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Notices Federal Register

2647 

Vol. 72, No. 13 

Monday, January 22, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 17, 2007. 

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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Classical Swine Fever Status of 

Chile. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0235. 

Summary of Collection: Veterinary 

Services, a program within USDA’s 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is responsible for 

carrying out this disease prevention 

mission. The agency regulates the 

importation of animals and animal 

products into the U.S. to guard against 

the introduction of exotic animal 

diseases such as classical swine fever. 

The regulations under which APHIS 

conducts these disease prevention 

activities are contained in Title 9, 

Chapter 1, Subchapter D, and Part 91 

through 99 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. These regulations place 

certain restrictions on the importation of 

swine, pork and pork products in order 

to prevent an incursion of classical 

swine fever or other exotic swine 

diseases into the U.S. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Swine, pork, and pork products from 

specified regions must be accompanied 

by a certificate issued by a salaried 

veterinary officer of the Government of 

Chile. The certificate must identify both 

the exporting region and the region of 

origin as a region designated in Sections 

94.9 and 94.10 (Title 9, Code of Federal 

Regulations) as free of classical swine 

fever at the time the swine, pork, or 

pork products were in the region. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 10. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 50. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–803 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to Natural Industries, Inc. of 

Houston, Texas, an exclusive license to 

U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/ 

678,023, ‘‘Chromobacterium Subtsugae 

Sp. Nov. and Use for Control of Insect 

Pests’’, filed on October 1, 2003. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

within thirty (30) days of the date of 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above: telephone: 301–504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s intellectual 

property rights to this invention are 

assigned to the United States of 

America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the 

public interest to so license this 

invention as Natural Industries, Inc. of 

Houston, Texas has submitted a 

complete and sufficient application for 

a license. The prospective exclusive 

license will be royalty-bearing and will 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The 

prospective exclusive license may be 

granted unless, within thirty (30) days 

from the date of this published Notice, 

the Agricultural Research Service 

receives written evidence and argument 

which establishes that the grant of the 

license would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. 

Richard J. Brenner, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–676 Filed 1–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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