This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

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section.

Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 78, No. 96 

Friday, May 17, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 13, 2013. 

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), New Executive Office Building, 

725–17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20502. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit their comments to OMB via 

email to: 

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 by 

June 17, 2013. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1924–F, Complaints and 

Compensation Defects. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0082. 

Summary of Collection: Section 509C 

of Title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 

as amended, authorizes the Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) to pay the costs 

for correcting defects or compensate 

borrowers of Section 502 Direct loan 

funds for expenses arising out of defects 

with respect to newly constructed 

dwellings and new manufactured 

housing units with authorized funds. 

This regulation provides instruction to 

all RHS personnel to enable them to 

implement a procedure to accept and 

process complaints from borrowers/ 

owners against builders and dealers/ 

contractors, to resolve the complaint 

informally. When the complaint 

involves structural defects which cannot 

be resolved by the cooperation of the 

builder or dealer/contractor, it 

authorizes expenditure to resolve the 

defect with grant funds. Resolution 

could involve expenditure for (1) 

Repairing defects; (2) reimbursing for 

emergency repairs; (3) pay temporary 

living expenses or (4) convey dwelling 

to RHS with release of liability for the 

RHS loan. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information is collected from agency 

borrowers and the local agency office 

serving the county in which the 

dwelling is located. This information is 

used by Rural Housing Staff to evaluate 

the request and assist the borrower in 

identifying possible causes and 

corrective actions. The information is 

collected on a case-by-case basis when 

initiated by the borrower. Without this 

information, RHS would be unable to 

assure that eligible borrowers would 

receive compensation to repair defects 

to their newly constructed dwellings. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 200. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 80. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11810 Filed 5–16–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. # AMS–CN–13–0034] 

Notice of Meeting of Advisory 

Committee on Universal Cotton 

Standards 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, (5 U.S.C. App.), the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is 

announcing an upcoming meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on Universal 

Cotton Standards (Committee). The 

Committee is being convened to 

recommend to the Secretary of 

Agriculture any changes considered 

necessary to the Universal Cotton 

Standards and to review freshly 

prepared sets of Universal Cotton 

Standards for conformity with existing 

standards. 

DATES: The meeting dates are June 19– 

21, 2013. The meeting will convene on 

Wednesday, June 19th, from 1:00 p.m. 

to 3:30 p.m. On Thursday, June 20, the 

meeting will continue from 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m., and on Friday, June 21st 

meetings will take place from 9:00 a.m. 

until the completion of the review. The 

deadline to submit written public 

comments is June 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The June 19th meeting will 

take place at the Raleigh Marriott 

Crabtree Valley, 4500 Marriott Drive, 

Raleigh, North Carolina 27612. Meetings 

will re-convene on the morning of June 

20th at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree 

Valley before relocating to the offices of 

Cotton Incorporated, 6399 Weston 

Parkway, Cary, North Carolina 27513 in 

the afternoon. On the morning of June 

21st, meetings re-convene at the offices 

of Cotton Incorporated. Information and 

instructions pertaining to the meeting 

are posted at the following Web address: 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/


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AdvisoryCommitteeonUniversal

Standards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Knowlton, Standardization and 

Engineering Division, Cotton and 

Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 3275 

Appling Road, Memphis, Tennessee 

38133; Phone: (901) 384–3030; Fax (901) 

384–3032; Email: 

james.knowlton@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee on Universal 

Cotton Standards includes 

representatives of all segments of the 

U.S. cotton industry and the 22 

international associations that are 

signatories to the Universal Cotton 

Standards Agreement, which is 

authorized under the United States 

Cotton Standards Act (U.S.C. 51–65). 

The purpose of these meetings is: (1) To 

recommend to the Secretary of 

Agriculture any changes considered 

necessary to the Universal Standards; 

and (2) to review freshly prepared sets 

of Universal Cotton Standards for 

conformity with existing standards. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. The meeting agenda for June 

19th includes presentations of proposed 

standard for High Volume Instrument 

(HVI) trash measurements and 

amendments to the Universal Cotton 

Standards Agreement. A formal meeting 

of the Committee will take place on the 

morning of June 20th, and presentations 

by invited speakers will be made and 

formal committee action will take place. 

