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education component of the Food 

Stamp Program, which is provided for 

in section 11(f) of the Food Stamp Act, 

7 U.S.C. 2020(f). The new Education 

and Administrative Reporting System 

(EARS) will provide uniform data and 

information about the nutrition 

education activities of all participating 

States across the country. The data and 

information collected through EARS 

will inform management decisions, 

support policy initiatives, provide 

documentation for legislative, budget 

and other requests, and support 

planning within the agency. Data will be 

submitted electronically by all state FSP 

agencies annually. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

EARS will allow for the collection of 

uniform data on program activities, 

making it possible to describe who is 

reached, what they are taught and how 

resources are used in Food Stamp 

Nutrition Education (FSNE). Data 

collected under this new system include 

demographic characteristics of 

participants receiving nutrition 

education benefits, topics covered by 

the educational intervention, education 

delivery sites, education strategies, and 

resource allocation. Without this data, 

FNS would not be able to respond 

timely and effectively to legislative and 

budget information requests or monitor 

trends in program activities. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 52. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,808. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer 

[FR Doc. E6–21968 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2006–0194] 

Control of Viral Hemorrhagic 

Septicemia; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service’s Veterinary Services 

program will host four public meetings 

to present current information about the 

outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic 

septicemia (VHS) and actions taken to 

prevent the spread of this fish disease, 

and to discuss issues concerning 

possible regulation of VHS by the 

Agency. 

DATES: The meetings will be held in 

Lakewood, CO, and Memphis, TN, on 

January 9, 2007, and in Romulus, MI, 

and Coraopolis, PA, on January 10, 

2007. Each meeting will be held from 

8:30 a.m. to noon, local time. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the following locations: 

• Lakewood, CO: U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service, 134 Union Boulevard, 1st Floor 

Conference Room, Lakewood, CO. 

• Memphis, TN: The Peabody 

Memphis Hotel, 149 Union Avenue, 

Memphis, TN. 

• Romulus, MI: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 

Detroit-Metro Airport, 8000 Merriman 

Road, Romulus, MI. 

• Coraopolis, PA: Pittsburgh Airport 

Marriott, 777 Aten Road, Coraopolis, 

PA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Jill Rolland, Aquaculture Specialist, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 46, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; (301) 734–

7727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Viral 

hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) is a 

highly contagious disease of fresh and 

saltwater fish. The virus that causes 

VHS produces clinical signs in 

susceptible fish including internal 

hemorrhaging and death, but other 

species may carry the virus and show no 

clinical signs. The disease does not pose 

a risk to people, but it has recently been 

found to affect a number of free-ranging 

fish species previously not known to be 

susceptible, including a number of 

important baitfish, recreational, and 

foodfish species. 

In response to outbreaks of VHS in the 

Great Lakes region and the potential 

impact on aquacultured fish species in 

the United States, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

issued an emergency order on October 

24, 2006, prohibiting the importation of 

certain species of live fish from Ontario 

and Quebec, Canada, into the United 

States and the interstate movement of 

the same species from the eight States 

bordering the Great Lakes: New York, 

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, 

Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. On 

November 14, 2006, APHIS modified 

the October 24, 2006, emergency order 

to allow the interstate movement of 

VHS-susceptible species for slaughter or 

research under certain conditions and to 

allow the importation of VHSsusceptible species of salmonids from 

Ontario and Quebec into the United 

States if the fish meet the requirements 

specified in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s Title 50 Certification (50 CFR 

16.13(a)(3) and 16.13(b)). 

Now we are advising the public that 

APHIS’ Veterinary Services program 

will host four public meetings on VHS. 

The purpose of the meetings is to 

present current information about the 

outbreaks of VHS and actions taken to 

prevent its spread, and to give interested 

persons an opportunity to present data 

and views concerning the possible 

regulation of VHS by the Agency. The 

meetings will be held in Lakewood, CO, 

and Memphis, TN, on January 9, 2007, 

and in Romulus, MI, and Coraopolis, 

PA, on January 10, 2007. Each meeting 

will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon, 

local time. 

A representative of APHIS will 

preside at each public meeting. Any 

interested person may appear and be 

heard in person, by attorney, or by other 

representative. Written statements may 

be submitted and will be made part of 

the meeting record. 

Registration for each meeting will take 

place 30 minutes prior to the scheduled 

start of the meeting. Persons who wish 

to speak at a meeting will be asked to 

sign in with their name and 

organization to establish a record for the 

meeting. We ask that anyone who reads 

a statement provide two copies to the 

presiding officer at the meeting. 

