9320 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices 

(301) 851–2147. For more information 

on the information collection process, 

contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2483. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Gypsy Moth Identification 

Worksheet and Checklist. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0104. 

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 U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

either independently or in cooperation 

with the States, is authorized to carry 

out operations or measures to detect, 

eradicate, suppress, control, prevent, or 

retard the spread of plant pests new to 

the United States or not widely 

distributed throughout the United 

States. The USDA’s Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is the 

delegated authority to carry out this 

mission. 

As part of the mission, APHIS’ Plant 

Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

program engages in detection surveys to 

monitor for the presence of, among 

other things, the European gypsy moth 

and the Asian gypsy moth. The 

European gypsy moth is one of the most 

destructive pests of fruit and ornamental 

trees as well as hardwood forests. First 

introduced into the United States in 

Medford, MA, in 1869, the European 

gypsy moth has gradually spread to 

infest the entire northeastern portion of 

the country. The gypsy moth regulations 

can be found in 7 CFR 301.45 through 

301.45–12. 

Heavily infested European gypsy 

moth areas are inundated with actively 

crawling larvae that cover trees, fences, 

vehicles, and houses during their search 

for food. Entire areas may be stripped of 

all foliage, often resulting in heavy 

damage to trees. The damage can have 

long-lasting effects, depriving wildlife of 

food and shelter, and severely limiting 

the recreational value of forested areas. 

The Asian gypsy moth is an exotic 

strain of gypsy moth that is closely 

related to the European variety already 

established in the United States. While 

the Asian gypsy moth has been 

introduced into the United States on 

several occasions, it is currently not 

established in the United States. 

However, due to behavioral differences, 

the Asian gypsy moth is considered to 

pose an even greater threat to trees and 

forested areas than the European gypsy 

moth. 

Unlike the flightless European gypsy 

moth female adult, the Asian gypsy 

moth female adult is capable of strong 

directed flight between mating and egg 

deposition, significantly increasing its 

ability to spread over a much greater 

area and become widely established 

within a short time. In addition, Asian 

gypsy moth larvae feed on a much wider 

variety of hosts, allowing them to 

exploit more areas and cause more 

damage than the European gypsy moth. 

To determine the presence and extent 

of a European gypsy moth or an Asian 

gypsy moth infestation, APHIS sets 

traps in high-risk areas to collect 

specimens. Once an infestation is 

identified, control and eradication work 

(usually involving State cooperation) is 

initiated to eliminate the moths. 

APHIS personnel, with assistance 

from State/local agriculture personnel, 

check traps for the presence of gypsy 

moths. If a suspicious moth is found in 

the trap, it is sent to APHIS laboratories 

so that it can be correctly identified 

through DNA analysis. DNA analysis is 

the only way to accurately identify these 

insects because the European gypsy 

moth and the Asian gypsy moth are 

strains of the same species, and they 

cannot be visually distinguished from 

each other. 

The PPQ official or State/local 

collaborator submitting the moth for 

analysis must complete a specimen for 

determination worksheet, which 

accompanies the insect to the 

laboratory. The worksheet enables 

Federal and State/local regulatory 

officials to identify and track specific 

specimens through the DNA 

identification tests that are conducted. 

In addition, the information provided by 

the gypsy moth identification 

worksheets is vital to APHIS’ ability to 

monitor, detect, and eradicate gypsy 

moth infestations. 

The gypsy moth regulations 

(§ 301.45–4(a)) also require the 

inspection of outdoor household articles 

that are to be moved from a gypsy moth 

quarantined area to a non-quarantined 

area to ensure that they are free of all 

life stages of gypsy moth. Individuals 

may use a self-inspection checklist, 

which is completed and signed by the 

person who performed the inspection, 

and kept in the vehicle used to move the 

outdoor household articles in the event 

that USDA or State/Local officials 

request it during the movement of the 

articles. In addition, it is recommended 

that individuals maintain a copy of the 

signed checklist for at least 5 years. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (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 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.362 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Individuals who 

complete the self-inspection checklist 

and State and local cooperators. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2,500,100. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 3. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 7,500,250. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 2,711,543 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 8th day of 

February 2021. 

