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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 78 / Tuesday, April 23, 2013 / Notices
Dated: April 17, 2013.
David R. Shipman,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013–09465 Filed 4–22–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–LS–13–0008]
Federal Seed Act Program; Request for
Extension and Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this document
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS) intention to request
approval, from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), for an
extension of and revision to the
currently approved information
collection 7 CFR part 201 for Federal
Seed Act Labeling and Enforcement.
DATES: Comments on this document
must be received by June 24, 2013 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments
concerning this information collection
document. Comments should be
submitted online at
www.regulations.gov or sent to Fawad S.
Shah, Director, Seed Regulatory and
Testing Division (SRTD), Livestock,
Poultry, and Seed Program, AMS,
USDA, 801 Summit Crossing Place,
Suite C, Gastonia, North Carolina
28054–2193, or by facsimile to (704)
852–4109. All comments should
reference the docket number (AMS–LS–
13–0008), the date, and the page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. All
comments received will be posted
without change, including any personal
information provided, online at https://
www.regulations.gov and will be made
available for public inspection at the
above physical address during regular
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Seed Act Program.
OMB Number: 0581–0026.
Expiration Date of Approval: October
31, 2013.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: This information collection
and recordkeeping requirements are
necessary to conduct the Federal Seed
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Act (FSA) (7 U.S.C. 1551 et seq.)
program with respect to certain testing,
labeling, and recordkeeping
requirements of agricultural and
vegetable seeds in interstate commerce.
Regulations under the FSA are
contained in 7 CFR part 201.
The FSA, Title II, is a truth-in-labeling
law that regulates agricultural and
vegetable planting seed in interstate
commerce. Seed subject to the FSA
must be labeled with certain quality
information and it requires that
information to be truthful. The FSA
prohibits the interstate shipment of
falsely advertised seed and seed
containing noxious-weed seeds that are
prohibited from sale in the State into
which the seed is being shipped.
No unique forms are required for this
information collection. The FSA
requires seed in interstate commerce to
be tested and labeled. Once in a State,
seed must comply with the testing and
labeling requirements of the State seed
law. The same testing and labeling
required by the FSA nearly always
satisfies the State’s testing and labeling
requirements. Also the receiving, sales,
cleaning, testing, and labeling records
required by the FSA, are records that the
shipper would normally keep in good
business practice.
The information in this collection is
the minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the enforcement of
the FSA. With the exception of the
requirements for entering a new variety
into a State seed certification program
(set forth separately below), the
information collection is entirely
recordkeeping rather than reporting.
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Respondents: Entities seeking to enter
new varieties into State seed
certification programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
54.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
486.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 9.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,176.12 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: April 17, 2013.
David R. Shipman,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Seed Testing, Labeling, and
Recordkeeping
Agricultural Research Service
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.69 hours per
record keeper.
Respondents: Interstate shippers and
labelers of seed.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,032.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
9,854.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.25.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 26,507.26 hours.
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive
License
Eligibility Requirements for
Certification of New Varieties and
Recordkeeping
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
(eligibility for certification of new
varieties) is estimated to average 2.42
hours per response.
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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 Headwall Photonics, Inc. of
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, an exclusive
license to U.S. Patent No. 7,460,227,
‘‘METHOD TO DETECT BONE
FRAGMENTS DURING THE
PROCESSING OF MEAT OR FISH,’’
issued on December 2, 2008, U.S. Patent
No. 7,787,111, ‘‘SIMULTANEOUS
ACQUISITION OF FLUORESCENCE
AND REFLECTANCE IMAGING
TECHNIQUES WITH A SINGLE
IMAGING DEVICE FOR MULTITASK
INSPECTION,’’ issued on August 31,
2010, U.S. Patent No. 8,126,213,
SUMMARY:
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‘‘METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
WHOLESOMENESS INSPECTION OF
FRESHLY SLAUGHTERED CHICKENS
ON A PROCESSING LINE,’’ issued on
February 28, 2012, and U.S. Patent No.
8,159,525, ‘‘PORTABLE
MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING
SYSTEMS,’’ issued on April 17, 2012.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 23, 2013.
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 these
inventions as Headwall Photonics, Inc.
of Fitchburg, Massachusetts has
submitted a complete and sufficient
application for a license. The
prospective exclusive license will be
royalty-bearing and will comply with
the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.
