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1The notice can be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2010-0047. 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

(1) Consideration of Proposal Forms, (2) 

Development of Proposal Review 

Process, (3) Development of Guidelines, 

(4) Public comment. Persons who wish 

to bring related matters to the attention 

of the Committee may file written 

statements with the Committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Public input 

sessions will be provided and 

individuals who made written requests 

by September 15, 2010 will have the 

opportunity to address the Committee at 

those sessions. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Pamela E. Brown, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25394 Filed 10–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Lincoln County Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

393) the Kootenai National Forest’s 

Lincoln County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet on Wednesday, 

October 13, 2010 at 6 p.m. at the Forest 

Supervisor’s Office in Libby, Montana 

for a business meeting. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

DATES: October 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Forest Supervisor’s Office, 

31374 U.S. Hwy 2, Libby, Montana. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janette Turk, Committee Coordinator, 

Kootenai National Forest at (406) 283– 

7764, or e-mail jturk@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda 

will include review of 2010 project 

proposals and 2008–09 project status. If 

the meeting date or location is changed, 

notice will be posted in the local 

newspapers, including the Daily 

Interlake based in Kalispell, Montana. 

Dated: October 1, 2010. 

Paul Bradford, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25396 Filed 10–7–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0047] 

Monsanto Company and KWS SAAT 

AG; Supplemental Request for Partial 

Deregulation of Roundup Ready Sugar 

Beet 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has received a 

supplemental request for ‘‘partial 

deregulation’’ or similar administrative 

action from the Monsanto Company and 

KWS SAAT AG for the planting, 

harvesting, and interstate movement of 

Roundup Ready® sugar beets under 

measures designed to ensure any risks 

posed by cultivation are mitigated. This 

notice is to inform the public of the 

availability of the documents submitted 

to the Agency from Monsanto Company 

and KWS SAAT AG requesting a 

‘‘partial deregulation.’’ 

ADDRESSES: You may view the request 

for ‘‘partial deregulation’’ on the 

Regulations.gov Web site (see http://

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/

component/main?main=DocketDetail

&d=APHIS-2010-0047) or on the APHIS 

Web site (see http://www.aphis.

usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs2/03_32301p

_a1.pdf). Copies may also be obtained 

from the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rick Coker, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

146, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 

734–5720. To obtain copies of the 

supplemental request for ‘‘partial 

deregulation,’’ contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 734–0667, e-mail: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 7 CFR part 340, 

‘‘Introduction of Organisms and 

Products Altered or Produced Through 

Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant 

Pests or Which There Is Reason to 

Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ regulate, 

among other things, the introduction 

(importation, interstate movement, or 

release into the environment) of 

organisms and products altered or 

produced through genetic engineering 

that are plant pests or that there is 

reason to believe are plant pests. Such 

genetically engineered organisms and 

products are considered ‘‘regulated 

articles.’’ 

On October 19, 2004, APHIS 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (69 FR 61466–61467, Docket 

No. 04–075–1) announcing receipt of a 

petition from the Monsanto Company 

(Monsanto) and KWS SAAT AG (KWS) 

requesting a determination of 

nonregulated status under 7 CFR part 

340 for sugar beet (Beta vulgaris ssp. 

vulgaris) designated as event H7–1, 

which has been genetically engineered 

for tolerance to the herbicide 

glyphosate. The petition stated that this 

article should not be regulated by 

APHIS because it is unlikely to pose a 

plant pest risk. APHIS also announced 

in that notice the availability of a draft 

environmental assessment (EA) 

examining the potential environmental 

impacts of the proposed action in 

accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act requirements 

for the proposed determination of 

nonregulated status. Following review 

of public comments and completion of 

the EA, we published another notice in 

the Federal Register on March 17, 2005 

(70 FR 13007–13008, Docket No. 04– 

075–2), advising the public of our 

determination, effective March 4, 2005, 

that the Monsanto/KWS sugar beet 

event H7–1 was no longer considered a 

regulated article under APHIS 

regulations in 7 CFR part 340. 

On September 21, 2009, the U.S. 

District Court for the Northern District 

of California issued a ruling in a lawsuit 

filed by two organic seed groups and 

two nonprofit organizations challenging 

our decision to deregulate sugar beet 

event H7–1 (referred to in the lawsuit as 

Roundup Ready® sugar beet, or 

‘‘RRSB’’), pursuant to the Plant 

Protection Act (PPA) and in compliance 

with the Administrative Procedure Act 

and the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Under the 

provisions of NEPA, agencies must 

examine the potential environmental 

impacts of proposed major Federal 

actions, and the Court ruled that APHIS’ 

EA failed to consider certain 

environmental and interrelated 

economic impacts. As a result, the Court 

ruled that APHIS is required to prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS). Accordingly, APHIS is preparing 

an EIS, for which we published a 

notice 1 in the Federal Register (75 FR 

29969–29972, Docket No. APHIS–2010– 

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comments on the proposed scope of the 

EIS. The EIS process is ongoing. 

