental nursery, ginseng, mushroom, honey, maple
sap, seaoats, seagrass, industrial crops, Christmas tree crops,
turfgrass sod, seed crops, and aquaculture (including ornamental fish).
Specific information is collected from producers on identification of
the crop (including type and variety), practices, intended uses,
planting patterns, and predominant species of forage vegetation
(including intended method of harvest, that is mechanically harvested
or grazed); dates crops were planted or planting was completed
(including age of perennial crops); number of acres of each planting of
the eligible crop in which the producer has a share in the
administrative county; number of acres intended but prevented from
being planted; shares and identities of all producers sharing in the
crop at the time a NAP application for coverage was filed; FSA farm
serial number or location of commodities not necessarily associated
with an FSA farm serial number such as colonies of bees for honey
production (including the number of bee colonies belonging to the
unit); aquaculture production (including the name, type, or variety of
each aquaculture species in a physical location of acreage on which the
facility resides such as ponds and waterbeds); ornamental nursery
(including the size and origin, that is container or field grown, of
plants belonging to the unit); mushroom facilities; turfgrass sod
(including the average number of square yards per acre and all
unharvested acres); and trees for maple sap production (including
number of eligible trees, average size and age of producing trees, and
total number of taps placed or anticipated for the tapping season). NAP
operates under the regulations in 7 CFR part 1437.
The ``Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems''
(MIDAS) is FSA's initiative to improve the delivery of FSA farm program
benefits and services through the re-engineering of farm program
business processes and the adoption of enhanced and modernized
information technology. FSA is not collecting any new information on
the FSA-578. However, the Report of Acreage form is being revised for
more efficient data entry in MIDAS. Producers will no longer be
required to provide certain additional information with the form that
will reduce the burden hours in this information collection. The
producers will only need to report to one county office instead of each
administrative county office due to MIDAS. Therefore, FSA expects a
reduction in the annual total burden hours for collection of the
information.
Respondents: Producers.
Estimated of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes (0.50
hour) per response. The average travel time, which is included in the
total burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 291,500.
Estimated Annual Number of Forms per Person: 1.5.
Estimated Annual Responses on Respondents: 437,250.
Estimate of Total Annual Burden Hours: 510,125.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help us to:
(1) Determine whether the continued collection of information is
still necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the FSA,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Assess the accuracy of the FSA's estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(4) 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 comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for the
Office of Management and Budget approval.
Signed on November 1, 2012.
Juan M. Garcia,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2012-30019 Filed 12-12-12; 8:45 am]
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