29698 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 98 / Tuesday, May 21, 2013 / Notices 

Total Burden Hours: 3,704. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12045 Filed 5–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 15, 2013. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to Office of 

Management and Budget (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, 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 

within 30 days of this notification. 

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 Utilities Service 

Title: Request for Release of Lien and/ 

or Approval of Sale. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0041. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) that makes mortgage loans and 

loan guarantees to finance electric, 

telecommunications, and water and 

waste facilities in rural areas. RUS 

manages loan programs in accordance 

with the Rural Electrification Act (RE 

Act) of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., as 

amended (RE Act). A 1949 amendment 

to the RE Act established the telephone 

program in RUS with the purpose of 

making loans to furnish and improve 

rural telephone service. Section 201 of 

the RE Act provides that loans shall not 

be made unless RUS finds and certifies 

that the security for the loan is 

reasonably adequate and that the loan 

will be repaid within the time agreed. In 

addition to providing loans and loan 

guarantees, one of RUS main objectives 

is to safeguard loan security until the 

loan is repaid. 

Need and Use of the Information: A 

borrower’s assets provide the security 

for a Government loan. The selling of 

assets reduces the security and increases 

the risk of loss to the Government. A 

borrower seeking permission to sell 

some of its assets uses RUS Form 793. 

The form contains detailed information 

regarding the proposed sale. If the 

information in Form 793 is not collected 

when capital assets are sold, the capital 

assets securing the Government’s loans 

could be liquidated and the 

Government’s security either eliminated 

entirely or diluted to an undesirable 

level. This increases the risk of loss to 

the Government in the case of a default. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 40. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 110. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12046 Filed 5–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0033] 

Availability of an Environmental 

Assessment for Field Testing a Canine 

Lymphoma Vaccine, DNA 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared an 

environmental assessment concerning 

authorization to ship for the purpose of 

field testing, and then to field test, an 

unlicensed Canine Lymphoma Vaccine, 

DNA. The environmental assessment, 

which is based on a risk analysis 

prepared to assess the risks associated 

with the field testing of this vaccine and 

related information, examines the 

potential effects that field testing this 

veterinary vaccine could have on the 

quality of the human environment. 

Based on the risk analysis and other 

relevant data, we have reached a 

preliminary determination that field 

testing this veterinary vaccine will not 

have a significant impact on the quality 

of the human environment, and that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. We intend to authorize 

shipment of this vaccine for field testing 

following the close of the comment 

period for this notice unless new 

substantial issues bearing on the effects 

of this action are brought to our 

attention. We also intend to issue a U.S. 

Veterinary Biological Product license for 

this vaccine, provided the field test data 

support the conclusions of the 

environmental assessment and the 

issuance of a finding of no significant 

impact and the product meets all other 

requirements for licensing. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before June 20, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0033- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0033, 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:// 


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#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0033 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) 7997039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Donna Malloy, Operational Support 

Section, Center for Veterinary Biologics, 

Policy, Evaluation, and Licensing, VS, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 148, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; phone (301) 

851–3426, fax (301) 734–4314. 

For information regarding the 

environmental assessment or the risk 

analysis, or to request a copy of the 

environmental assessment (as well as 

the risk analysis with confidential 

business information removed), contact 

Dr. Patricia L. Foley, Risk Manager, 

Center for Veterinary Biologics, Policy, 

Evaluation, and Licensing VS, APHIS, 

1920 Dayton Avenue, P.O. Box 844, 

Ames, IA 50010; phone (515) 337–6100, 

fax (515) 337–6120. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act (21 U.S.C. 151 

et seq.), a veterinary biological product 

must be shown to be pure, safe, potent, 

and efficacious before a veterinary 

biological product license may be 

issued. A field test is generally 

necessary to satisfy prelicensing 

requirements for veterinary biological 

products. Prior to conducting a field test 

on an unlicensed product, an applicant 

must obtain approval from the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS), as well as obtain APHIS’ 

authorization to ship the product for 

field testing. 

