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# Notices Federal Register 

### 9319

Vol. 76, No. 33

Thursday, February 17, 2011

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** 

**[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0010]**

**Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection; National**  **Animal Health Monitoring System; Feedlot 2011 Study** 

**AGENCY :**  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Reinstatement 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 a reinstatement of an information collection to support the National Animal Health Monitoring Feedlot 2011 Study.

**DATES :**  We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April 18,
2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments by either of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ component/ main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–
2011–0010 to submit or view comments and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send one copy of your comment to Docket No. APHIS–2011–0010, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2011–0010.

Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this docket in our reading room. The reading room 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) 690–2817 before coming.

Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For information on the Feedlot 2011 Study, contact Mr. Chris Quatrano, Industry Analyst, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, VS, APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B MS 2E7, Fort Collins, CO 80526; 970–494–7207. 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: National Animal Health Monitoring System; Feedlot 2011 Study.

OMB Number: 0579–0079. Type of Request: Reinstatement of an information collection.

Abstract: Under the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq. ), the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized, among other things, to protect the health of our Nation’s livestock and poultry populations by preventing the introduction and interstate spread of serious diseases and pests of livestock and for eradicating such diseases from the United States when feasible.

In connection with this mission, APHIS would like to reinstate the 2011 Feedlot Study, which will be used to collect information to:

• Describe changes in management practices and animal health in feedlots;

• Describe the management practices in feedlots that impact product quality;

• Identify factors associated with shedding of potential foodborne pathogens or commensal organisms by feedlot cattle;

• Describe antimicrobial usage in feedlots; and

• Describe biosecurity practices and capabilities in feedlots.

The Feedlot 2011 study will consist of several on-farm questionnaires that will be administered by APHIS-designated data collectors. The information collected through the Feedlot 2011 study will be analyzed and used to: • Direct producer education;

• Identify research gaps;

• Facilitate education of future producers and veterinarians;

• Assess quality assurance programs; and

• Help with policy formation. We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve our use of this information collection activity for 2 years.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public (as well as 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 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, 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 0.5938775 hours per response.

Respondents: Feedlot managers, feedlot owners, feedlot operators.

Estimated annual number of respondents: 4,900.

Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.

Estimated annual number of response hours: 4,900.

Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 2,910 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.


### 9320 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 33 / Thursday, February 17, 2011 / Notices

Done in Washington, DC, this 14th day of February 2011. Kevin Shea, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2011–3610 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–34–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Request for Comments on the Strategy for American Innovation** 

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Secretary, Department of Commerce.

**ACTION :**  Notice and Request for Information; Correction.

**SUMMARY :**  On February 4, 2011, the Department of Commerce published a Request for Information (FRI) seeking input on a range of policy matters that can affect our innovativeness and competitiveness but particularly the Administration’s Innovation Strategy ( see http://www.Commerce.gov/ competes for a link to the report). Due to an inadvertent error, that RFI contained an incorrect e-mail address where the public may submit comments and an incorrect phone number for the public contact. This notice provides the correct e-mail address and contact phone number. The public may submit e-mail comments to competitiveness@doc.gov and may contact Sabrina L. Montes at 202–482– 6495 for any questions on the notice.

**DATES :**  Comments must be postmarked or submitted by no later than April 1,

2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  You may submit comments, identified by ‘‘Innovation Strategy RFI’’ by any of the following methods: E-mail: competitiveness@doc.gov. Mail:

Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., HCHB Room 4852, Washington, DC 20230.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Sabrina L. Montes: e-mail SMontes@doc.gov; telephone 202–482–

6495.

Dated: February 9, 2011. John Connor, Office of the Secretary of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2011–3560 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3510–EA–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE** 

**Foreign-Trade Zones Board**

**[Docket 10–2011]**

**Foreign-Trade Zone 274—Butte-Silver Bow, MT; Application for**  **Manufacturing Authority REC Silicon (Polysilicon and Silane Gas) Butte, MT** 

An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (theBoard) by the City and County of ButteSilver Bow, grantee of FTZ 274, requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of REC Silicon, located in Butte, Montana. The application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on February 11, 2011.

The REC Silicon facility (300 employees, 3,450 metric ton capacity) is located within Site 1 of FTZ 274. The facility is used for the manufacturing of polysilicon and silane gas for the photovoltaic industry using domestic and imported silicon metal (duty rate 5.3–5.5%). Materials sourced from abroad represent 8% of the value of the finished polysilicon and 5% of the value of the finished silane gas. REC Silicon has indicated that they will not admit foreign status silicon metal subject to antidumping or countervailing duty orders into the facility and would accept a restriction on such admissions.

FTZ procedures could exempt REC Silicon from customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. The company anticipates that some 95% of the plant’s shipments will be exported. On its domestic sales, REC Silicon would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to polysilicon andsilane gas (duty rate ranges from dutyfree to 3.7%) for the imported silicon metal noted above. FTZ designation would further allow REC Silicon to realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry procedures. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant’s international competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and information presented in the application and case record and to report findings and recommendations to the Board. Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions (original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board’s Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is April 18, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to May 3, 2011.

A copy of the application will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, which is accessible via http:// www.trade.gov/ftz.

For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)
482–0473.

Dated: February 11, 2011. Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–3641 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE P**

**DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE**

**National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration** 

**[Docket No. 100603239–0275–02]**

**RIN 0648–XW85**

**Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List**  **Alabama Shad as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered**  **Species Act (ESA)**

**AGENCY :**  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

**ACTION :**  Notice of 90-day petition finding.

**SUMMARY :**  We (NMFS) announce a 90- day finding on a petition to list Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae ) as threatened or endangered and designate critical habitat under the ESA. We find that the petition does not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned actions may be warranted.

**ADDRESSES :**  Copies of the petition and related materials are available upon request from the Assistant Regional Administrator, Protected Resources Division, Southeast Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, or on the NMFS Southeast Region’s Web site at http://