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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[No. PY–06–004] 

Notice of Request for Extension of and 

Revision to a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), for an extension for 

and revision to a currently approved 

information collection for Poultry 

Market News Programs. 

DATES: Comments received by December 

18, 2006 will be considered. 

Additional Information Or Comments: 

Interested parties are invited to submit 

written comments concerning this 

notice. Comments must be sent to 

Michael E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry Market 

News Branch, Poultry Programs, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, STOP 0262, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0262, or fax 

(202–720–2403). Alternately, comments 

may be submitted electronically to: 

Michael.Sheats@usda.gov. Comments 

may also be submitted electronically to: 

AMSPYDockets@usda.gov or http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

make reference to the date and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register and will be made available for 

public inspection in the above office 

during regular business hours. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry Market 

News Branch, 202–720–6911. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This notice contains submission 

requirements subject to public comment 

and review by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). In accordance with 5 CFR 

Part 1320, a description of the 

submission requirements and an 

estimate of the resulting burden on 

applicants is included. 

Title: Poultry Market News Reports. 

OMB Number: 0581–0033. 

Expiration Date of Approval: August 

31, 2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of and 

revision to a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), the Poultry Market 

News Branch provides up-to-the-minute 

nationwide coverage of prices, supply, 

demand, trends, movement, and other 

pertinent information affecting the 

trading of poultry and eggs, and their 

respective products. The market reports 

compiled and disseminated by Market 

News provide current, unbiased, factual 

information to all members of the 

Nation’s agricultural industry, from 

farm to retailer. These market reports 

assist producers, processors, 

wholesalers, retailers, and others in 

making informed production, 

purchasing, and sales decisions and 

promote orderly marketing by placing 

buyers and sellers on a more equal 

negotiating basis. 

Market news reporters communicate 

with buyers and sellers of egg and 

poultry commodities on a daily basis in 

order to accomplish the Program’s 

mission. This communication and 

information gathering is accomplished 

through the use of telephone 

conversations, facsimile transmissions, 

and electronic mail messages. Market 

News uses one OMB approved form, 

PY–90: Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks 

Report, to collect inventory information 

monthly from commercial dried egg 

products plants throughout the U.S. 

Cooperating firms submit this form to 

Market News primarily via facsimile 

transmissions. 

(1) Collection of Market Information. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.083 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers, processors, 

brokers, distributors, and retailers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,775. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

221,875. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 125. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 18,415.5 hours. 

(2) Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks 

Form PY–90. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.083 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Commercial domestic 

dried egg products plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 80. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 8. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6.64 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of the 

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. 

Dated: October 11, 2006. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–17193 Filed 10–16–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Office of the Under Secretary, 

Research, Education, and Economics; 

Notice of the Scientific Review Panel at 

the National Animal Disease Center, 

Ames, Iowa 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service 

(ARS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture announces a conference 

call meeting of the Scientific Review 

Panel at the National Animal Disease 

Center, Ames, Iowa. 

DATES: October 18, 2006, 8 a.m. to 11 

a.m. or noon central time. 

ADDRESSES: City Council Chambers, City 

Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa 

50010 (access to a monitor of the 

conference call). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Shafer, Midwest Area Director, 

USDA–ARS, 1815 North University 

Street, Peoria, Illinois 61604; Telephone 

(309) 681–6602; Fax (309) 681–6684; Email sshafer@nwa.ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 4, 

2006, the City of Ames, Iowa, received 

allegations that wastes from areas at the 

National Animal Disease Center (NADC) 


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with animals challenged with prions 

were not properly treated prior to 

discharge to the City wastewater plant. 

An expert panel was convened to 

review scientific information about 

deactivation of prions and assess 

practices used at NADC to treat liquid 

wastes from areas where animals with 

prions are housed and handled that 

enter the Ames wastewater treatment 

system. (Note: For the purposes of this 

panel and its review, prions are defined 

as specific proteins that are abnormally 

shaped and can cause transmissible 

diseases associated with the 

allegations). The panel had its first 

meeting on August 23, 2006, at the 

Ames City Hall, followed by preparatory 

work on August 23, August 24, and 

September 20. The conference call 

meeting on October 18, 2006, will 

continue implementation of the panel’s 

charge to evaluate four main issues 

related to the handling and disposal of 

potentially prion-contaminated 

materials in wastewater from the NADC: 

