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a wealth of empirical information on
germplasm use in breeding and
research. This includes information by
specific crops (e.g., the use of landraces
in corn breeding, the search for biotic
tolerance in wheat); the quantity of
germplasm by type and purpose;
institutional needs for germplasm (both
public and private); and requestors’
anticipated future use. This information
will also assess biological traits that are
needed for adaptation to climate change.
Agriculture is highly geographyspecific, given that growing regions vary
by rainfall and temperature conditions,
pest and disease pressures, and soil
types. Accordingly, plant breeders work
to develop unique varieties for different
geographic locations. As a result, each
requestor of NPGS germplasm is likely
to have one characteristic—geographic
location—which is unique and
important to that institution’s use of this
germplasm, particularly in the context
of global climate change. Moreover, it
would be difficult to get adequate
representation of the matrix of crops,
germplasm types, and locations for
some smaller crops (e.g., squash)
without conducting a census of all
germplasm requestors to the NPGS for
any of the ten crops.
A web-based instrument will be used
for information collection. It will be
kept as simple and respondent-friendly
as possible. Responses are voluntary.
The study instrument is based on a
mailed paper-based instrument used in
the 2000 study, ‘‘Demand for Genetic
Resources from the National Plant
Germplasm System.’’ It was jointly
developed by International Food Policy
Research Institute (IFPRI), Auburn
University’s Department of Agricultural
Economics and Rural Sociology, the
National Germplasm Resources Lab of
the National Plant Germplasm System,
and the Economic Research Service. The
instrument used in the 2000 study was
administered by IFPRI and Auburn
University and had a response rate of
35%. Study design for currently
proposed study is consistent with that
of the 2000 study in order to make
comparisons across time. The frame for
this census comprises all germplasm
requestors to the NPGS for any of the
ten crops in the last five years. Although
the NPGS provided germplasm to any
requestor free of cost, it also informed
potential requestors and received their
consent, at the time of a request was
made, that their information could be
used for activities relating to the service
that they had requested. Several
measures will be taken to support the
response rate for the proposed
information collection:
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• Information will be collected via
the internet rather than by mail. This
data collection mode is more convenient
for intended respondents and will allow
for rapid follow up with nonrespondents.
• This information collection will be
cosponsored by the National Germplasm
Resources Laboratory of USDA, which is
familiar to the recipients as it is the
agency that provided the requested
germplasm.
• A well planned recruitment
protocol will include sending the
instrument with a cover letter from a
senior staff member of the National
Germplasm Resources Laboratory, who
will be an individual familiar to many
of the recipients. It also includes up to
three reminder emails to nonrespondents.
Should the response rate fall below
80%, a non-response bias study will be
conducted. The web-based instrument
was pretested for ease of use by fewer
than ten germplasm requestors
contacted by USDA Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) and the average
time spent completing the forms was 13
minutes.
Information from the Census of Users
of the National Plant Germplasm System
will be used for statistical purposes only
and reported only in aggregate or
statistical form. A public use data file
will be created from this information
collection. ERS does not intend to
invoke CIPSEA or any other data
protection statute for this collection,
because it will not collect any sensitive
or personal identifiable information.
Estimate of Burden: In order to
answer our research question about the
use of germplasm for adaptation to
climate change, a census is needed to
pinpoint geo-spatial demand for
germplasm. Thus, all 6,009 requestors of
germplasm will be asked to fill out a
web instrument once during a one
month data collection period; nonrespondents will receive three reminder
emails. 80% of requestors are assumed
to provide a response to one of the four
emailed instruments. The estimated
time of response is 0.34 hour. This
average includes time spent completing
the questionnaire and reading reminder
emails. 20% will be non-respondents
and will incur less than 1 minute of
time to read the material. Thus,
response times are estimated by adding
an additional minute for each reminder
sent, for a total of four minutes for
requestors who never respond. These
estimates of respondent burden are
based on pretesting by ARS scientists,
conducted by the National Germplasm
Resources Laboratory of the National
Plant Germplasm System.
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Type of Respondents: Respondents
includes all individuals or institutions
who requested germplasm for any of the
aforesaid ten crops from the National
Plant Germplasm System over the five
year period as defined by this
information collection.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 6,009.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,731.5 hours.
Comments: All written comments
received will be available for public
inspection in the Resource Center of the
Economic Research Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 355 E
St. SW., Room 04P33, Washington, DC
20024–4221. 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. 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.
Dated: March 29, 2016.
Mary Bohman,
Administrator, Economic Research Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Lincoln County Resource
Advisory Committee Meeting
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–
393) the Kootenai National Forest’s
Lincoln County Resource Advisory
Committee will meet on Tuesday, April
26, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at the Forest
Supervisor’s Office in Libby, Montana
SUMMARY:
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for a business meeting. The meeting is
open to the public.
