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purpose for which the records were 

collected. 

4. Disclosure may be made to a 

congressional office from the record of 

an individual in response to an inquiry 

from the congressional office made on 

behalf of that individual. 

5. Information from this system of 

records will be forwarded to the Internal 

Revenue Service for income tax 

purposes. 

6. Release of information to other 

USDA agencies may be made for 

internal processing purposes. 

7. Information will be reviewed 

during inquiry into payments to be 

made by the USDA to its employees. 

8. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) the agency 

suspects or has confirmed that the 

security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; (2) the Department 

has determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

there is a risk of harm to economic or 

property interests, identity theft or 

fraud, or harm to the security or 

integrity of this system or other systems 

or programs (whether maintained by the 

Department or another agency or entity) 

that rely upon the compromised 

information; and (3) the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons as reasonably necessary to assist 

in connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

9. USDA will disclose information 

about individuals from the system of 

records in accordance with the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

282; codified at 31 U.S.C. 6101, et seq.); 

section 204 of the E–Government Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 

note), and the Office of Federal 

Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403 

et seq.), or similar statutes requiring 

agencies to make public information 

concerning Federal financial assistance, 

including grants, sub-grants, loan 

awards, cooperative agreements, and 

other financial assistance; and contracts, 

purchase orders, task orders, and 

delivery orders. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records are stored and maintained 

electronically on USDA-owned 

mainframes, servers, tapes, disks, and in 

file folders at USDA offices. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records in the system are retrieved by 

SSNs or by employee identification 

numbers. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Magnetic tape files and disk files are 

kept in a locked computer room and 

tape library, which can be accessed by 

authorized personnel only. File folders 

are maintained in a secured area and 

access is only permitted to authorized 

personnel. On-line access by USDA 

personnel is password protected. Data 

that is transmitted electronically is 

encrypted. There are Memoranda of 

Understanding and Interconnectivity 

Security Agreements to govern the 

transmission of Financial Systems data. 

There are Service Level Agreements 

with data centers that provide 

computing services for the Financial 

Systems. Contracts contain specific 

language for contractors to protect 

private information and follow USDA 

privacy policy. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Master history magnetic tapes are 

retained in accordance with a tape 

library management schedule. Manual 

records are transferred to the Federal 

Records Center for storage and 

disposition in accordance with the 

appropriate retention schedules. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

USDA, Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer/Associate Chief Financial 

Officer for Financial Systems, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 3037 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual may request 

information regarding this system of 

records or information as to whether the 

system contains records pertaining to 

such individual from the Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer, Washington, DC 

office. The request for information 

should contain the individual’s name, 

SSN or tax identification number (TIN) 

and address. Before information of any 

record is released, the system manager 

may require the individual to provide 

proof of identity or require the requester 

to furnish authorization from the 

individual to permit release of 

information. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

An individual my obtain information 

as to the procedures for gaining access 

to a record in the system, which 

pertains to such individual, by 

submitting a request to the Privacy Act 

Officer, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., South Building, Washington, DC 

20250. The envelope and letters should 

be marked ‘‘Privacy Act Request.’’ A 

request for information should contain 

name, address, and name of system of 

records, year of records in question, and 

any other pertinent information to help 

identify the file. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Procedures for contesting records are 

the same as procedures for record 

access. Include the reason for contesting 

the record and the proposed amendment 

to the information with supporting 

documentation to show how the record 

is inaccurate. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are loaded from the USDA 

payroll system to create records of 

USDA employees. Vendors who do 

business with the USDA submit their 

information into the Central Contractor 

Registration, which is subsequently 

loaded into the Financial Systems. This 

information includes but is not limited 

to SSN, TIN, name, address, and bank 

electronic funds transfer information. 

Records are also directly loaded on-line 

into the Financial Systems by agency 

personnel. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2010-0006] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Commercial Transportation of Equines 

for Slaughter 

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 associated with 

regulations for the commercial 

transportation of equines to slaughtering 

facilities. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 12, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

∑ Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

(http://www.regulations.gov/ 

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2010-0006) to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

∑ Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS-2010-0006, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737-1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS2010-0006. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket 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) 690-2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on regulations for the 

commercial transportation of equines to 

slaughtering facilities, contact Mr. 

Joseph Astling, Compliance Specialist, 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service, 4700 River Road Unit 33, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (817) 247-3704. 

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: Commercial Transportation of 

Equines for Slaughter. 

OMB Number: 0579-0160. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Federal 

Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

Act of 1996 (‘‘the Farm Bill’’), Congress 

gave responsibility to the Secretary of 

Agriculture to regulate the commercial 

transportation within the United States 

of equines for slaughter. Sections 901- 

905 of the Farm Bill (7 U.S.C. 1901 note) 

authorized the Secretary to issue 

guidelines for the regulation of 

commercial transportation of equines 

for slaughter by persons regularly 

engaged in that activity within the 

United States. As a result of that 

authority, the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, established regulations in 9 

CFR part 88, ‘‘Commercial 

Transportation of Equines for 

Slaughter.’’ 

The minimum standards cover, 

among other things, the food, water, and 

rest provided to such equines. The 

regulations require the owner/shipper of 

the equines to take certain actions in 

loading and transporting the equines 

and to certify that the commercial 

transportation meets certain 

requirements. Our regulations prohibit 

the commercial transportation to 

slaughter facilities of equines 

considered to be unfit for travel, the use 

of electric prods on such animals in 

commercial transportation to slaughter, 

and the use of double-deck trailers for 

commercial transportation of equines to 

slaughtering facilities. 

These regulations require the use of 

two information collection activities: (1) 

The preparation of an owner-shipper 

certificate for each equine transported to 

slaughter and (2) the collection of 

business information from any 

individual or other entity found to be 

transporting horses to a slaughtering 

facility. 

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; 

(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 

0.388552238 hours per response. 

Respondents: Owners and shippers of 

slaughter horses; owners/operators of 

slaughtering facilities; drivers of 

transport vehicles. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 300. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 22.333333. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 6,700. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 2,603 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 3rd day 

of February 2010. 

Kevin Shea 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–S 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Dixie National Forest, UT, Kitty Hawk 

Administrative Site Master 

Development Plan 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to analyze the master 

development plan for the Kitty Hawk 

Forest Service Administrative Site 

within the city limits of Cedar City, 

Utah. The site is administered by the 

Cedar City Ranger District, Dixie 

National Forest, Utah. The agency gives 

notice of the full environmental analysis 

and decision-making process that will 

occur on the proposal so that interested 

and affected people may become aware 

of how they can participate in the 

process and contribute to the final 

decision. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

thirty days after publication of this 

Notice of Intent in the Federal Register. 

The draft environmental impact 

statement is expected in May, 2010. The 

final environmental impact statement is 

expected in September, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Kitty Hawk Administrative Site Master 

Development Plan Analysis 

Coordinator, Cedar City Ranger District, 

Dixie National Forest, 1789 Wedgewood 

Lane, Cedar City, Utah 84721. Electronic 

comments must be submitted in rich 

text format (.rtf), or Word (.doc) to 

comments-intermtn-dixie@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty Hawk Administrative Site Master 

Development Plan Analysis 

Coordinator, Cedar City Ranger District, 

Dixie National Forest, 1789 Wedgewood 

Lane, Cedar City, Utah 84721. 


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