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USDA reviewed the Cotton Research
and Promotion Program major program
activities and accomplishments,
including third-party evaluations of
advertising and marketing activities and
other functional areas; the results of
producer and importer awareness and
satisfaction surveys; and data from the
Foreign Agricultural Service. USDA also
reviewed the results of the Cotton
Board’s 2011 independent program
evaluation, which assessed the
effectiveness of the Cotton Research and
Promotion Program; the strength of
cotton’s competitive position; the ability
to maintain and expand domestic and
foreign markets; increases in the number
of uses for cotton; and estimates of a
return on investment for stakeholders
and qualitative benefits and returns
associated with the Cotton Research and
Promotion Program. The review report
concluded that the 1990 amendments to
the Act were successfully implemented
and are operating as intended. The
report also noted that there is a general
consensus within the cotton industry
that the Cotton Research and Promotion
Program and the 1990 amendments to
the Act are operating as intended.
Written comments, economic data, and
results from independent evaluations
support this conclusion.
Although USDA found no compelling
reason to conduct a referendum
regarding the 1990 Act amendments to
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Order, some program participants
support a referendum. Therefore, USDA
will initiate a sign-up period in
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sign-up period, eligible producers and
importers may sign-up to request such
a referendum at the county office of the
Farm Service Agency (FSA), or by
mailing such a request to FSA. The
Secretary will conduct a referendum if
requested by 10 percent or more of the
number of cotton producers and
importers voting in the most recent
referendum (July 1991), with not more
than 20 percent of such request from
producers in one state or importers of
cotton.
Current procedures for the conduct of
a sign-up period appear at 7 CFR
sections 1205.10–1205.30. These
procedures will be updated as
appropriate prior to the beginning of the
sign-up period.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0011]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Virus-SerumToxin Act and Regulations
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the Virus-Serum-Toxin
Act and regulations.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 29,
2013.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-00110001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2013–0011, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0011 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding the Virus-SerumToxin Act and regulations, contact Dr.
Donna Malloy, Section Leader, Policy,
Evaluation and Licensing, CVB, APHIS,
4700 River Road Unit 148, Riverdale,
MD 20737; (301) 851–3426. 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:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2101–2118.
Dated: May 21, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
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Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and
Regulations.
OMB Number: 0579–0013.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: Under the Virus-SerumToxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151–159), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) is authorized to
promulgate regulations designed to
prevent the importation, preparation,
sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary
biological products. These regulations
are contained in 9 CFR parts 102 to 124.
Veterinary biological products
include viruses, serums, toxins, and
analogous products of natural or
synthetic origin, such as vaccines,
antitoxins, or the immunizing
components of microorganisms
intended for the diagnosis, treatment, or
prevention of diseases in domestic
animals.
APHIS issues licenses to qualified
establishments that produce veterinary
biological products and issues permits
to importers of such products. APHIS
also enforces requirements concerning
production, packaging, labeling, and
shipping of these products and sets
standards for the testing of these
products.
To help ensure that veterinary
biological products used in the United
States are pure, safe, potent, and
effective, APHIS requires certain
information collection activities,
including, among other things,
establishment license applications,
product license applications, product
import permit applications, product and
test report forms, field study summaries,
and recordkeeping. These information
activities have been approved by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under control number 0579–
0013.
In addition, in accordance with the
regulations in 9 CFR 105.3 and 115.2,
APHIS may notify a veterinary biologics
licensee or permittee to stop the
preparation, importation, and/or
distribution and sale of a serial or a
subserial of a veterinary biological
product if, at any time, it appears that
such product may be worthless,
contaminated, dangerous, or harmful in
the treatment of animals. This
notification triggers two information
collection activities: (1) After being
contacted by APHIS, veterinary
biologics licensees or permittees must
immediately, but no later than 2 days,
send stop distribution and sale
notifications to any wholesalers,
jobbers, dealers, foreign consignees, or
other persons known to have such
veterinary biological product in their
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possession; and (2) veterinary biologics
licensees and permittees must account
for the remaining quantity of each serial
or subserial of any such veterinary
biological product at each location in
the distribution channel known to the
licensee or permittee. These information
collection activities have been approved
by OMB under control number 0579–
0318.
This notice includes a description of
the information collection activities
currently approved by OMB under
numbers 0579–0013 and 0579–0318.
After OMB approves and combines the
burden for both collections under one
collection (number 0579–0013), the
Department will retire number 0579–
0318.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information activities, as
described, 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
1.963 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. importers,
exporters, and shippers of veterinary
biological products; State veterinary
authorities; and operators of
establishments that produce or test
veterinary biological products or that
engage in product research and
development and their wholesalers,
dealers, jobbers, foreign consignees, or
other persons known to have any such
worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or
harmful veterinary biological product in
their possession.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 220.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 181.413.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 39,911.
