Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Movement of Organisms Modified or Produced Through Genetic Engineering, 1345-1346 [2023-00284]
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Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Movement of
Organisms Modified or Produced
Through Genetic Engineering
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the regulations for the
movement of organisms and products
modified or produced through genetic
engineering.
SUMMARY:
Judicial Conference of the
United States.
BILLING CODE 2210–55–P
[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0068]
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
[FR Doc. 2023–00292 Filed 1–9–23; 8:45 am]
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
AGENCY:
Advisory Committee on Evidence
Rules; Hearing of the Judicial
Conference
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before March 13,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
2022–0068 in the Search field. Select
the Documents tab, then select the
Comment button in the list of
documents.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2022–0068, 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 regulations.gov or in
our reading room which is located in
Room 1620 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 regarding the movement of
organisms modified or produced
through genetic engineering, contact
Mrs. Chessa Huff-Woodard, Branch
DATES:
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Chief/Supervisory Policy Analyst,
Biotechnology Regulatory Services,
APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 146,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3943.
For information about the information
collection process, contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction
Act Coordinator; (301) 851–2483;
joseph.moxey@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Movement of Organisms
Modified or Produced Through Genetic
Engineering.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0085.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: 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 in interstate commerce of
any plant, plant product, biological
control organism, noxious weed, article,
or means of conveyance, if the Secretary
determines that the prohibition or
restriction is necessary to prevent the
introduction or the dissemination of a
plant pest into the United States.
Under this authority, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
has established regulations in 7 CFR
part 340, ‘‘Movement of Organisms
Modified or Produced Through Genetic
Engineering,’’ that govern the movement
(importation, interstate movement, or
release into the environment) of covered
organisms modified or produced
through genetic engineering. A permit
must be obtained before an organism
subject to the regulations may be
moved. The regulations set forth the
permit application requirements for the
movement of an organism subject to the
regulations and necessitate certain
information collection activities, such as
confirmation of exemption requests;
regulatory status reviews; applications
and procedures for certain APHISissued permits and associated State and
Tribal reviews; permit appeals; marking
or labeling of containers; and
maintaining records.
Several activities previously reported
under this information collection, Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number 0579–0085, are being
discontinued or replaced with those
now listed above. This change in
activities is based on a final rule that
APHIS published in the Federal
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Register on May 18, 2020 (85 FR 29790–
29838, Docket No. APHIS–2018–0034) 1
that revised the regulations in part 340
and the merging of activities that are
currently being reported under OMB
control number 0579–0471 (Movement
of Certain Genetically Engineered
Organisms). Activities being
discontinued or grandfathered include
requests (petitions) for determination of
non-regulated status, field test reporting,
and training program documentation.
After OMB approves this combined
information collection (OMB control
number 0579–0085), APHIS will retire
OMB control number 0579–0471.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as described, 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
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 8.9 hours per
response.
Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal
government agricultural representatives
and applicants from agricultural
companies.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 301.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 30.8.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 9,283.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 82,589 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
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www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–2018–0034
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for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of
January 2023.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket #: RUS–22–ELECTRIC–0055]
Notice of Availability of a Record of
Decision for Badger State Solar, LLC,
Project
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice of availability of a
Record of Decision.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an
agency within the Department of
Agriculture (USDA), has issued a
Record of Decision (ROD) to meet its
responsibilities in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) regulations for
implementing the procedural provisions
of NEPA, RUS Environmental Policies
and Procedure, and other applicable
environmental requirements related to
providing financial assistance for
Badger State Solar’s, LLC proposed
Alternating Current solar project
(Project) in Wisconsin. The
Administrator of RUS has signed the
ROD, which was effective upon signing.
This ROD concludes RUS
environmental review process in
accordance with NEPA and RUS,
Environmental Policies and Procedures.
The ultimate decision as to loan
approval depends on the conclusion of
the environmental review process plus
financial and engineering analyses.
Issuance of the ROD will allow these
reviews to proceed. The ROD is not a
decision on the Badger State Solar’s
loan application and is not an approval
of the expenditure of federal funds.
