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Vol. 79, No. 189 

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0043] 

Monsanto Co.; Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for Determination of 

Nonregulated Status of Herbicide 

Resistant Soybeans and Cotton; 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The comment period for a 

draft environmental impact statement 

(EIS) on environmental impacts that 

may result from the potential approval 

of petitions seeking a determination of 

nonregulated status of cultivars of 

dicamba herbicide resistant soybeans 

and cotton produced by the Monsanto 

Company will remain open until 

October 10, 2014. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the draft 

EIS announced in the notice published 

August 11, 2014 (79 FR 46799) will 

remain open until October 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0043. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0043, 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-2013-0043 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: Dr. 

Sid Abel, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238; (301) 

851–3896. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

11, 2014, the Environmental Protection 

Agency published in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 46799) a notice 

announcing the availability of a draft 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the potential determinations of 

nonregulated status of cultivars 

soybeans and cotton produced by the 

Monsanto Company that are resistant to 

the herbicide dicamba. 

Comments on the draft EIS were 

required to be received on or before 

September 25, 2014. We will now 

accept all comments on the draft EIS 

received through October 10, 2014. This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of 

September 2014. 

Michael C. Gregoire, 

Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23180 Filed 9–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request: Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program Waivers 

Under Section 6(o) of the Food and 

Nutrition Act 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection. This is 

a revision of a currently approved 

collection. The purpose of Section 6(o) 

of the Food and Nutrition Act is to 

establish a time limit for the receipt of 

benefits under the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 

for certain able-bodied adults who are 

not working. The provision authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture, upon a 

State agency’s request, to waive the 

provision for any group of individuals if 

the Secretary determines ‘‘that the area 

in which the individuals reside has an 

unemployment rate of over 10 percent, 

or does not have a sufficient number of 

jobs to provide employment for the 

individuals.’’ As required in the statute, 

in order to receive a waiver the State 

agency must submit sufficient 

supporting information so that the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) can make the required 

determination as to the area’s 

unemployment rate or sufficiency of 

available jobs. This collection of 

information is, therefore, necessary in 

order to obtain waivers of the SNAP 

time limit. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

use of appropriate, automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Sasha 

Gersten-Paal, Branch Chief, Certification 

Policy Branch, Program Development 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 812, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to the attention 

of Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703–305–2507 

or via email to Sasha.Gersten-Paal@

fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be 

accepted through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 


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