Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection for “Application for Plant Variety Protection Certification and Objective Description of Variety-Asexually Reproduced Varieties”, 21314-21315 [2019-09839]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–ST–19–0040]
Notice of Request for Approval of a
New Information Collection for
‘‘Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certification and Objective
Description of Variety—Asexually
Reproduced Varieties’’
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service’s (AMS) intention to request
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for a new
information collection, ‘‘Application for
Plant Variety Protection Certification
and Objective Description of Variety—
Asexually Reproduced Varieties.’’
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic
process available at https://
www.regulations.gov.Written comments
may also be submitted to the Plant
Variety Protection Office (PVPO),
Science and Technology, Agricultural
Marketing Service, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 4512–
S, Stop 0274, Washington, DC 20250 or
by facsimile to (202) 260–8976. All
comments should reference the docket
number AMS–ST–19–0040, the date,
and the page number of this issue of the
Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffery Haynes, Deputy Commissioner,
Plant Variety Protection Office, AMS
Science and Technology Program,
USDA; 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
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Room 4512–S, Stop 0274, Washington,
DC 20250–0002; telephone: (202) 260–
8983; email: Jeffery.Haynes@
ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certification and Objective
Description of Variety—Asexually
Reproduced Varieties.
OMB Number: 0581–NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: This is
a NEW collection.
Type of Request: Approval of a NEW
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Variety Protection
Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was
established to encourage the
development of novel varieties of plants
and make them available to the public,
providing protection available to those
who breed, develop, or discover them,
and thereby promote progress in
agriculture in the public interest.
The Plant Variety Protection program
(PVP) is a voluntary user funded
program that grants intellectual property
rights protection to breeders of new,
distinct, uniform, and stable sexually
reproduced, tuber propagated, and
asexually reproduced plant varieties. To
obtain these property rights the
applicant must provide information that
shows the variety is eligible for
protection and that it is indeed new,
distinct, uniform and stable as the law
requires. Application forms, descriptive
forms, and ownership forms must be
submitted by each applicant in order for
the Plant Variety Protection Office
(PVPO) to legally issue a certificate of
protection (ownership). The certificate
is based on claims of the breeder and
cannot be issued on the basis of reports
in publications not submitted by the
applicant. Regulations implementing
the PVPA appear at 7 CFR part 92.
Currently approved forms ST–470,
Application for Plant Variety Protection
Certificate; ST–470 A, Origin and
Breeding History; ST–470 B, Statement
of Distinctness; Form ST–470 series,
Objective Description of Variety (Exhibit
C); and Form ST–470–E, Basis of
Applicant’s Ownership, are the basis
upon which the determination is made
by experts at PVPO, whether a new,
distinct, uniform, and stable sexually
reproduced, or tuber propagated plant
variety in fact exists and is entitled to
protection (7 U.S.C. F;2402).
The 2018 Farm Bill (the Agriculture
Improvement Act of 2018) amended
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section 2402 of the PVPA (7 U.S.C.
F;2402) to include asexually reproduced
plant varieties. Breeders can now apply
for intellectual property protection for
asexually reproduced plant varieties.
AMS seeks approval of a new
information collection for the
application for a certificate of protection
for asexually propagated plant varieties.
Once approved, AMS will request that
the new form be merged into OMB No.
0581–0055, which includes the
currently approved ST–470 forms listed
above.
The ST–470 application form
combines Exhibits A, B, and E into one
form. The information received on
applications, with certain exceptions, is
required by law to remain confidential
until a certificate is issued (7 U.S.C.
2421).
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
PVPA, to provide applicants with
certificates of protection, to provide the
respondents the type of service they
request, and to administer the program.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
new burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .86
hours per response. This corresponds to
11.05 hrs. per respondent (total burden
hours divided by number of
respondents).
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, and
Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 12.82.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 553 (rounded).
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
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other forms of information technology.
All comments received will be available
for public inspection during regular
business hours.
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.
Dated: May 8, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
khammond on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
May 9, 2019.
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
are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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
June 13, 2019. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
AGENCY:
Title: Almonds Grown in California (7
CFR part 981).
OMB Control Number: 0581–0242.
Summary of Collection: Marketing
Order No. 981 (7 CFR part 981) regulates
the handling of almonds grown in
California and emanates from the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937, (Act) Secs. 1–19, 48 Stat. 31, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674) to provide
the respondents the type of service they
request, and to administer the California
almond marketing order program. The
board has developed forms as a means
for persons to file required information
with the board relating to the treatment
of almonds to reduce the potential for
Salmonella bacteria prior to shipment.
Need and Use of the Information:
Almond handlers are required to submit
annual treatment plans to the board and
inspection agency to ensure such plans
are complete and auditable regarding
how they plan to treat their almonds to
reduce the potential for Salmonella. The
plan will be approved by the Board and
must address specific parameters for the
handler to ship almonds. The Board also
gathers information from entities
interested in being almond process
authorities that validate technologies, to
accept and further process untreated
almonds and entities interested in being
auditors. The information collected
would be used only by authorized
representatives of USDA, including the
Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit
and Vegetable Programs’ regional and
headquarters’ staff, and authorized
employees and agents of the board.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Individuals.