On August 13, 2010, the Court 

vacated the deregulation determination, 

remanding the issue back to APHIS. 

RRSB is therefore once again a regulated 

article under 7 CFR part 340, and 

Monsanto and KWS have submitted a 

supplemental request for ‘‘partial 

deregulation’’ or similar administrative 

action for RRSB, along with an 

accompanying ‘‘Environmental Report,’’ 

to allow the future planting, harvesting, 

and interstate movement of RRSB crops 

(both seed and root) under conditions 

designed to ensure any risks posed by 

the introduction of these sugar beets 

into the environment are thoroughly 

mitigated. 

APHIS is evaluating this 

supplemental request and developing 

appropriate environmental analyses to 

inform its decisionmaking in reference 

to any APHIS decision or decisions to 

authorize future seed and root crop 

plantings under a combination of 

permits, administrative orders, or other 

regulatory options and measures. APHIS 

is considering regulatory options and 

measures that would include mitigating 

measures consistent with those it had 

proposed to the Court as interim 

measures while APHIS completes the 

EIS for the petition for determination of 

non-regulated status for RRSB. APHIS 

anticipates making a decision on the 

supplemental petition for ‘‘partial 

deregulation’’ and on other appropriate 

interim regulatory actions related to 

RRSB by the end of the year. There will 

be an opportunity for public comment 

on any environmental analyses 

developed for such decision or 

decisions. APHIS is notifying the public 

that its receipt of this supplemental 

request for ‘‘partial deregulation’’ and 

this notice to the public regarding it in 

no way indicates that the Agency agrees 

with the petitioners’ description, 

application, or implementation of a 

‘‘partial deregulation.’’ Such matters and 

related issues are solely determined by 

APHIS pursuant to its PPA statutory 

authority and its biotechnology 

regulations in 7 CFR part 340. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of 

October 2010. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25387 Filed 10–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Public Information 

Collections Being Reviewed by the 

U.S. Agency for International 

Development; Comments Requested 

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID) is making efforts 

to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following proposed and/or continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

(a) Whether the proposed or continuing 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 7, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Beverly Johnson, Bureau for 

Management, Office of Administrative 

Services, Information and Records 

Division, U.S. Agency for International 

Development, Room 2.07–106, RRB, 

Washington, DC 20523, (202) 712–1365 

or via e-mail bjohnson@usaid.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments via e-mail 

at lwalker@usaid.gov or mail comments 

to: Linda Walker, Bureau for Economic 

Growth, Agriculture and Trade, Office 

of Education, Participant Training 

Team, United States Agency for 

International Development, Ronald 

Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20523 

(202) 712–1786. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB No: OMB 0412–New. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Title: USAID Visa Compliance System 

(VCS). 

Type of Review: New Information 

Collection. 

Purpose: The U.S. Agency for 

International Development, under the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

amended, engages in a broad range of 

sustainable economic assistance 

activities that provide technical and 

academic training in the United States 

and abroad for foreign nationals. These 

foreign nationals have been selected for 

training by USAID in order to advance 

U.S. foreign policy objectives by 

supporting: Economic growth, 

agriculture and trade; global health; and 

democracy, conflict prevention, and 

humanitarian assistance. Training can 

consist of long-term academic degree 

programs, short-term technical courses, 

seminars, workshops, or other learning 

activities intended to impart certain 

knowledge and information. 

USAID must track training data for all 

foreign nationals who receive training 

funded by USAID. In cases where 

foreign nationals must travel to the U.S. 

to participate in training or invitational 

travel, the approvals for the eligibility to 

obtain the J visa are captured in the Visa 

Compliance System (VCS). The Visa 

Compliance system has two purposes: 

first, to secure a J–1 visa for these 

foreign nationals traveling to the U.S.; 

second, to enable USAID to be in 

compliance with external requirements 

of the Department of Homeland 

Security. With certain exceptions, the 

foreign nationals that USAID sponsors 

for travel to the U.S. are considered 

exchange visitors. The VCS provides an 

audit trail regarding each exchange 

visitor, his or her training program or 

circumstances, as well as other relevant 

documentation. 

Annual Reporting Burden: 

Respondents: 600. 

Total annual responses: 8,000. 

Total annual hours requested: 2,000 

hours. 

Dated: September 27, 2010. 

Marilyn Collins, 

Acting Director, Office of Administrative 

Services, Bureau for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25022 Filed 10–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–583–008] 

Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 

and Tubes From Taiwan: Final Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 10, 2010, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on circular 

welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 

from Taiwan. See Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Circular Welded Carbon Steel 


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