(1) Identify scientifically accepted 

methods for effectively destroying 

prions; (2) Assess the concerns raised 

regarding NADC’s current and past 

methods for the destruction of prions; 

(3) Determine the risk posed to humans 

and the environment from the current, 

as well as previous, methods for the 

destruction of prions utilized at NADC; 

and (4) If remediation is needed, 

provide scientifically sound approaches 

for corrective action(s) that may be 

taken. Final conclusions of the review 

will be developed during a meeting at 

a later date, also to be announced. At 

the conclusion of its review, the panel 

will prepare a written report that 

documents the panel’s findings for the 

four main issues being evaluated. The 

meeting on October 18 will be held by 

conference call. The public may monitor 

the panel’s discussion via a speaker 

phone in the Ames City Hall’s Council 

Chamber. No oral comments will be 

accepted from the public during the 

call, however, written public comment 

received by letter, fax, or e-mail to the 

contact person named above by close of 

business on Wednesday, November 1, 

2006, will be provided to the panel 

members. Although access to the 

conference call monitor will be open to 

the public, space is limited. If you want 

to be assured of a seat at this meeting, 

you must register by contacting the 

contact person named above at least 5 

days prior to the meeting. Please 

provide your name, title, business 

affiliation, address, and telephone and 

fax numbers when you register. If you 

require a sign language interpreter or 

other special accommodation due to 

disability, please indicate those needs at 

the time of registration. Pre-registrations 

will be limited to 80 people; others may 

be able to attend on a space-available 

basis. 

Dated: October 6, 2006. 

Caird E. Rexroad, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Research Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–8727 Filed 10–12–06; 12:44 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Order No. 1482 

Grant of Authority for Subzone Status, 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 

Company, Inc., (Crop Protection 

Products), Valdosta, Georgia Area 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

WHEREAS, the Foreign–Trade Zones 

Act provides for ‘‘ . . . the establishment 

. . . of foreign–trade zones in ports of 

entry of the United States, to expedite 

and encourage foreign commerce, and 

for other purposes,’’ and authorizes the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board to grant to 

qualified corporations the privilege of 

establishing foreign–trade zones in or 

adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection ports of entry; 

WHEREAS, the Board’s regulations 

(15 CFR Part 400) provide for the 

establishment of special–purpose 

subzones when existing zone facilities 

cannot serve the specific use involved, 

and when the activity results in a 

significant public benefit and is in the 

public interest; 

WHEREAS, Brunswick Foreign–Trade 

Zone, Inc., grantee of Foreign–Trade 

Zone 144, has made application to the 

Board for authority to establish special–

purpose subzone status at the 

manufacturing facilities (crop protection 

products) of E.I. du Pont de Nemours 

and Company, Inc., located in the 

Valdosta, Georgia area (FTZ Docket 15–

2006, filed 4/27/2006); 

WHEREAS, notice inviting public 

comment has been given in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 26321, 5/4/2006); and, 

WHEREAS, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations will be satisfied, and 

that approval of the application will be 

in the public interest; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby 

grants authority for subzone status for 

activity related to crop protection 

products at the manufacturing facilities 

of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 

Company, Inc. (Subzone 144A), as 

described in the application and 

Federal Register notice, and subject to 

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

October 2006. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary of Commercefor Import 

Administration,Alternate ChairmanForeign– 

Trade Zones Board. 

Attest: 

Pierre V. Duy, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–17268 Filed 10–16–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Order No. 1481 

Reorganization/Expansion of Foreign–

Trade Zone 148, Knoxville, Tennessee, 

Area 

Pursuant to its authority under the 

Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign–

Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

WHEREAS, the Industrial 

Development Board of Blount County, 

grantee of Foreign–Trade Zone 148, 

submitted an application to the Board 

for authority to reorganize and expand 

FTZ 148 in the Knoxville, Tennessee, 

area, adjacent to the Knoxville Customs 

port of entry (FTZ Docket 12–2006; filed 

4/6/2006); 

WHEREAS, notice inviting public 

comment was given in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 19872, 4/16/2006) and 

the application has been processed 

pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations; and, 

WHEREAS, the Board adopts the 

findings and recommendations of the 

examiner’s report, and finds that the 

requirements of the FTZ Act and 

Board’s regulations are satisfied, and 

that the proposal is in the public 

interest; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby 

orders: 

The application to reorganize and 

expand FTZ 148 is approved, subject to 

the Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.28. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of 

October 2006. 


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