Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 68022-68023 [2013-27097]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 13, 2013 / Notices
The
regulations in 7 CFR chapter III are
intended, among other things, to
prevent the introduction or
dissemination of plant pests and
noxious weeds into or within the United
States. Under those regulations, certain
plants, fruits, vegetables, and other
articles must be treated before they may
be moved into the United States or
interstate. The phytosanitary treatments
regulations in part 305 of 7 CFR chapter
III set out standards for treatments
required in parts 301, 318, and 319 of
7 CFR chapter III for fruits, vegetables,
and other articles.
In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that
approved treatment schedules are set
out in the Plant Protection and
Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual.1
Section 305.3 sets out a process for
adding, revising, or removing treatment
schedules in the PPQ Treatment
Manual. In that section, paragraph (b)
sets out the process for adding, revising,
or removing treatment schedules when
there is an immediate need to make a
change. The circumstances in which an
immediate need exists are described in
§ 305.3(b)(1). They are:
• PPQ has determined that an
approved treatment schedule is
ineffective at neutralizing the targeted
plant pest(s).
• PPQ has determined that, in order
to neutralize the targeted plant pest(s),
the treatment schedule must be
administered using a different process
than was previously used.
• PPQ has determined that a new
treatment schedule is effective, based on
efficacy data, and that ongoing trade in
a commodity or commodities may be
adversely impacted unless the new
treatment schedule is approved for use.
• The use of a treatment schedule is
no longer authorized by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency or by
any other Federal entity.
In accordance with § 305.3(b), we
published a notice 2 in the Federal
Register on June 18, 2013 (78 FR 36507–
36508, Docket No. APHIS–2013–0007),
announcing our determination that a
new methyl bromide treatment schedule
to mitigate risk from two fruit fly
species, Ceratitis capitata
(Mediterranean fruit fly) and
Anastrepha fraterculus (South
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 The Treatment Manual is available on the
Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
import_export/plants/manuals/index.shtml or by
contacting the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Manuals
Unit, 92 Thomas Johnson Drive, Suite 200,
Frederick, MD 21702.
2 To view the notice and the treatment evaluation
document, go to https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0007.
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American fruit fly) is effective, based on
evidence presented in a treatment
evaluation document (TED) we made
available with the notice. We also
determined that the ongoing trade of
blueberries would be adversely
impacted unless the new treatment
schedule is approved for use. The
treatment was added to the PPQ
Treatment Manual, but was subject to
change or removal based on public
comment.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending August 19, 2013. We
received no comments by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 305.3(b)(3), we are
affirming our addition of a methyl
bromide treatment schedule to mitigate
risk from C. capitata and A. fraterculus,
as described in the TED made available
with the previous notice. The treatment
schedule is numbered T101-i-1–2. The
treatment schedule will be listed in the
PPQ Treatment Manual, which is
available as described in footnote 1 of
this document.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 2.22,
2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of
November 2013.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s intention to
request an extension for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the program for 7 CFR part
4284, subpart G, Rural Business
Opportunity Grant Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by January 13, 2014 to be
considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Chad Parker, Deputy Administrator,
Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
USDA, Room 4016-South, MS 3252,
1400 Independence Ave. SW.,
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Washington, DC 20250. Telephone:
(202) 720–7558, Email chad.parker@
wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Business Opportunity
Grants.
OMB Number: 0570–0024.
Expiration Date of Approval: March
31, 2014.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The objective of the Rural
Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG)
program is to promote sustainable
economic development in rural areas.
This purpose is achieved through grants
made by the Rural Business-Cooperative
Service (RBS) to public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian Tribes on
Federal or State reservations and other
Federally-recognized tribal groups, and
cooperatives whose members are
primarily rural residents to pay costs of
economic development planning and
technical assistance for rural businesses.
The regulations contain various
requirements for information from grant
applicants and recipients. The
information requested is necessary for
RBS to be able to process applications
in a responsible manner, make prudent
program decisions, and effectively
monitor the grantees’ activities to ensure
that funds obtained from the
Government are used appropriately.
Objectives include gathering
information to determine the eligibility
and financial capability of the applicant,
to determine the eligibility of the
proposed use of funds, to assess the
quality of the project for evaluation and
grant selection, and to monitor grantees
to ensure funds are used in accordance
with approved scopes of work and
applicable laws and regulations.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 7.4 hours per
response.
Respondents: Public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian Tribes on
Federal and State reservations and other
Federally-recognized tribal groups, and
cooperatives whose members are
primarily rural residents.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
267.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 9.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1971.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 17,842.25.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Jeanne Jacobs,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, (202) 692–0040.
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Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of Rural BusinessCooperative Service, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural
Business-Cooperative Service’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (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. Comments on the
paperwork burden may be sent to
Jeanne Jacobs, Regulations and
Paperwork Management Branch, Rural
Development, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 0742, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0742. 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.
Dated: September 26, 2013.