DATES: The Administrator of the Rural
Utilities Service signed the Record of
Decision on December 22, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To request copies of the
ROD, contact Peter Steinour at
BadgerStateSolarEIS@usda.gov. The
ROD is also available at RUS website at
https://www.rd.usda.gov/resources/
environmental-studies/impactstatements.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, contact Peter
SUMMARY:
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Steinour, Environmental Protection
Specialist, USDA, Rural Utilities
Service, 1400 Independence Ave. SW,
Mail Stop 1570, Washington, DC 20250,
by phone at 202–961–6140, or email at
BadgerStateSolarEIS@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Purpose and Need: Badger State
Solar has indicated that it intends to
request Federal financing from the
USDA RUS for development of the
Project. While RUS is authorized under
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(REA) to finance electric generation
infrastructure in rural areas, it is the
Midcontinent Independent System
Operator, Inc. (MISO), not RUS, who is
responsible for electric grid planning.
Supporting renewable energy projects
meets both RUS’s goal to support
infrastructure development in rural
communities and USDA’s support of the
June 2013 Climate Action Plan, which
encourages voluntary actions to increase
energy independence.
2. Project Description: Badger State
Solar proposes to construct, install,
operate, and maintain a 149-megawatt
(MW) photovoltaic (PV) Alternating
Current solar energy generating facility
on a site in the Townships of Jefferson
and Oakland, in Jefferson County,
Wisconsin. The total estimated Project
cost would be approximately
$225,000,000. Project construction is
anticipated to begin in November 2022.
Construction would be complete, and
the Project would be expected to come
online by Fall 2023.
The Jefferson County site initially
included three proposed development
areas: The Primary Solar Array Area,
Alternate Solar Array Area, and
Optional Solar Array Area. As the solar
facility design progressed, Badger State
Solar determined that the approximately
1,200-acre Primary Area would be
suitable to host the proposed 149 MW
solar power facility without requiring
development of the Alternate and
Optional Areas. The Primary Area
became the Proposed Action which is
the focus of this Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS). The Proposed Action
would take place on approximately
1,200 acres located on the north and
south sides of US Highway 18 (US 18),
approximately 2 miles west of the City
of Jefferson and west of State Highway
89. Site land cover is predominantly
agricultural crops and pasture, with
some forest and wetland.
Construction involves the installation
on leased lands of 487,848 single-axis
tracking PV panels. The PV panels
would be mounted on a steel racking
frame. Supporting facilities include an
electrical substation. The lease
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2022-0068]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Movement of Organisms Modified or Produced
Through Genetic Engineering
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the regulations for the movement
of organisms and products modified or produced through genetic
engineering.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before March
13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Enter APHIS-2022-0068 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab,
then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2022-0068, 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 regulations.gov or in our reading room which is located in
Room 1620 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 regarding the movement
of organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering, contact
Mrs. Chessa Huff-Woodard, Branch Chief/Supervisory Policy Analyst,
Biotechnology Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 146,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-3943. For information about the
information collection process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS'
Paperwork Reduction Act Coordinator; (301) 851-2483;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Movement of Organisms Modified or Produced Through Genetic
Engineering.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0085.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: 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 in interstate commerce of any plant,
plant product, biological control organism, noxious weed, article, or
means of conveyance, if the Secretary determines that the prohibition
or restriction is necessary to prevent the introduction or the
dissemination of a plant pest into the United States.
Under this authority, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has established regulations
in 7 CFR part 340, ``Movement of Organisms Modified or Produced Through
Genetic Engineering,'' that govern the movement (importation,
interstate movement, or release into the environment) of covered
organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering. A permit
must be obtained before an organism subject to the regulations may be
moved. The regulations set forth the permit application requirements
for the movement of an organism subject to the regulations and
necessitate certain information collection activities, such as
confirmation of exemption requests; regulatory status reviews;
applications and procedures for certain APHIS-issued permits and
associated State and Tribal reviews; permit appeals; marking or
labeling of containers; and maintaining records.
Several activities previously reported under this information
collection, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 0579-
0085, are being discontinued or replaced with those now listed above.
This change in activities is based on a final rule that APHIS published
in the Federal
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Register on May 18, 2020 (85 FR 29790-29838, Docket No. APHIS-2018-
0034) \1\ that revised the regulations in part 340 and the merging of
activities that are currently being reported under OMB control number
0579-0471 (Movement of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms).
Activities being discontinued or grandfathered include requests
(petitions) for determination of non-regulated status, field test
reporting, and training program documentation. After OMB approves this
combined information collection (OMB control number 0579-0085), APHIS
will retire OMB control number 0579-0471.
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\1\ To view the final rule, go to www.regulations.gov and enter
APHIS-2018-0034 in the Search field.
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We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, 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 burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 8.9 hours per response.
Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal government agricultural
representatives and applicants from agricultural companies.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 301.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 30.8.
Estimated annual number of responses: 9,283.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 82,589 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 5th day of January 2023.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-00284 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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