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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 78, No. 130 

Monday, July 8, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 1, 2013. 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by August 7, 2013 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725—17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Census of Aquaculture. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0237. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

objective of the 2013 Census of 

Aquaculture is to obtain a 

comprehensive and detailed picture of 

the aquaculture sector of the economy. 

Authority to administer the census of 

aquaculture is covered by Public Law 

105–113, the Census of Agriculture Act 

of 1997, and U.S. Code Title 7. The 

census of aquaculture will be the only 

source of data comparable and 

consistent at the national and State 

levels. It will cover all operations, 

commercial or noncommercial, for 

which $1,000 or more of aquaculture 

products were sold or normally would 

have been sold during the census year. 

The census of aquaculture is one of a 

series of special study programs that 

comprise the follow-ons to the census of 

agriculture and is designed to provide 

more detailed statistics on the 

aquaculture industry. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

will collect data to provide a 

comprehensive inventory on the 

number of operations, freshwater and 

saltwater acreage used for aquaculture 

production, water sources used for 

production, methods of production, 

total production, sales outlets, value of 

aquaculture products sold and sales by 

aquaculture species, products 

distributed for recreation, restoration or 

conservation by species. These data will 

provide information on the aquaculture 

industry necessary for farmers, 

government and various groups, 

concerned with the aquaculture 

industry to evaluate policy and 

programs, make marketing decisions 

and determine the economic impact on 

the economy. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 8,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One-time (Every 5-years). 

Total Burden Hours: 6,008. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0052] 

Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk 

Analysis for the Importation of Swiss 

Chard From Colombia Into the 

Continental United States 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have prepared a pest risk 

analysis that evaluates the risks 

associated with the importation of Swiss 

chard from Colombia into the 

continental United States. Based on that 

analysis, we have concluded 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 importation of 

Swiss chard from Colombia. We are 

making the pest risk analysis available 

to the public for review and comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

6, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0052-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0052, 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/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0052 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 


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through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dorothy Wayson, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, Plant Health 

Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 851–2036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–58), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent the introduction and 

dissemination of plant pests that are 

new to or not widely distributed within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of 

commodities that, based on the findings 

of a pest risk analysis, can be safely 

imported subject to one or more of the 

designated phytosanitary measures 

listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

Government of Colombia to allow the 

importation of Swiss chard (Beta 

vulgaris ssp. cicla (L.) Koch) into the 

United States. Currently, Swiss chard is 

not authorized for entry from Colombia. 

We completed a pest risk assessment 

(PRA) to identify pests of quarantine 

significance that could follow the 

pathway of importation if such imports 

were to be allowed. Based on the PRA, 

we then completed a risk management 

document (RMD) to identify 

phytosanitary measures that could be 

applied to mitigate the risks of 

introducing or disseminating the 

identified pests via the importation of 

Swiss chard from Colombia. We have 

concluded that Swiss chard can safely 

be imported into the continental United 

States from Colombia using one or more 

of the five designated phytosanitary 

measures listed in § 319.56–4(b). These 

measures are that: 

• Swiss chard may be imported into 

the continental United States in 

commercial consignments only; 

• The Swiss chard is subject to 

inspection at the port of entry; and 

• The Swiss chard must be 

accompanied by a phytosanitary 

certificate issued by the national plant 

protection organization of Colombia 

with an additional declaration stating 

that the consignment was inspected and 

found free of Copitarsia incommoda and 

Liriomyza huidobrensis. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our PRA and RMD for 

public review and comment. The PRA 

and RMD may be viewed on the 

Regulations.gov Web site or in our 

reading room (see ADDRESSES above for 

instructions for accessing 

Regulations.gov and information on the 

location and hours of the reading room). 

You may also request paper copies of 

the PRA and RMD by calling or writing 

to the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the analysis that you wish to 

review when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of Swiss 

chard from Colombia in a subsequent 

notice. If the overall conclusions of the 

analysis and the Administrator’s 

determination of risk remain unchanged 

following our consideration of the 

comments, then we will authorize the 

importation of Swiss chard from 

Colombia into the continental United 

States subject to the requirements 

specified in the RMD. 

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 1st day of 

July 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Solicitation of Input From Stakeholders 

Regarding the New Water Challenge 

Area Within the Agriculture and Food 

Research Initiative 

AGENCY: National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of web-based listening 

session and request for stakeholder 

input. 

SUMMARY: As part of the National 

Institute of Food and Agriculture’s 

(NIFA) strategy to successfully 

implement the Agriculture and Food 

Research Initiative (AFRI), NIFA intends 

to initiate a new challenge area within 

AFRI in Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 to 

address water issues. NIFA will be 

holding a web-based listening session in 

order to solicit stakeholder input on this 

new challenge area. It is open to the 

public and the focus of the listening 

session is to gather stakeholder input 

that will be used in developing the 

Request for Applications (RFA) in FY 

2014. NIFA is particularly interested in 

input on how best to achieve the most 

impact, within budget constraints, in 

the early years of this new challenge 

area. 

All comments must be received by 

close of business on July 30, 2013, to be 

considered in the initial drafting of the 

FY 2014 AFRI Water program RFA. 

DATES: The web-based listening session 

will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, 

from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time (EST). All written 

comments must be received by 5 p.m. 

EST on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The web-based listening 

session will be hosted using Adobe 

Connect. On July 16th, please access the 

following Web site, http://nifaconnect.nifa.usda.gov/afri-water/. In 

addition, audio conference call 

capabilities can be accessed at 1–888– 

858–2144, participant code 1512861#. 

You may submit written comments, 

identified by NIFA–2013–0010, by any 

of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: AFRI@nifa.usda.gov. Include 

NIFA–2013–0010 in the subject line of 

the message. 

Fax: 202–401–1782. 

Mail: Paper, disk or CD–ROM 

submissions should be submitted to 

AFRI; Institute of Food Production and 

Sustainability (IFPS), National Institute 

of Food and Agriculture, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, STOP 2240, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2220. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: AFRI, IFPS, 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 3444, Waterfront 

Centre, 800 9th Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name (NIFA) 

and reference to NIFA–2013–0010. All 

comments received will be posted to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Terri Joya, (202) 401–1282 (phone), 

(202) 401–1782 (fax), or 

tjoya@nifa.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Web-based Listening Session 

and Comment Procedures—Persons 

wishing to present oral comments 

during the web-based listening session 

on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 are requested 


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