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by e-mail to the respondents. 

Respondents would return the survey by 

e-mail to the address on the survey 

form. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .25 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Importers and receivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 50 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments 

received will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21655 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites 

comments on this information 

collection for which RUS intends to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 9, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

USDA, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5162 South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. E-mail: 

michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an 

information collection that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for extension. 

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, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Comments may be sent to: 

Michele L. Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

USDA, Rural Utilities Service, STOP 

1522, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX: 

(202) 720–8435. E-mail: 

michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. 

Title: Emergency and Imminent 

Community Water Assistance Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0110. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: This action amends the 

existing regulation for the Emergency 

Community Water Assistance Grant 

(ECWAG) Program to allow grants to be 

made before an emergency has actually 

occurred. The ECWAG program was 

authorized by the Rural Development 

Act of 1972. The grants are made to 

public bodies, nonprofit corporations, 

and Indian Tribes for the purpose of 

improving rural living standards and for 

other purposes that create safe and 

affordable drinking water in rural areas 

or towns with a population not 

exceeding 10,000 inhabitants. 

These grants can be made to construct 

or improve drinking water facilities 

serving the most financially needy 

communities. This revision is 

undertaken specifically to respond to 

requirements of Section 6009 of the 

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–171). (2002 Farm 

Bill). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1.6 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 400 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Gale Richardson, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis at (202) 720–0992. FAX: (202) 

720–8435. 

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. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

James R. Newby, 

Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21722 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0015] 

Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus 

Psyllid; Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that an environmental assessment has 

been prepared by the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service relative to a 

proposed control program for citrus 

greening disease and the Asian citrus 

psyllid. The environmental assessment 

documents our review and analysis of 

the potential environmental impacts 

associated with the implementation of 

this program. We are making this 

environmental assessment available to 

the public for review and comment. 


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1To view the September 2005 Federal Order or 

any other Federal order referenced in this 

document, go to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

plant_health/plant_pest_info/citrus_greening/ 

regs.shtml. 

2To view the 2006 environmental assessment, go 

to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/ea/ 

downloads/citrusgreening1-06ea.pdf. 

3To view the notice and the environmental 

assessment, go to http://www.regulations.gov/ 

fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2007-0135. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

9, 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=APHIS2008-0015 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–2008–0015, 

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– 

2008–0015. 

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. 

Patrick Gomes, APHIS, PPQ, 920 Main 

Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 

27606–5213; (919) 855–7313. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Citrus greening, also known as 

huanglongbing disease of citrus, is 

considered to be one of the most serious 

citrus diseases in the world. Citrus 

greening is a bacterial disease caused by 

strains of the bacterial pathogen 

‘‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’’ that 

attacks the vascular system of host 

plants. The bacteria are phloem-limited, 

inhabiting the food-conducting tissue of 

the host plant, and causes yellow 

shoots, blotchy mottling and chlorosis, 

reduced foliage, and tip dieback of 

citrus plants. Citrus greening greatly 

reduces production, destroys the 

economic value of the fruit, and can kill 

trees. Once a tree is infected with citrus 

greening, there is no cure for the 

disease. In areas of the world where 

citrus greening is endemic, citrus trees 

decline and die within a few years and 

may never produce usable fruit. Citrus 

greening was first detected in the United 

States in Miami-Dade County, FL, in 

2005, and is only known to be present 

in the United States in the States of 

Florida and Georgia, two parishes in 

Louisiana, and two counties in South 

Carolina. 

The bacterial pathogen causing citrus 

greening can be transmitted by grafting, 

and under laboratory conditions, by 

dodder. There also is some evidence 

that seed transmission may occur. The 

pathogen can also be transmitted by two 

insect vectors in the family Psyllidae: 

Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, the Asian 

citrus psyllid (ACP), and Trioza erytreae 

(del Guercio), the African citrus psyllid. 

ACP can also cause economic damage to 

citrus in groves and nurseries by direct 

feeding. Both adults and nymphs feed 

on young foliage, depleting the sap and 

causing galling or curling of leaves. 

