Department of Agriculture August 31, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Plant Biofuels, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland, an exclusive license to the soybean varieties described in Plant Variety Protection Certificate Number 9800027, ``Derry,'' issued on June 30, 1999, and in Plant Variety Protection Certificate Number 9800028, ``Donegal,'' issued on June 30, 1999.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection, the Fruits, Nuts, and Specialty Crops Surveys. Revision to burden hours will be needed due to changes in the size of the target population, sample design, minor changes in questionnaire design and an anticipated increase in response rates.

It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia that changes must be made in the NRCS State Technical Guide specifically in practice standards: 442, Irrigation System, Sprinkler; 441, Irrigation System, Microirrigation; 443, Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface; 447, Tailwater Recovery; 449, Irrigation Water Management; 309, Agchemical Handling Facility; 432, Dry Hydrant; 455, Land Reclamation, Toxic Discharge Control; 453, Land Reclamation, Landslide Treatment; 543, Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Land; 544, Land Reclamation, Currently Mined Land; 457, Mine Shaft and Adit Closing; 468, Lined Waterway or Outlet; 582, Open Channel; 584, Channel Stabilization; 580, Streambank and Shoreline Protection; 350, Sediment Basin. These practices will be used to plan and install conservation practices on cropland, pastureland, woodland, and wildlife land.