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Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. 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 & Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: Certification Program for
Imported Articles to Prevent
Introduction of Potato Brown Rot.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0221.
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 pest to prevent the
introduction of plant pest into the
United States. The regulations in 7 CFR
part 319 include a certification program
for articles of Pelargonium spp. and
Solanum spp. imported from countries
where the bacterium Ralstonia
solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 is known
to occur. This bacterial strain causes
potato brown rot, which causes potatoes
to rot through, making them inedible
and seriously affecting potato yields.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Animal Plant and Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) require the collection
of information through a phytosanitary
certificate (foreign), trust funds, and
compliance agreement and production
site registration. If the information is not
collected, potato fields could become
infected with the strain of R.
solanacearum and this could drastically
reduce or eliminate potato fields.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 27.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,032.
Title: Importation of Fruit from
Thailand.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0308.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
seq), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to carry out operations or
measures to detect, eradicate, suppress,
control., prevent, or retard the spread of
plant pests new to the United States or
not known to be widely distributed
throughout the United States. The
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
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Service (APHIS) amended the fruit and
vegetables regulations to allow the
importation into the United State of
litchi, longan, mango, mangosteen,
pineapple, and rambutan from
Thailand. The fruit would have to be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate with an additional
declaration stating that the fruit had
been tested with irradiation in Thailand
and in the case of litchi, that the fruit
had been inspected and found to be free
of Peronophythora litchi, a fungal pest
of litchi.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will use the information on the
certificate to determine the pest
condition of the shipment at the time of
inspection in the foreign country. This
information is used as a guide to the
intensity of the inspection APHIS
conduct when the shipment arrives.
Without this information, all shipments
would need to be inspected very
thoroughly, thereby requiring
considerably more time. This would
slow the clearance of international
shipments.
Description of Respondents: Federal
Government (Foreign).
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 78.
Title: Permanent, Privately Owned
Horse Quarantine Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0313.
Summary of Collection: The Animal
Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is
the primary Federal law governing the
protection of animal health. The AHPA
is contained in Title X, Subtitle E,
Section 10401–19 of Public Law 107–
171, May 13, 2002, the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The
law gives the Secretary of Agriculture
broad authority to detect, control, or
eradicate pests or diseases of livestock
or poultry. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations
in subpart C of part 93, on the
importation of horses include
requirements for the approval and
establishment of permanent, privately
owned horse quarantine facilities that
are operated under APHIS supervision.
These regulations necessitate the use of
several information collection activities
when applicants apply for approval to
establish and operate permanent,
privately owned quarantine facilities for
horses.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect the following
information: (1) Environment
Certification, (2) Application for Facility
Approval, (3) Service Agreements, (4)
Letter Challenging Withdrawal for
Facility Approval, (5) Letter Notifying
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Compliance Agreement, (7) Security
Instructions, (8) Alarm Notification, (9)
Security Breach, (10) List of Personnel,
(11) Signed Statements, (12) Daily Log,
and (13) Request for Variance.
Without the information APHIS
would be unable to approve permanent,
privately owned horse quarantine
facilities.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal
Government .
Number of Respondents: 6.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 17.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 30, 2013.
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), 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 this notification.
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
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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.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
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Title: Rural Micro-Entrepreneur
Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570–0062.
Summary of Collection: Section 6022
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) authorizes
the Rural Micro-entrepreneur Assistance
Program (RMAP). The Secretary makes
direct loans to rural microenterprise
development organizations (MDOs) that
are participating in the program (who
are referred to as ‘‘micro-lenders’’) for
the purpose of capitalizing microloan
revolving funds to provide fixed interest
rate business loans of $50,000 or less to
micro-entrepreneurs, as defined in the
2008 Farm Bill.
Need and Use of the Information: The
program provides rural microentrepreneurs with the skills necessary
to establish new rural microenterprises;
to provide continuing technical and
financial assistance related to the
successful operation of rural
microenterprises; and to assist with the
cost of providing other activities and
services related to the successful
operation of MDOs and rural
microenterprises. Micro-lenders seeking
loans and/or grants will have to submit
applications that include specified
information, certifications, and
agreements to the Agency. This
information will be used to determine
applicant eligibility and to ensure that
funds are used for authorized purposes.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 73.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Quarterly, Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 3,327.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0033]
Stine Seed Farm, Inc.; Extension of a
Determination of Nonregulated Status
of Corn Genetically Engineered for
Herbicide Resistance
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is extending to maize
line HCEM485, which has been
genetically engineered to be resistant to
the herbicide glyphosate, our
determination of nonregulated status of
Roundup Ready® corn line GA21.