Lillian Salerno,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 131022882–3882–01]
Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing
Area
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of the Census
(Census Bureau) is conducting the 2014
Annual Surveys in the Manufacturing
Area. The 2014 Annual Surveys consist
of the Annual Survey of Manufactures,
the Business R&D and Innovation
Survey (BRDIS), and the Manufacturers’
Unfilled Orders Survey. We have
determined that annual data collected
from these surveys are needed to aid the
efficient performance of essential
governmental functions, and have
significant application to the needs of
the public and industry. The data
derived from these surveys, most of
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which have been conducted for many
years, are not publicly available from
nongovernmental or other governmental
sources.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will
furnish report forms to organizations
included in the surveys. Additional
copies are available upon written
request to the Director, U.S. Census
Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mendel D. Gayle, Chief, Manufacturing
and Construction Division at (301) 763–
4587 or by email at mendel.d.gayle@
census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Census Bureau is authorized to conduct
mandatory surveys necessary to furnish
current data on the subjects covered by
the major censuses authorized by Title
13, United States Code, sections 61, 81,
131, 182, 193, 224, and 225. These
surveys will provide continuing and
timely national statistical data on
manufacturing for the period between
economic censuses. The data collected
in the surveys will be within the general
scope and nature of those inquiries
covered in the economic census. The
next economic census will be conducted
for the year 2017.
Annual Survey of Manufactures
The Annual Survey of Manufactures
collects industry statistics, such as total
value of shipments, employment,
payroll, workers’ hours, capital
expenditures, cost of materials
consumed, supplemental labor costs,
and so forth. This survey is conducted
on a sample basis, and covers all
manufacturing industries, including
data on plants under construction but
not yet in operation. All data items are
collected on a mandatory basis under
the authority of Title 13, United States
Code.
Business R&D and Innovation Survey
The Business R&D and Innovation
Survey (BRDIS) measures spending on
research and development activities by
United States businesses. This survey
replaced the Survey of Industrial
Research and Development that had
been collected since the 1950’s. The
BRDIS collects global as well as
domestic spending information, more
detailed information about the R&D
workforce, and information regarding
innovation and intellectual property
from U.S. businesses. The Census
Bureau collects and compiles this
information in accordance with a joint
project agreement between the National
Science Foundation (NSF) and the
Census Bureau. The NSF posts the joint
project’s information results on their
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Web site. All data items are collected on
a mandatory basis under the authority of
Title 13, United States Code.
Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey
The Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders
Survey collects data on sales and
unfilled orders in order to provide
annual benchmarks for unfilled orders
for the monthly Manufacturers’
Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
(M3) survey. The Annual Survey of
Manufactures (ASM) provides annual
benchmarks for the shipments and
inventory data collected in the M3
monthly survey. The Manufacturers’
Unfilled Orders Survey data will also be
used to determine whether it is
necessary to collect unfilled orders data
for specific industries on a monthly
basis; some industries are not requested
to provide unfilled orders data on the
M3 Survey. All data items are collected
on a mandatory basis under the
authority of Title 13, United States
Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no person is required to respond
to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with a
collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) unless that
collection of information displays a
current valid Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number. In
accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 45, OMB approved the annual
surveys under the following OMB
control numbers: Annual Survey of
Manufactures, 0607–0449; Business
R&D and Innovation Survey, 0607–0912;
and Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders
Survey, 0607–0561.
Based upon the foregoing, I have
directed that the Annual Surveys in the
Manufacturing Area be conducted for
the purpose of collecting these data.
Dated: November 6, 2013.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 131029910–3910–01]
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce
ACTION: Notice of determination.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Commerce’s Bureau of the Census
(Census Bureau) publishes this notice to
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's intention to
request an extension for a currently approved information collection in
support of the program for 7 CFR part 4284, subpart G, Rural Business
Opportunity Grant Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 13, 2014 to
be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chad Parker, Deputy Administrator,
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA, Room 4016-South, MS 3252,
1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 720-
7558, Email chad.parker@wdc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Rural Business Opportunity Grants.
OMB Number: 0570-0024.
Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2014.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The objective of the Rural Business Opportunity Grant
(RBOG) program is to promote sustainable economic development in rural
areas. This purpose is achieved through grants made by the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) to public bodies, non-profit
corporations, Indian Tribes on Federal or State reservations and other
Federally-recognized tribal groups, and cooperatives whose members are
primarily rural residents to pay costs of economic development planning
and technical assistance for rural businesses. The regulations contain
various requirements for information from grant applicants and
recipients. The information requested is necessary for RBS to be able
to process applications in a responsible manner, make prudent program
decisions, and effectively monitor the grantees' activities to ensure
that funds obtained from the Government are used appropriately.
Objectives include gathering information to determine the eligibility
and financial capability of the applicant, to determine the eligibility
of the proposed use of funds, to assess the quality of the project for
evaluation and grant selection, and to monitor grantees to ensure funds
are used in accordance with approved scopes of work and applicable laws
and regulations.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 7.4 hours per response.
Respondents: Public bodies, non-profit corporations, Indian Tribes
on Federal and State reservations and other Federally-recognized tribal
groups, and cooperatives whose members are primarily rural residents.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 267.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 9.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1971.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 17,842.25.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Jeanne
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, (202) 692-0040.
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Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
Rural Business-Cooperative Service, including whether the information
will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural Business-
Cooperative Service's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (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. Comments on the paperwork burden may be sent to Jeanne
Jacobs, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, Rural Development,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250-0742. 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.
Dated: September 26, 2013.
Lillian Salerno,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-27097 Filed 11-12-13; 8:45 am]
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