High populations feeding on a citrus 

shoot can kill the growing tip. ACP is 

currently present in Alabama, 

California, Florida, Georgia, Guam, 

Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto 

Rico, South Carolina, and Texas. Based 

on regular surveys of domestic 

commercial citrus-producing areas, the 

African citrus psyllid is not present in 

the United States. 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) of the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) has undertaken measures to 

control the artificial spread of citrus 

greening to noninfested areas of the 

United States since its introduction in 

2005. On September 16, 2005, APHIS 

issued a Federal Order designating one 

affected county in Florida as a 

quarantined area, and imposing 

restrictions on the interstate movement 

all citrus greening and ACP host 

material from this area.1

In January 2006, we issued an 

environmental assessment titled ‘‘Citrus 

Greening Control Program in Florida 

Nurseries’’ (January 2006).2 This 

document assessed the environmental 

impacts associated with the use of the 

pesticide treatments acetamiprid, 

chlorpyrifos, fenpropathrin, 

imidacloprid, kaolin, and a cyfluthrin/ 

imidacloprid mixture as part of a 

disease control program for citrus 

greening and ACP. 

On November 2, 2007, we issued a 

revised order that designated additional 

counties in Florida as areas quarantined 

for citrus greening, and that quarantined 

32 counties in Texas, the entire States 

of Florida and Hawaii, the entire 

Territory of Guam, and the entire 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for ACP. 

The November 2007 order also 

contained treatments that could be 

performed on ACP regulated articles to 

allow their movement from a 

quarantined area to areas of the United 

States other than commercial citrusproducing States. The order stated that, 

prior to movement, host material (other 

than Bergera (Murraya) koenigii, or 

curryleaf) had to be treated using an 

Environmental Protection Agencyapproved product labeled for use in 

nurseries. The articles had to 

subsequently be treated with a drench 

containing imidacloprid as the active 

ingredient within 30 days prior to 

movement and with a foliar spray with 

a product containing acetamiprid, 

chlorpyrifos, or fenpropathrin as the 

active ingredient within 10 days prior to 

movement. Provided that it did not 

originate from an area quarantined for 

citrus greening, curryleaf could be 

moved interstate to any State following 

treatment with methyl bromide 

according to the APHIS-approved 

treatment schedule MB T101-n-2, found 

in 7 CFR part 305. 

We accompanied this revised order 

with a notice 3 published in the Federal 

Register on November 2, 2007 (72 FR 

62204–62205; Docket No. APHIS–2007– 

0135), in which we announced to the 

public the availability of an 

environmental assessment titled 

‘‘Movement of Regulated Articles from 

Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus 

Psyllid Quarantine Zones’’ (October 

2007). The assessment evaluated the 

possible environmental impacts 

associated with implementation of the 

revised Federal Order, and, in 

particular, the treatment schedules 

specified within it. 

Since issuance of these documents, 

we have issued six additional Federal 

Orders to designate new areas as 

quarantined areas for citrus greening or 

ACP. In these orders, we have added 

irradiation treatment at 400 gray as an 

approved treatment for ACP host 

articles, provided that the articles do not 

originate from an area that is 

quarantined for citrus greening. The 

latest Federal Order was issued on July 

29, 2009. 

Concurrent with the issuance of these 

Federal Orders, we have also received 

requests from citrus industry 

representatives and State plant health 

officials in several States with 


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commercial citrus production to 

examine the efficacy of in-ground 

granular applications containing 

dinotefuran and foliar sprays containing 

bifenthrin, deltamethrin, dinotefuran, or 

a mixture of imidacloprid and 

cyfluthrin as pesticide treatments for 

ACP. We have found them to be 

effective in treating regulated nursery 

stock for ACP. 

Accordingly, we have completed an 

assessment of the environmental 

impacts anticipated from a control 

program that would incorporate the 

provisions of the latest Federal order, 

the use of these new granular 

applications and foliar sprays as 

treatments for ACP, and additional 

measures that are currently not included 

in the July 29, 2009 Federal Order but 

that we consider necessary to prevent 

the spread of citrus greening and ACP 

to currently unaffected areas of the 

United States. 

APHIS’ review and analysis of these 

potential environmental impacts are 

documented in detail in an 

environmental assessment titled 

‘‘Quarantine and Interstate Movement of 

Citrus Greening and Asian Citrus 

Psyllid’’ (July 2009). We are making this 

assessment available to the public for 

review and comment. We will consider 

all comments that we receive on or 

before the date listed under the heading 

DATES at the beginning of this notice. 

