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the continual improvement to this
voluntary quality management program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Rochelle Langley, Quality Management
Specialist, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
146, Riverdale, MD 20737–1228; 301–
851–3906, Rochelle.A.Langley@
aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), regulates the importation,
interstate movement, and environmental
release of genetically engineered (GE)
organisms that are, or may be, plant
pests. In September 2007, APHIS’
Biotechnology Regulatory Services
(BRS) announced a voluntary, auditbased compliance assistance program
known as the Biotechnology Quality
Management System (BQMS) Program
to assist the regulated community in
achieving and maintaining compliance
with requirements for field trials and
movements of GE organisms under its
regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
Under the BQMS Program, APHIS–
BRS has provided support for the
voluntary adoption by participants of a
quality management system to improve
their management of domestic research
and development of regulated GE
organisms in order to fully comply with
regulations. The BQMS Program
included a mandatory audit standard
that provided extensive criteria for the
development, implementation, and an
objective evaluation of the participant’s
quality management system.
We are notifying the public that BRS
is updating its BQMS Program and
renaming it the Biotechnology Quality
Management Support Program, which
will use the same BQMS acronym, in
order to reach a broader audience. After
engaging with current and prospective
BQMS participants, APHIS–BRS
determined a modularized, more
flexible, Web-based approach reaches a
wider universe of researchers and
developers conducting biotechnology
activities. Small organizations,
academics, and first-time users now
have access to a program that previously
was only within the means of a select
few with considerable resources. The
new BQMS Program is no longer auditbased, and no longer requires an ‘‘all or
nothing’’ quality management system
that relies on a BRS-developed audit
standard, a required 3-day BRS-led
training session for all participants, and
a third-party audit cycle to maintain
Program recognition. The new BQMS
Program remains a voluntary
compliance assistance program but with
fewer impediments to users—no
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required multi-day training, no costprohibitive third-party audits and
associated travel expenses, and no
exhaustive resource commitments.
The new BQMS Program is a flexible,
Web-based, modular approach designed
to enhance compliance by enabling
organizations large and small to develop
sound quality management practices.
Users can select any or all critical
control points applicable to their
organizations’ compliance assistance
needs such as: Site selection planning,
procedures for storage, transportation
(interstate movement and importation),
environmental release planning and
monitoring, post-harvest handling and
transfer, devitalization and final
disposition, potential regulatory
compliance incidents, and a reporting
form for regulatory compliance
incidents. User costs should decrease
with the ability to easily choose only the
modules they need to meet their unique
compliance assistance needs.
The new BQMS Program offers a
comprehensive repository of userfriendly, Web-based templates,
guidelines, and checklists to assist users
in the implementation of processes,
procedures, and the foundation for a
quality management system. No matter
how big or small their organization,
BQMS users will continue to have the
option of requesting one-on-one tailored
assistance from BRS staff, as in the past.
Organizations participating in the
voluntary program will be encouraged
to use BQMS resources as a foundation
to ensure all personnel are properly
trained regarding the requirements for
working with GE organisms; identify
and develop control measures to
minimize the risk or occurrence of
unauthorized releases; and monitor
quality management practices and
procedures.
These updates are the next step in the
continual improvement of the voluntary
BQMS Program.
Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0113]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
Interstate Movement of Fruit From
Hawaii
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
the regulations for the interstate
movement of fruit from Hawaii.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 20,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0113.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0113, 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-2016-0113 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.
SUMMARY:
For
information on the regulations for the
interstate movement of fruit from
Hawaii, contact Dr. Robert Baca,
Assistant Director, Permitting and
Compliance Coordination, Compliance
and Environmental Coordination
Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301)
851–2292. For copies of more detailed
information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Title: Interstate Movement of Fruit
From Hawaii.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0331.
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 restrict the
importation, entry, or interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and
other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. The
regulations in 7 CFR part 318, State of
Hawaii and Territories Quarantine
Notices, prohibit or restrict the
interstate movement of fruits,
vegetables, and other products from
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and Guam to the continental
United States to prevent the spread of
plant pests or noxious weeds.
