62486 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 12, 2010 / Proposed Rules 

requirements included in this proposed 

rule have been submitted for approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Please send written comments 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for APHIS, Washington, DC 

20503. Please state that your comments 

refer to Docket No. APHIS–2009–0086. 

Please send a copy of your comments to: 

(1) Docket No. APHIS–2009–0086, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238, and (2) Clearance Officer, 

OCIO, USDA, Room 404–W, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. A comment to 

OMB is best assured of having its full 

effect if OMB receives it within 30 days 

of publication of this proposed rule. 

APHIS is proposing to amend the 

regulations concerning the importation 

of fruits and vegetables to allow for the 

importation of fresh shepherd’s purse 

with roots from the Republic of Korea 

into the United States under a 

combination of mitigations to reduce the 

risk of introducing a variety of pests. As 

a condition of entry, fresh shepherd’s 

purse would have to be produced in 

accordance with a systems approach 

that would include requirements for 

importation of commercial 

consignments, pest-free place of 

production, and inspection for 

quarantine pests by the national plant 

protection organization (NPPO) of the 

Republic of Korea. 

Implementing this rule would require 

the completion of a phytosanitary 

certificate, inspections, and 

recordkeeping. We are soliciting 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

proposed information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements. These 

comments will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of our agency’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, 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 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, (such as through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses.). 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.53928 hours 

per response. 

Respondents: Importers; national 

plant protection organization of the 

Republic of Korea. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 30. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 9.333. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 280. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 151 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from Mrs. Celeste 

Sickles, APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2908. 

E-Government Act Compliance 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service is committed to 

compliance with the E-Government Act 

to promote the use of the Internet and 

other information technologies, to 

provide increased opportunities for 

citizen access to Government 

information and services, and for other 

purposes. For information pertinent to 

E-Government Act compliance related 

to this proposed rule, please contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2908. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 319 

Coffee, Cotton, Fruits, Imports, Logs, 

Nursery stock, Plant diseases and pests, 

Quarantine, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Rice, 

Vegetables. 

Accordingly, we propose to amend 7 

CFR part 319 as follows: 

PART 319—FOREIGN QUARANTINE 

NOTICES 

1. The authority citation for part 319 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 450, 7701–7772, and 

7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 7 CFR 

2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

2. A new § 319.56–51 is added to read 

as follows: 

§ 319.56–51 Shepherd’s purse with roots 

from the Republic of Korea. 

Shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursapastoris (L.) Medick) with roots from the 

Republic of Korea may be imported only 

under the following conditions: 

(a) The shepherd’s purse with roots 

must be grown in a pest-free place of 

production that is registered with the 

national plant protection organization 

(NPPO) of the Republic of Korea. Fields 

must be certified free of the quarantine 

nematodes Hemicycliophora koreana, 

Paratylenchus pandus, Rotylenchus 

orientalis, and Rotylenchus pini by 

sampling and microscopic inspection of 

the samples by the NPPO of the 

Republic of Korea. The sampling and 

inspection protocol must be 

preapproved by APHIS. 

(b) The shepherd’s purse with roots 

must be free from soil. 

(c) The shepherd’s purse with roots 

must be imported in commercial 

shipments only. 

(d) Each consignment of shepherd’s 

purse with roots must be accompanied 

by a phytosanitary certificate of 

inspection issued by the NPPO of the 

Republic of Korea stating that the 

shipment has been inspected and found 

free of quarantine pests with an 

additional declaration stating that the 

shepherd’s purse with roots has been 

produced and inspected in accordance 

with the requirements of 7 CFR 319.56– 

51. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of 

October 2010. 

Gregory Parham, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25556 Filed 10–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Parts 117 and 121 

[Docket No. FAA–2009–1093; Notice No. 

10–11] 

RIN 2120–AJ58 

Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of procedures for 

submission of clarifying questions. 

SUMMARY: The FAA published a 

proposed rule on September 14, 2010, to 

amend its existing flight, duty and rest 

regulations applicable to certificate 

holders and their flightcrew members. 

The FAA has received requests from 

stakeholders to provide a forum during 

the comment period where they can 

pose clarifying questions and receive 

answers to them. In response to these 

requests, the FAA is issuing this notice, 

which includes the procedures for 

handling clarifying questions to the 

proposed rule. 


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DATES: You must submit your clarifying 

questions in writing using the 

procedures outlined below by October 

15, 2010. The FAA anticipates 

responding to these submissions by 

October 22, 2010. Comments on the 

proposed rule must be received on or 

before November 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: See the ‘‘Procedures for 

Filing Clarifying Requests’’ section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See 

the ‘‘Procedures for Filing Clarifying 

Requests’’ section of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 14, 2010, the FAA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ‘‘Flightcrew 

Member Duty and Rest Requirements’’ 

(75 FR 55852). The proposed regulation 

recognizes the growing similarities 

between the types of operations and the 

universality of factors that lead to 

fatigue in most individuals. Fatigue 

threatens aviation safety because it 

increases the risk of pilot error that 

could lead to an accident. The new 

requirements, if adopted, would 

eliminate the current distinctions 

between domestic, flag and 

supplemental operations. The proposal 

provides different requirements based 

on the time of day, whether an 

individual is acclimated to a new time 

zone, and the likelihood of being able to 

sleep under different circumstances. 

