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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 77, No. 109 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Designation for the Topeka, KS; Cedar 

Rapids, IA; Minot, ND; and Cincinnati, 

OH Areas; Correction 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers 

and Stockyards Administration 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on May 30, 2012, concerning 

the announcement for the Designation 

for the Topeka, KS; Cedar Rapids, IA; 

Minot, ND; and Cincinnati, OH Areas. 

The document contained an incorrect 

abbreviation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Jabs, (816) 659–8404. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of May 30, 

2012, in FR Doc. 2012–13019, on page 

31831, in the second column, correct 

the ‘‘Summary’’ paragraph to read: 

SUMMARY: 

GIPSA is announcing the designation 

of Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc. 

(Kansas); Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, 

Inc. (Mid-Iowa); Minot Grain Inspection, 

Inc. (Minot); and Tri-State Grain 

Inspection Service, Inc. (Tri-State) to 

provide official services under the 

United States Grain Standards Act 

(USGSA), as amended. 

Dated: May 31, 2012. 

Alan R. Christian, 

Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13646 Filed 6–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0036] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Lacey Act Declaration Requirement; 

Plants and Plant Products 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an 

information collection required by the 

Lacey Act for the importation of certain 

plants and plant products. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 6, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0036- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0036, 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-2012-0036 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 special need requests 

under the Plant Protection Act, contact 

Mr. George Balady, Agriculturist, QPAS, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2240. 

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: Lacey Act Declaration 

Requirement; Plants and Plant Products. 

OMB Number: 0579–0349. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Lacey Act, as amended, 

makes it unlawful to import, export, 

transport, sell, receive, acquire, or 

purchase in interstate or foreign 

commerce any plant, with some limited 

exceptions, taken, possessed, 

transported or sold in violation of the 

laws of the United States, a State, an 

Indian tribe, or any foreign law that 

protects plants. The Act also makes it 

unlawful to make or submit any false 

record, account or label for, or any false 

identification of, any plant covered by 

the Act. 

In addition, section 3 of the Act 

makes it unlawful to import certain 

plants and plant products without an 

import declaration. The declaration 

must contain, among other things, the 

scientific name of the plant, value of the 

importation, quantity of the plant, and 

name of the country from which the 

plant was harvested. For paper and 

paperboard products with recycled 

plant content, the importer will not be 

required to specify the species or 

country of harvest with respect to the 

recycled plant product component, but 

will be required to provide the average 

percentage of recycled content. If the 

product also contains non-recycled 

plant materials, the basic declaration 

requirements still apply to that 

component of the product imported. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities 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; 

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(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 

0.476953 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers of certain 

plants and plant products. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 20,352. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 21. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 427,392. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 203,846 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 31st day of 

May 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13758 Filed 6–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0130] 

ArborGen, LLC; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Controlled Release of a Genetically 

Engineered Eucalyptus Hybrid 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment for a 

proposed controlled field release of a 

genetically engineered clone of a 

Eucalyptus hybrid. The purpose of the 

field release is to assess the 

effectiveness of gene constructs 

intended to confer cold tolerance, to test 

the efficacy of genes introduced to alter 

lignin biosynthesis, to test the efficacy 

of genes designed to alter growth, and 

to test the efficacy of genes designed to 

alter flowering. After assessing the 

application for a permit for the field 

release, reviewing pertinent scientific 

information, and considering comments 

from the public, we have concluded that 

the field release is unlikely to pose a 

plant pest risk or to have a significant 

impact on the quality of the human 

environment. Based on the finding of no 

significant impact, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service has 

determined that an environmental 

impact statement need not be prepared 

for this field release. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may read the 

documents referenced in this notice and 

the comments we received on the 

Regulations.gov Web site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2011–0130. 

The documents are also available on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

brs/biotech_ea_permits.html. You may 

also view the documents and comments 

we received in our reading room. The 

reading room 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: Mr. 

David S. Reinhold, Assistant Director, 

Environmental Risk Analysis Programs, 

Biotechnology Regulatory Services, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 851–3885. To obtain 

copies of the environmental assessment, 

finding of no significant impact, and 

responses to comments, contact Ms. 

Cynthia Eck at (301) 851–3892; email: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 7 CFR part 340, 

‘‘Introduction of Organisms and 

Products Altered or Produced Through 

Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant 

Pests or Which There Is Reason to 

Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ regulate, 

among other things, the introduction 

(importation, interstate movement, or 

release into the environment) of 

organisms and products altered or 

produced through genetic engineering 

that are plant pests or that there is 

reason to believe are plant pests. Such 

genetically engineered organisms and 

products are considered ‘‘regulated 

articles.’’ A permit must be obtained or 

a notification acknowledged before a 

regulated article may be introduced. The 

regulations set forth the permit 

application requirements and the 

notification procedures for the 

importation, interstate movement, or 

release in the environment of a 

regulated article. 

On February 21, 2011, the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

received a permit application (APHIS 

No. 11–052–101rm) from ArborGen, 

LLC, in Summerville, SC, for a 

controlled field release of genetically 

engineered Eucalyptus hybrids in six 

locations encompassing a total of 14.7 

acres in the States of Alabama, Florida, 

Mississippi, and South Carolina. 

Permit application 11–052–101rm 

describes Eucalyptus trees derived from 

a hybrid of Eucalyptus grandis X 

Eucalyptus urophylla. The purpose of 

the field tests is to assess the 

effectiveness of gene constructs 

intended to confer cold tolerance; to test 

the efficacy of genes introduced to alter 

lignin biosynthesis; to test the efficacy 

of genes designed to alter growth; and 

to test the efficacy of genes designed to 

alter flowering. In addition, the trees 

have been engineered with a selectable 

marker that confers resistance to the 

antibiotic kanamycin. These DNA 

sequences were introduced into 

Eucalyptus trees using disarmed 

Agrobacterium tumefaciens. 

The subject Eucalyptus trees are 

considered regulated articles under 7 

CFR part 340 because they were created 

using donor sequences from plant pests. 

To provide the public with 

documentation of APHIS’ review and 

analysis of any potential environmental 

impacts and plant pest risks associated 

with the proposed release under permit 

of these genetically engineered 

Eucalyptus trees, APHIS prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA). APHIS 

announced the availability of the EA for 

public comment in a notice published 

in the Federal Register on February 10, 

2012 (77 FR 7123–7124, Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0130). Comments on the 

EA were required to be received on or 

before March 12, 2012. We received 246 

comments by the close of the comment 

period. All expressed concerns about 

the permit or opposed granting the 

permit. APHIS reviewed all comments 

to identify new issues, alternatives, or 

information. 

Pursuant to the regulations 

promulgated under the Plant Protection 

Act, APHIS has determined that this 

field release is unlikely to pose a risk of 

introducing or disseminating a plant 

pest. Additionally, based upon analysis 

described in the EA, APHIS has 

determined that the action proposed in 

Alternative B of the EA—issue the 

permit with supplemental permit 

conditions—is unlikely to have a 

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