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6136 South Building, Washington, DC 

20250. 

Electronic copies of these standards 

can be downloaded or printed from the 

following Web site: ftp://

pact.sc.egov.usda.gov/practicestandards/federal-register/. Requests for 

paper versions or inquiries may be 

directed to Bill Kuenstler, National 

Practice Standards Review Coordinator, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

Central National Technology Support 

Center, 501 W. Felix St., Fort Worth, 

Texas 76115. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

amount of the proposed changes varies 

considerably for each of the 

conservation practice standards 

addressed in this notice. To fully 

understand the proposed changes, 

individuals are encouraged to compare 

these changes with each standard’s 

current version as shown at: http://

www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/

detailfull/national/technical/cp/ncps/

?cid=nrcs143026849. To aid in this 

comparison, following are highlights of 

the proposed revisions to each standard: 

Contour Farming (Code 330)—The 

agency revised the definition to 

emphasize proper alignments and 

revised the general criteria for 

maximum row grade to 4 percent based 

on RUSLE2 technology. We added the 

implementation requirement document 

to the specifications and plans. 

Critical Area Planting (Code 342)— 

The agency deleted the purpose to 

rehabilitate and re-vegetate degraded 

sites that cannot be stabilized using 

normal establishment techniques as this 

purpose is implied in other purposes. 

We added the implementation 

requirement document to the 

specifications and plans. 

Cross Wind Ridges (Code 588)—The 

agency revised the definition to: Ridges 

formed by tillage, planting, or other 

operations and aligned perpendicular to 

prevailing wind direction during critical 

wind erosion periods and revised the 

purpose to: Reduce soil particulate 

emissions to the air to reduce soil 

particulate emissions effecting air 

quality. We added the implementation 

requirement document to the 

specifications and plans. 

Deep Tillage (Code 324)—The agency 

deleted the purpose to reduce 

concentration of soil contaminants 

which inhibit plant growth because 

there is no technology to describe the 

level of either contamination or a 

dilution factor. We added the 

implementation requirement document 

to the specifications and plans. 

Field Border (Code 386)—The agency 

revised the condition where the practice 

applies to cover only on existing 

cropland and pastureland and deleted 

the purpose to manage pest populations. 

We added the implementation 

requirement document to the 

specifications and plans. 

Filter Strip (Code 393)—The agency 

added a few additional considerations 

for species selection for native plant 

communities and organic operation 

considerations. We added the 

implementation requirement document 

to the specifications and plans. 

Land Smoothing (Code 466)—The 

agency revised the Definition; added a 

cultural resource inventory and 

assessment to Considerations; added a 

plan to Operation and Maintenance; and 

added references. 

Livestock Shelter Structure (Code 

576)—The agency created this new 

conservation practice standard which 

includes livestock shade structures and 

livestock wind structures. 

Mulching (Code 484)—The agency 

deleted the purposes to moderate soil 

temperature and suppress weeds as 

these do not address a resource concern; 

and revised the ‘‘Condition where 

practice applies’’ to remove this practice 

from being used for weed control for 

production agriculture. We added the 

implementation requirement document 

to the specifications and plans. 

Residue and Tillage Management, No 

Till (Code 329)—The agency changed 

the practice name to Residue and 

Tillage Management, No-Till. No Till is 

inclusive of direct seed and strip till. In 

addition, we added criteria clarification 

to not allow any full-width tillage for 

this practice; reduced the maximum soil 

tillage intensity rating value for no till 

from 30 to 20; added implementation 

requirements to the specifications and 

plans; and changed the purpose 

‘‘Reduce wind erosion and particulate 

matter less than 10 micrometers in 

diameter—PM10’’ to ‘‘Reduce tillageinduced particulate emissions’’ to 

address all sizes of tillage particulate 

emissions. 

Residue and Tillage Management, 

Reduced Till (Code 345)—The agency 

incorporated 346 Residue and Tillage 

Management, Ridge Till into this 

standard; added criteria to establish a 

maximum soil tillage intensity value of 

80; clarified the air quality purpose to 

reduce tillage-induced particulate 

emissions vs. only PM10 emissions; 

Revised the criteria for energy savings to 

a 25 percent reduction from the current 

baseline; and added implementation 

requirements to the specifications and 

plans. 

Spring Development (Code 574)—The 

agency revised version is the result of a 

comprehensive review by NRCS 

biologists and hydrologists from 

differing arid and humid U.S. regions. 

The new Purpose statement no longer 

includes the wording ‘‘other agricultural 

uses.’’ Readability and flow of material 

is enhanced by using multiple sections 

with headings as opposed to the old 

format of a lengthy running text. 

Stripcropping (Code 585)—The 

agency revised the definition to stress 

alternating strips of erosion susceptible 

crops and revised the wind erosion 

purpose to reduce wind erosion and 

associated transport of sediment and 

other wind borne contaminants. We 

added the implementation requirement 

document to the specifications and 

plans. 

Underground Outlet (Code 620)—The 

agency expanded the Criteria and 

revised the Considerations sections. 

Signed this 12th day of August, 2013, in 

Washington, DC. 

Thomas W. Christensen, 

Acting Associate Chief for Operations, 

Natural Resources Conservation Service. 

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BROADCASTING BOARD OF 

GOVERNORS 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, August 21, 

2013, 9:15 a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: Broadcasting Board of 

Governors, Cohen Building, Room 3321, 

330 Independence Ave. SW., 

Washington, DC 20237. 

