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ADDRESSES OF THE QUALIFIED STATE BEEF COUNCILS—Continued

Inquiries and general business Remit assessments and accompanying reports to—

Remit Reports To: NC Cattlemen’s Beef Council, 2228 North Main

Street, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526.

North Dakota Beef Commission, 4023 North State Street, Bismarck,

ND 58501.

North Dakota Beef Commission, 4023 North State Street, Bismarck,

ND 58501.

Ohio Beef Council, 10600 U.S. Route 42, Marysville, OH 43040 ........... Ohio Beef Council, 10600 U.S. Route 42, Marysville, OH 43040.

Oklahoma Beef Industry Council, 5101 North Classen, Oklahoma City,

OK 73118.

Oklahoma Beef Industry Council, P.O. Box 850027, Oklahoma City,

OK 73185–0027.

Oregon Beef Council, 1200 Naito Parkway, Suite 290, Portland, OR

97209–2829.

Oregon Beef Council, 1200 Naito Parkway, Suite 290, Portland, OR

97209–2829.

Pennsylvania Beef Council, 1500 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, PA

17057.

Pennsylvania Beef Council, 1500 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, PA

17057.

South Carolina Beef Board, P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, SC 29201 ....... South Carolina Beef Board, P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, SC 29211.

South Dakota Beef Industry Council 106 West Capitol, Pierre, SD

57501.

South Dakota Beef Industry Council, c/o American State Bank, P.O.

Box 912, Pierre, SD 57501.

Tennessee Beef Industry Council, 128 Holiday Court, Suite 113, Franklin, TN 37064.Tennessee Beef Industry Council, c/o First Tennessee Bank, P.O. Box

305172, Department 25, Nashville, TN 37230–9869.

Texas Beef Council, 8708 Rural Route 620, Austin, TX 78726 .............. Texas Beef Council, P.O. Box 140766, Austin, TX 78714–0766.

Utah Beef Council, 150 S. 6th E., Suite 10B, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 Utah Beef Council, 150 S. 6th E., Suite 10B, Salt Lake City, UT 84102.

Vermont Beef Industry Council, P.O. Box 2029 (05449), 52 Middle

Road, Colchester, VT 05446.

Vermont Beef Industry Council, Vermont National Bank, P.O. Box 180,

Woodstock, VT 05091.

Virginia Cattle Industry Board, P.O. Box 176, U.S. Route 220, Daleville,

VA 24083–0176.

Virginia Cattle Industry Board, P.O. Box 176, U.S. Route 220,

Daleville, VA 24083–0176.

Washington State Beef Commission, Denny Building, Suite 105, 2200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121.

Washington State Beef Commission, Denny Building, Suite 105, 2200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121.

West Virginia Beef Industry Council, P.O. Box 668, 40 Chancery Street,

Buckhannon, WV 26201.

West Virginia Beef Industry Council, P.O. Box 668, 40 Chancery

Street, Buckhannon, WV 26201.

Wisconsin Beef Council, 630 Grand Canyon Drive, Madison, WI 53719 Wisconsin Beef Council, P.O. Box 86, Columbus, WI 53925–0086.

Wyoming Beef Council, P.O. Box 1243, 113 East 20th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82003.Wyoming Beef Council, P.O. Box 1243, Cheyenne, WY 82003.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Barry L. Carpenter,

Director, Livestock and Seed Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25413 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 97–046–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: 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 an extension of approval of an

information collection in support of

regulations that prevent plant diseases

and pests from spreading from infested

areas of the United States to noninfested

areas.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by November 24, 1997 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as through

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology), or any other aspect of this

collection of information to: Docket No.

97–046–1, Regulatory Analysis and

Development, PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03,

4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1238. Please send an original

and three copies, and state that your

comments refer to Docket 97–046–1.

Comments received may be inspected at

USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th

Street and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays.

Persons wishing to inspect comments

are requested to call ahead on (202)

690–2817 to facilitate entry into the

comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information regarding domestic

regulations, contact Ms. Coanne E.

O’Hern, Operations Officer, Domestic

and Emergency Programs, PPQ, APHIS,

4700 River Road, Unit 131, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1237, (301) 734–8247. For

copies of more detailed information on

the information collection, contact Ms.

Cheryl Groves, APHIS’ Information

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

5086.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Domestic Quarantine Notices.

OMB Number: 0579–0088.

Type of Request: Extension of an

approval of an information collection.