On the afternoon of June 20th, 

committee members will review the 

1986 original set and reserve sets of 

standard guide boxes for authenticity. 

New standard guide boxes will then be 

matched and approved on June 21st. 

The final meeting agenda may be 

viewed at http://www.ams.usda.gov/

AMSv1.0/AdvisoryCommitteeon

UniversalStandards on June 18, 2013. 

Public Comments: Written comments 

for the Committee’s consideration will 

be accepted through Tuesday, June 11, 

2013 via www.regulations.gov. 

Comments received after that date may 

not be reviewed by the Committee 

before the meeting. AMS strongly 

prefers comments to be submitted 

electronically; however, written 

comments may also be submitted by 

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 via mail to Mr. 

James Knowlton, Standardization and 

Engineering Division, Cotton and 

Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 3275 

Appling Road, Memphis, Tennessee 

38133. Instructions for viewing all 

comments are posted at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting hotel and Cotton Incorporated 

Offices are ADA compliant, and the 

USDA provides reasonable 

accommodation to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in this public meeting, 

please notify James Knowlton at 

james.knowlton@ams.usda.gov or (901) 

384–3030. Determinations for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated: May 14, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11822 Filed 5–16–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Hiawatha East Resource Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Hiawatha East Resource 

Advisory Committee (Committee) will 

meet in Kincheloe, Michigan. The 

Committee is meeting as authorized 

under the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act of 

2000 (the Act) (Pub. L. 112–141) and in 

compliance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 92– 

463). The purpose of the Committee is 

to improve collaborative relationships 

and to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Forest Service 

concerning projects and funding 

consistent with Title II of the Act. The 

meetings are open to the public. The 

purpose of the meetings is to review and 

recommend projects authorized under 

Title II of the Act. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, May 30, 2013; Thursday, June 

20, 2013; Thursday, July 11, 2013; 

Thursday, August 15, 2013; and 

Thursday, September 19, 2013. All 

meetings will begin at 6:00 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Chippewa County 911 Center, 4657 

West Industrial Park Drive, Kincheloe, 

Michigan 49788. Written comments may 

be submitted as described under 

Supplementary Information. All 

comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Hiawatha National Forest, 820 Rains 

Drive, Gladstone, Michigan 49837. 

Please call ahead at (906) 428–5829 to 

facilitate entry into the building to view 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janel Crooks, RAC Coordinator, USDA 

Forest Service, Hiawatha National 

Forest, 820 Rains Drive, Gladstone, 

Michigan 49837; (906) 428–5829; email 

HiawathaNF@fs.fed.us. Individuals who 

use telecommunication devices for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 

8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following business will be conducted: 

Update regarding implementation of 

2008–2011 Projects; Update on the 

Secure Rural Schools 2012 Update; 

Review and discussion of proposals for 

2012; and Public Comment. Individuals 

who wish to bring related matters to the 

attention of the Committee may file 

written statements with the Committee 

staff before or after the meeting. The 

agenda will include time for people to 

make oral statements of three minutes or 

less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

no later than two weeks prior to the 

meeting, to be scheduled on the agenda. 

Written comments and requests for time 

for oral comments must be sent to 

Hiawatha National Forest; Attn: RAC 

Coordinator; 820 Rains Drive, 

Gladstone, MI 49837, or by email to 

HiawathaNF@fs.fed.us or via facsimile 

to (906) 428–9030. A summary of the 

meetings will be posted at https:// 

fsplaces.fs.fed.us/fsfiles/unit/wo/ 

secure_rural_schools.nsf/Web_

Agendas?OpenView&Count=1000&

RestrictToCategory=Hiawatha

+East+Resource+Advisory+Committee 

within 21 days of the meeting. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accomodation, please make requests in 

advance for sign language interpreting, 

assistive listening devices or other 

reasonable accomodation for access to 

the facility or procedings by contacting 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case by case basis. 

Dated: May 10, 2013. 

Stevan J. Christiansen, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11768 Filed 5–16–13; 8:45 am] 

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