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but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential 

nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding this study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, this information 

collection will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

AMS currently has approval from 

OMB for this information collection 

under Executive Order 12862. This 

approval is for 60,000 burden hours, 

based on our initial request to OMB in 

April 2011. We are asking OMB to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for three 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 AMS, 

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: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .50 hours per 

response. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 8. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

households; businesses and 

organizations; State, local, or Tribal 

government agencies; academia; or other 

Federal departments. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 110,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

110,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 60,000. (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 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 18, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0006] 

Notice of Request for Revision To and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Animal Disease 

Traceability 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

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 animal disease 

traceability framework. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 28, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0006- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0006, 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0006 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 animal disease 

traceability framework, contact Dr. John 

Wiemers, Senior Staff VeterinarianADT, VS, APHIS, APHIS, 2100 South 

Lake Storey Road, Galesburg, IL 61401; 

(309) 344–1942. For copies of more 

detailed information on the information 

collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Animal Disease Traceability. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0327. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: As part of its ongoing efforts 

to safeguard animal health, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

developed the Animal Disease 

Traceability (ADT) framework to 

provide a system that could provide for 

animal traceability. Traceability helps 

document the movement history of an 

animal throughout its life, including 

during an emergency response or for 

ongoing animal disease programs. States 

and Tribal Nations are able to establish 

the ability to trace animals moving 

interstate back to their State of origin. 

APHIS made systems for animal 

disease traceability available to Tribal 

Nations for managing the issuance of 

unique location identification numbers, 

including the Standardized Premises 

Location System and a Tribal Premises 

Location System, which required 

completion and submission of 

Veterinary Services Form 1–63, Tribal 

Location Identification System 

Implementation Request. 

The above information collection 

activity was previously approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under this collection. However, 

on January 9, 2013, APHIS published a 

final rule in the Federal Register (78 FR 

2040–2075, Docket No. APHIS–2009– 


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#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2009-0091. 

0091) 1 to establish minimum national 

official identification and 

documentation requirements for the 

traceability of livestock moving 

interstate. States, Tribes, and territories 

are responsible for implementing their 

own traceability systems that align with 

the new framework and other activities 

to advance animal disease traceability. 

These systems, which the States and 

Tribes will describe in their long-term 

traceability plans, are referred to as ADT 

Road Maps. In addition, the ADT 

framework includes the National 

Uniform Eartagging System (NUES). The 

ADT Road Maps and NUES include 

information collection activities that we 

are including in this collection. As a 

result, we are revising each of our 

burden estimates accordingly. 

In addition, the previous name for 

this collection was ‘‘Animal Disease 

Traceability; Tribal Nations Using 

Systems for Location Identification.’’ 

However, based on the January 2013 

final rule, there are other entities who 

must meet the animal disease 

traceability requirements; therefore, we 

are changing the name of this collection 

to ‘‘Animal Disease Traceability.’’ 

We are asking OMB to approve 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 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.3045 hours per response. 

Respondents: Animal producers, 

market/buying station operators, and 

feedlot operators; laboratory staff; State, 

Tribal, and territorial animal health 

officials; device manufacturers; Dairy 

Herd Information Association officials; 

and slaughter plant personnel. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 273,439. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 10.083. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 2,757,105. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 839,600 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 21st day of 

February 2014. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04191 Filed 2–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0042] 

Dow AgroSciences LLC; Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

of Herbicide Resistant Corn and 

Soybeans; Comment Period 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The comment period for a 

draft environmental impact statement 

(EIS) on environmental impacts that 

may result from the potential approval 

of petitions seeking a determination of 

nonregulated status of three cultivars of 

herbicide resistant corn and soybeans 

produced by Dow AgroSciences LLC 

will remain open until March 11, 2014. 

This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the draft 

EIS announced in the notice published 

January 10, 2014 (79 FR 1861–1862) will 

remain open until March 11, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0042- 

0050. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0042, 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0042 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: Dr. 

Sid Abel, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238; (301) 

851–3896. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 10, 2014, the Environmental 

Protection Agency published in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 1861–1862) a 

notice announcing the availability of a 

draft environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the potential determinations of 

nonregulated status of cultivars of corn 

and soybeans produced by Dow 

AgroSciences LLC that are resistant to 

certain broadleaf herbicides in the 

synthetic auxin group (particularly the 

herbicide 2,4–D). 

Comments on the draft EIS were 

required to be received on or before 

February 24, 2014. We will now accept 

all comments on the draft EIS received 

through March 11, 2014. This action 

will allow interested persons additional 

time to prepare and submit comments. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

February 2014. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04188 Filed 2–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 


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