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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 80, No. 39 

Friday, February 27, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 23, 2015. 

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 or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov 

or fax (202) 395–5806 and to 

Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, 

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 

20250–7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: WIC Infant and Toddler Feeding 

Practices Study-2 (ITFPS–2) Age 3 

Extension. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0580. 

Summary of Collection: The Health, 

Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. 

L.111–296, Sec. 305) mandates 

programs under its authorization, 

including WIC, to cooperate with USDA 

program research and evaluation 

activities. The United States Department 

of Agriculture’s (USDA) Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 

serves a highly-vulnerable population 

low-income pregnant and post-partum 

women, infants, and children through 

their fifth birthday who are at 

nutritional risk. The program provides 

supplemental food packages, health 

referrals and nutrition education for 

participants. The Age 3 Extension will 

provide the data to answer research 

questions relevant to WIC program and 

policy as well as the nutrition and 

wellbeing of children up to their 3rd 

birthday. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

study is needed to provide FNS with 

information on the factors that influence 

feeding practices and the nutrition and 

health outcomes of infants and toddlers 

in the first two years of their lives. The 

Age 3 Extension study will expand the 

data collection to their third year of life. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Individual or 

households; Business or other for-profit; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 4,353. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Other (alt month). 

Total Burden Hours: 5,409. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04088 Filed 2–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Reestablishment of the Advisory 

Committee on Biotechnology and 21st 

Century Agriculture 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture 

intends to reestablish the Advisory 

Committee on Biotechnology and 21st 

Century Agriculture (AC21) for a twoyear period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions should be addressed to 

Michael Schechtman, Designated 

Federal Official, telephone (202) 720– 

3817; fax (202) 690–4265; email 

michael.schechtman@ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Advisory 

Committee Purpose: USDA supports the 

responsible development and 

application of biotechnology within the 

global food and agricultural system. 

Biotechnology intersects many of the 

policies, programs, and functions of 

USDA. The charge for the AC21 is twofold: To examine the long-term impacts 

of biotechnology on the U.S. food and 

agriculture system and USDA; and to 

provide guidance to USDA on pressing 

individual issues, identified by the 

Office of the Secretary, related to the 

application of biotechnology in 

agriculture. The AC21 will meet in 

Washington, DC, up to four (4) times per 

year. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 11th day of 

February 2015. 

Catherine E. Woteki, 

Under Secretary, REE, Chief Scientist, USDA. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04107 Filed 2–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–ST–14–0083] 

Plant Variety Protection Board; 

Renewal of the Plant Variety Protection 

Board Charter 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.), this notice 

announces that the Secretary of 

Agriculture intends to renew the Plant 

Variety Protection Board (PVP Board). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Zankowski, USDA, Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS), Plant Variety 

Protection Office; 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 4512; Washington, 

DC 20250 or by phone at (202) 720–1128 

or by Internet: http://

www.regulations.gov or by email: 

Paul.Zankowski@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plant 

Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 

2321 et seq.) provides legal protection in 

the form of intellectual property rights 

to developers of new varieties of plants, 

which are reproduced sexually by seed 

or are tuber-propagated. A Certificate of 

Plant Variety Protection is awarded to 

an owner of a crop variety after an 

examination shows that it is new, 

distinct from other varieties, and 

genetically uniform and stable through 

successive generations. The term of 

protection is 20 years for most crops and 

25 years for trees, shrubs, and vines. 

The PVPA also provides for a 

statutory Board (7 U.S.C. 2327) to be 

appointed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. The duties of the Board are 

to: (1) Advise the Secretary concerning 

the adoption of rules and regulations to 

facilitate the proper administration of 

the Act; (2) provide advisory counsel to 

the Secretary on appeals concerning 

decisions on applications by the PVP 

Office and on requests for emergency 

public-interest compulsory licenses; and 

(3) advise the Secretary on any other 

matters under the Regulations and Rules 

of Practice and on all questions under 

section 44 of the Act, ‘‘Public Interest in 

Wide Usage’’ (7 U.S.C. 2404). Renewing 

the PVP Board is necessary and in the 

public interest. 

The PVPA provides that ‘‘the Board 

shall consist of individuals who are 

experts in various areas of varietal 

development covered by this Act.’’ The 

Board membership ‘‘shall include 

farmer representation and shall be 

drawn approximately equally from the 

private or seed industry sector and from 

the sector of government or the public.’’ 

The Board consists of 14 members, each 

of whom is appointed for a 2-year 

period, with no member appointed for 

more than three 2-year periods. 

Nominations are made by farmers’ 

associations, trade associations in the 

seed industry, professional associations 

representing expertise in seed 

technology, plant breeding, and variety 

development, public and private 

research and development institutions 

(13 members) and the USDA (one 

member). 

Equal opportunity practices, in 

agreement with USDA 

nondiscrimination policies, will be 

followed in all membership 

appointments to the Board. To ensure 

that the suggestions of the Board have 

taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

The Charter for the PVP Board will be 

available on the Web site at: http://

www.facadatabase.gov/

download.aspx?fn=Charters/1309_

2013.09.11_PVPBCharter2.7.13_(2013- 

09-11-05-03-31).pdf or may be requested 

by contacting the individual identified 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. 

USDA prohibits discrimination in all 

its programs and activities on the basis 

of race, color, national origin, gender, 

religion, age, disability, political beliefs, 

sexual orientation, and marital or family 

status. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means for 

communication of program information 

(Braille, large print, or audiotape) 

should contact USDA’s Target Center at 

202–720–2600 (voice and TTY). 

To file a written complaint of 

discrimination, write USDA, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–9410 or call 

202–720–5964 (voice and TTY). USDA 

is an equal opportunity provider and 

employer. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04086 Filed 2–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2015–0007] 

Notice of Availability of a Treatment 

Evaluation Document; Methyl Bromide 

Fumigation of Figs 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have determined that it is 

necessary to immediately add to the 

Plant Protection and Quarantine 

Treatment Manual a new treatment 

schedule for methyl bromide fumigation 

of figs for external pests, including 

Chilean false red mite. We have 

prepared a treatment evaluation 

document that describes the new 

treatment schedule and explains why 

we have determined that it is effective 

at neutralizing these pests. We are 

making the treatment evaluation 

document available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 28, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0007. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2015–0007, 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-2015-0007 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. 

Inder P.S. Gadh, Senior Risk Manager– 

Treatments, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737; 

(301) 851–2018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 7 CFR chapter III are 

intended, among other things, to 

prevent the introduction or 

dissemination of plant pests and 

noxious weeds into or within the United 

States. Under the regulations, certain 

plants, fruits, vegetables, and other 

articles must be treated before they may 

be moved into the United States or 

interstate. The phytosanitary treatments 

regulations contained in 7 CFR part 305 

(referred to below as the regulations) set 

out standards for treatments required in 

7 CFR parts 301, 318, and 319 for fruits, 

vegetables, and other articles. 

In § 305.2, paragraph (b) states that 

approved treatment schedules are set 

out in the Plant Protection and 

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