SUBJECT: Notice of Closed Meeting of 

the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

SUMMARY: The members of the 

Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) 

will meet in a closed session to consider 

the appointment of the Chief Financial 

Officer. This meeting should be closed 

to public observation pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) in order to protect the 

privacy interests of candidates 

considered but not selected for the 

position. In accordance with the 

Government in the Sunshine Act and 

BBG policies, the meeting will be 

recorded and a transcript of the 

proceedings, subject to the redaction of 

information protected by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(6), will be made available to the 

public. The publicly-releasable 

transcript will be available for 

download at www.bbg.gov within 21 

days of the date of the meeting. 

Information regarding member votes 

to close the meeting and expected 

attendees can also be found on the 

Agency’s public Web site. 


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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Persons interested in obtaining more 

information should contact Paul 

Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545. 

Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, 

Deputy General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

chapter 35). 

Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Business and Professional 

Classification Report. 

Form Number(s): SQ–CLASS(00). 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0189. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

Burden Hours: 11,267. 

Number of Respondents: 52,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 13 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Economic 

Census and current business surveys 

represent the primary source of facts 

about the structure and function of the 

U.S. economy, providing essential 

information to government and the 

business community in making sound 

decisions. This information helps build 

the foundation for the calculation of 

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other 

important measures of the economy. 

Crucial to the success of the surveys and 

the economic census conducted by the 

Census Bureau is the accuracy and 

reliability of the Business Register. The 

Business Register (BR) is a multirelational database that contains a 

record for each known establishment 

that is located in the United States or 

one of its territories. This database 

serves as the primary source for 

constructing sampling frames for the 

economic census and current business 

surveys. 

The BR is used to identify the set of 

statistical units that represents an 

economic data collection’s target 

population, which is defined by a 

specific reference period and scope. 

Critical to the quality of information 

housed in the BR is that each of the 

statistical units has an accurate industry 

classification, measure of size, activity 

status, and physical address assigned to 

it. Furthermore, linkages between the 

different types of statistical units, such 

as companies, establishments, and 

Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) 

must be accurately maintained over 

time. The primary purpose of the 

Business and Professional Classification 

Report (SQ–CLASS report) is to meet 

these needs for the retail trade, 

wholesale trade, and services portions 

of the economy as defined by the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). The data collected by 

the SQ–CLASS report are used to 

update the current business surveys to 

reflect newly opened establishments. 

Additionally, establishments in the fiveyear economic census will receive data 

collection instruments specifically 

tailored to their industry based on the 

classification information obtained by 

the SQ–CLASS report. 

To keep current with rapid changes in 

the marketplace caused by new 

businesses (a.k.a. births) the Census 

Bureau samples newly assigned 

Employer Identification Numbers (EINs) 

obtained from the Internal Revenue 

Service (IRS). Each EIN can only be 

selected once for the SQ–CLASS report. 

EINs selected for the SQ–CLASS sample 

are asked to provide data about the 

establishment(s) associated with the 

new EIN including a more reliable 

measure of size, consisting of sales in 

two recent months, company affiliation 

information, a new or more detailed 

industry classification code, and other 

key information needed to maintain 

proper coverage of the business universe 

on the BR for the current business 

surveys. 

Based on information collected on the 

SQ–CLASS form, EINs meeting the 

criteria for inclusion in the Census 

Bureau’s current business surveys are 

eligible for a second phase of sampling. 

The retail and wholesale EINs selected 

in this second sampling are asked to 

report annually on the annual retail, 

wholesale, and service surveys. A 

subsample of the retail and wholesale 

EINs are also asked to report monthly on 

the monthly retail and wholesale 

surveys. Similarly, a subsample of the 

service EINs are asked to report 

quarterly on the Quarterly Services 

Survey. 

There are few changes since the last 

request was submitted for OMB 

clearance in 2010. Most of the changes 

to the questionnaire are aesthetic. The 

questionnaire has been redeveloped 

using the Census Bureau’s standard 

questionnaire design software. This 

gives it a very similar look and feel 

when compared to collection 

instruments for other Census Bureau 

economic surveys and the economic 

census. Some changes were made to the 

wording and organization of existing 

questions and instructions to ensure 

consistency across the economic 

surveys and/or the economic census. 

Additionally, the sample size has 

decreased from the previous OMB 

submission due to the availability of 

more complete and timely 

administrative data. 

Although no statistical tables are 

prepared or published, the outputs of 

the SQ–CLASS report directly and 

critically affect the quality of the 

estimates published for the Advance 

Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services 

Survey (OMB Approval 0607–0104); 

Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (OMB 

0607–0190); Services Annual Survey 

(OMB Approval 0607–0422); Annual 

Retail Trade Survey (OMB Approval 

0607–0013); Annual Wholesale Trade 

Survey (OMB Approval 0607–0195); 

and Quarterly Service Survey (OMB 

Approval 0607–0907), because the SQ– 

CLASS report is used to reflect newly 

opened businesses in the samples for 

these surveys. 

The information obtained from the 

SQ–CLASS report is also used in 

tabulating data for small businesses in 

succeeding economic censuses (because 

many small businesses are not mailed 

an economic census report form), and 

for the Census Bureau’s County 

Business Patterns program, which is 

conducted on an annual basis. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Frequency: One time. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13, United 

States Code, Sections 182 and 193. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0336, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at jjessup@

doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or email (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: August 14, 2013. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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