Mark Davidson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02905 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID: FSA–20210–0001] 

Information Collection Request; 

Emergency Conservation Program 

(ECP) and Biomass Crop Assistance 

Program (BCAP) 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as 

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amended, the Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on an extension with a revision of 

currently approved information 

collection associated with the 

Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) 

and Biomass Crop Assistance Program 

(BCAP). This information is collected in 

support of, respectively, sections 401– 

407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 

1978, as amended, and section 9011 of 

the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

Act of 2002, as amended. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by April 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this Notice. You may 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

ID: FSA–2021–0001, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to: 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail, Hand Delivery, or Courier: 

Shanita Landon, ECP Program Manager, 

Conservation and Environmental 

Programs Division, Farm Service 

Agency, United States Department of 

Agriculture, STOP 0513, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–0513. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be requested 

by contacting Martin Bomar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, Shanita London, (202) 690– 

1612 (voice); email: shanita.landon@

usda.gov. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means for 

communication should contact the 

USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Emergency Conservation 

Program and Biomass Crop Assistance 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0082. 

Expiration Date: April 30, 2021. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Abstract: The collection of this 

information is necessary to allow FSA 

to: 

(1) Effectively administer the 

regulations under ECP, which are set 

forth at 7 CFR part 701, so as to provide 

funding and technical assistance for 

farmers and ranchers to restore farmland 

damaged by natural disasters, and for 

emergency water conservation measures 

in severe droughts; and 

(2) Effectively administer the 

regulations for BCAP, which are set 

forth at 7 CFR part 1450, so as to 

provide financial assistance to owners 

and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial private forest land who wish 

to establish, produce, and deliver 

biomass feedstocks. 

This information is collected in 

support of, respectively, sections 401– 

407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 

1978 (Pub. L. 95–334), as amended, and 

section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 

107–171), as amended. 

Activity related to ECP request, 

approvals, and payments has increased 

due to major storm systems that caused 

catastrophic damage across the nation, 

from 2018–2020. Hurricane Michael and 

Florence occurred in 2018, followed by 

the Midwest flooding’s in 2019. 

Multiple hurricanes and wildfires in 

2020 all contribute to the increase in 

activity. Activity related to BCAP has 

drastically reduced because of the lack 

of funding for BCAP. The travel times 

also have been removed from the 

request. 

For the following estimated total 

annual burden on respondents, the 

formula used to calculate the total 

burden hours is the estimated average 

time per response multiplied by the 

estimated total annual of responses. 

Estimate of Average Time to Respond: 

Public reporting burden for collecting 

information under this notice is 

estimated to average 0.116 hours per 

responses, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information for all respondents. 

Type of Respondents: Owners, 

operators and other eligible agricultural 

producers on eligible farmland. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

140,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 3.04. 

Estimated Total Annual Reponses: 

425,445. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 0.116 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 49,385 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

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 the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Evaluate the quality, ability and 

clarity of the information technology; 

and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who 

respond through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of 

information. 

All responses to this notice, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Steven Peterson, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02860 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–7–2021] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134— 

Chattanooga, Tennessee; Notification 

of Proposed Production Activity; 

Wacker Polysilicon North America, 

LLC (Hydrophilic Fumed Silica); 

Charleston, Tennessee 

Wacker Polysilicon North America, 

LLC (Wacker) submitted a notification 

of proposed production activity to the 

FTZ Board for its facility in Charleston, 

Tennessee. The notification conforming 

to the requirements of the regulations of 

the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on February 5, 2021. 

Wacker already has authority to 

produce polysilicon within Subzone 

134B using foreign-status silicon metal 

that is not subject to an antidumping or 

countervailing duty order. The current 

request would add a finished product to 

the scope of authority. Pursuant to 15 

CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority 

would be limited to the specific finished 

product described in the submitted 

notification (as described below) and 

subsequently authorized by the FTZ 

Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt Wacker from customs 

duty payments on the foreign-status 

materials/components used in export 

production. On its domestic sales, for 

the foreign-status materials/components 

in the existing scope of authority, 

Wacker would be able to choose the 

duty rates during customs entry 

procedures that apply to hydrophilic