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Agricultura De Puerto Rico for the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 2007 

Census of Agriculture cash receipts for 

Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and 2008 Census of Agriculture 

cash receipts for American Samoa) 

specialty crop production data in all 

states whose applications are accepted. 

The amount of the base grant plus 

value of production available to each 

State department of agriculture is 

estimated to be: 

(1) Alabama .......................... $384,849.24 

(2) Alaska ............................. 85,231.03 

(3) American Samoa ............ 202,518.42 

(4) Arizona ............................ 1,305,396.81 

(5) Arkansas ......................... 241,858.20 

(6) California ......................... 18,070,083.26 

(7) Colorado .......................... 678,827.55 

(8) Connecticut ..................... 373,391.79 

(9) Delaware ......................... 228,452.55 

(10) District of Columbia ....... 171,852.89 

(11) Florida ........................... 4,177,122.21 

(12) Georgia ......................... 1,131,614.82 

(13) Guam ............................ 173,488.79 

(14) Hawaii ........................... 344,884.75 

(15) Idaho ............................. 991,862.03 

(16) Illinois ............................ 535,776.09 

(17) Indiana .......................... 371,274.35 

(18) Iowa ............................... 252,205.58 

(19) Kansas .......................... 238,817.41 

(20) Kentucky ....................... 243,367.21 

(21) Louisiana ....................... 324,467.34 

(22) Maine ............................ 399,314.64 

(23) Maryland ....................... 444,245.94 

(24) Massachusetts .............. 417,184.80 

(25) Michigan ........................ 1,256,470.39 

(26) Minnesota ...................... 670,959.58 

(27) Mississippi ..................... 275,199.76 

(28) Missouri ......................... 317,414.66 

(29) Montana ........................ 303,333.39 

(30) Nebraska ....................... 312,641.19 

(31) Nevada .......................... 249,859.85 

(32) New Hampshire ............ 223,449.42 

(33) New Jersey ................... 770,362.40 

(34) New Mexico .................. 426,368.39 

(35) New York ...................... 1,024,636.80 

(36) North Carolina ............... 1,072,498.14 

(37) North Dakota ................. 479,434.98 

(38) Northern Mariana Islands .................................. 173,095.25 

(39) Ohio ............................... 593,324.00 

(40) Oklahoma ...................... 330,993.57 

(41) Oregon .......................... 1,498,930.75 

(42) Pennsylvania ................. 947,711.72 

(43) Puerto Rico ................... 350,296.18 

(44) Rhode Island ................. 204,941.26 

(45) South Carolina .............. 504,662.76 

(46) South Dakota ................ 194,589.19 

(47) Tennessee .................... 470,706.73 

(48) Texas ............................ 1,407,162.21 

(49) U.S. Virgin Islands ........ 172,880.39 

(50) Utah ............................... 278,657.65 

(51) Vermont ......................... 208,920.91 

(52) Virginia .......................... 455,811.53 

(53) Washington ................... 3,227,719.05 

(54) West Virginia ................. 204,437.61 

(55) Wisconsin ...................... 863,170.52 

(56) Wyoming ....................... 197,138.41 

Funds not obligated will be allocated 

pro rata to the remaining States which 

applied during the specified grant 

application period to be solely 

expended on projects previously 

approved in their State plan. AMS will 

notify the States as to the procedures for 

applying for the reallocated funds. 

AMS requires applicants to submit 

SCBGP–FB applications electronically 

through the central Federal grants Web 

site, www.grants.gov instead of mailing 

hard copy documents. Original 

signatures are not needed on the SF–424 

and SF–424B when applying through 

www.grants.gov and applicants are not 

required to submit any paper documents 

to AMS. Applicants are strongly urged 

to familiarize themselves with the 

Federal grants Web site and begin the 

application process well before the 

application deadline. For information 

on how to apply electronically, please 

consult http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. AMS will 

send an email confirmation when 

applications are received by the AMS 

office. 

SCBGP–FB is listed in the ‘‘Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under 

number 10.170 and subject agencies 

must adhere to Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, which bars 

discrimination in all federally assisted 

programs. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621 note. 

Dated: May 6, 2013. 

