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Vol. 72, No. 49 

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0009] 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Information Collection; National 

Animal Identification System; Species 

Data by State 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: New 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 

initiate a new information collection 

activity for collection of species data by 

State as part of the National Animal 

Identification System. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 14, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, select 

‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the 

Docket ID column, select APHIS–2007– 

0009 to submit or view public 

comments and to view supporting and 

related materials available 

electronically. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0009, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS– 

2007–0009. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room 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) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on an information 

collection activity for collection of 

species data by State as part of the 

National Animal Identification System, 

contact Dr. John Wiemers, National 

Animal Identification Staff, VS, 2100 

Lake Storey Road, Galesburg, IL 61401; 

(309) 344–1942. For copies of more 

detailed information on the information 

collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 734–7477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Animal Identification 

System; Species Data by State. 

OMB Number: 0579–XXXX. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

Abstract: As part of ongoing efforts to 

safeguard animal health, the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture initiated 

implementation of a National Animal 

Identification System (NAIS) in 2004. 

The NAIS is a cooperative State-Federalindustry program administered by 

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS). The 

purpose of the NAIS is to provide a 

streamlined information system that 

will help producers and animal health 

officials respond quickly and effectively 

to animal disease events in the United 

States. 

The first component of the program, 

premises registration, is well underway 

and the second component, animal 

identification, is being implemented for 

several species. The third component, 

animal tracing, is currently under 

development with USDA’s State and 

industry partners. Industry, through 

private systems, and States will manage 

the animal tracking databases that 

maintain the movement records of 

animals. These information systems will 

provide the location of a subject animal 

and the records of other animals that the 

subject animal came into contact with at 

each premises. Participation in any 

component of the program is voluntary. 

Premises registration, the foundation 

of NAIS, is critical to rapidly detecting 

and evaluating the scope of animal 

disease outbreaks, controlling 

emergency program budgets, and 

improving emergency response 

efficiency. Having the ability to plot 

locations within a radius of affected 

premises will help determine the 

potential magnitude of a disease event 

and the resources that are needed to 

adequately respond in an effective 

manner. This can be accomplished only 

if the affected premises and other 

premises in the area have been 

registered. All 50 States, 60 Native 

American Tribes, and 2 territories are 

currently participating in premises 

registration. More than 350,000 

premises have been registered to date. 

To encourage participation in 

premises registration, there is an 

emphasis, at the national level, on 

industry organizations (pork, beef, etc.) 

registering premises through 

cooperative agreements with APHIS. To 

track progress that will be made as a 

result of these efforts, APHIS needs 

reports of premises registered by 

species. APHIS needs assistance from 

each State to provide ‘‘species at the 

premises’’ statistics, since this 

information is stored only at the State 

level, rather than in the National 

Information Records Repository (NPRR). 

For States that use USDA’s 

Standardized Premises Registration 

System, APHIS is able to generate a 

report of species information by State, 

but only with the written permission of 

each State animal health official. As 

indicated earlier, this is because the 

species data is kept only at the State 

level and not in the NPRR. 

APHIS is asking States that wish to 

gather this information themselves to 

include this information in the quarterly 

cooperative agreement progress reports 

they submit to APHIS. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities for 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 


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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: Governmental entities 

participating in the premises 

registration component of the NAIS for 

States, Tribes, and territories. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 15. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 4. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 60. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 30 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, on March 8, 

2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4646 Filed 3–13–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

Availability of Funds and Request for 

Application for Competitive 

Cooperative Partnership Agreements—

Correction 

Funding Opportunity Title: 

Commodity Partnerships for Risk 

Management Education (Commodity 

Partnerships Program) 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.457. 

Dates: Applications are due 5 p.m. 

EDT, April 23, 2007. 

Summary: Due to an error in the 

Application Deadline (Section IV—

Application and Submission 

Information, C. Submission Dates and 

Times), the following notice supersedes 

the original Request for Applications, 

published on March 7, 2007 for 

Commodity Partnerships for Risk 

Management Education (Commodity 

Partnerships Program) at 72 FR 10113–

10121. 

The Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation (FCIC), operating through 

the Risk Management Agency (RMA), 

announces the availability of 

approximately $5.0 million for 

Commodity Partnerships for Risk 

Management Education (the Commodity 

Partnerships Program). The purpose of 

this cooperative partnership agreement 

program is to deliver training and 

information in the management of 

production, marketing, and financial 

risk to U.S. agricultural producers. The 

program gives priority to educating 

producers of crops currently not insured 

under Federal crop insurance, specialty 

crops, and underserved commodities, 

including livestock and forage. A 

maximum of 50 cooperative partnership 

agreements will be funded, with no 

more than five in each of the ten 

designated RMA Regions. The 

maximum award for any of the 50 

cooperative partnership agreements will 

be $100,000. Applicants must 

demonstrate non-financial benefits from 

a cooperative partnership agreement 

and must agree to the substantial 

involvement of RMA in the project. 

This announcement consists of eight 

sections: 

Section I—Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Legislative Authority 

B. Background 

C. Definition of Priority Commodities 

D. Project Goal 

E. Purpose 

F. Objectives 

Section II—Award Information 

A. Type of Award 

B. Funding Availability 

C. Location and Target Audience 

D. Maximum Award 

E. Project Period 

F. Awardee Tasks 

G. RMA Activities 

H. Other Tasks 

Section III—Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

B. Cost Sharing or Matching 

C. Other—Non-Financial Benefits 

Section IV—Application and Submission 

Information 

A. Contact to Request an Application 

Package 

B. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

C. Submission Dates and Times 

D. Funding Restrictions 

E. Limitation on Use of Project Funds for 

Salaries and Benefits 

F. Indirect Cost Rates 

G. Other Submission Requirements 

H. Electronic submissions 

I. Acknowledgement of Applications 

Section V—Application Review Information 

A. Criteria 

B. Review and Selection Process 

Section VI—Award Administration 

Information 

A. Award Notices 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

1. Requirement to Use Program Logo 

2. Requirement to Provide Project 

Information to an RMA-selected 

Representative 

3. Private Crop Insurance Organizations 

and Potential Conflict of Interest 

4. Access to Panel Review Information 

5. Confidential Aspects of Applications 

and Awards 

6. Audit Requirements 

7. Prohibitions and Requirements 

Regarding Lobbying 

8. Applicable OMB Circulars 

9. Requirement to Assure Compliance with 

Federal Civil Rights Laws 

10. Requirement to Participate in a Post 

Award Conference 

11. Requirement to Submit Educational 

Materials to the National AgRisk 

Education Library 

C. Reporting Requirements 

Section VII—Agency Contact 

Section VIII—Additional Information 

A. Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) 

B. Required Registration with the Central 

Contract Registry for Submission of 

Proposals 

C. Related Programs 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Legislative Authority 

The Commodity Partnerships Program 

is authorized under section 522(d)(3)(F) 

of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (Act) 

(7 U.S.C. 1522(d)(3)(F)). 

B. Background 

RMA promotes and regulates sound 

risk management solutions to improve 

the economic stability of American 

agriculture. On behalf of FCIC, RMA 

does this by offering Federal crop 

insurance products through a network 

of private-sector partners, overseeing the 

creation of new risk management 

products, seeking enhancements in 

existing products, ensuring the integrity 

of crop insurance programs, offering 

outreach programs aimed at equal 

access and participation of underserved 

communities, and providing risk 

management education and information. 

One of RMA’s strategic goals is to 

ensure that its customers are well 

informed as to the risk management 

solutions available. This educational 

goal is supported by section 522(d)(3)(F) 


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