Number of Respondents: 175.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually;
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 4,200.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Rural Housing Service
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Utilities Service
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Rural Housing Service, Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural
Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of modified system of
records.
In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974
as amended; Section 12204 of the
Agricultural Act of 2014, Rural
Development (RD) gives notice of its
proposal to modify the system of
records entitled USDA/RD–1 Current or
Prospective Producers or Landowners,
Applicants, Borrowers, Grantees,
Tenants, and other participants in RD
programs.
To communicate the revision to the
USDA RD–1 Systems of Records Notice
in which the addition of Routine Use 26
below is published.
However, this was not the only
revised Routine Use—these were also
revised:
1. Routine Use 21 was revised,
2. Routine Use 22 was added [OMB
M–17–12 items],
3. In addition, Routine Uses 23 and 24
were renumbered to 24 and 25,
respectively.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than June 13, 2019. This system of
records will be effective June 13, 2019
unless RD determines otherwise.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this notice by any of the following
methods:
• You may submit written or
electronic comments on this notice by
any of the following methods: Federal
rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments via
the U.S. Postal Service to the Team
Lead, Innovation Center, Regulations
Management Team, Rural Development,
Mail Stop 1522, 1400 Independence
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Submit
written comments via Federal Express
Mail or other courier service requiring a
street address to the Team Lead,
Innovation Center, Rural Development,
1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Washington, DC 20250, Mail Stop 1522.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions, please contact:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS-ST-19-0040]
Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection
for ``Application for Plant Variety Protection Certification and
Objective Description of Variety--Asexually Reproduced Varieties''
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection,
``Application for Plant Variety Protection Certification and Objective
Description of Variety--Asexually Reproduced Varieties.''
DATES: Comments must be received by July 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic process available at https://www.regulations.gov.Written comments may also be submitted to the Plant
Variety Protection Office (PVPO), Science and Technology, Agricultural
Marketing Service, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4512-S, Stop
0274, Washington, DC 20250 or by facsimile to (202) 260-8976. All
comments should reference the docket number AMS-ST-19-0040, the date,
and the page number of this issue of the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffery Haynes, Deputy Commissioner,
Plant Variety Protection Office, AMS Science and Technology Program,
USDA; 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4512-S, Stop 0274, Washington,
DC 20250-0002; telephone: (202) 260-8983; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Plant Variety Protection Certification and
Objective Description of Variety--Asexually Reproduced Varieties.
OMB Number: 0581-NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: This is a NEW collection.
Type of Request: Approval of a NEW information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et
seq.) was established to encourage the development of novel varieties
of plants and make them available to the public, providing protection
available to those who breed, develop, or discover them, and thereby
promote progress in agriculture in the public interest.
The Plant Variety Protection program (PVP) is a voluntary user
funded program that grants intellectual property rights protection to
breeders of new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually reproduced,
tuber propagated, and asexually reproduced plant varieties. To obtain
these property rights the applicant must provide information that shows
the variety is eligible for protection and that it is indeed new,
distinct, uniform and stable as the law requires. Application forms,
descriptive forms, and ownership forms must be submitted by each
applicant in order for the Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO) to
legally issue a certificate of protection (ownership). The certificate
is based on claims of the breeder and cannot be issued on the basis of
reports in publications not submitted by the applicant. Regulations
implementing the PVPA appear at 7 CFR part 92.
Currently approved forms ST-470, Application for Plant Variety
Protection Certificate; ST-470 A, Origin and Breeding History; ST-470
B, Statement of Distinctness; Form ST-470 series, Objective Description
of Variety (Exhibit C); and Form ST-470-E, Basis of Applicant's
Ownership, are the basis upon which the determination is made by
experts at PVPO, whether a new, distinct, uniform, and stable sexually
reproduced, or tuber propagated plant variety in fact exists and is
entitled to protection (7 U.S.C. F;2402).
The 2018 Farm Bill (the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018)
amended section 2402 of the PVPA (7 U.S.C. F;2402) to include asexually
reproduced plant varieties. Breeders can now apply for intellectual
property protection for asexually reproduced plant varieties. AMS seeks
approval of a new information collection for the application for a
certificate of protection for asexually propagated plant varieties.
Once approved, AMS will request that the new form be merged into OMB
No. 0581-0055, which includes the currently approved ST-470 forms
listed above.
The ST-470 application form combines Exhibits A, B, and E into one
form. The information received on applications, with certain
exceptions, is required by law to remain confidential until a
certificate is issued (7 U.S.C. 2421).
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the PVPA, to provide applicants
with certificates of protection, to provide the respondents the type of
service they request, and to administer the program.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting new burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average .86 hours per response. This
corresponds to 11.05 hrs. per respondent (total burden hours divided by
number of respondents).
Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit
institutions, and Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.82.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 553 (rounded).
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
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other forms of information technology. All comments received will be
available for public inspection during regular business hours.
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.
Dated: May 8, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-09839 Filed 5-13-19; 8:45 am]
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