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and a reassignment of surplus cane 

sugar allotment to imports. The OAQ 

was increased due to an increase in 

estimated sugar demand since the FY 

2011 OAQ was established in August 

2010. The beet sugar allotment is now 

5,108,900 STRV, and the cane sugar 

allotment is 3,366,100 STRV. The FY 

2011 cane sector allotment and cane 

state allotments after the OAQ increase 

were larger than could be fulfilled by 

domestically-produced cane sugar; so 

the surplus was reassigned to raw sugar 

imports, as required by law. Upon 

review of the domestic sugarcane 

processors’ sugar marketing allocations 

relative to their FY 2011 expected raw 

sugar supplies, CCC determined that all 

sugarcane processors had surplus 

allocation. Therefore, all sugarcane 

states’ sugar marketing allotments are 

reduced with this reassignment. The 

new cane state allotments are Florida, 

1,464,666 STRV; Louisiana, 1,526,050 

STRV; Texas, 147,138 STRV; and 

Hawaii, 228,246 STRV. The FY 2011 

sugar marketing allotment program will 

not prevent any domestic sugarcane 

processors from marketing all of their 

FY 2011 sugar supply. 

On August 5, 2010, USDA established 

the FY 2011 TRQ for raw cane sugar at 

1,231,497 STRV (1,117,195 metric tons 

raw value, MTRV*), the minimum to 

which the United States is committed 

under the World Trade Organization 

(WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. On 

April 11, 2011, USDA announced a 

reassignment of surplus sugar under 

domestic cane sugar allotments of 

325,000 STRV (294,835 MTRV) to 

imports, and increased the FY 2011 raw 

sugar TRQ by the same amount. 

Pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 5 to 

Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Section 359k 

of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 

1938, as amended, the Secretary of 

Agriculture today further increased the 

quantity of raw cane sugar imports of 

the HTS subject to the lower tier of 

duties during FY 2011 by 120,000 STRV 

(108,862 MTRV). With this increase, the 

overall FY 2011 raw sugar TRQ is now 

1,676,497 STRV (1,520,892 MTRV). Raw 

cane sugar under this quota must be 

accompanied by a certificate for quota 

eligibility and may be entered under 

subheading 1701.11.10 of the HTS until 

September 30, 2011. The Office of the 

U.S. Trade Representative will allocate 

this increase among supplying countries 

and customs areas. 

This action is being taken after a 

determination that additional supplies 

of raw cane sugar are required in the 

U.S. market. USDA will closely monitor 

stocks, consumption, imports and all 

sugar market and program variables on 

an ongoing basis, and may make further 

program adjustments during FY 2011 if 

needed. 

* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 

1.10231125 short tons. 

Dated: June 16, 2011. 

Michael T. Scuse, 

Acting Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign 

Agricultural Services and Acting President, 

Commodity Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–15521 Filed 6–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

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 New Varieties Development 

& Management Corporation of Lakeland, 

Florida, an exclusive license to the 

variety of citrus claimed in U.S. Plant 

Patent Application Serial No. 

12/931,765, ‘‘Mandarin Tree Named US 

Early Pride,’’ filed on February 10, 2011. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 22, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 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 rights in this 

plant variety 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 variety 

as New Varieties Development & 

Management Corporation of Lakeland, 

Florida 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. 2011–15468 Filed 6–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Economic Research Service 

Notice of Intent to Request New 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Economic Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this proposed 

information collection. This is a new 

collection for the Rural Establishment 

Innovation Survey. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before August 

22, 2011 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to Tim Wojan, 

Resource and Rural Economics Division, 

Economic Research Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1800 M St., 

NW., Room N4110, Washington, DC 

20036–5801. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of Tim 

Wojan at 202–694–5756 or via e-mail to 

twojan@ers.usda.gov. Comments will 

also be accepted through the Federal 

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comments electronically. 

All written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Economic Research Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday) at 1800 

M St., NW., Room N4110, Washington, 

DC 20036–5801. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

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are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

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