22282 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2012 / Notices 

vegetables into the United States from 

certain parts of the world are contained 

in ‘‘Subpart Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 

CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–47). The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) amended the fruits and 

vegetables regulations to allow the 

importation of peppers from the 

Republic of Korea under certain 

conditions. As a condition of entry, the 

peppers would have to be grown in 

approved insect-proof, pest-free 

greenhouses and packed in pestexclusionary packinghouses. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Each shipment of pepper from the 

Republic of Korea must be accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate of 

inspection with a declaration issued by 

the National Plant Quarantine Service of 

Korea officials stating the peppers were 

grown in greenhouses in accordance 

with the regulations in 7 CFR 319–56– 

42 and found free of certain plant pests. 

Failing to collect this information would 

cripple APHIS’ ability to ensure that 

peppers from Korea are not carrying 

plant pests and would cause millions of 

dollars in damage to U.S. agriculture. 

Description of Respondents: Federal 

Government (Foreign). 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 3. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8959 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–DA–10–0089; DA–11–01] 

Milk in the Northeast and Other 

Marketing Areas; Determination of 

Equivalent Price Series 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Determination of equivalent 

price series. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

Deputy Administrator of Dairy Programs 

that the dairy products price series in 

the Dairy Products Sales report released 

by the Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) is equivalent to the price series 

previously released by the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in 

the Dairy Products Prices report. The 

dairy product price series is used in the 

price discovery mechanism for raw milk 

component values, and the component 

values are then used in determining 

Federal milk market order (FMMO) 

minimum classified milk prices. AMS 

previously used the NASS prices in the 

determination of raw milk component 

values; however, the responsibility for 

the collection of dairy product sales 

data was transferred from NASS to AMS 

effective April, 1, 2012 (77 FR 8717), at 

which time NASS discontinued the 

publication of its Dairy Products Prices 

report. The data collected by AMS 

through this new system will be used 

for future component value 

computations and the subsequent 

calculation of FMMO minimum 

classified milk prices. The 

establishment of an equivalent dairy 

products price series is essential to the 

continuing operation of the FMMO 

program. 

DATES: April 18, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bret 

Tate, Order Formulation and 

Enforcement Division, USDA/AMS/ 

Dairy Programs, STOP 0231–Room 

2963, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0231, (202) 720– 

7183, email address: 

Bret.Tate@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action provides an equivalent series of 

dairy products prices for the calculation 

of milk component values and classified 

milk prices in all FMMOs (7 CFR parts 

1001, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1030, 1032, 

1033, 1124, 1126, and 1131). The 

Department of Agriculture (Department) 

has been using the Dairy Products Prices 

report as published weekly by NASS in 

the calculation of raw milk component 

values, as referenced in section 1000.50. 

These component values are 

subsequently used in the computation 

of the minimum classified prices used 

by the FMMO program. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674 

and 7253), and part 1000 and the 

applicable provisions of the orders 

regulating the handling of milk in the 

previously mentioned marketing areas, 

it is found and determined that: 

(1) In September 2010, the Mandatory 

Price Reporting Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–239) amended section 273(d) of the 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1637b) to require that the 

Secretary establish an electronic 

reporting system for reporting data 

under the dairy product mandatory 

reporting program. 

(2) As such, AMS implemented the 

electronic reporting system (77 FR 8717) 

and, as part of that rulemaking, it also 

announced the transfer of the collection 

of dairy product sales data from NASS 

to AMS, effective April 1, 2012. 

Subsequently, NASS discontinued its 

Dairy Products Prices report as of 

Friday, March 30, 2012. 

(3) AMS began releasing its own dairy 

products price series for cheddar cheese 

(40 pound blocks and 500 pound 

barrels), butter, nonfat dry milk, and dry 

whey in a report titled Dairy Products 

Sales on April 4, 2012. 

(4) Section 1000.54 provides that if for 

any reason a price required by the order 

for computing class prices is not 

available as prescribed in the order, the 

market administrator may use an 

equivalent price as determined by the 

Deputy Administrator, Dairy Programs, 

AMS. 

(5) As the NASS publication 

stipulated in the order is unavailable for 

use in the computation of class prices, 

the Deputy Administrator for Dairy 

Programs has determined that the AMS 

price series is equivalent to those data 

previously collected by NASS, in 

accordance with the authorities granted 

by section 1000.54. 

(6) Effective April 18, 2012, and 

thereafter, the data series contained in 

the AMS Dairy Products Sales report 

will be used to compute the raw milk 

component values that are used in 

determining FMMO minimum classified 

prices. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674, and 7253 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Ruihong Guo, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8911 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0022] 

Draft Guidelines on Biologics Quality 

Monitoring: Testing for the Detection 

of Mycoplasma Contamination 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The International Cooperation 

on Harmonization of Technical 

Requirements for the Registration of 

Veterinary Medicinal Products (VICH) 

has developed a draft guideline titled 

‘‘Testing for the Detection of 

Mycoplasma Contamination.’’ This draft 

guideline identifies stages of 

manufacture where products are to be 

tested and test procedures used to detect 


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