The comment period closes November 

15, 2010. 

Since the docket opened, the FAA has 

received numerous requests for 

technical clarification of the proposed 

rulemaking. The FAA believes that it 

makes sense to provide additional 

clarity where comenters believe the 

draft regulatory text is unclear or omits 

pertinent information. For example, one 

commenter noted that there is a crossreference to the existing flight 

crewmember regulations in the 

regulations governing flight and duty 

time for flight attendants. By dropping 

all of the part 121 flight crewmember 

flight and duty regulations, that crossreference would no longer make sense, 

and it would be unclear whether the 

provision still had any validity. 

To the extent possible, the FAA 

believes there is value in providing 

greater technical clarity while the 

comment period is still open. This 

clarity will allow interested parties to 

focus on the policy implications of the 

proposal without spending undue 

amounts of time trying to figure out how 

the rule, if implemented, would be 

implemented or interact with other 

regulatory requirements. The FAA also 

believes that there should be a cut-off 

for consideration of these technical 

issues so that commenters know with 

certainty how these issues are resolved 

before they finalize their comments. 

Accordingly, the FAA requests that all 

requests for clarification be submitted to 

the docket no later than October 15, 

2010. The FAA anticipates responding 

to requests that are truly clarifying in 

nature by October 22, 2010, a full three 

weeks before the close of the comment 

period. To the extent a request raises 

policy considerations that are more 

appropriately resolved after the public 

has been given a full opportunity to 

comment, the FAA anticipates 

addressing those comments in a final 

rule. 

Procedures for Filing Clarifying 

Requests 

The below procedures are not a 

substitute for filing substantive 

questions and comments to the 

proposed rule. The procedures for 

submitting those types of comments are 

discussed in the NPRM. Commenters 

should follow those procedures to file 

their substantive questions and 

comments by November 15, 2010. 

If you wish to submit a request to the 

FAA for clarification of the NPRM 

(Docket Number FAA–2009–1093) 

before the comment period closes, you 

must send your request using the below 

method by October 15, 2010. 

1. Post your request on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. To access this 

electronic docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, enter Docket 

Number FAA 2009–1093, and follow the 

online instructions for sending your 

request electronically. 

2. In addition to sending your request 

to the electronic docket, send a copy via 

e-mail to the subject matter expert as 

noted below. 

• Technical Clarifications: Dale E. 

Roberts, Air Transportation Division, 

Flight Standards Service, Federal 

Aviation Administration; e-mail 

dale.e.roberts@faa.gov. 

• Legal Clarifications: Rebecca 

MacPherson, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, Regulations Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration; e-mail 

rebecca.macpherson@faa.gov. 

• Cost/Benefit Clarifications: Peter 

Ivory, Office of Aviation Policy & Plans, 

Federal Aviation Administration; e-mail 

peter.ivory@faa.gov. 

The FAA will reply to requests for 

clarification to the NPRM if submitted 

by October 15, 2010. We will respond 

directly to you and post the response in 

the docket established for this 

rulemaking. We anticipate providing 

our response by October 22, 2010. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6, 

2010. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25678 Filed 10–7–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

20 CFR Parts 404, 405, and 416 

[Docket No. SSA–2007–0053] 

Compassionate Allowances for 

Cardiovascular Disease and Multiple 

Organ Transplants, Office of the 

Commissioner, Hearing 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration. 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: We are considering ways to 

quickly identify diseases and other 

serious medical conditions that 

obviously meet the definition of 

disability under the Social Security Act 

(Act) and can be identified with 

minimal objective medical information. 

We are calling this method 

‘‘Compassionate Allowances.’’ In 

December 2007, April 2008, November 

2008, July 2009, and November 2009, 

we held Compassionate Allowance 

public hearings. These hearings 

concerned rare diseases, cancers, 

traumatic brain injury and stroke, earlyonset Alzheimer’s disease and related 

dementias, and schizophrenia, 

respectively. This hearing is the sixth in 

the series. The purpose of this hearing 

is to obtain your views about the 

advisability and possible methods of 

identifying and implementing 

compassionate allowances for both 

adults and children with cardiovascular 

diseases and multiple organ transplants. 

We plan to address other medical 

conditions at subsequent hearings. 

DATES: This hearing will be held on 

November 9, 2010, between 8:30 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Eastern Standard Time 

(EST), in Baltimore, MD. The hearing 

will be held on the campus of the 

University of Maryland, Baltimore 

County in the University Center 

Ballroom. The university’s address is 

1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 

21250. While the public is welcome to 

attend the hearing, only invited 

witnesses will present testimony. You 

may also watch the proceedings live via 

Webcast beginning at 9 a.m., Eastern 

Standard Time (EST). You may access 

the Webcast line for the hearing on the 

Social Security Administration Web site 


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