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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by July 31, 2014 will 

be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Hass Avocado 

from Michoaca ́n Mexico. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0129. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701—et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests, to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulations allow fresh Hass 

Avocados grown in approved orchards 

in Michoacan, Mexico to be imported 

into the United States under certain 

conditions. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

form PPQ 587 ‘‘Application for Permit 

to Import Plants or Plant Products,’’ to 

ensure that fresh Hass Avocados from 

Mexico do not harbor insect pests 

(including Avocado stem weevils, seed 

weevils, and seed moths). The 

information collected will ensure that 

fresh Hass Avocados from Mexico do 

not harbor exotic insect pests that, if 

introduced into the United States, could 

inflict severe damage upon U.S. 

agriculture. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,205. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 105,558. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: South American Cactus Moth; 

Quarantine and Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0337. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701—et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulations subpart, ‘‘SubpartSouth American Cactus Moth’’ (7 CFR 

part 301.55 through 301.55–9), restrict 

the interstate movement of regulated 

articles from quarantined areas into or 

through non-quarantined areas within 

the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information using 

Limited Permit (PPQ Form 530), 

Certificate (PPQ Form 540) and 

Compliance Agreement (PPQ Form 519). 

The limited permits are used to 

authorize movement of regulated 

articles that are not certifiable to 

specified destination for processing, 

treatment, or utilization. The certificate 

is used for domestic movement of 

treated articles relating to quarantines. 

Certificates are issued for regulated 

articles when an inspector or other 

person authorized to issue certificates 

finds that the articles have met the 

conditions of the regulations and may 

be safely moved interstate without 

further restrictions. The Compliance 

agreements are provided for the 

convenience of persons who are 

involved in the growing, handling, or 

moving of regulated articles from 

quarantined areas. Without this 

information, APHIS could not provide 

an effective domestic quarantine 

program to prevent the artificial spread 

of the South American cactus moth 

within the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 7. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 11. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15340 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

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 Trellis Growing Systems LLC 

of Fort Wayne, Indiana, an exclusive 

license to U.S. Patent Application Serial 

No. 14/267,141, ‘‘METHOD AND 

APPARATUS FOR PRIMOCANE 

MANAGEMENT’’, filed on May 1, 2014. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 31, 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 patent rights in 

this invention 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 

invention as Trellis Growing Systems 

LLC of Fort Wayne, Indiana, 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 


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

CFR 404.7. 

Mojdeh Bahar, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15344 Filed 6–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Funding Availability of 

Applications (NOFA) for Section 514 

Farm Labor Housing Loans and 

Section 516 Farm Labor Housing 

Grants for Off-Farm Housing for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2014 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

timeframe to submit pre-applications for 

Section 514 Farm Labor Housing (FLH) 

loans and Section 516 FLH grants for 

the construction of new off-farm FLH 

units and related facilities for domestic 

farm laborers and for the purchase and 

substantial rehabilitation of an existing 

non-FLH property. The intended 

purpose of these loans and grants is to 

increase the number of available 

housing units for domestic farm 

laborers. This Notice describes the 

method used to distribute funds, the 

application process, and submission 

requirements. 

DATESTHE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL

APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE

IS 5:00 P.M., LOCAL TIME TO THE

APPROPRIATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT STATE

OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2014. RURAL

DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY

APPLICATION THAT IS RECEIVED AFTER THE

DEADLINE UNLESS THE DATE AND TIME IS

EXTENDED BY ANOTHER NOTICE PUBLISHED

IN THE Federal Register. Applicants 

intending to mail applications must 

provide sufficient time to permit 

delivery on or before the deadline. 

Acceptance by a post office or private 

mailer does not constitute delivery. 

Facsimile (FAX) and postage due 

applications will not be accepted. 

ADDRESSES: Applicants wishing to 

submit an application in response to 

this Notice must contact the Rural 

Development State Office serving the 

State of the proposed off-farm labor 

housing project in order to receive 

further information and copies of the 

application package. You may find the 

addresses and contact information for 

each State office following this web 

link, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/State

OfficeAddresses.html. Rural 

Development will date and time stamp 

incoming applications to evidence 

timely receipt and, upon request, will 

provide the applicant with a written 

acknowledgment of receipt. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mirna Reyes-Bible, Finance and Loan 

Analyst, Multi-Family Housing 

Preservation and Direct Loan Division, 

STOP 0781 (Room 1243–S), USDA Rural 

Development, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0781, telephone: (202) 720–1753 (this is 

not a toll free number), or via email: 

mirna.reyesbible@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview 

Federal Agency: Rural Housing 

Service. 