The environmental assessment may 

be viewed on the Regulations.gov Web 

site or in our reading room (see 

ADDRESSES above for instructions for 

accessing the document on 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may request paper copies of the 

environmental assessment by calling or 

writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Please 

refer to title of the assessment when 

requesting copies. 

The environmental assessment 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 provisions 

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). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

September 2009. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21669 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–TM–09–0060; TM–09–07] 

Notice of Meeting of the National 

Organic Standards Board 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is announcing a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Organic Standards Board (NOSB). 

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, 

November 3, 2009, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m.; and Thursday, November 5, 

2009, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Requests from 

individuals and organizations wishing 

to make oral presentations at the 

meeting are due by the close of business 

on October 19, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 

Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

• Requests for copies of the NOSB 

meeting agenda, may be sent to Ms. 

Valerie Frances, Executive Director, 

NOSB, USDA–AMS–TMP–NOP, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Room 4004– 

So., Ag Stop 0268, Washington, DC 

20250–0268. The NOSB meeting agenda 

and proposed recommendations may 

also be viewed at http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/nop. 

• Comments on proposed NOSB 

recommendations may be submitted by 

the close of business of October 19, 

2009, in writing to Ms. Valerie Frances 

at either the postal address above or via 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov only. The 

comments should identify Docket No. 

AMS–TM–09–0060. It is our intention 

to have all comments to this notice 

whether they are submitted by mail or 

the Internet available for viewing on the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 

• Requests to make an oral 

presentation at the meeting may also be 

sent by October 19, 2009, to Ms. Valerie 

Frances at the postal address above, by 

e-mail at valerie.frances@ams.usda.gov, 

via facsimile at (202) 205–7808, or 

phone at (202) 720–3252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Frances, Executive Director, 

NOSB, National Organic Program 

(NOP), (202) 720–3252, or visit the NOP 

Web site at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

nop. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

2119 (7 U.S.C. 6518) of the Organic 

Foods Production Act of 1990 (OFPA), 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) 

requires the establishment of the NOSB. 

The purpose of the NOSB is to make 

recommendations about whether a 

substance should be allowed or 

prohibited in organic production or 

handling, to assist in the development 

of standards for substances to be used in 

organic production, and to advise the 

Secretary on other aspects of the 

implementation of the OFPA. The 

NOSB met for the first time in 

Washington, DC, in March 1992, and 

currently has six subcommittees 

working on various aspects of the 

organic program. The committees are: 

Compliance, Accreditation, and 

Certification; Crops; Handling; 

Livestock; Materials; and Policy 

Development. 

In August of 1994, the NOSB 

provided its initial recommendations for 

the NOP to the Secretary of Agriculture. 

Since that time, the NOSB has 

submitted 170 addenda to its 

recommendations and reviewed more 

than 353 substances for inclusion on the 

National List of Allowed and Prohibited 

Substances. The Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) published its final 

National Organic Program regulation in 

the Federal Register on December 21, 

2000, (65 FR 80548). The rule became 

effective April 21, 2001. 

In addition, the OFPA authorizes the 

National List of Allowed and Prohibited 

Substances and provides that no 

allowed or prohibited substance would 

remain on the National List for a period 

exceeding five years unless the 

exemption or prohibition is reviewed 

and recommended for renewal by the 

NOSB and adopted by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. This expiration is 

commonly referred to as sunset of the 

National List. The National List appears 

at 7 CFR part 205, subpart G. 

The principal purposes of the NOSB 

meeting are to provide an opportunity 

for the NOSB to receive an update from 

the USDA/NOP and hear progress 

reports from NOSB committees 

regarding work plan items and proposed 

action items. The last NOSB meeting 

was held on May 4–6, 2009, in 

Washington, DC. 

At its last meeting, the Board 

recommended the addition of three 

materials with one on the National List 

§ 205.601 for use in crops, one on 

§ 205.603 for use in livestock and with 

one on § 205.606 for use in handling. 

At this meeting, the NOSB will 

conclude its review of 11 of the 12 

materials scheduled to expire after 

September 12, 2011. There are two 


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