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Notices Federal Register

3775 

Vol. 79, No. 15 

Thursday, January 23, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 17, 2014. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques and other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by February 24, 2014 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Commentors are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Federal and Non-Federal 

Financial Assistance Instruments. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0217. 

Summary of Collection: In order to 

carry out specific Forest Service (FS) 

activities, Congress created several 

authorities to assist the Agency in 

carrying out its mission. Authorized by 

the Federal Grants and Cooperative 

Agreements Act (FGCAA), the FS issues 

Federal Financial Assistance awards, 

(i.e., grants and cooperative 

agreements). Agency specific authorities 

and appropriations also support use of 

Federal Financial Assistance awards. In 

addition to FFA, Congress created 

specific authorizations for acts outside 

the scope of the FGCAA. Appropriations 

language was developed to convey 

authority for the Forest Service to enter 

into relationships that are outside the 

scope of the FGCAA. Information in this 

request is collected from individuals; 

non-profit and for-profit institutions; 

institutions of higher education and 

state, local, and Native American tribal 

governments etc. Multiple options are 

available for respondents to respond 

including forms, non-forms, 

electronically, face-to-face, by telephone 

and over the Internet. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

From the pre-award to the close-out 

stage, FS will collect information from 

respondents on forms, via emails, 

meetings, and telephone calls. Using 

various forms respondents will describe 

the type of project, project scope, 

financial plan and other factors. To 

reach management decision on several 

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) 

Recommendations from the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act—Forest 

Service Hazardous Fuels Reduction and 

Ecosystem Restoration Projects on NonFederal Lands Audit (Report No. 08703– 

0005–SF, Issued March 2013), several 

new forms were created. In addition, 

mandatory post-award meetings must be 

held for each new Federal financial 

assistance award. Without this 

information the FS would not be able to 

develop, implement, monitor and 

administer these agreements and 

comply with the OIG audit 

recommendations. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

Institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 4,874. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 52,783. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01287 Filed 1–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0105] 

Notice of Availability of Evaluations of 

the Foot-and-Mouth Disease and 

Rinderpest Status of a Region of 

Patagonia, Argentina 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that a region 

of Argentina, consisting of the areas of 

Patagonia South and Patagonia North B, 

is free of foot-and-mouth disease. We 

are making that determination, as well 

as an evaluation we have prepared in 

connection with this action, available 

for review and comment. In addition, 

we have prepared an evaluation 

assessing the rinderpest status of South 

America, which includes Argentina, and 

have determined, based on our 

evaluation, that rinderpest is not present 

in the entirety of Argentina. We are also 

making that determination, as well as 

our evaluation, available for review and 

comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 24, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0105- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 


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3776 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 15 / Thursday, January 23, 2014 / Notices 

APHIS–2013–0105, 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-2013-0105 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff 

Veterinarian, Regionalization Evaluation 

Services, National Import Export 

Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 851–3308. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 94 

(referred to below as the regulations) 

govern the importation of certain 

animals and animal products into the 

United States to prevent the 

introduction of various animal diseases, 

including rinderpest and foot-andmouth disease (FMD). The regulations 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

live ruminants and swine, and products 

from these animals, from regions where 

rinderpest or FMD is considered to 

exist. 

Within part 94, § 94.1 contains 

requirements governing the importation 

of ruminants and swine from regions 

where rinderpest or FMD exists and the 

importation of the meat of any 

ruminants or swine from regions where 

rinderpest or FMD exists to prevent the 

introduction of either disease into the 

United States. We consider rinderpest 

and FMD to exist in all regions except 

those listed in accordance with 

paragraph (a)(2) of that section as free of 

rinderpest and FMD. 

Section 94.11 of the regulations 

contains requirements governing the 

importation of meat of any ruminants or 

swine from regions that have been 

determined to be free of rinderpest and 

FMD, but that are subject to certain 

restrictions because of their proximity to 

or trading relationships with rinderpestor FMD-affected regions. Such regions 

are listed in accordance with paragraph 

(a)(2) of that section. 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 92, 

§ 92.2, contain requirements for 

requesting the recognition of the animal 

health status of a region (as well as for 

the approval of the export of a particular 

type of animal or animal product to the 

United States from a foreign region). If, 

after review and evaluation of the 

information submitted in support of the 

request, the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) believes the 

request can be safely granted, APHIS 

will make its evaluation available for 

public comment through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Following the close of the comment 

period, APHIS will review all comments 

received and will make a final 

determination regarding the request that 

will be detailed in another notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

In 2003, the Government of Argentina 

submitted a request to recognize the 

region located south of latitude 42° 

south, known as Patagonia South, as 

free of FMD. In 2008, Argentina 

expanded its request to include the 

region immediately north of latitude 42° 

south, known as Patagonia North B. 

