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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 

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 0.75 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Applicants who apply 

for facility approval; owners/operators 

of permanent, privately owned horse 

quarantine facilities; facility employees; 

authorities who issue environmental 

certifications; employees of security 

companies. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 11. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 2.5454. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 28. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 21 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 4th day of 

September 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–22226 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0037] 

Determination of Pest-Free Areas in 

the Republic of South Africa; Request 

for Comments 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are extending the 

comment period for our notice that 

would recognize 16 additional 

magisterial districts in 3 provinces as 

pest-free areas for citrus black spot in 

the Republic of South Africa. This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 13, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS– 

2009–0037 to submit or view comments 

and to view supporting and related 

materials available electronically. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send two copies of your comment 

to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0037, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2009–0037. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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. 

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. 

Phillip B. Grove, Regulatory 

Coordination Specialist, Regulatory 

Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 141, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 734–6280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

27, 2009, we published in the Federal 

Register (74 FR 36999–37000, Docket 

No. APHIS–2009–0037) a notice of 

determination to recognize 16 

additional magisterial districts in 3 

provinces as pest-free areas for citrus 

black spot in the Republic of South 

Africa. 

Comments on the notice were 

required to be received on or before 

September 25, 2009. We are extending 

the comment period on Docket No. 

APHIS–2009–0037 until October 13, 

2009. This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments. 

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

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

September 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–22225 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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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 standard: #528, Prescribed 

Grazing. This practice will be used to 

plan and install conservation practices. 

DATES: Comments will be received for a 

30-day period commencing with this 

date of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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/ 

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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: September 1, 2009. 

John A. Bricker, 

State Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, Richmond, Virginia. 

[FR Doc. E9–22122 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

[Docket No. 0906261096–91224–02] 

RIN 0648–ZC08 

Comparative Analysis of Marine 

Ecosystem Organization; Amendment 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce; National Science 

Foundation (NSF). 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability; 

amended solicitation. 

SUMMARY: NOAA and NSF publish this 

notice to amend the Federal Funding 

Opportunity (NOAA-NMFS-FHQ–2009– 

2001734) entitled ‘‘Comparative 

Analysis of Marine Ecosystem 

Organization (CAMEO)’’ which was 

originally announced in the Federal 

Register on July 7, 2009. This notice 

announces changes to the program 

priorities. 

DATES: Full proposals must be received 

and validated by Grants.gov, 

postmarked, or provided to a delivery 

service on or before 11:59 p.m. ET, 

October 5, 2009. Please note: Validation 

or rejection of your application by 

Grants.gov may take up to 2 business 

days after submission. Please consider 

this process in developing your 

submission timeline. Applications 

received after the deadline will be 

rejected/returned to the sender without 

further consideration. Use of U.S. mail 

or another delivery service must be 

documented with a receipt. No facsimile 

or electronic mail applications will be 

accepted. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic application 

packages are strongly encouraged and 

are available at: http://www.grants.gov/. 

If the applicant’s only mode of 

submitting a proposal is via paper 

application, or if the applicant has 

difficulty accessing Grants.gov or 

downloading the required forms, they 

should contact: Lora Clarke, CAMEO, 

NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Room 14505, Silver Spring, 

MD, 20910 or by phone at (301) 713 

2239, or via internet at 

Lora.Clarke@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ford, CAMEO Program 

Manager, NOAA/NMFS, (301) 713 2239, 

Michael.Ford@noaa.gov; Lora Clarke, 

Associate Program Manager, NOAA/ 

NMFS, (301) 713 2239, 

Lora.Clarke@noaa.gov; Cynthia 

Suchman, Associate Program Director, 

Biological Oceanography, OCE/GEO/ 

NSF, (703) 292 8582, 

csuchman@nsf.gov; David Garrison, 

Program Director, Biological 

Oceanography, OCE/GEO/NSF, (703) 

292 8582, dgarriso@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NOAA 

and NSF publish this notice to inform 

the public of an amendment to the 

solicitation ‘‘Comparative Analysis of 

Marine Ecosystem Organization 

(CAMEO)’’ announced in the Federal 

Register on July 7, 2009 (74 FR 32112). 

Due to an error, only four of the five 

program priorities were announced in 

the original solicitation. The Full 

Funding Opportunity is amended to 

read: 

Program Priorities 

This funding opportunity will 

implement CAMEO research by 

supporting the development of research 

tools and strategic approaches. The 

following types of proposals are 

encouraged: 

1. Development of strategies and 

methodologies for comparative analyses 

that can be applied consistently across 

spatial and temporal scales and 

ecosystems, and that facilitate the 

design of decision support tools for 

marine populations, ecosystems and 

habitats. 

2. Development of models that 

address key scientific questions by 

comparing ecosystems and ecosystem 

processes. Models that are 

geographically and temporally portable, 

and that incorporate assessment of 

modeling skill, are particularly 

encouraged. 

3. Retrospective studies that analyze, 

re-analyze or synthesize existing 

information (historic, time-series, 

ongoing program, etc.) using a 

comparative approach. 

4. Studies that integrate the human 

dimension within ecosystem dynamics. 

The CAMEO program seeks to promote 

interdisciplinary research using 

comparative approaches to link marine 

ecosystem research with the social and 

behavioral sciences in new and vital 

ways. 

5. Empirical or retrospective projects 

that evaluate and compare the 

effectiveness and design of Marine 

Protected Areas or other spatiallyexplicit management strategies. 

All information and requirements 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 7, 2009 apply to applications 

submitted pursuant to this notice. 

Under this amended solicitation, NOAA 

and NSF allow for modifications to 

applications already received under the 

initial announcement. Any proposal 

that has been submitted to the initial 

solicitation prior to September 15, 2009 

may be resubmitted to reflect this 

change in program priorities. Applicants 

may revise proposals to address this 

change; however, any revisions to such 

proposals must be submitted by the 

original deadline. 

The following sections of that Federal 

Funding Opportunity have been 

amended to reflect the changes 

announced in this notice: ‘‘Program 

Priorities’’. 

Electronic Access 

The full text of the full funding 

opportunity announcement for this 

program can be accessed via the 

Grants.gov web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov. The announcement 

will also be available by contacting the 

program officials identified under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Applicants must comply with all 

requirements contained in the full 

funding opportunity announcement. 

Statutory Authority 

Authority for CAMEO is provided by 

the following: 33 U.S.C. 1442 for the 

National Marine Fisheries Service and 

42 U.S.C. 1861 75 for the National 

Science Foundation. 

CFDA: 11.472, Unallied Science 

Program 

Limitation of Liability 

In no event will NOAA, the 

Department of Commerce or the 

National Science Foundation be 

responsible for proposal preparation 


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