3548 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices 

Poultry) in Interstate Commerce 

Pursuant to Title 9, Code of Federal 

Regulations (VS Form 10–6). 

This notice includes a description of 

the information collection requirements 

currently approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

recordkeeping for approved livestock 

facilities and slaughtering and rendering 

establishments under number 0579– 

0342, and for the interstate movement of 

sheep and goats under number 0579– 

0258. These collections pertain to the 

same regulations (§§ 71.20 and 71.21); 

therefore, we will consolidate them into 

one collection. After OMB approves and 

combines the burden for both 

collections under one collection 

(number 0579–0258), the Department 

will retire number 0579–0342. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities, as described, 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 0.5 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Livestock marketing 

facility personnel, owners or operators 

of livestock facilities that handle 

animals moving interstate, authorized 

personnel at listed slaughter and 

rendering facilities, and State animal 

health officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 234. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 1,026. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 546 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 16th day of 

January 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01054 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0096] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest List for 

the Interstate Movement of Fresh Sea 

Asparagus Tips From Hawaii Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest list and 

risk management document regarding 

the risks associated with the interstate 

movement of fresh sea asparagus tips 

from Hawaii into the continental United 

States. Based on these documents, we 

have determined that the application of 

one or more designated phytosanitary 

measures will be sufficient to mitigate 

the risks of introducing or disseminating 

plant pests or noxious weeds via the 

movement of fresh sea asparagus tips 

from Hawaii. We are making these 

documents available to the public for 

review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 24, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0096. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0096, 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-2014-0096 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: Mr. 

David Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy 

Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1231; (301) 851–2103. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart—Regulated 

Articles From Hawaii and the 

Territories’’ (7 CFR 318.13–1 through 

318.13–26, referred to below as the 

regulations), the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

prohibits or restricts the interstate 

movement of fruits and vegetables from 

Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands to the 

continental United States to prevent the 

spread of plant pests and noxious weeds 

that occur in Hawaii and the territories. 

Section 318.13–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the interstate movement of 

certain fruits and vegetables from 

Hawaii and the U.S. territories that, 

based on the findings of a pest list, can 

be safely moved subject to one or more 

of the six designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in § 318.13–4(b). 

APHIS received a request from the 

Hawaii Department of Agriculture to 

allow the interstate movement of fresh 

sea asparagus tips (Salicornia bigelovii 

Torr.) to the continental United States. 

Hawaii has indicated a specific interest 

in production and shipment of fresh sea 

asparagus tips, which are currently 

prohibited from interstate movement 

from Hawaii to the continental United 

States. 

We have prepared a pest list to 

identify pests of quarantine significance 

that could follow the pathway of 

interstate movement into the 

continental United States. Based on that 

pest list, we prepared a risk 

management document (RMD) to 

identify phytosanitary measures that 

could be applied to the commodity to 

mitigate the pest risk. We have 

concluded that fresh sea asparagus tips 

can be safely moved from Hawaii to the 

continental United States using one or 

more of the six designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in § 318.13–4(b). 

Specifically, fresh seas asparagus tips 

would have to be moved interstate as 

commercial consignments only and be 

subject to pre-departure inspection in 

Hawaii prior to interstate movement 

into the continental United States. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices 3549 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 318.13–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest list and RMD for 

public review and comment. The 

documents may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the pest list and RMD 

by calling or writing to the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Please refer to the subject of 

the analysis when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the interstate movement of 

fresh sea asparagus tips from Hawaii in 

a subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of our analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the interstate movement 

of fresh sea asparagus tips from Hawaii 

into the continental United States 

subject to the requirements specified in 

the RMD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of 

January 2015. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01148 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Public Open House Meetings 

for the Tongass Land and Resource 

Management Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Tongass National Forest 

is working to complete an amendment 

to the Tongass Land and Resource 

Management Plan (forest plan) by 

August 2016. The scope of the plan 

amendment is narrowly focused to 

accomplish a transition to young growth 

management as provided in the 

Secretary’s Memorandum (1044–009), 

and to make renewable energy 

development more permissive on the 

Tongass. Changes to the forest plan are 

being developed under the new 

National Forest System land 

management planning rule (36 CFR part 

219) (2012 planning rule), and embody 

the provisions of the National Forest 

Management Act. The Tongass is the 

first national forest to amend a plan 

completed under the 1982 planning rule 

using the 2012 planning rule. 

