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and Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 8701
(referred to as the 2008 Farm Bill)
establishes a requirement for the
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
annually compile application and
participation rate data regarding socially
disadvantaged farmers or ranchers by
computing for each program of the
USDA that serves agriculture producers
and landowners (a) raw numbers of
applicants and participants by race,
ethnicity, and gender, subject to
appropriate privacy protection, as
determined by the Secretary; and (b) the
application and participation rate, by
race, ethnicity and gender as a
percentage of the total participation rate
of all agricultural producers and
landowners for each county and State in
the United States.
Need and Use of the Information:
Data will be collected on a voluntary
basis through a questionnaire to
determine the race, ethnicity and gender
of farmers and ranchers who apply for
and who participate in USDA programs
and services. The data will enable the
Secretary and the Office of Advocacy
and Outreach and the agencies’ outreach
offices in reaching current and
prospective socially disadvantaged
farmers or ranchers in a linguistically
appropriate manner to focus resources
in a particular county or region where
low participation is indicated by the
data to improve the participation of
those farmers and ranchers in USDA
programs. The data is intended to be
used as one indicator in targeting and
designing outreach activities and in
assessing compliance with civil rights
laws in program delivery. The data may
also be used as an indicator in directing
compliance reviews to geographic areas
where there are indications of low
participation in USDA programs by
minorities and women, thus serving as
an ‘‘early warning system’’ that warrants
further investigations. Failure to collect
this information will have a negative
impact on USDA’s outreach activities
and could result in an inability of the
agencies to equitably deliver programs
and services to applicant and producers.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 3,200,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 106,667.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 25, 2014,
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to
OMB via email to: 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 by
July 31, 2014. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: USDA Web Based Supply Chain
Management System (WBSCM).
OMB Control Number: 0581–0273.
Summary of Collection: Section 32 of
the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended
(Section 32 Pub. L. 74–320; 7 U.S.C.
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612c); Sections 6(a) and (e), 13, and 17
of the National School Lunch Act, as
amended, (42 U.S.C. sections 1751,
1761, and 1766) in addition to several
other acts authorize the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) Procurement
Branches to prepare and issue
announcements for the purchase and
sale of perishable agricultural
commodities. AMS purchases
agricultural commodities for the Section
32 and 6a & e National School Lunch
Program/Child & Adult Care Food
Program; Nutrition Service Incentive
Program; Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations; Commodity
Supplemental Food Program; The
Emergency Food Assistance Program
and Disaster Feeding in addition to
providing support for commodity
markets with surplus inventory.
Need and Use of the Information:
AMS issues solicitation for offers in
order to solicit bids for commodities for
delivery to domestic nutrition assistance
programs. Vendors respond by making
electronic offers using the secure Web
Based Supply Chain Management
System (WBSCM). Vendors must be
registered, and have an ID and
password, in order to submit bids
electronically through WBSCM via the
Internet. The information will change in
response to the needs of the domestic
feeding programs and each solicitation.
Information collected has been
consolidated into three processes—a
New Vendor Application, Bid
Solicitation and Contract Delivery,
Invoice Submission and Inspection
Results. The data collected from
vendors assists AMS with making a
determination whether a business is
viable and capable of supplying product
to the Federal government.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 73.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Weekly; Monthly;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 47,698.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 25, 2014.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
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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.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by July 31, 2014 will
be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20502.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
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 and Health Inspection
Service
Title: Importation of Hass Avocado
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from Michoacan Mexico.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0129.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701—et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests, to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) regulations allow fresh Hass
Avocados grown in approved orchards
in Michoacan, Mexico to be imported
into the United States under certain
conditions.
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Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
form PPQ 587 ‘‘Application for Permit
to Import Plants or Plant Products,’’ to
ensure that fresh Hass Avocados from
Mexico do not harbor insect pests
(including Avocado stem weevils, seed
weevils, and seed moths). The
information collected will ensure that
fresh Hass Avocados from Mexico do
not harbor exotic insect pests that, if
introduced into the United States, could
inflict severe damage upon U.S.
agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,205.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 105,558.
program to prevent the artificial spread
of the South American cactus moth
within the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 11.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
Title: South American Cactus Moth;
Quarantine and Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0337.
Summary of Collection: Under the
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701—et
seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, or movement of
plants and plant pests to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) regulations subpart, ‘‘SubpartSouth American Cactus Moth’’ (7 CFR
part 301.55 through 301.55–9), restrict
the interstate movement of regulated
articles from quarantined areas into or
through non-quarantined areas within
the United States.
Need and Use of the Information:
APHIS will collect information using
Limited Permit (PPQ Form 530),
Certificate (PPQ Form 540) and
Compliance Agreement (PPQ Form 519).
The limited permits are used to
authorize movement of regulated
articles that are not certifiable to
specified destination for processing,
treatment, or utilization. The certificate
is used for domestic movement of
treated articles relating to quarantines.
Certificates are issued for regulated
articles when an inspector or other
person authorized to issue certificates
finds that the articles have met the
conditions of the regulations and may
be safely moved interstate without
further restrictions. The Compliance
agreements are provided for the
convenience of persons who are
involved in the growing, handling, or
moving of regulated articles from
quarantined areas. Without this
information, APHIS could not provide
an effective domestic quarantine
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License
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Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
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 Trellis Growing Systems LLC
of Fort Wayne, Indiana, an exclusive
license to U.S. Patent Application Serial
No. 14/267,141, ‘‘METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR PRIMOCANE
MANAGEMENT’’, filed on May 1, 2014.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 31, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA,
ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mojdeh Bahar 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 Trellis Growing Systems
LLC of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 25, 2014.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the
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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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by July 31,
2014 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged to
submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV
or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 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 and Health Inspection Service
Title: Importation of Hass Avocado from Michoac[aacute]n Mexico.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0129.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701--et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant
pests, to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. The Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations allow fresh Hass
Avocados grown in approved orchards in Michoacan, Mexico to be imported
into the United States under certain conditions.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using form PPQ 587 ``Application for Permit to Import Plants or Plant
Products,'' to ensure that fresh Hass Avocados from Mexico do not
harbor insect pests (including Avocado stem weevils, seed weevils, and
seed moths). The information collected will ensure that fresh Hass
Avocados from Mexico do not harbor exotic insect pests that, if
introduced into the United States, could inflict severe damage upon
U.S. agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,205.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 105,558.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: South American Cactus Moth; Quarantine and Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0337.
Summary of Collection: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
7701--et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to prohibit
or restrict the importation, entry, or movement of plants and plant
pests to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United States
or their dissemination within the United States. The Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) regulations subpart, ``Subpart-South
American Cactus Moth'' (7 CFR part 301.55 through 301.55-9), restrict
the interstate movement of regulated articles from quarantined areas
into or through non-quarantined areas within the United States.
Need and Use of the Information: APHIS will collect information
using Limited Permit (PPQ Form 530), Certificate (PPQ Form 540) and
Compliance Agreement (PPQ Form 519). The limited permits are used to
authorize movement of regulated articles that are not certifiable to
specified destination for processing, treatment, or utilization. The
certificate is used for domestic movement of treated articles relating
to quarantines. Certificates are issued for regulated articles when an
inspector or other person authorized to issue certificates finds that
the articles have met the conditions of the regulations and may be
safely moved interstate without further restrictions. The Compliance
agreements are provided for the convenience of persons who are involved
in the growing, handling, or moving of regulated articles from
quarantined areas. Without this information, APHIS could not provide an
effective domestic quarantine program to prevent the artificial spread
of the South American cactus moth within the United States.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 11.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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