The presiding officer may limit the 

time for each presentation so that all 

interested persons appearing at each 

meeting have an opportunity to 

participate. Each meeting may be 

terminated at any time if all persons 

desiring to speak and who are present 

in the meeting room have been heard. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

December 2006. 

Elizabeth E. Gaston, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–21966 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection; Noninsured 

Crop Disaster Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency and the 

Commodity Credit Corporation are 

seeking comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 


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extension of a currently approved 

information collection used in support 

of the Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program (NAP). The 

information collected is needed to 

determine eligibility to obtain NAP 

assistance. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 20, 2007 to be 

assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to Clay 

Lagasse, Section Head; Common 

Disaster Provisions Section, Disaster 

Branch; Production, Emergencies and 

Compliance Division, Farm Service 

Agency, USDA, Mail Stop 0517, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0522 and to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Comments also 

may be submitted by e-mail to: 

Clay.Lagasse@wdc.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clay 

Lagasse, Section Head, Common 

Disaster Provisions Section, Disaster 

Assistance Branch, (202) 205–9893. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program. 

OMB Number: 0560–0175. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2007. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

revision. 

Abstract: The Noninsured Crop 

Assistance Program is authorized under 

7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under 

regulations issued at 7 CFR Part 1437. 

The NAP is administered under the 

general supervision of the Executive 

Vice-President of CCC (who also serves 

as Administrator, FSA), and is carried 

out by FSA State and County 

committees. The information collected 

allows CCC to provide assistance under 

NAP for losses of commercial crops or 

other agricultural commodities (except 

livestock) for which catastrophic risk 

protection under 7 U.S.C. 1508 is not 

available, and that is produced for food 

or fiber. Additionally, NAP provides 

assistance for losses of floriculture, 

ornamental nursery, Christmas tree 

crops, turf grass sod, seed crops, 

aquaculture (including ornamental fish), 

sea oats and sea grass, industrial crops, 

and tropical agricultural crops. The 

information collected is necessary to 

determine whether a producer and crop 

or commodity meet applicable 

conditions for assistance and to 

determine compliance with existing 

rules. Producers must annually: (1) 

Request NAP coverage by completing an 

application for coverage and paying a 

service fee by the CCC-established 

application closing date; (2) file a 

current crop-year report of acreage for 

the covered crop or commodity; and (3) 

certify production of each covered crop 

or commodity. When damage to a 

covered crop or commodity occurs, 

producers must file a notice of loss with 

the local FSA administrative county 

office within 15 calendar days of 

occurrence or 15 calendar days of the 

date damage to the crop or commodity 

becomes apparent. Producers must also 

file an application for payment and 

certification of income with the local 

FSA administrative county office. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

estimated to average 0.6 hours per 

response. 

Type of Respondents: Producers of 

commercial crops or other agricultural 

commodities (except livestock). 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 291,500. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,143,562. 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

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 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized, and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 

15, 2006. 

Teresa Lasseter, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and 

Executive Vice-President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 06–9830 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Advisory Committee on Emerging 

Markets: Nominations 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

nominations are being sought for twenty 

(20) qualified persons to serve on the 

Advisory Committee on Emerging 

Markets (the Committee). The role of the 

Committee is to provide information 

and advice, based upon knowledge and 

expertise of the members, useful to the 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 

implementing the Emerging Markets 

Program (EMP). The Committee also 

advises USDA on ways to increase the 

involvement of the U.S. private sector in 

emerging markets in food and rural 

business systems and reviews proposals 

submitted to the Program for funding 

technical assistance activities. 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received by the Foreign Agricultural 

Service (FAS) by 5 p.m. on January 22, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: All nominating materials 

should be sent to Ms. Nancy 

Hirschhorn, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, Stop 1052, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

1052. Forms may also be submitted by 

fax to (202) 690–0193. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons interested in serving on the 

Committee, or in nominating 

individuals to serve, should contact Ms. 

Nancy Hirschhorn, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, by telephone (202) 720–6896, 

by fax (202) 690–0193, or by electronic 

mail to emo@fas.usda.gov and request 

Form AD–755 and Form SF–181. 

Persons with disabilities who require an 

alternative means for communication of 

information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s 

Target Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice 

and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee is authorized by section 

1542 of the Food, Agriculture, 

Conservation and Trade Act of 1990, as 

amended. The overall purpose of the 

Committee is to provide USDA with 

information that may be useful in 

carrying out the provisions of the 

Emerging Markets Program. The 

Committee is composed of 

representatives of the various sectors of 

the food and rural business systems of 

the United States. More information 

about the purpose and function of the 

Committee and about the Emerging 

Markets Program may be found at the 

FAS/Emerging Markets Program Web 

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