Abstract: The United States

Department of Agriculture is

responsible for preventing the spread of

plant diseases and pests within the

United States. Implementing this

mission often requires the use of

domestic quarantines and regulations,

which in turn require us to collect

information from a variety of

individuals who are involved in

growing, packing, handling, and

transporting plants, fruits, vegetables,

roots, bulbs, seeds, and other plant

products.

The information we collect is vital to

helping us ensure that plant diseases

and pests are not spread from infested

areas to noninfested areas of the United

States.

For example, we issue permits to

authorize the interstate movement of

regulated articles to specified

destinations for processing, treatment,

or utilization. The person wishing to

move these articles, however, must first

complete a permit application.

We consider the permit application

extremely important, since this process

helps us ensure that regulated articles

are moved to a specified destination for

appropriate handling. In this way, the
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movement of items that harbor

potentially harmful plant diseases and

pests can be controlled and monitored.

Another means we employ to control

and monitor the movement of these

potentially harmful items is to require

shippers to mark each container,

waybill, manifest, or bill of lading with

certain information, such as the nature

and quantity of the contents, name and

address of the shipper/owner/forwarder,

name of consignee, shipper’s identifying

mark and number, and the serial

number of the certificate or limited

permit authorizing the movement.

These and other information gathering

tools are critical to our mission of

protecting the United States from plant

diseases and pests which, if allowed to

spread, could cause millions of dollars

in damage to U.S. agriculture.

We are asking the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

approve the continued use of these

information collection activities.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

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 proposed

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

.09838 hours per response.

Respondents: U.S. growers, shippers,

and exporters; State and county plant

health protection authorities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

174,072.

Estimated Numbers of Responses per

Respondent: 5.775.

Estimated Annual Number of

Responses: 1,005,331.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 98,910 hours. (Due to

rounding, the total annual burden hours

may not equal the product of the annual

number of responses multiplied by the

average 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 22nd day of

September 1997.

Terry L. Medley,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25485 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 97–098–1]

In Vitro Testing of Veterinary

Biologics; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public

that the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service is hosting a public

meeting to discuss the implementation

of guidelines for the in vitro testing of

veterinary biologics.

PLACE, DATE, AND TIME OF MEETING: The

meeting will be held in the main

auditorium of the National Animal

Disease Center, 2300 Dayton Road,

Ames, IA. The meeting will be held

from 8 a.m. until noon on Thursday,

October 16, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Jeanette Greenberg, Center for

Veterinary Biologics, Licensing and

Policy Development, VS, APHIS, 4700

River Road Unit 148, Riverdale, MD

20737–1231; telephone (301) 734–8400;

fax (301) 734–8910; or E-mail:

jgreenberg@aphis.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a final

rule published on April 18, 1997 (62 FR

19033–19039, Docket No. 94–051–3), we

amended our regulations in 9 CFR part

113 to provide for the use of in vitro

potency tests when conducting

immunoassays to determine the relative

antigen content (potency) of a serial of

inactivated veterinary biological

product once immunogenicity is

established using host animal tests. The

amended regulations provide that such

tests are to be conducted using

unexpired immunogenic reference

preparations and parallel line assay or

another method that is at least

equivalent to the parallel line assay in

terms of its linearity, specificity, and

reproducibility.

The purpose of the public meeting

announced in this notice is to present

and discuss draft guidelines pertaining

to the qualification and requalification

of reference preparations used in in

vitro immunoassays affected by the

change in the regulations.

The meeting on October 16, 1997, will

begin at 8 a.m. and end at noon;

however, the meeting may end earlier if

all persons desiring to speak have been

heard. No advance registration is

necessary to attend this meeting.

Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of

September 1997.

Terry L. Medley,

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–25484 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 97–090–1]

User Fees; Agricultural Quarantine and

Inspection Services

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice pertains to user

fees charged for agricultural quarantine

and inspection services we provide in

connection with commercial vessels,

commercial trucks, commercial railroad

cars, commercial aircraft, and

international airline passengers arriving

at ports in the Customs territory of the

United States. The purpose of this

notice is to remind the public of the

user fees for fiscal year 1998 (October 1,

1997 through September 30, 1998).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information concerning program

Operations, contact Mr. Jim Smith,

Operations Officer, Program Support,

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 60,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236, (301) 734–

8295.

For information concerning rate

development, contact Ms. Donna Ford,

User Fees Section Head, FSSB, BAD,

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 54,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1232, (301) 734–

8351.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The regulations in 7 CFR 354.3

(referred to below as the ‘‘regulations’’)

contain provisions for the collection of

user fees for agricultural quarantine and

inspection (AQI) services provided by