51296 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 167 / Thursday, August 28, 2014 / Notices 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1 (one). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 18,750. 

Request for Comments: Comments are 

invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments on the proposed 

information collection. Comments may 

be sent to DPRS via email to nfc.dprs@

nfc.usda.gov. 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 the Office Management and Budget’s 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

John S. White, 

Director, National Finance Center. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20217 Filed 8–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0069] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Gypsy Moth Host 

Material From Canada 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

the regulations to prevent the 

introduction of gypsy moth from Canada 

into noninfested areas of the United 

States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 27, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0069. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0069, 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://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0069 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the regulations for the 

importation of gypsy moth host material 

from Canada, contact Mr. David Lamb, 

Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 

RCC, RPM, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737; (301) 851–2103. For copies of 

more detailed information on the 

information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851– 

2908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Gypsy Moth Host 

Material From Canada. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0142. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit 

or restrict the importation, entry, 

exportation, or interstate movement of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

to prevent the introduction of plant 

pests into the United States or their 

dissemination within the United States. 

This authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), which administers 

regulations to implement the PPA. 

Regulations governing the importation 

of gypsy moth host material into the 

United States from Canada are 

contained in 7 CFR 319.77–1 through 

319.77–5. 

The regulations are intended to 

prevent the introduction of gypsy moth 

into noninfested areas of the United 

States by placing certain inspection and 

documentation requirements on gypsy 

moth host material (i.e., regulated 

articles) imported from Canada. These 

regulated articles are: Certain trees with 

and without roots (e.g., Christmas trees) 

and shrubs with roots and persistent 

woody stems, logs and pulpwood with 

bark attached, bark and bark products, 

outdoor household articles, and mobile 

homes and their associated equipment. 

Under the regulations, depending on the 

place of origin of the regulated articles 

and their destination in the United 

States, certain information collection 

activities are required, including a 

phytosanitary certificate, certificate of 

origin, compliance agreement, or signed 

homeowner statement. 

In the previous request for extension 

of approval of this information 

collection, the number of individuals 

(private citizens) was counted under the 

estimated annual number of responses 

per respondent rather than the 

estimated annual number of 

respondents. This notice reflects the 

corrected estimates. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, 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 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.055 hours per response. 

Respondents: Canadian plant health 

authorities; growers, exporters, or 

shippers of Christmas trees, shrubs, 


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1To view the notice, our determination, 

supporting documents, and the comments we 

received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2011–0038. 

logs, pulpwood, and other articles from 

gypsy moth-infested provinces in 

Canada; and private individuals 

entering the United States with mobile 

homes or outdoor household articles. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2,131. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.090. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 2,325. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 128 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.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

August 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20492 Filed 8–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0055] 

Monsanto Company; Availability of 

Preliminary Finding of No Significant 

Impact and Preliminary Decision for an 

Extension of a Determination of 

Nonregulated Status of Soybean 

Genetically Engineered for Resistance 

to Lepidopteran Insects 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has reached a 

preliminary decision to extend our 

determination of nonregulated status of 

soybean event MON 87701 to soybean 

event MON 87751 in response to a 

request from the Monsanto Company. 

Soybean event MON 87751 has been 

genetically engineered for resistance to 

lepidopteran insects, including 

resistance to fall armyworm beyond that 

provided to soybean event MON 87701. 

We are making available for public 

comment our preliminary finding of no 

significant impact for the proposed 

determination of nonregulated status. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before September 

29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0055. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0055, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

The Monsanto Company extension 

request, our finding of no significant 

impact, our preliminary determination, 

and any comments we receive on this 

docket may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0055 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we received regarding our 

determination of nonregulated status of 

the antecedent organism, MON 87701 

soybean, can be found at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0038. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we received regarding our 

determination of nonregulated status of 

MON 89034 corn, a referenced organism 

for this action, can be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2007-0030. 

Combined supporting documents 

regarding our determination of 

nonregulated status for the referenced 

organism MON 15985 cotton can be 

found on the APHIS Web site at http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS Petition Number 00–342–01p. 

Supporting documents may also be 

found on the APHIS Web site for MON 

87751 soybean (the organism under 

evaluation) under APHIS Petition 

Number 13–337–01p, MON 87701 

soybean (the antecedent organism) 

under APHIS Petition Number 09–082– 

01p, and MON 89034 corn (a referenced 

organism) under APHIS Petition 

Number 06–298–01p. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Turner, Director, Environmental 

Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 147 Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 851–3954, email: 

john.t.turner@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain 

copies of the supporting documents, 

contact Ms. Cindy Eck at (301) 851– 

3885, email: cynthia.a.eck@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the plant pest provisions of 

the Plant Protection Act (PPA) (7 U.S.C. 

7701 et seq.), the regulations in 7 CFR 

part 340, ‘‘Introduction of Organisms 

and Products Altered or Produced 

Through Genetic Engineering Which 

Are Plant Pests or Which There Is 

Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ 

regulate, among other things, the 

introduction (importation, interstate 

movement, or release into the 

environment) of organisms and products 

altered or produced through genetic 

engineering that are plant pests or that 

there is reason to believe are plant pests. 

Such genetically engineered organisms 

(GE) and products are considered 

‘‘regulated articles.’’ 

The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide 

that any person may submit a petition 

to the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a 

determination that an article should not 

be regulated under 7 CFR part 340. 

Further, the regulations in § 340.6(e)(2) 

provide that a person may request that 

APHIS extend a determination of 

nonregulated status to other organisms. 

Such a request must include 

information to establish the similarity of 

the antecedent organism and the 

regulated article in question. 

In a notice 1 published in the Federal 

Register on October 12, 2011 (76 FR 

63279–63280, Docket No. APHIS–2011– 

0038), APHIS announced our 

determination of nonregulated status of 

soybean (Glycine max) designated as 

event MON 87701, which was 

genetically engineered for lepidopteran 

resistance. APHIS has received a request 

for an extension of a determination of 

nonregulated status of soybean event 

MON 87701 (APHIS Petition Number 

09–082–01p) to soybean designated as 

event MON 87751 (APHIS Petition 

Number 13–337–01p) from the 

Monsanto Company (Monsanto) of St. 

Louis, MO. MON 87751 soybean 

expresses resistance to lepidopteran 

pests similar to that of MON 87701 

soybean, with the exception of 

increased resistance to fall armyworm 

(Spodoptera frugiperda). In its request, 

Monsanto stated that this soybean is 

similar to lepidopteran-resistant 

soybean event MON 88701 and, based 

on the similarity to the antecedent 

organism, is unlikely to pose a plant 

pest risk and, therefore, should not be 


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