DATES: April 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor’s Office,
31374 US Hwy 2, Libby, Montana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
JeriAnn Chapel, Committee Coordinator,
Kootenai National Forest at (406) 283–
7643, or email jchapel@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda
will include membership discussion—
replacement/new, establishing
committee rules, procedures and revisit
project priorities, and review the status
of prior projects list. If the meeting date
or location is changed, notice will be
posted in the local newspapers,
including the Missoulian, based in
Missoula, Montana.
Dated: March 28, 2016.
Christopher Savage,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Wenatchee-Okanogan Resource
Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meetings.
AGENCY:
The Wenatchee-Okanogan
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet in Wenatchee, Washington.
The committee is authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110–
343) (the Act) and operates in
compliance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The purpose of the
committee is to improve collaborative
relationships and to provide advice and
recommendations to the Forest Service
concerning projects and funding
consistent with Title II of the Act. The
purpose of the meeting is to review
projects proposed for RAC consideration
under Title II of the Act. RAC
information can be found at the
following Web site: https://www.fs.usda.
gov/main/okawen/workingtogether/
advisorycommittees.
DATES: The meeting will be held from
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on May 3, 2016.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meetings
prior to attendance, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sunnyslope Fire Station, 206 Easy
Street, Wenatchee, Washington.
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RAC
Coordinator Robin DeMario by phone at
509–664–9292 or via email at
rdemario@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
purpose of the meetings is to:
1. Provide status updates regarding
Secure Rural Schools Program and Title
II funding; and
2. Review and recommend projects for
Title II funding for Kittitas and Yakima
Counties.
These meetings are open to the
public. The agenda will include time for
people to make oral statements of three
minutes or less. Individuals wishing to
make an oral statement should request
in writing by April 11, 2016, to be
scheduled on the agenda. Anyone who
would like to bring related matters to
the attention of the committee may file
written statements with the committee
staff before or after the meeting. Written
comments and requests for time for oral
comments must be sent to Robin
DeMario, RAC Coordinator, 215 Melody
Lane, Wenatchee, Washington 98801; by
email to rdemario@fs.fed.us or via
facsimile to 509–664–9286.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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ACTION:
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at the OkanoganWenatchee NF Headquarters Office.
Please call ahead to facilitate entry into
the building.
Dated: March 31, 2016.
Jason Kuiken,
Deputy Forest Supervisor, OkanoganWenatchee National Forest.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket No.: 151222999–5999–01]
Office of Administration; Commerce
Alternative Personnel System
Office of Administration, Office
of Human Resources Management,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
expansion of employee coverage under
the Commerce Alternative Personnel
System, formerly the Department of
Commerce Personnel Management
Demonstration Project, published in the
Federal Register on December 24, 1997.
This coverage is extended to include
employees located in the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), employed
under the Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO).
DATES: This notice expanding and
modifying the Commerce Alternative
Personnel System is effective April 7,
2016.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of Commerce—Sandra
Thompson, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution
Avenue NW., Room 51020, Washington,
DC 20230, (202) 482–0056 or Valerie
Smith at (202) 482–0272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
The Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) approved the Department of
Commerce (DoC) demonstration project
for an alternative personnel
management system, and published the
final plan in the Federal Register on
Wednesday, December 24, 1997 (62 FR
67434). The demonstration project was
designed to simplify current
classification systems for greater
flexibility in classifying work and
paying employees; establish a
performance management and rewards
system for improving individual and
organizational performance; and
improve recruiting and examining to
attract highly-qualified candidates. The
purpose of the project was to strengthen
the contribution of human resources
management and test whether the same
innovations conducted under the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology alternative personnel
management system would produce
similarly successful results in other DoC
environments. The project was
implemented on March 29, 1998. The
project plan has been modified eight
times to clarify certain DoC
Demonstration Project authorities, and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Lincoln County Resource Advisory Committee Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and under the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-393) the Kootenai National
Forest's Lincoln County Resource Advisory Committee will meet on
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. at the Forest Supervisor's Office
in Libby, Montana
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for a business meeting. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: April 26, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor's Office, 31374 US Hwy 2, Libby, Montana.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JeriAnn Chapel, Committee Coordinator,
Kootenai National Forest at (406) 283-7643, or email jchapel@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda will include membership discussion--
replacement/new, establishing committee rules, procedures and revisit
project priorities, and review the status of prior projects list. If
the meeting date or location is changed, notice will be posted in the
local newspapers, including the Missoulian, based in Missoula, Montana.
Dated: March 28, 2016.
Christopher Savage,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2016-08011 Filed 4-6-16; 8:45 am]
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