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Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 78,349 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 22nd day of
May 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0030]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Federally Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary Program
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
Federal recognition of a State’s plant
pest containment, eradication, or
exclusion program as a Federally
Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary Program.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 29,
2013.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-00300001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2013–0030, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0030 or
in our reading room, which is located in
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the Federally
Recognized State Managed
Phytosanitary Program, contact Ms.
Diane L. Schuble, National Coordinator
for Official Control, Plant Health
Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 26, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
851–2334. For copies of more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federally Recognized State
Managed Phytosanitary Program.
OMB Number: 0579–0365.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit or
restrict the importation, entry, or
interstate movement of plants, plant
products, or other articles if the
Secretary determines that the
prohibition or restriction is necessary to
prevent a plant pest or noxious weed
from being introduced into or
disseminated within the United States.
This authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS).
As part of this mission, APHIS’ Plant
Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
program responds to introductions of
plant pests to eradicate, suppress, or
contain them through various programs
to prevent their interstate spread.
APHIS’ plant pest containment and
eradication programs qualify as ‘‘official
control programs,’’ as defined by the
International Plant Protection
Convention (IPPC), recognized by the
World Trade Organization as the
standard-setting body for international
plant quarantine issues. ‘‘Official
control’’ is defined as ‘‘the active
enforcement of mandatory
phytosanitary regulations and the
application of mandatory phytosanitary
procedures with the objective of
containment or eradication of
quarantine pests or for the management
of regulated non-quarantine pests.’’ As a
contracting party to the IPPC, the United
States has agreed to observe IPPC
principles as they relate to international
trade. However, APHIS will also
recognize exclusion programs that are
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0011]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information
collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and
regulations.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before July
29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0011-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0011, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0011 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the Virus-
Serum-Toxin Act and regulations, contact Dr. Donna Malloy, Section
Leader, Policy, Evaluation and Licensing, CVB, APHIS, 4700 River Road
Unit 148, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3426. For copies of more
detailed information on the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and Regulations.
OMB Number: 0579-0013.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151-159), the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorized to
promulgate regulations designed to prevent the importation,
preparation, sale, or shipment of harmful veterinary biological
products. These regulations are contained in 9 CFR parts 102 to 124.
Veterinary biological products include viruses, serums, toxins, and
analogous products of natural or synthetic origin, such as vaccines,
antitoxins, or the immunizing components of microorganisms intended for
the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of diseases in domestic
animals.
APHIS issues licenses to qualified establishments that produce
veterinary biological products and issues permits to importers of such
products. APHIS also enforces requirements concerning production,
packaging, labeling, and shipping of these products and sets standards
for the testing of these products.
To help ensure that veterinary biological products used in the
United States are pure, safe, potent, and effective, APHIS requires
certain information collection activities, including, among other
things, establishment license applications, product license
applications, product import permit applications, product and test
report forms, field study summaries, and recordkeeping. These
information activities have been approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under control number 0579-0013.
In addition, in accordance with the regulations in 9 CFR 105.3 and
115.2, APHIS may notify a veterinary biologics licensee or permittee to
stop the preparation, importation, and/or distribution and sale of a
serial or a subserial of a veterinary biological product if, at any
time, it appears that such product may be worthless, contaminated,
dangerous, or harmful in the treatment of animals. This notification
triggers two information collection activities: (1) After being
contacted by APHIS, veterinary biologics licensees or permittees must
immediately, but no later than 2 days, send stop distribution and sale
notifications to any wholesalers, jobbers, dealers, foreign consignees,
or other persons known to have such veterinary biological product in
their
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possession; and (2) veterinary biologics licensees and permittees must
account for the remaining quantity of each serial or subserial of any
such veterinary biological product at each location in the distribution
channel known to the licensee or permittee. These information
collection activities have been approved by OMB under control number
0579-0318.
This notice includes a description of the information collection
activities currently approved by OMB under numbers 0579-0013 and 0579-
0318. After OMB approves and combines the burden for both collections
under one collection (number 0579-0013), the Department will retire
number 0579-0318.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
activities, as described, 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 1.963 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. importers, exporters, and shippers of veterinary
biological products; State veterinary authorities; and operators of
establishments that produce or test veterinary biological products or
that engage in product research and development and their wholesalers,
dealers, jobbers, foreign consignees, or other persons known to have
any such worthless, contaminated, dangerous, or harmful veterinary
biological product in their possession.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 220.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 181.413.
Estimated annual number of responses: 39,911.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 78,349 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 22nd day of May 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-12692 Filed 5-28-13; 8:45 am]
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