Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 167 / Monday, August 31, 2009 / Notices 44817 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Fruits, Nuts, 

and Specialty Crops Surveys. Revision 

to burden hours will be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sample design, minor 

changes in questionnaire design and an 

anticipated increase in response rates. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 30, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0039, 

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: Fruits, Nuts, and Specialty 

Crops Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0039. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2010. 

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 collect, 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 Fruits, Nuts, and Specialty Crops 

survey program collects information on 

acreage, yield, production, price, and 

value of citrus and noncitrus fruits and 

nuts and other specialty crops in States 

with significant commercial production. 

The program provides data needed by 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture and 

other government agencies to administer 

programs and to set trade quotas and 

tariffs. Producers, processors, other 

industry representatives, State 

Departments of Agriculture, and 

universities also use forecasts and 

estimates provided by these surveys. 

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 non-aggregated 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 73 individual surveys with 

expected responses of 4–30 minutes and 

frequency of 1–12 times per year. 

Estimated number of responses per 

respondent is 1.6. 

Respondents: Producers, processors, 

and handlers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60,000. 

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, August 11, 

2009. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–20924 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

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 Plant Biofuels, Inc. of 

Gaithersburg, Maryland, an exclusive 

license to the soybean varieties 

described in Plant Variety Protection 

Certificate Number 9800027, ‘‘Derry,’’ 

issued on June 30, 1999, and in Plant 

Variety Protection Certificate Number 

9800028, ‘‘Donegal,’’ issued on June 30, 

1999. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

September 30, 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 rights in these 

plant varieties are assigned to the 

United States of America, as represented 

by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in 

the public interest to so license these 

varieties, as Plant Biofuels, Inc. of 

Gaithersburg, Maryland, 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 


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