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required to submit annual treatment 

plans to the Board and inspection 

agency regarding how they plan to treat 

their almonds to reduce the potential for 

Salmonella. Entities interested in being 

almond process authorities that validate 

technologies are required to submit an 

application to the Board on ABC Form 

No. 51, ‘‘Application for Process 

Authority for Almonds.’’ Manufacturers 

in the United States, Canada, and 

Mexico interested in being approved to 

accept untreated almonds, provided 

they agree to treat the almonds 

themselves under the Board’s Direct 

Verifiable (DV) program are required to 

submit an application to the Board on 

ABC Form No. 52, ‘‘Application for 

Direct Verifiable (DV) Program for 

Further Processing of Untreated 

Almonds.’’ Entities interested in being 

approved DV user auditors are required 

to submit an application to the Board on 

ABC Form No. 53, ‘‘Application for 

Direct Verifiable (DV) Program 

Auditors.’’ To ensure compliance with 

the mandatory program, entities are 

required to use either an on-site or audit 

based verification program and annually 

submit a treatment plan to the Board on 

ABC Form No. 54, ‘‘Handler Treatment 

Plan.’’ 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized representatives of 

USDA, including AMS, Fruit and 

Vegetable Program’s regional and 

headquarters’ staff, and authorized 

employees and agents of the Board. 

Authorized Board employees, agents, 

and the industry are the primary users 

of the information, and AMS is the 

secondary user. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 13.77 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Almond handlers; 

persons or organizations that would like 

to qualify to be Board-approved process 

authorities that validate treatments and 

technologies; manufacturers who would 

like to qualify to participate in the 

Board’s DV program; and entities that 

would like to qualify as auditors under 

the DV program. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

175. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.74. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 4,200 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information collected; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who respond, including through the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments should reference this 

docket number and the appropriate 

marketing order and be sent to the 

USDA in care of the Docket Clerk at the 

address above. All comments received 

will be available for public inspection 

during regular business hours at the 

same address. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: February 11, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03484 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document Number AMS–NOP–12–0070; 

NOP–12–17] 

Notice of Meeting of the National 

Organic Standards Board (NOSB) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of 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 

National Organic Standards Board 

(NOSB). Written public comments are 

invited in advance of the meeting, and 

the meeting will include scheduled time 

for oral comments from the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

9–11, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each 

day. The deadline to submit written 

public comments and sign up for oral 

public comments is Tuesday, March 19, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Hilton Portland and Executive 

Tower, 921 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, 

Oregon 97204. Information and 

instructions pertaining to the meeting 

are posted at the following Web address: 

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

NOSBMeetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

printed materials or additional 

information, write to Ms. Michelle 

Arsenault, Special Assistant, National 

Organic Standards Board, USDA–AMS– 

NOP, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., 

Room 2648—So., Mail Stop 0268, 

Washington, DC 20250–0268; Phone: 

(202) 720–3252; Email: 

nosb@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NOSB 

makes recommendations about whether 

a substance should be allowed or 

prohibited in organic production and/or 

handling, assists in the development of 

standards for organic production, and 

advises the Secretary on other aspects of 

the implementation of the Organic 

Foods Production Act (7 U.S.C. 6501– 

6522). The NOSB currently has seven 

subcommittees working on various 

aspects of the Organic Program. The 

subcommittees are: Compliance, 

Accreditation, and Certification; Crops; 

Handling; Livestock; Materials; Policy 

Development; and the ad hoc 

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). 

The primary purpose of NOSB meetings 

is to provide an opportunity for the 

organic community to provide input on 

proposed NOSB recommendations and 

discussion items. The meetings also 

allow the NOSB to receive updates from 

the USDA National Organic Program 

(NOP) on issues pertaining to organic 

agriculture. The meeting will be open to 

the public. The meeting agenda, NOSB 

proposals and discussion documents, 

instructions for submitting and viewing 

public comments, and instructions for 

requesting a time slot for oral comments 

are available on the NOP Web site at 

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

NOSBMeetings. The discussion 

documents and proposals encompass a 

wide range of topics, including: 

Substances petitioned to the National 

List of Allowed and Prohibited 

Substances (National List), updates from 

working groups on technical issues, and 

amendments to the NOSB Policies and 

Procedures Manual. 

Public Comments: Written public 

comments will be accepted through 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 via 

www.regulations.gov. Comments 

received after that date may not be 

reviewed by the NOSB before the 

meeting. The NOP strongly prefers 

comments to be submitted 

electronically; however, written 

comments may also be submitted by 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 via mail to Ms. 

Michelle Arsenault, Special Assistant, 

National Organic Standards Board, 

USDA–AMS–NOP, 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW., Room 2648–S, Mail Stop 

0268, Washington, DC 20250–0268. 

