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Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 5. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 5 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 8th day of 

October 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24530 Filed 10–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0080] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Endangered 

Species Regulations and Forfeiture 

Procedures 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection; 

comment request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request a revision to and extension of 

approval of an information collection 

associated with the regulations for 

protection of endangered species of 

terrestrial plants and for procedures 

related to the forfeiture of plants or 

other property. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0080. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0080, 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-2014-0080 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: For 

information on the regulations to protect 

endangered species of terrestrial plants 

and forfeiture procedures, contact Dr. 

John Veremis, National CITES Director, 

PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, 

Unit 52, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

851–2347. For copies of more detailed 

information on the information 

collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Endangered Species Regulations 

and Forfeiture Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0076. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

responsible for enforcing provisions of 

the Act and the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora 

(CITES) that pertain to the importation, 

exportation, or reexportation of plants. 

As part of this mission, USDA’s 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Services (APHIS) administers the 

regulations in 7 CFR part 355, 

‘‘Endangered Species Regulations 

Concerning Terrestrial Plants.’’ In 

accordance with these regulations, any 

individual, nursery, or other entity 

wishing to engage in the business of 

importing, exporting, or reexporting 

terrestrial plants listed in the CITES 

regulations at 50 CFR 17.12 or 23.23 

must obtain a protected plant permit 

from APHIS. Such entities include 

importers, exporters, or reexporters who 

sell, barter, collect, or otherwise 

exchange or acquire terrestrial plants as 

a livelihood or enterprise engaged in for 

gain or profit. The requirement does not 

apply to persons engaged in business 

merely as carriers or customhouse 

brokers. 

To obtain a protected plant permit, 

entities must complete an application 

(Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 

Form 621) and submit it to APHIS for 

approval. When a permit has been 

issued, the plants covered by the permit 

may be imported into the United States, 

exported, or reexported, provided they 

are accompanied by documentation 

required by the regulations and all other 

conditions of the regulations are met. 

Effectively regulating entities who are 

engaged in the business of importing, 

exporting, or reexporting endangered 

species of terrestrial plants requires the 

use of this application process, as well 

as the use of other information 

collection activities including, but not 

limited to, notifying APHIS of the 

impending importation, exportation, or 

reexportation of the plants; marking 

containers used for the importation, 

exportation, or reexportation of the 

plants; and creating and maintaining 

records of importation, exportation, and 

reexportation. 

APHIS also administers regulations at 

7 CFR part 356, ‘‘Forfeiture 

Procedures,’’ which sets out procedures 

for the forfeiture of plants or other 

property by entities found to be in 

violation of the Endangered Species Act 

or the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 

(16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.). Entities whose 

property is subject to forfeiture may file 

with APHIS a waiver of forfeiture 

procedures, a petition for remission or 

mitigation of forfeiture, or a request for 

release of property. 

The information provided by these 

information collection activities is 

critical to APHIS’ ability to carry out its 

responsibilities under the Endangered 

Species Act and the Lacey Act. These 

responsibilities include monitoring 

importation, exportation, and 

reexportation activities involving 

endangered species of plants, as well as 

the investigation of possible violations 

and the forfeiture of plants or other 

property. However, since the last 

approval of this collection, APHIS no 

longer requires completion of PPQ Form 

625 (Claim and Bond) due to 

implementation of the Civil Asset 

Forfeiture Reform Act. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve 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; 


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(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 

0.0929 hours per response. 

Respondents: U.S. importers and 

exporters of endangered species of 

terrestrial plants. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 16,578. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 4.901. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 81,264. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 7,552 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 8th day of 

October 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24531 Filed 10–14–14; 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, 

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency and the 

Commodity Credit Corporation are 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 

Program (NAP). The information 

collected is needed from producers to 

determine eligibility for NAP assistance. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by December 15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, OMB control 

number, volume, and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. You 

may submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to/ 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Daniel McGlynn, Acting 

Division Director, Production, 

Emergencies, and Compliance Division, 

Farm Service Agency, USDA, Mail Stop 

0517, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0517. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC, 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Hill, Section Head, Disaster 

Assistance Section, Program Policy 

Branch, (202) 720–3087. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster 

Assistance Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0175. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Abstract: NAP is authorized under 7 

U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under 

regulations issued at 7 CFR part 1437. 

NAP is administered by FSA for CCC 

and is carried out by FSA State and 

County committees. The information 

collected allows FSA to provide 

assistance under NAP for losses of 

commercial crops or other agricultural 

commodities (except livestock) that are 

produced for food or fiber and for which 

catastrophic coverage under section 

508(b), or additional NAP coverage 

under sections 508(c) and 508(h) under 

the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

1508) is not available. 

NAP coverage is available for crops 

expressly grown for food (excluding 

livestock and their by-products); crops 

planted and grown for livestock 

consumption; crops grown for fiber 

(excluding trees grown for wood, paper, 

or pulp products); aquaculture species 

crops (including ornamental fish); 

floriculture; ornamental nursery; 

Christmas tree crops; turf grass sod; 

industrial crops; seed crops; and sea 

grass and sea oats. 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 regulations. 

Eligible producers must annually: 

(1) Request NAP coverage by 

completing an application for coverage 

and paying a service fee by the FSAestablished application closing date; 

(2) File a report of acreage, inventory, 

or physical location of the operation, as 

applicable for the covered crop or 

commodity; and 

(3) Certify harvested production of 

each covered crop or commodity. 

When damage to a covered crop or 

commodity occurs, which is eligible for 

NAP, 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 by the 

FSA established deadline, and complete 

a certification of average adjusted gross 

income and consent for disclosure of tax 

information with the local FSA County 

office. The NAP application is also 

being used to provide a timelier, more 

accurate, and more reliable delivery of 

benefits to producers. 

FSA is revising a currently approved 

information collection because the 

number of producers is expected to 

increase due to changes to NAP by the 

Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm 

Bill) and additional changes that are 

under development and will be 

published in a separate rulemaking. 

The 2014 Farm Bill authorizes 

additional NAP coverage (NAP buy-up 

coverage) levels ranging from 50 to 65 

percent of production at 100 percent of 

the average market price, and expands 

NAP coverage to sweet sorghum, 

biomass sorghum, and industrial crops 

grown as feedstock for renewable 

biofuel, renewable electricity, and 

biobased products. It also expands a 

waiver of the NAP service fee which 

was previously available only to limited 

resource farmers to also include 

beginning and socially disadvantaged 

farmers and ranchers. 

Based on these changes, FSA is 

expecting an increase in the annual total 

number of respondents, and an increase 

in total burden hours for collection of 

the information. 

The formulas used to calculate the 

total burden hours is estimated average 

time per response (includes travel 

times) hours times total annual 

responses. 

Type of respondents: Producers of 

commercial crops or other agricultural 

commodities (except livestock). 

Estimated Annual Burden: Public 

reporting burden for this information 

collection is estimated to average 1.33 

hours per response. The average travel 

time, which is included in the total 


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