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Vol. 79, No. 157 

Thursday, August 14, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to Washington State Crop 

Improvement Association of Pullman, 

Washington, an exclusive license to the 

chickpea variety named ‘‘Royal.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mojdeh Bahar of the Office of 

Technology Transfer at the Beltsville 

address given above; telephone: 301– 

504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s rights in this 

plant variety are assigned to the United 

States of America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the 

public interest to so license this plant 

variety as Washington State Crop 

Improvement Association of Pullman, 

Washington has submitted a complete 

and sufficient application for a license. 

The prospective exclusive license will 

be royalty-bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 

exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within thirty (30) days from the date of 

this published Notice, the Agricultural 

Research Service receives written 

evidence and argument which 

establishes that the grant of the license 

would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. 

Mojdeh Bahar, 

Assistant Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0060] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Fresh Pitaya Fruit From Central 

America Into the Continental United 

States 

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 regulations for the 

importation of fresh pitaya fruit from 

Central America into the continental 

United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 14, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0060. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0060, 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-2014-0060 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 fresh pitaya fruit from 

Central America into the continental 

United States, contact Mr. David Lamb, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–2103. 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: Importation of Fresh Pitaya 

Fruit From Central America Into the 

Continental United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0378. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 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. As authorized 

by the PPA, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

regulates the importation of certain 

fruits and vegetables in accordance with 

the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–1 through 

319.56–69). 

Under these regulations, fresh pitaya 

from Central America may be imported 

into the continental United States under 

certain conditions, as listed in 7 CFR 

319.56–55, to prevent the introduction 

of plant pests into the United States. 

The regulations require information 

collection activities, including 

production site certification and 

registration, review and maintenance of 

records, packinghouse registration, a 

workplan, records of fruit fly detections 

and checking of traps, identification of 

places of production on shipping 

documents, box marking, and a 

phytosanitary certificate with an 

additional declaration. 

When comparing the regulations to 

the information collection activities that 

were previously approved, we found 

that production site registration and box 

markings were omitted from the 


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