Therefore, APHIS no longer considers
maize line HCEM485 to be a regulated
article under Agency regulations
governing the introduction of certain
genetically engineered organisms. Our
decision is based on our evaluation of
data submitted by Stine Seed Farm, Inc.,
in its request for an extension of a
determination of nonregulated status, an
analysis of other scientific data, and
comments received from the public in
response to a previous notice
announcing our preliminary
determination. This notice also
announces the availability of our
written determination, final
environmental assessment, plant pest
risk assessment, and our finding of no
significant impact.
DATES: Effective Date: May 3, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Supporting documents,
comments we received on our previous
notice announcing our preliminary
determination, and our responses to
those comments may be viewed at http:
//www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0033 or
in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039
before coming. Supporting documents
are also available on the APHIS Web site
at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
biotechnology/
petitions_table_pending.shtml under
APHIS Petition Number 09–063–01p
Extension of 97–099–01p.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Chief,
Biotechnology Environmental Analysis
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Branch, Environmental Risk Analysis
Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301)
851–3927, email: rebecca.l.stankiewiczgabel@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies
of the supporting documents, contact
Ms. Cindy Eck at (301) 851–3885, email:
cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the authority of the plant pest
provisions of the Plant Protection Act
(PPA) (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), 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
genetically engineered (GE) organisms
and products are considered ‘‘regulated
articles.’’
The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide
that any person may submit a petition
to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a
determination that an article should not
be regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
Further, the regulations in § 340.6(e)(2)
provide that a person may request that
APHIS extend a determination of
nonregulated status to other organisms.
Such a request must include
information to establish the similarity of
the antecedent organism and the
regulated article in question.
In a notice published in the Federal
Register on December 5, 1997 (62 FR
64350–64351, Docket No. 97–052–2),
APHIS announced our determination of
nonregulated status of Roundup Ready®
corn line GA21. APHIS received a
request for an extension of a
determination of nonregulated status
(APHIS Number 09–063–01p) of
Roundup Ready® corn line GA21 to
maize line HCEM485 1 from Stine Seed
Farm, Inc., (Stine Seed) of Research
Triangle Park, NC. In its request, Stine
Seed stated that this corn is similar to
Roundup Ready® corn line GA21 and,
based on the similarity to the antecedent
organism, is unlikely to pose a plant
pest risk and, therefore, should not be
1 The terms ‘‘corn’’ and ‘‘maize’’ both refer to Zea
mays. In this notice, we refer to ‘‘maize line
HCEM485’’ as this is the name used by Stine Seed
in its extension request to identify its GE corn.
Otherwise, we use the more common term ‘‘corn’’
when referring to Zea mays.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 30, 2013.
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), 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 this
notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling
(202) 720-8681.
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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.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Title: Rural Micro-Entrepreneur Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0570-0062.
Summary of Collection: Section 6022 of the Food, Conservation, and
Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) authorizes the Rural Micro-
entrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). The Secretary makes direct
loans to rural microenterprise development organizations (MDOs) that
are participating in the program (who are referred to as ``micro-
lenders'') for the purpose of capitalizing microloan revolving funds to
provide fixed interest rate business loans of $50,000 or less to micro-
entrepreneurs, as defined in the 2008 Farm Bill.
Need and Use of the Information: The program provides rural micro-
entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to establish new rural
microenterprises; to provide continuing technical and financial
assistance related to the successful operation of rural
microenterprises; and to assist with the cost of providing other
activities and services related to the successful operation of MDOs and
rural microenterprises. Micro-lenders seeking loans and/or grants will
have to submit applications that include specified information,
certifications, and agreements to the Agency. This information will be
used to determine applicant eligibility and to ensure that funds are
used for authorized purposes.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 73.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly, Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 3,327.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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