Funding Opportunity Title: Section 

514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and 

Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants 

for Off-Farm Housing. 

Announcement Type: Initial funding 

request. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 10.405 and 10.427. 

Date: The deadline for receipt of all 

applications in response to this Notice 

is 5:00 p.m., local time to the 

appropriate Rural Development State 

Office on September 2, 2014. Rural 

Development will not consider any 

application that is received after the 

deadline unless the date and time is 

extended by another Notice published 

in the Federal Register. 

Applicants intending to mail 

applications must provide sufficient 

time to permit delivery on or before the 

deadline. Acceptance by a post office or 

private mailer does not constitute 

delivery. Facsimile (FAX) and postage 

due applications will not be accepted. 

I. Federal Award Description 

The funds available for FY 2014 for 

Off-Farm Labor Housing are as follows: 

for Section 514 Loans $23,854,913.53, 

for Section 516 grants $8,336,000 and 

for FLH Rental Assistance $1,500,000. 

Applications will only be accepted 

through the date and time listed in this 

Notice. All awards are subject to 

availability of funding. Individual 

requests may not exceed $3 million 

(total loan and grant). 

No State may receive more than 30 

percent of available FLH funding 

available in FY 2014. If there are 

insufficient applications from around 

the country to exhaust Sections 514 and 

516 funds available, the Agency may 

then exceed the 30 percent cap per 

State. Section 516 off-farm FLH grants 

may not exceed 90 percent of the total 

development cost (TDC) of the housing 

as defined in 7 CFR 3560.11. 

If leveraged funds are going to be used 

and are in the form of tax credits, the 

applicant must include in its preapplication written evidence that a tax 

credit application has been submitted 

and accepted by the Housing Finance 

Agency (HFA). All applications that will 

receive any leveraged funds must have 

firm commitments in place within 12 

months of the issuance of a ‘‘Notice of 

Pre-application Review Action,’’ 

Handbook Letter 103 (3560). Applicants 

without written evidence that a tax 

credit application has been submitted 

and accepted by the HFA must certify 

in writing they will apply for tax credits 

to the HFA and obtain a firm 

commitment within 12 months of the 

issuance of a ‘‘Notice of Pre-application 

Review Action.’’ 

Rental Assistance (RA) and operating 

assistance will be available for new 

construction in FY 2014. Operating 

assistance is explained at 7 CFR 

3560.574 and may be used in lieu of 

tenant-specific RA in off-farm labor 

housing projects that serve migrant farm 

workers as defined in 7 CFR 3560.11, 

that are financed under Section 514 or 

section 516 (h) of the Housing Act of 

1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1484 and 

1486(h) respectively), and otherwise 

meet the requirements of 7 CFR 

3560.574. 

II. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligibility 

Housing Eligibility—Housing that is 

constructed with FLH loans and/or 

grants must meet Rural Development’s 

design and construction standards 

contained in 7 CFR part 1924, subparts 

A and C. Once constructed, off-farm 

FLH must be managed in accordance 

with 7 CFR part 3560. In addition, offfarm FLH must be operated on a nonprofit basis and tenancy must be open 

to all qualified domestic farm laborers, 

regardless at which farm they work. 

Section 514(f) (3) of the Housing Act of 

1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1484(f) (3)) 

defines domestic farm laborers to 

include any person regardless of the 

person’s source of employment, who 

receives a substantial portion of his or 

her income from the primary production 

of agricultural or aqua cultural 

commodities in the unprocessed or 

processed stage, and also includes the 

person’s family. 

Tenant Eligibility—Tenant eligibility 

is limited to persons who meet the 

definition of a ‘‘disabled domestic farm 

laborer,’’ or ‘‘a domestic farm laborer,’’ 

or ‘‘retired domestic farm laborer,’’ as 

defined in 7 CFR 3560.11. Farm workers 

who are admitted to this country on a 

temporary basis under the Temporary 


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