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Vol. 79, No. 135 

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0045] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Importation of 

Tomatoes From Spain, Chile, France, 

Morocco, and Western Sahara 

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 the 

importation of tomatoes from Spain, 

Chile, France, Morocco, and Western 

Sahara. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

15, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2014-0045. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0045, 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=A

PHIS-2014-0045 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 for the 

importation of tomatoes from Spain, 

Chile, France, Morocco, and Western 

Sahara, contact Dr. Jo-Ann BentzBlanco, Trade Director, PIM, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2091. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Tomatoes From 

Spain, Chile, France, Morocco, and 

Western Sahara. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0131. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the Plant Protection 

Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the 

Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

prohibit or restrict the importation, 

entry, or interstate movement of plants, 

plant products, and other articles to 

prevent the introduction of plant pests 

into the United States or their 

dissemination within the United States. 

As authorized by the PPA, the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) regulates the importation of 

certain fruits and vegetables in 

accordance with the regulations 

contained in ‘‘Subpart–Fruits and 

Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56–68). 

The regulations in § 319.56–28 allow 

tomatoes from specified areas of Spain, 

Chile, France, Morocco, and Western 

Sahara to be imported into the United 

States subject to certain conditions 

designed to protect the tomatoes from 

infestation by Mediterranean fruit fly 

(Medfly). Allowing tomatoes to be 

imported necessitates the use of certain 

information collection activities, 

including phytosanitary certificates and 

maintaining records regarding trap 

placement and Medfly captures. 

The information collection activities 

of phytosanitary certificates and 

maintenance of the specified records 

were approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

control number 0579–0131. However, 

when we reviewed the regulations, we 

discovered that a trust fund agreement, 

quality control program, box markings, 

and the registration of production sites, 

greenhouses, and treatment facilities 

were not included in the previous 

approval. In addition, for the estimated 

annual number of respondents indicated 

in our previous approval, we counted 34 

national plant protection organizations 

(NPPOs), but the number of respondents 

should have been 10. There are only 

four NPPOs, one for each country, and 

also, in the previous approval, we did 

not count the businesses. Based on these 

adjustments, the estimated annual 

number of responses per respondent has 

increased from 72.88 to 246.3; however, 

the estimated total annual burden on 

respondents has decreased from 1,704 

hours to 1,350 hours. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of 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; 

(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 

0.5481 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers, shippers, and 

NPPOs of the exporting countries. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 10. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 246.3. 

Estimated annual number of responses: 

2,463. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,350 hours. (Due to 

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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 9th day of 

July 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16531 Filed 7–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Supplemental Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Conservation Reserve Program 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Farm Service Agency (FSA), on 

behalf of the Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC), completed a Draft 

Supplemental Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

SPEIS) to examine the potential 

environmental consequences associated 

with implementing changes to the 

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 

specified in the Agricultural Act of 2014 

(the 2014 Farm Bill), and assist in 

developing new regulations. FSA is 

requesting comments on the Draft 

SPEIS. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by September 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on the Draft SPEIS. In your 

comments, include the volume, date, 

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 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: CRPComments@

cardnotec.com. 

• Online: Go to the Web site at 

http://crpspeis.com. Follow online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: (757) 594–1469. 

• Mail, hand delivery, or courier: CRP 

SPEIS, C/O CardnoTEC, Inc., 11817 

Canon Blvd., Suite 300, Newport News, 

VA 23606. 

A copy of the Draft SPEIS is available 

through the FSA homepage at http://

www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=

home&subject=ecrc&topic=nep-cd or at 

http://crpspeis.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nell 

Fuller, (202) 720–6303. Persons with 

disabilities who require alternative 

means for communication (Braille, large 

print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 

the USDA Target Center at (202) 720– 

2600 (voice). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) provides a means for the public 

to comment on alternatives and 

environmental concerns for Federal 

programs or actions. The CRP Draft 

SPEIS was completed as required by 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) Regulations for Implementing the 

Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508), and FSA’s NEPA 

regulations (7 CFR part 799). FSA 

provided notice of its intent (NOI) to 

prepare the CRP SPEIS in the Federal 

Register on November 29, 2013 (78 FR 

71561–71562), and solicited public 

comment on the preliminary 

alternatives for analyzing changes to 

CRP from the 2014 Farm Bill. FSA 

considered input from those comments 

to develop the alternatives analyzed in 

the Draft SPEIS. We received a total of 

8 comments from private organizations, 

members of the concerned public, and 

Federal, State, and local government 

agencies. The comments involved 55 

individual issues covering a range of 

topics including proposed 2014 Farm 

Bill changes, CRP maximum enrollment 

and acreages, regional differences in 

haying and grazing impacts, claims of a 

lack of thorough environmental and 

socioeconomic impact analysis in 

previous NEPA documentation, and 

CRP funding policy. All substantive 

comments received that were within the 

defined scope of the SPEIS were 

incorporated. 

As specified in the 2014 Farm Bill, 

FSA plans to consolidate a number of 

conservation programs to simplify the 

programs, reduce overlapping goals, and 

reduce overall budgets. Many of the 

changes to CRP from the 2014 Farm Bill 

are administrative in nature, would not 

result in major changes to the current 

administration of CRP, or have been 

addressed in previous NEPA 

documentation concerning CRP. Such 

changes do not require further analysis 

in the SPEIS. 

Those changes, and the justification 

for eliminating them from analysis, 

include the following, each of which is 

discussed below: 

• Maximum enrollment authority; 

• Farmable Wetland Program 

enrollment changes; 

• Tree thinning payments; 

• Early termination of contracts; 

• Managed harvesting and routine 

grazing payment reduction; 

• Transition option funding; 

• Emergency haying and grazing 

payment reduction; and 

• Prescribed grazing frequency. 

Maximum Enrollment Authority 

The maximum enrollment authority 

will be gradually reduced to no more 

than 24 million acres by 2018, as 

required by the 2014 Farm Bill. The 

‘‘2010 Conservation Reserve Program 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement’’ (referred to as the 2010 CRP 

SEIS) analyzed an alternative to reduce 

the enrollment authority to no more 

than 24 million acres; therefore, that 

analysis is incorporated by reference. 

Farmable Wetland Program Enrollment 

Changes 

The change in the 2014 Farm Bill to 

reduce the maximum enrollment 

authority to 750,000 acres nationally 

(from 1 million) would still allow for 

approximately 410,000 acres of farmable 

wetlands to be enrolled in the Farmable 

Wetland Program. The mandated 

reduction in enrollment is not required 

to be analyzed since there is no 

discretion for any other level. 

Additionally, the mandatory reduction 

is not expected to affect actual 

enrollment, as historically enrollment 

has been well below the cap. 

Tree Thinning Payments 

The payment authority for tree 

thinning activities was reduced to $10 

million and incentive payments are 

allowed. The 2014 Farm Bill change 

allows FSA to incentivize owners and 

operators to conduct practices and use 

management tools that would promote 

forest management, enhance the overall 

health of tree stands, improve the 

condition of resources, or provide 

valuable habitat for wildlife. Less than 

$50,000 in payments have been 

provided for tree thinning activities 

since the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–246, 

commonly referred to as the 2008 Farm 

Bill). The reduction in funding available 

for tree thinning activities would not 

represent a real change in current use of 

the funds and does not require further 

analysis. 

Early Termination of Contracts 

As provided in the 2014 Farm Bill, 

the early termination provision of CRP 

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