39284 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 150 / Thursday, August 6, 2009 / Notices 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Agricultural 

Prices Surveys. Revision to burden 

hours may be needed due to changes in 

the size of the target population, 

sampling design, and/or questionnaire 

length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 5, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0003, 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Prices. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0003. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: To revise and extend 

a currently approved information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition; as 

well as economic statistics, 

environmental statistics related to 

agriculture and also to conduct the 

Census of Agriculture. 

The Agricultural Prices surveys 

provide data on the prices received by 

farmers and prices paid by them for 

production goods and services. NASS 

estimates based on these surveys are 

used by agencies of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture to prepare the economic 

accounts of the United States. These 

price estimates are also used to compute 

Parity Prices in accordance with 

requirements of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended 

(Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301a). In 

addition, price data are used by the 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to 

help determine payment rates, program 

option levels, and disaster programs. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113) 

and Office of Management and Budget 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 

44978, August 29, 1995). NASS also 

complies with OMB Implementation 

Guidance, ‘‘Implementation Guidance 

for Title V of the E–Government Act, 

Confidential Information Protection and 

Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 

(CIPSEA),’’ Federal Register, Vol. 72, 

No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 33376. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

based on 18 individual surveys with 

expected responses of 5–20 minutes and 

frequency of 1–12 times per year. 

Estimated number of responses per 

respondent is 2.03. 

Respondents: Farmers and farmrelated businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

43,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 13,000 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388. 

Comments: 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, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, July 15, 2009. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to OSPREY BIOTECHNICS, 

INC. of SARASOTA, FLORIDA an 

exclusive license to U.S. Patent 

Application Serial No. 11/901,547, 

‘‘COMPOSITION OF 

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS AND 

METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND 

APPLICATION FOR INSECT 

CONTROL’’, filed on September 13, 

2007. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s patent rights in 

this invention are assigned to the United 

States of America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the 

public interest to so license this 

invention as OSPREY BIOTECHNICS, 

INC. of SARASOTA, FLORIDA has 

submitted a complete and sufficient 

application for a license. The 

prospective exclusive license will be 

royalty-bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 

exclusive license may be granted unless, 

within thirty (30) days from the date of 

this published Notice, the Agricultural 

Research Service receives written 

evidence and argument which 

establishes that the grant of the license 

would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. 

Richard J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator. 

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