209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective
exclusive license may be granted unless,
within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published Notice, the Agricultural
Research Service receives written
evidence and argument which
establishes that the grant of the license
would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
Robert Griesbach,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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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 Biosortia Pharmaceuticals of
Dublin, Ohio, an exclusive license to
U.S. Patent No. 7,943,142,
‘‘EUGLENOID DERIVED ALKALOID’’,
issued on May 17, 2011.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 23, 2013.
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Robert Griesbach,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting
Applications for the Technical
Assistance for Specialty Crops
Program
The Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) announces that it is
inviting proposals for the 2014
Technical Assistance for Specialty
Crops (TASC) program. The intended
effect of this notice is to solicit
applications from the private sector and
from government agencies for fiscal year
2014 and to set out criteria for the award
of funds in October 2013. The TASC
program is administered by personnel of
the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
The funding authority for TASC
expires at the end of fiscal year 2013.
This notice is being published at this
time to allow awards to be made early
in fiscal year 2014, provided that
program funding is reauthorized prior to
that time. In the event this program is
not reauthorized, or is substantially
modified, FAS will publish a notice in
the Federal Register rescinding this
Notice of Funds Availability.
SUMMARY:
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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
this invention 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 Biosortia Pharmaceuticals
of Dublin, Ohio has submitted a
complete and sufficient application for
a license. The prospective exclusive
license will be royalty-bearing and will
comply with the terms and conditions
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The
prospective exclusive license may be
granted unless, within thirty (30) days
from the date of this published Notice,
the Agricultural Research Service
receives written evidence and argument
which establishes that the grant of the
license would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
ADDRESSES:
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To be considered for funding,
applications must be received by 5 p.m.
Eastern Daylight Time, May 28, 2013.
Any applications received after this
time will be considered only if funds are
still available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Entities wishing to apply for funding
assistance should contact the Program
Operations Division, Office of Trade
Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service
by courier address: Room 6512, 1400
Independence Ave. SW., Washington,
DC 20250, or by phone: (202) 720–4327,
or by fax: (202) 720–9361, or by email:
podadmin@fas.usda.gov. Information is
also available on the FAS Web site at
https://www.fas.usda.gov/mos/tasc/
default.asp.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Announcement Type: New.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.604.
Authority: The TASC program is
authorized by section 3205 of Pub. L.
107–171. TASC regulations appear at 7
CFR part 1487.
Purpose: The TASC program is
designed to assist U.S. organizations by
providing funding for projects that
address sanitary, phytosanitary, or
related technical barriers that prohibit
or threaten the export of U.S. specialty
crops. U.S. specialty crops, for the
purpose of the TASC program, are
defined to include all cultivated plants,
or the products thereof, produced in the
United States, except wheat, feed grains,
oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, sugar,
and tobacco.
As a general matter, TASC program
projects should be designed to address
the following criteria:
• Projects should identify and
address a sanitary, phytosanitary, or
related technical barrier that prohibits
or threatens the export of U.S. specialty
crops;
• Projects should demonstrably
benefit the represented industry rather
than a specific company or brand;
• Projects must address barriers to
exports of commercially-available U.S.
specialty crops for which barrier
removal would predominantly benefit
U.S. exports; and
• Projects should include an
explanation as to what specifically
could not be accomplished without
Federal funding assistance and why the
participating organization(s) would be
unlikely to carry out the project without
such assistance.
Examples of expenses that CCC may
agree to reimburse under the TASC
program include, but are not limited to:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to
Headwall Photonics, Inc. of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, an exclusive
license to U.S. Patent No. 7,460,227, ``METHOD TO DETECT BONE FRAGMENTS
DURING THE PROCESSING OF MEAT OR FISH,'' issued on December 2, 2008,
U.S. Patent No. 7,787,111, ``SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION OF FLUORESCENCE
AND REFLECTANCE IMAGING TECHNIQUES WITH A SINGLE IMAGING DEVICE FOR
MULTITASK INSPECTION,'' issued on August 31, 2010, U.S. Patent No.
8,126,213,
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``METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WHOLESOMENESS INSPECTION OF FRESHLY SLAUGHTERED
CHICKENS ON A PROCESSING LINE,'' issued on February 28, 2012, and U.S.
Patent No. 8,159,525, ``PORTABLE MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEMS,''
issued on April 17, 2012.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 23, 2013.
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 these inventions as Headwall Photonics, Inc. of
Fitchburg, Massachusetts has submitted a complete and sufficient
application for a license. The prospective exclusive license will be
royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35
U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be
granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this published
Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and
argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be
consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.
Robert Griesbach,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2013-09442 Filed 4-22-13; 8:45 am]
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