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contains documents other than rules or

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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 75, No. 109 

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 2, 2010. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques and other forms of 

information technology should be 

addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Forest Service 

Title: Timber Purchasers’ Cost and 

Sales Data. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0017. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Forest Management Act (NFMA), 16 

U.S.C. 472a, is applicable to appraisal of 

National Forest timber sales. The NFMA 

requires that the Federal government 

receive not less than the appraised value 

of timber or forest product. In regulation 

36 CFR part 223.60, the objective of 

Forest Service (FS) timber appraisals is 

to determine fair market value. The 

Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of 

1960, the Forest Rangeland Renewable 

Resources Planning Act of 1974, and the 

National Forest Management Act of 

1976, authorizes the FS to sell forest 

products and National Forest System 

timber. FS timber and product 

appraisers develop advertised timber 

and product sale prices using residual 

and transaction evidence method of 

appraisal. Residual appraisals begin 

through the collection of production 

cost data. Transaction evidence 

appraisals begin with an average of past 

successful bids by timber purchasers for 

timber for which the stumpage rate has 

been adjusted for the timber sale and 

market conditions at the time. FS 

collects the data from timber sales and 

product purchases through submissions 

by contractors both locally and 

nationally. There are no forms required 

for the collection of costs data. 

Need and Use of the Information: FS 

will collect information to verify the 

minimum rates returned a fair value to 

the Government and that the residual 

and transaction system are a reliable 

approach to valuing timber and 

products. The information is also used 

to assure the accuracy of the residual 

and transaction systems and to develop 

minimum stumpage rates for small sales 

or for areas where there is no current 

sale activity to use for transaction 

evidence. If the information is not 

collected, FS does not have a sound 

check to determine if the value being 

received from products really reflects 

the true market value. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals; Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 80. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13623 Filed 6–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–FV–10–0040] 

Notice of Request for Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request for 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection for Fruit and 

Vegetable Market News. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

August 9, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the Internet at http://www.regulations or 

to the Market News Branch, Fruit & 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 2702 

South, Stop 0238, Washington, DC 

20250–0238. Comments should make 

reference to the dates and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register and 

will be made available for public 

inspection in the above office during 

regular business hours or at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry C. Long, Chief; Fruit and 

Vegetable Market News Branch, Fruit 

and Vegetable Programs, (202) 720– 

2175, Fax: (202) 720–0547. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Fruit and Vegetable Market 

News. 

OMB Number: 0581–0006. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

November 30, 2010. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Collection and 

dissemination of information for fruit, 


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vegetable and ornamental production 

and to facilitate trading by providing a 

price base used by producers, 

wholesalers, and retailers to market 

product. 

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), section 

203(g) directs and authorizes the 

collection and dissemination of 

marketing information including 

adequate outlook information, on a 

market area basis, for the purpose of 

anticipating and meeting consumer 

requirements, aiding in the maintenance 

of farm income and to bring about a 

balance between production and 

utilization. 

The fruit and vegetable industry 

provides information on a voluntary 

basis, and is gathered through 

confidential telephone and face-to-face 

interviews by market reporters. 

Reporters request supplies, demand, 

and prices of over 330 fresh fruit, 

vegetable, nut ornamental, and other 

specialty crops. The information is 

collected, compiled, and disseminated 

by Market News in its critical role as an 

impartial third party. It is collected and 

reported in a manner which protects the 

confidentiality of the respondent and 

their operations. 

The fruit and vegetable market news 

reports are used by academia and 

various government agencies for 

regulatory and other purposes, but are 

primarily used by the fruit, vegetable 

and ornamental trade, which includes 

packers, processors, brokers, retailers, 

producers, and associated industries. 

Members of the fruit and vegetable 

industry regularly make it clear that 

they need and expect the Department of 

Agriculture will issue price and supply 

market reports for commodities of 

regional, national and international 

significance in order to assist in making 

immediate production and marketing 

decisions and as a guide to the amount 

of product in the supply channel. 

Market News data is a critical 

component in AMS’ decisionmaking 

process with regard to the purchase of 

fruit and vegetable products each for 

domestic feeding programs. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .0647 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Fruit, vegetable, and 

ornamental industry, or other for-profit 

businesses, individuals or households, 

farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,013. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 219. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 56,861 hours. 

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 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

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. 

Dated: June 2, 2010. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13625 Filed 6–7–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0156] 

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

for Genetically Engineered High-oleic 

Soybeans 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our determination that a soybean line 

developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred 

International, designated as 

transformation event 305423, which has 

been genetically engineered to have 

higher levels of oleic acid, and lower 

levels of linoleic and linolenic acids in 

the soybean oil, is no longer considered 

a regulated article under our regulations 

governing the introduction of certain 

genetically engineered organisms. Our 

determination is based on our 

evaluation of data submitted by Pioneer 

Hi-Bred International in its petition for 

a determination of nonregulated status, 

our analysis of other scientific data, and 

comments received from the public in 

response to our previous notice 

announcing the availability of the 

petition for nonregulated status and its 

associated environmental assessment 

and plant pest risk assessment. This 

notice also announces the availability of 

our written determination and finding 

of no significant impact. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may read the 

documents referenced in this notice and 

the comments we received 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. Those documents are also 

available on the Internet at (http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/not_reg.html) 

and are posted with the previous notices 

and the comments we received on the 

Regulations.gov Web site at (http:// 

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ 

component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2007-0156). 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

(http://www.aphis.usda.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen Green, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; 

(301) 734-0672, email: 

(karen.c.green@aphis.usda.gov). To 

obtain copies of the documents 

referenced in this notice, contact Ms. 

Cindy Eck at (301) 734-0667, email: 

(cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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 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. 

Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 340.6 

describe the form that a petition for a 


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