In accordance with the regulations in
§ 318.13–26, breadfruit, jackfruit, fresh
pods of cowpea and its relatives, dragon
fruit, mangosteen, moringa pods, and
melon must meet certain conditions for
interstate movement from Hawaii into
the continental United States. These
conditions involve information
collection activities, such as compliance
agreements, certificates and limited
permits, among other things.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities 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 0.22
hours per response.
Respondents: Importers of fruit from
Hawaii.
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Estimated annual number of
respondents: 110.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 25.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 2,782.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 618 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 11th day of
January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0096]
The Scotts Co. and Monsanto Co.;
Determination of Nonregulated Status
of Creeping Bentgrass Genetically
Engineered for Resistance to
Glyphosate
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public of
our determination that creeping
bentgrass designated as event ASR368,
which has been genetically engineered
for resistance to the herbicide
glyphosate by the Scotts Company and
Monsanto Company is no longer
considered a regulated article under our
regulations governing the introduction
of certain genetically engineered
organisms. Our determination is based
on our evaluation of data submitted by
the Scotts Company and Monsanto
Company in its petition for a
determination of nonregulated status,
our analysis of publically available
scientific data, and comments received
from the public on the petition for
nonregulated status and its associated
environmental impact statement and
plant pest risk assessment. This notice
also announces the availability of our
written determination and record of
decision.
SUMMARY:
Effective January 18, 2017.
You may read the
documents referenced in this notice and
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any comments we received in our
reading room. The reading room 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. Those documents are also
available on the Internet at https://www.
aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/petitions_
table_pending.shtml under APHIS
Petition Number 15–300–01p and are
posted with the comments we received
on the Regulations.gov Web site at
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2015-0096.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
John Turner, Director, Environmental
Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1236; (301) 851–3954, email:
john.t.turner@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain
copies of the documents referenced in
this notice, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at
(301) 851–3892, email: cynthia.a.eck@
aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 APHIS seeking a determination that
an article should not be regulated under
7 CFR part 340. Paragraphs (b) and (c)
of § 340.6 describe the form that a
petition for a determination of
nonregulated status must take and the
information that must be included in
the petition.
APHIS received a petition from the
Scotts Company of Marysville, OH, and
Monsanto Company of St. Louis, MO
(Scotts/Monsanto), seeking a
determination of nonregulated status of
creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera
L.) designated as event ASR368, which
has been genetically engineered for
resistance to the herbicide glyphosate.
The Scotts/Monsanto petition states that
information collected during field trials
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0113]
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information
Collection; Interstate Movement of Fruit From Hawaii
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an information
collection associated with the regulations for the interstate movement
of fruit from Hawaii.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
20, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0113.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2016-0113, 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-2016-
0113 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 on the regulations for
the interstate movement of fruit from Hawaii, contact Dr. Robert Baca,
Assistant Director, Permitting and Compliance Coordination, Compliance
and Environmental Coordination Branch, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road,
Unit 150, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2292. For copies of more
detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Interstate Movement of Fruit From Hawaii.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0331.
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 restrict the importation,
entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other
articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. The regulations
in 7 CFR part 318, State of Hawaii and Territories Quarantine Notices,
prohibit or restrict the interstate movement of fruits, vegetables, and
other products from Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and
Guam to the continental United States to prevent the spread of plant
pests or noxious weeds.
In accordance with the regulations in Sec. 318.13-26, breadfruit,
jackfruit, fresh pods of cowpea and its relatives, dragon fruit,
mangosteen, moringa pods, and melon must meet certain conditions for
interstate movement from Hawaii into the continental United States.
These conditions involve information collection activities, such as
compliance agreements, certificates and limited permits, among other
things.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of these information collection activities 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 0.22 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers of fruit from Hawaii.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 110.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 25.
Estimated annual number of responses: 2,782.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 618 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 11th day of January 2017.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
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