Based on public scoping comments 

received on the Notice of Intent (NOI) 

that was published in the Federal 

Register (FR) on May 27, 2014 (79 FR 

30074), as well as comments received 

on the five-year review of the forest 

plan, four issues were identified that 

focus on: (1) Young-growth transition; 

(2) renewable energy; (3) roadless areas; 

and (4) wildlife habitat and the old 

growth conservation strategy. 

Three public open houses have been 

planned in Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan, 

Alaska to share information with the 

public about the progress being made on 

the Proposed Forest Plan Amendment 

and Draft EIS, and to provide 

opportunity for the public to comment 

on the Draft Plan Monitoring Program. 

DATES: The public open house dates and 

times are: 

1. January 26, 2015, 5:00 p.m. to 8 

p.m., Juneau, AK. 

2. January 28, 2015, 5:00 p.m. to 8 

p.m., Sitka, AK. 

3. February 2, 2015, 5:00 p.m. to 8 

p.m., Ketchikan, AK. 

Comments concerning the Tongass 

National Forest Draft Plan Monitoring 

Program will be accepted for 30 days 

following publication of this Notice. 

ADDRESSES: The public open house 

locations are: 

1. Juneau—USDA Forest Service 

(Juneau Ranger District/Admiralty 

National Monument Conference Room), 

8510 Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau, 

AK 99801. 

2. Sitka—Harrigan Centennial Hall 

(Rousseau Room), 330 Harbor Drive, 

Sitka, AK 99835. 

3. Ketchikan—Southeast Alaska 

Discovery Center, 50 Main Street, 

Ketchikan, AK 99901. 

The Tongass National Forest Draft 

Plan Monitoring Program is available for 

public review and located at http://

www.fs.usda.gov/main/tongass/

landmanagement/planning. 

Send or hand-deliver written 

comments on the Tongass National 

Forest Draft Plan Monitoring Program 

to: Tongass National Forest, Attn: Susan 

Howle, 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, 

Alaska 99901. The FAX number is (907) 

228–6215. Comments may be sent via 

email to: comments-alaska-tongass@

fs.fed.us with ‘‘Tongass National Forest 

Draft Plan Monitoring Program’’ on the 

subject line. Comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

In all correspondence, please include 

your name, address, and organization 

name if you are commenting as a 

representative of an organization. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

In addition to this Notice, display ads 

will be placed in the Juneau Empire, 

Sitka Sentinel and Ketchikan Daily 

News (newspaper of record). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Howle, Project Manager, Tongass 

National Forest, (907) 228–6340, 

showle@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2012 

planning rule requires that an existing 

plan’s monitoring program must be 

made to conform to the monitoring 

requirements of the rule within 4 years 

of the rule’s May 9, 2012 effective date 

(May 9, 2016), or as soon as practicable. 

The Tongass National Forest has a 

robust plan monitoring program that 

already addresses many of the eight 

requirements listed in the 2012 

Planning Rule. The Draft Plan 

Monitoring Program will transition the 

monitoring plan out of the forest plan, 

thus providing the opportunity to more 

easily adapt to changing conditions on 

the forest. 

Forrest Cole, 

Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01095 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Contingent Valuation/Choice 

Experiment Surveys for Hurricane 

Sandy Restoration Efforts in Forsythe 

National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey 

and Jamaica Bay, NY. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (request for 

a new information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,035. 


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