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1To view the final rule, its preceding proposed 

rule, and the comments we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS– 

2009–0070. 

Instructions for viewing all comments 

are posted at www.regulations.gov and 

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

NOSBMeetings. 

The NOSB has scheduled time for oral 

comments from the public, and will 

accommodate as many individuals and 

organizations as possible during these 

sessions. Individuals and organizations 

wishing to make oral presentations at 

the meeting must pre-register to request 

one time slot by visiting http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/NOSBMeetings or 

by calling (202) 720–0081. The deadline 

to sign up for an oral public comment 

slot is Tuesday, March 19, 2013. All 

persons making oral presentations 

should also provide their comments in 

advance through the written comment 

process. Written submissions may 

contain supplemental information other 

than that presented in the oral 

presentation. Persons submitting written 

comments at the meeting are asked to 

provide two hard copies. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting hotel is 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 Michelle Arsenault at 

michelle.arsenault@ams.usda.gov or 

(202) 720–0081. Determinations for 

reasonable accommodation will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated: February 11, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03492 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0070] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; OMB Approval Received 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 

announces the Office of Management 

and Budget’s approval of a collection of 

information contained in the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service’s 

final rule regarding the possession, use, 

and transfer of select agents and toxins. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on select agents and toxins, 

contact Mr. Charles L. Divan, Acting 

Director, APHIS Agriculture Select 

Agent Program, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 2, Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; 

(301) 851–3300, option 1. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 5, 2012, we published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 61056–61081, 

Docket No. APHIS–2009–0070) a final 

rule 1 that amended and republished the 

list of select agents and toxins that have 

the potential to pose a severe threat to 

animal or plant health, or to animal or 

plant products; reorganized the list of 

select agents and toxins based on the 

relative potential of each select agent or 

toxin to be misused to adversely affect 

human, plant, or animal health; and 

amended the regulations in order to add 

definitions and clarify language 

concerning security, training, biosafety, 

biocontainment, and incident response. 

Because of changes made in the final 

rule in response to comments or for 

other reasons, some of those provisions 

included information collection 

requirements that differed from those 

originally submitted for approval to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in conjunction with the 

proposed rule, which was published in 

the Federal Register on October 3, 2011 

(76 FR 61228–61244, Docket No. 

APHIS–2009–0070). OMB requested 

that we combine those most recent 

information collection requirements 

with the existing information collection 

requirements associated with the 

existing select agent regulations at 7 

CFR part 331 and 9 CFR part 121. 

In accordance with section 3507(d) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), OMB has 

approved the information collection 

requirements associated with the select 

agent regulations as amended by our 

October 2012 final rule under OMB 

control number 0579–0213 (expires 

November 30, 2015). 

Done in Washington, DC, this 11th day of 

February 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03584 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Annual List of Newspapers Used for 

Publication of Legal Notice of 

Decisions for the Rocky Mountain 

Region; Colorado, Wyoming, South 

Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the 

newspapers that Ranger Districts, 

Forests, and the Regional Office of the 

Rocky Mountain Region will use to 

publish notices for pubic comments on 

actions subject to the provisions of 36 

CFR part 215 or 218. The intended effect 

of this action is to inform interested 

members of the public which 

newspapers will be used to publish 

legal notices of actions subject to public 

comment and decisions subject to 

appeal under 36 CFR 215 or objection 

under 36 CFR 218. 

Responsible Officials in the Rocky 

Mountain Region of the USDA Forest 

Service will publish notices of 

availability for comment and notices of 

decisions that may be subject to 

administrative appeal under 36 CFR 

Part 215. These notices will be 

published in the legal notice section of 

the newspapers listed in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this notice. As provided in 36 CFR 

215.5, 215.6, and 215.7, such notice 

shall constitute legal evidence that the 

agency has given timely and 

constructive notice for comment and 

notice of decisions that may be subject 

to administrative appeal. Newspaper 

publication of notices of decisions is in 

addition to direct notice to those who 

have requested notice in writing and to 

those known to be interested in or 

affected by a specific decision. 

Additionally, Responsible Officials in 

the Rocky Mountain Region of the 

USDA Forest Service will publish 

notices of availability for comment and 

notices of decisions that may be subject 

to the objection process under 36 CFR 

part 218. These notices will be 

published in the legal notice section of 

the newspapers listed in the 

Supplementary Information section of 

this notice. As provided in 36 CFR 218.4 

and 218.9, such notice shall constitute 

legal evidence that the agency has given 

timely and constructive notice for 

comment and notice of decisions that 

may be subject to the objection process. 

Newspaper publication of notices of 

decisions is in addition to direct notice 

to those who have requested notice in 

writing and to those known to be 

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