David R. Shipman, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11048 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

License 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

To grant to AIC Partners Group, LLC of 

Sylvester, Georgia, an exclusive license 

to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 13/ 

005,168, ‘‘Method and Apparatus for 

Measuring Peanut Moisture Content,’’ 

filed on January 12, 2011. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 10, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s patent rights in 

this invention are assigned to the United 

States of America, as represented by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the 

public interest to so license this 

invention as AIC Partners Group, LLC of 

Sylvester, Georgia has submitted a 

complete and sufficient application for 

a license. The prospective exclusive 

license will be royalty-bearing and will 

comply with the terms and conditions 

of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The 

prospective exclusive license may be 

granted unless, within thirty (30) days 

from the date of this published Notice, 

the Agricultural Research Service 

receives written evidence and argument 

which establishes that the grant of the 

license would not be consistent with the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.7. 

Robert Griesbach, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11024 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

Licenses 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Agricultural Research Service, intends 

to grant to Oregon State University of 

Corvallis, Oregon, an exclusive license 

to the blackberry variety named 

‘‘Columbia Star,’’ an exclusive license to 

the strawberry variety named ‘‘Sweet 

Sunrise,’’ and an exclusive license to 

the strawberry variety named ‘‘Charm.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 10, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: USDA, 

ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 

5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June 

Blalock of the Office of Technology 

Transfer at the Beltsville address given 

above; telephone: 301–504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Government’s rights in these 

plant varieties are assigned to the 

United States of America, as represented 

by the Secretary of Agriculture. The 

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prospective exclusive licenses will be 

royalty-bearing and will comply with 

the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 

209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective 

exclusive licenses may be granted 

unless, within thirty (30) days from the 

date of this published Notice, the 

Agricultural Research Service receives 

written evidence and argument which 

establishes that the grant of these 

licenses would not be consistent with 

the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 

37 CFR 404.7. 

Robert Griesbach, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–11021 Filed 5–8–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0012] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Commercial Transportation of Equines 

for Slaughter 

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 for the commercial 

transportation of equines to slaughtering 

facilities. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 8, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!document

Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0012-0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0012, 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-2013-0012 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 

commercial transportation of equines to 

slaughtering facilities, contact Dr. P. 

Gary Egrie, Veterinary Medical Officer, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 33, 

Riverdale MD 20737; (301) 851–3304. 

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: Commercial Transportation of 

Equines for Slaughter. 

OMB Number: 0579–0160. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the Federal 

Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

Act of 1996 (‘‘the Farm Bill’’), Congress 

gave responsibility to the Secretary of 

Agriculture to regulate the commercial 

transportation within the United States 

of equines for slaughter. Sections 901– 

905 of the Farm Bill (7 U.S.C. 1901 note) 

authorized the Secretary to issue 

guidelines for the regulation of 

commercial transportation of equines 

for slaughter by persons regularly 

engaged in that activity within the 

United States. As a result of that 

authority, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

established regulations in 9 CFR part 88, 

‘‘Commercial Transportation of Equines 

for Slaughter.’’ 

The minimum standards for 

transportation cover, among other 

things, the food, water, and rest 

provided to such equines. The 

regulations also require the owner/ 

shipper of the equines to take certain 

actions in loading and transporting the 

equines and to certify that the 

commercial transportation meets certain 

requirements. In addition, the 

regulations prohibit the commercial 

transportation to slaughtering facilities 

of equines considered to be unfit for 

travel, the use of electric prods on such 

animals in commercial transportation to 

slaughter, and the use of double-deck 

trailers for commercial transportation of 

equines to slaughtering facilities. 

These regulations require several 

information collection activities, 

including a USDA-APHIS Owner/ 

Shipper Certificate Fitness to Travel to 

a Slaughter Facility Form/Continuation 

Sheet (Veterinary Services-VS Forms 

10–13/10–13A), the collection of 

business information from any 

individual or other entity found to be 

transporting horses to a slaughtering 

facility, and recordkeeping. 

Since the last approval of these 

collection activities, APHIS amended its 

regulations to require that owners/ 

shippers complete VS Forms 10–13/10– 

13A for each movement of horses 

between assembly points. APHIS 

believes that, on average, a horse bound 

for slaughter will make at least one stop 

at an assembly point within the United 

States before final transport to slaughter. 

As a consequence, APHIS estimates that 

this will result in an increase in the 

number of responses submitted 

annually from 6,700 to 13,100, and 

increase the number of total burden 

hours from 2,603 to 9,803. However, 

this increase in burden hours also 

reflects reevaluation by APHIS of the 

time necessary for respondents to 

complete the forms and the time for 

respondents to inspect the horses prior 

to completion of the form, which was 

not previously accounted for by APHIS. 

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 

0.7483 hours per response. 

Respondents: Owners and shippers of 

slaughter horses, owners/operators of 

slaughtering facilities, and drivers of the 

transport vehicles. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 300. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 43.666. 

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