These two areas are referred to below as 

the Patagonia Region of Argentina. 

In response to this request, APHIS has 

conducted a qualitative risk assessment 

to evaluate the FMD status of the 

Patagonia Region of Argentina. Based on 

this evaluation, APHIS has found that 

FMD is not present in the Patagonia 

Region and that the surveillance, 

prevention, and control measures 

implemented by Argentina in the area 

under consideration as a region free of 

FMD are sufficient to minimize the 

likelihood of introducing FMD into the 

United States via imports of FMDsusceptible species or products. 

However, because of its proximity to or 

trading relationships with FMD-affected 

regions, APHIS has determined that it is 

necessary to impose certain restrictions 

on the importation of meat of any 

ruminants or swine from the Patagonia 

Region of Argentina. 

Rinderpest has never been established 

in South America. No South American 

country has ever reported the disease 

except Brazil, which had an outbreak in 

1921 that was limited in scope and 

quickly eradicated. Furthermore, the 

global distribution of rinderpest has 

diminished significantly in recent years 

as a result of the Food and Agriculture 

Organization Global Rinderpest 

Eradication Program. The last known 

cases of rinderpest worldwide occurred 

in the southern part of the ‘‘Somali 

pastoral ecosystem’’ consisting of 

southern Somalia, eastern Kenya, and 

southern Ethiopia. In May 2011, the 

World Organization for Animal Health 

(OIE) announced its recognition of 

global rinderpest freedom. 

Based on the foregoing conclusions, 

APHIS has found that the Patagonia 

Region of Argentina is free of rinderpest 

and FMD. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 92.2(e), we are announcing the 

availability of our evaluation of the 

FMD status of the region under 

consideration, as well as an evaluation 

assessing the rinderpest status of South 

America, for public review and 

comment. We are also announcing the 

availability of an environmental 

assessment (EA) entitled ‘‘Recognition 

of Patagonia Region in Argentina as Free 

of Foot-and-Mouth Disease,’’ which has 

been prepared in accordance with: (1) 

The National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provision 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). The evaluation and the EA may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov Web site 

or in our reading room. (Instructions for 

accessing Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room are provided under the 

heading ADDRESSES at the beginning of 

this notice.) The evaluations, as well as 

relevant information used in the review 

process, are available by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Information 

submitted in support of Argentina’s 

original request for recognition may also 

be viewed on the APHIS Web site at 

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

export/animals/reg_request.shtml by 

following the link for ‘‘Previous 

regionalization requests and supporting 

documentation.’’ Information submitted 

in support of the expanded request may 

be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web 

site (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov). 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the disease status of the region 

of Argentina under consideration with 

respect to FMD and rinderpest and the 

import status of susceptible animals and 

products of such animals in a 

subsequent notice. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, 7781– 

7786, and 8301–8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 

136a; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.4. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 15 / Thursday, January 23, 2014 / Notices 3777 

Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

January 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01229 Filed 1–21–14; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Proposed Information Collection 

Reinstatement; Comment Request 

AGENCY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors. 

ACTION: Proposed information collection 

reinstatement; comment request. 

SUMMARY: The Broadcasting Board of 

Governors (BBG), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites public 

comment on an information collection 

titled, ‘‘Surveys and Other Audience 

Research for Radio and TV Marti.’’ This 

request for comment is being made 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 [Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)]. 

The information collection activity 

involved with this program is 

conducted pursuant to the mandate 

given to the BBG to provide for the 

broadcasting of accurate information to 

the people of Cuba, and other purposes, 

under Public Law 98–111, the Radio 

Broadcasting to Cuba Act, dated October 

4, 1983, and Public Law 101–246, dated 

February 16, 1990. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

March 24, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chris Luer, Chief, Office of 

Administration, BBG, Room 1274, 330 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20237, telephone (202) 

203–4608, email address cluer@bbg.gov. 

