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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.