To determine whether to authorize 

shipment and grant approval for the 

field testing of the unlicensed product 

referenced in this notice, APHIS 

considers the potential effects of this 

product on the safety of animals, public 

health, and the environment. Using the 

risk analysis and other relevant data, 

APHIS has prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA) concerning the field 

testing of the following unlicensed 

veterinary biological product: 

Requester: Merial, Inc. 

Product: Canine Lymphoma Vaccine, 

DNA. 

Possible Field Test Locations: 

Arizona, Florida, Georgia, New York, 

North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. 

The above-mentioned product is a 

replication-incompetent DNA vaccine 

consisting of a plasmid vector with an 

inserted therapeutic gene. The vaccine 

is intended for the therapeutic 

immunization of dogs diagnosed with Bcell lymphoma concurrent with or 

following chemotherapy. 

The EA has been prepared in 

accordance with: (1) The National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), (2) regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). 

Unless substantial issues with adverse 

environmental impacts are raised in 

response to this notice, APHIS intends 

to issue a finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI) based on the EA and 

authorize shipment of the above product 

for the initiation of field tests following 

the close of the comment period for this 

notice. 

Because the issues raised by field 

testing and by issuance of a license are 

identical, APHIS has concluded that the 

EA that is generated for field testing 

would also be applicable to the 

proposed licensing action. Provided that 

the field test data support the 

conclusions of the original EA and the 

issuance of a FONSI, APHIS does not 

intend to issue a separate EA and FONSI 

to support the issuance of the product 

license, and would determine that an 

environmental impact statement need 

not be prepared. APHIS intends to issue 

a veterinary biological product license 

for this vaccine following completion of 

the field test provided no adverse 

impacts on the human environment are 

identified and provided the product 

meets all other requirements for 

licensing. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 151–159. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

May 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12074 Filed 5–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Transfer of Administrative 

Jurisdiction: Marine Corps Mountain 

Warfare Training Center Interchange 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, CA 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Joint Jurisdictional 

Interchange of lands between the Forest 

Service and the Department of the Navy. 

SUMMARY: On October 22, 2012, and 

March 18, 2013, respectively, the Acting 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

Navy, Energy, Installations & 

Environment and the Secretary of 

Agriculture signed a joint interchange 

order authorizing the transfer of 

administrative jurisdiction from the 

Department of Agriculture to the 

Department of the Navy for 346.49 

acres, more or less located in Mono 

County, California and generally 

described as: Portions of Sections 13, 

23, and 24, Township 6 North, Range 22 

East, Mount Diablo Meridian, lying 

within the Marine Corps Mountain 

Warfare Training Center and the 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and 

more particularly described according to 

the map and legal description on file in 

the Forest Service office noted below. 

Furthermore, the order transfers 

jurisdiction from the Department of the 

Navy to the Department of Agriculture 

for inclusion in the Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest, being 240 acres, more 

or less located in Mono County, 

California and generally described as: 

Portions of Section 14 and 15, 

Township 7 North, Range 22 East, 

Mount Diablo Meridian, within the 

proclamation boundaries of the 

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, and 

more particularly described according to 

the map and legal description on file in 

the Forest Service office noted below. 

DATES: The 45-day Congressional 

oversight requirement of the Act of July 

26, 1956 (70 Stat. 656; 16 U.S.C. 505a, 

505b) has been met. The order is 

effective May 21, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the maps with 

adjoining legal descriptions showing the 

lands included in this joint interchange 

are on file and available for public 

inspection in the Office of the Regional 

Forester, Intermountain Region, USDA, 

Forest Service, 324 25th Street, Ogden, 

UT 84401, between the hours of 8:30 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on business days. 

Those wishing to inspect the maps with 

adjoining legal descriptions are 

encouraged to call ahead to (801) 625– 

5800. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.L. 

Richard, Washington Office Lands and 

Realty Staff, USDA, Forest Service, 201 

14th Street SW., Washington, DC 20250, 

Telephone: (202) 205–1792 or 

arichard@fs.fed.us. 


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