Copies: Copies of the Request for 

Clearance, supporting statement, and 

other documents that will be submitted 

to OMB for approval may be obtained 

from the Chief of the Office of 

Administration for BBG. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual 

estimated collection burden for this 

proposed collection of information is 

estimated to average 3 hours per 

response for 96 Focus Group Studies 

respondents, 3 hours per response for 30 

Audience Panels respondents, and 15 

minutes (0.25 of an hour) per response 

for 300 Structured Surveys respondents, 

including average estimated time for 

travel to and from the facility where 

research activities are conducted. 

Respondents will be required to respond 

only one time for Focus Group Studies 

and Structured Surveys, but 3 times for 

Audience Panels. Comments are 

requested on the proposed information 

collection concerning: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions, 

including whether the information 

collection has practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s 

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. 

Send comments regarding this burden 

estimate, or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, to Mr. Chris 

Luer, the BBG Clearance Officer, IBB/A, 

Room 1274, 330 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20237, telephone 

(202) 203–4595, email address cluer@

bbg.gov. 

Current Actions: BBG is requesting 

reinstatement of this collection for a 

three-year period and approval for a 

revision to the burden hours. 

Title: Surveys and Other Audience 

Research for Radio and TV Marti 

Abstract: Data from this information 

collection are used by BBG’s Office of 

Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) in fulfillment 

of its mandate to evaluate effectiveness 

of Radio and TV Marti operations by 

estimating the audience size and 

composition for broadcasts; and assess 

signal reception, credibility and 

relevance of programming through this 

research. 

Proposed Frequency of Responses 

Total Annual Responses—96 Focus 

Group Studies + 90 Audience Panel + 

300 Structured Surveys = 486. 

Average Hours per Response—3 

Focus Group Studies + 3 Audience 

Panel + .25 Structured Surveys = (288) 

+ (270) + (75). 

Total annual burden—633 hours. 

Dated: January 21, 2014. 

Chris Luer, 

Chief, Office of Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01199 Filed 1–22–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8610–01–P 

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD 

Sunshine Act Meeting Cancellation 

and Revision of Agenda 

TIME AND DATE: January 30, 2014, 6:30 

p.m.–9:00 p.m. PST. 

PLACE: Brodniak Auditorium, 

Anacortes High School; 1600 20th St., 

Anacortes, WA 98221. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Chemical Safety and Hazard 

Investigation Board (CSB) previously 

announced a public meeting to be held 

on January 30, 2014 (78 FR 78810), 

starting at 6:30 p.m. PST at the Brodniak 

Auditorium, Anacortes High School, 

1600 20th St., Anacortes, WA 98221. 

The CSB public meeting to consider 

and vote upon a draft final investigation 

report is cancelled. In lieu of a Board 

meeting, the CSB will conduct a 

community listening session at the time 

and place stated above, in order to 

obtain additional stakeholder and 

community input on a draft final 

investigation report into the April 2, 

2010, explosion and fire that fatally 

injured seven employees. The CSB’s 

draft investigation found that at the time 

of the incident a bank of heat 

exchangers was being brought online in 

the refinery’s naphtha hydrotreater unit 

when another heat exchanger in a 

parallel bank catastrophically failed, 

spewing highly flammable hydrogen 

and naphtha which ignited. Seven 

Tesoro workers who were nearby, 

assisting with the heat exchanger 

startup, were fatally burned. The 

accident at Tesoro was the mostly 

deadly U.S. refinery incident since the 

2005 explosion at BP Texas City that 

killed 15 workers and injured 180 

others. 

No formal CSB action or recorded 

votes will be taken at the community 

listening session. The community 

listening session will include a 

presentation to the community of the 

draft report by the CSB investigative 

team. The report will then be available 

on the CSB Web site (www.csb.gov) for 

a period of 45 days, during which time 

public comments will be accepted. 

At the community listening session, 

the CSB will receive additional input 

and comment from affected stakeholders 

and the community, and will consider 

this input in finalizing a report. All 

presentations made at this listening 

session are intended to allow the Board 

to consider any additional issues and 

factors that may bear upon this case. 

Additional Information 

The public listening session is free 

and open to the public. If you require 

a translator or interpreter, please notify 

the individual listed below as the 

‘‘Contact Person for Further 

Information,’’ at least five business days 

prior to the meeting. 

The CSB is an independent federal 

agency charged with investigating 


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