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permanent electronic identification 

compatible reader; plans for medical 

treatment; application for approval of a 

quarantine or holding facility; 

opportunity for a hearing on facility 

withdrawal or suspension; requests to 

change a horse’s itinerary or method of 

transportation; and recordkeeping. We 

are adding as a new collection activity 

a checklist for approval of permanent, 

privately owned equine quarantine 

facilities. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for 3 years. 

This revised information collection 

combines equine importation activities 

currently approved by OMB under 

‘‘Temporary Importation of Horses; 

Noncompetitive Entertainment Horses 

From Countries Affected With 

Contagious Equine Metritis’’(0579– 

0324), ‘‘Importation of Horses, 

Ruminants, Swine, and Dogs; Inspection 

and Treatment for Screwworm (0579– 

0165), and ‘‘Importation of Animals and 

Poultry, Animal and Poultry Products, 

Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and 

Zoological Animals’’ (0579–0040). We 

are changing the title to ‘‘Importation of 

Equines into the United States’’ to 

accurately reflect the combined 

collection activities. 

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 

0.645347 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers of horses into 

the United States; operators of private 

quarantine facilities; States approved to 

conduct contagious equine metritis 

testing; State animal health authorities; 

foreign government officials; 

transporters; hobby farm operators; nonprofit organizations; accredited 

veterinarians; private laboratories; and 

research institutions. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 35,500. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.64231. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 58,302. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 37,625 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 1st day of 

December 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30643 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Dairy Industry Advisory Committee; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on November 26, 2010, 

announcing two public meetings of the 

Dairy Industry Advisory Committee. 

The location of the December and 

January meetings have changed. This 

notice provides the current meeting 

location information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Solomon Whitfield, Designated Federal 

Official; phone: (202) 720–9886; e-mail: 

solomon.whitfield@wdc.usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Federal Register of November 26, 2010, 

on page 72786, in the table, the location 

for the meeting on December 16, 2010, 

and the meeting on January 11 and 12, 

2011, should be USDA headquarters, in 

the Jamie L Whitten Building, Room 

104–A, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

The meeting locations for December 

14 and 15, 2010, remains the same as 

published on November 26, 2010, (75 

FR 72785–72786). The meeting times 

and all other information remains the 

same as initially published. 

For clarity, the Dairy Committee will 

hold the meetings on the following 

dates and locations: 

Date Time Location 

December 14, 2010 ..... 1 p.m.–5 p.m. .............. USDA headquarters, in the South Building, Room 3074, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

December 15, 2010 ..... 8 a.m.–noon. ............... USDA headquarters, in the South Building, Room 3074, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

December 16, 2010 ..... 8 a.m.–5 p.m. .............. USDA headquarters, in the Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 104–A, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

January 11 and 12, 

2011.

8 a.m.–5 p.m. .............. USDA headquarters, in the Jamie L. Whitten Building, Room 104–A, 12th Street and Jefferson Drive, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 


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Notice of these meetings is provided 

in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2). 

Signed in Washington, DC on December 1, 

2010. 

R. T. Valentine, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30646 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Intent: To Request a Revision 

of a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13), and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320 (60 FR 44978, 

August 29, 1995), this notice announces 

the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service’s (NRCS) intention to revise a 

currently approved information 

collection, Long-Term Contracting, to 

clarify for the public information that is 

no longer included in the collection. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments must be received on or before 

January 6, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

using any of the following methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

comments electronically. 

• E-mail: Jill.Atencio@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Mail: Paperwork Reduction Act 

Comments, Department of Agriculture, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013. 

• Hand Delivery: Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 6819 South 

Building, Washington, DC 20250, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. Please ask the guard at the 

entrance to the South Building to call 

(202) 720–1854 in order to be escorted 

into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Phyllis Watkins, Forms Manager, 

Administrative Services Division, 

Department of Agriculture, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4235 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250; 

Telephone: (202) 720–3770; Fax: (202) 

720–4659. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means for 

communication (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact the 

USDA Target Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 0578–0013. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2012. 

Type of Request: To revise a currently 

approved information collection to 

update and clarify information that is no 

longer included in the information 

collection. 

Abstract: The primary objective of 

NRCS is to work in partnership with the 

American people and the farming and 

ranching community to conserve and 

sustain our natural resources on 

privately owned land. The purpose of 

the Long-Term Contracting information 

collection is to allow for programs to 

provide Federal technical and financial 

cost-sharing assistance through longterm contracts to eligible producers, 

landowners, and entities. These 

contracts provide for making land use 

changes and installing conservation 

measures and practices to conserve, 

develop, and use the soil, water, and 

related natural resources on private 

lands. Under the terms of the agreement, 

the participant agrees to apply, or 

arrange to apply, the conservation 

treatment specified in the conservation 

plan. In return for this agreement, 

Federal financial assistance payments 

are made to the land user, or third party, 

upon successful application of the 

conservation treatment. Additionally, 

NRCS purchases easements for the longterm protection of the property and 

provides for the protection and 

management of the property for the life 

of the easement. 

The information collected through 

this package is used by NRCS to ensure 

the proper use of program funds. 

Section 2904 of the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(2008 Act) (Pub. L. 110–246) exempts 

Conservation Programs under Title II of 

the 2008 Act from Chapter 35 of Title 

44, U.S.C. (Paperwork Reduction Act). 

The programs in this information 

collection that continue to be subject to 

the requirements to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act are listed in Table A. 

This request will clarify the programs in 

this information collection that are no 

longer subject to these requirements, 

and will identify the reduction in 

burden by removing these forms from 

the current information collection 

package. The exempted programs are 

listed in Table B. 

TABLE A—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

Program Description 

Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) (7 CFR 

part 701).

USDA Farm Service Agency’s ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters 

and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe 

drought. Funding for ECP is appropriated by Congress. 

Emergency Watershed Program (EWP) (7 CFR part 

624).

The EWP was initiated in 1950 and is administered by NRCS. It provides technical and 

financial assistance to local institutions for the removal of storm and flood debris from 

stream channels and for the restoration of stream channels and levees to reduce the 

threat to life and property. The program also provides for establishing permanent easements in floodplains with private landowners. 

Resource Conservation and Development Program 

(RC&D).

The RC&D was initiated in 1962 and is administered by NRCS. Through this program, 

NRCS assists multi-county areas in enhancing conservation, water quality, wildlife 

habitat, recreation, and rural development. The program provides technical and limited 

financial assistance for the planning and installation of approved projects. 

Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program 

(WPFPP) (7 CFR part 622).

The WPFPP, otherwise known as Pub. L. 566, was initiated in 1954 and is administered 

by NRCS. It assists State and local units of government in flood prevention, watershed 

protection, and water management. Part of this effort involves the establishment of 

conservation practices on private lands to reduce erosion, sedimentation, and runoff. 


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