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Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Report of Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program Issuance 

and Report of Commodity Distribution 

for Disaster Relief. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0037. 

Summary of Collection: Disaster 

assistance through the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is 

authorized by sections 402 and 502 of 

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and the temporary 

emergency provisions contained in 

Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008, and in 7 CFR part 280 of the 

SNAP regulations. This program is 

initiated in a SNAP project area by FNS 

when all or part of the area has been 

affected by a disaster. Food distribution 

in disaster situation is authorized under 

Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 

1935. Surplus foods are made available 

by State distributing agencies for relief 

purposes to victims of natural disaster 

such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, 

etc. Distribution to these recipients is 

made primarily through such 

organizations as the American Red 

Cross or the Salvation Army. These 

organizations use surplus foods for both 

central feeding operations and for 

distribution to families in homes cut off 

from normal sources of food supply. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will collect information through the use 

of forms FNS–292–A and B, which is 

used by the FNS Administrator, the 

Food Distribution Division, and the 

three SNAP divisions to monitor 

program activity, assess coverage 

provided to needy recipients, and assure 

the validity of requested commodity 

reimbursement and to prepare budget 

requests. If the information were not 

collected, FNS would be unable to 

monitor the issuance of SNAP benefits 

and the distribution of surplus foods 

during disaster situations. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 55. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 92. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14179 Filed 6–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0025] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Phytosanitary Export Certification 

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 issuance of 

phytosanitary certificates for plants or 

plant products being exported to foreign 

countries. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before August 8, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS–2011–0025–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0025, 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–2011–0025 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on regulations for 

phytosanitary export certification for 

plants and plant products being 

exported to foreign countries, contact 

Mr. Christian Dellis, Deputy Director, 

Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–5233. 

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: Phytosanitary Export 

Certification. 

OMB Number: 0579–0052. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 

among other things, provides export 

certification services to assure other 

countries that the plants and plant 

products they are receiving from the 

United States are free of plant pests 

specified by the receiving country. 

It should be noted that our regulations 

do not require that we engage in export 

certification activities. We perform this 

work as a service to exporters who are 

shipping plants or plant products to 

countries that require phytosanitary 

certification as a condition of entry. 

To request that we perform a 

phytosanitary inspection, an exporter 

must complete and submit an 

Application for Inspection and 

Certification of Plants and Plant 

Products for Export (PPQ Form 572). 

After assessing the condition of the 

plants or plant products intended for 

export (i.e., after conducting a 

phytosanitary inspection), an inspector 

(who may be an APHIS employee or a 

State or county plant regulatory official) 

will issue an internationally recognized 

phytosanitary certificate (PPQ Form 

577), a phytosanitary certificate for 

reexport (PPQ Form 579), or an export 

certificate for processed plant products 

(PPQ Form 578). 

These forms are critical to our ability 

to certify plants and plant products for 

export. Without them, we would be 

unable to conduct an export 

certification program. 

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 


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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 

0.2459816 hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. growers, shippers, 

and exporters, and State and county 

plant regulatory officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 10,991. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 130.43089. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,433,566. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 352,631 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 2nd day of 

June 2011. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14175 Filed 6–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Change to Section 

IV of the Virginia State Technical Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 

State Technical Guide for review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: It has been determined by the 

NRCS State Conservationist for Virginia 

that changes must be made in the NRCS 

State Technical Guide specifically in 

practice standards: #351, Water Well 

Decommissioning; #353, Monitoring 

Well; #355, Well Water Testing; #642, 

Water Well. These practices will be 

used to plan and install conservation 

practices on cropland, pastureland, 

woodland, and wildlife land. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with the 

date of this publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker, 

State Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), 1606 

Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, 

Virginia 23229–5014; Telephone 

number (804) 287–1691; Fax number 

(804) 287–1737. Copies of the practice 

standards will be made available upon 

written request to the address shown 

above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site: 

http://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

draftstandards.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made after 

enactment of the law to NRCS State 

technical guides used to carry out 

highly erodible land and wetland 

provisions of the law shall be made 

available for public review and 

comment. For the next 30 days, the 

NRCS in Virginia will receive comments 

relative to the proposed changes. 

Following that period, a determination 

will be made by the NRCS in Virginia 

regarding disposition of those comments 

and a final determination of change will 

be made to the subject standards. 

Dated: May 19, 2011. 

John A. Bricker, 

State Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Richmond, Virginia. 

[FR Doc. 2011–14181 Filed 6–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA). 

Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct 

Investment in the United States. 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0034. 

Form Number(s): BE–15. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Number of Respondents: 3,650 

annually. 

Average Hours per Response: 18.8 

hours is the average, but may vary 

considerably among respondents 

because of differences in company size 

and complexity. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 68,750. 

Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey 

of Foreign Direct Investment in the 

United States (Form BE–15) obtains 

sample data on the financial structure 

and operations of U.S. affiliates of 

foreign investors. The data are needed to 

provide reliable, useful, and timely 

measures of foreign direct investment in 

the United States, assess its impact on 

the U.S. economy, and based upon this 

assessment, make informed policy 

decisions regarding foreign direct 

investment in the United States. The 

data are used to derive annual estimates 

of the operations of U.S. affiliates of 

foreign investors, including their 

balance sheets; income statements; 

property, plant, and equipment; 

employment and employee 

compensation; merchandise trade; sales 

of goods and services; taxes; and 

research and development activity. In 

addition, data covering employment are 

collected by state. The data are also 

used to update similar data for the 

universe of U.S. affiliates collected once 

every five years on the BE–12 

benchmark survey. 

No changes in the data collected or in 

exemption levels are proposed. 

The BE–15 annual survey is sent to 

potential respondents in March of each 

year. A completed report covering a 

reporting company’s fiscal year ending 

during the previous calendar year is due 

by May 31. Reports must be filed by 

every U.S. business enterprise that is 

owned 10 percent or more by a foreign 

investor and that has total assets, sales 

or gross operating revenues, or net 

income (or loss) of over $40 million. 

As an alternative to filing paper 

forms, BEA will offer an electronic filing 

option, its eFile system, for use in 

reporting on Form BE–15. For more 

information about eFile, go to http:// 

www.bea.gov/efile. 

Potential respondents are those U.S. 

business enterprises that reported in the 

2007 benchmark survey of foreign direct 

investment in the United States, along 

with businesses that subsequently 

entered the direct investment universe. 

The BE–15 is a sample survey, as 

described; universe estimates are 

developed from the reported sample 

data. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 

395–3093. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230, or via e-mail at 

dhynek@doc.gov. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 


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