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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. 

National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture 

Title: Research Education Extension 

Project Online Reporting Tool 

(REEport). 

OMB Control Number: 0524–New. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA), National Institute of Food and 

Agriculture (NIFA) administer several 

competitive, peer-reviewed research, 

education, and extension programs, 

under which awards of high-priority are 

made. These programs are authorized 

pursuant to the authorities contained in 

the National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3101), the 

Smith-Lever Act of 1914, as amended 

(Pub. L. 107–293, 2002) and other 

legislative authorities. NIFA also 

administers several formula funded 

research programs. The programs are 

authorized pursuant to the authorities 

contained in the McIntire-Stennis 

Cooperative Forestry Research Act of 

October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582a– 

7) (McIntire-Stennis Act); the Hatch Act 

of 1887, as amended (7 U.S.C. 361a–i) 

(Hatch Act); Section 1445 of Public Law 

95–113, the Food and Agriculture Act of 

1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3222) (Pub. 

L. No. 95–113); Section 1433 of Subtitle 

E (Sections 1429–1439); Title XIV of 

Public Law 95–113, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 3191–3201) (Pub. L. No. 95–113); 

the Smith-Lever Act; and the Renewable 

Resources Extension Act. Each formula 

funded program is also subject to 

requirements, which were revised in 

March 2000, and set forth in the 

Administrative Manual for the McIntireStennis Cooperative Forestry Research 

Program, the Administrative Manual for 

the Hatch Research Program, the 

Administrative Manual for the EvansAllen Cooperative Agricultural Research 

Program, and the Administrative 

Manual for the Continuing Animal 

Health and Disease Research Program. 

NIFA is developing administrative 

regulations for the formula funded 

programs it administers. NIFA plans to 

deploy REEport as NIFA’s singular nonformula (including competitive grants) 

and formula grant project reporting 

system, building on and replacing the 

existing Current Research Information 

System (CRIS) Web forms system. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

collection of information is necessary in 

order to provide descriptive information 

regarding individual research, 

education, and integrated activities, to 

document expenditures and staff 

support for the activities, and to monitor 

the progress and impact of such 

activities. The information is collected 

primarily via the Internet through a Web 

site that may be accessed via the NIFS 

Reporting Portal. The information 

provided helps users to keep abreast of 

the latest developments in utilization in 

specific target areas, plan for future 

activities; plan for resource allocation to 

research and education programs; avoid 

costly duplication of effort; aid in 

coordination of research and education 

efforts addressing similar problems in 

different location; and aid researchers 

and project directors in establishing 

valuable contacts with the agricultural 

community. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,235. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 60,249. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–17766 Filed 7–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0016] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Commercial 

Transportation of Equines for 

Slaughter 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and 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 a revision to and 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 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-2014-0016. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0016, 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-2014-0016 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 

for slaughter, contact Dr. Rory Carolan, 

Equine Specialist, Surveillance, 

Preparedness, and Response Services, 

VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 46, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3558. 

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 Control Number: 0579–0332. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

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 cover, 

among other things, the food, water, and 

rest provided to such equines prior to 

transportation. The regulations also 

require the owner/shipper of the 


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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 for slaughter of equines 

considered to be unfit for travel, the use 

of electric prods on such animals in 

commercial transportation for slaughter, 

and the use of double-deck trailers for 

commercial transportation of equines 

for slaughter. 

These regulations require 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), 

maintaining copies of the signed VS 

Forms 10–13/10–13A, and the 

collection of business information from 

any individual or other entity found to 

be transporting horses for slaughter. 

This notice includes the information 

collection requirements currently 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for the commercial 

transportation of equines for slaughter 

under OMB control numbers 0579–0332 

and 0579–0160. These collection 

activities are collecting the same 

information; therefore, we are 

combining them. As a result, we have 

adjusted the values in the burden 

summary to reflect the values listed in 

the most recent renewal of OMB control 

number 0579–0160. After OMB 

approves and combines the burden for 

both collections under one collection 

(0579–0332), the USDA will retire OMB 

control number 0579–0160. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities, as described, 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 or 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. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 13,100. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 9,803 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 23rd day of 

July 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–17884 Filed 7–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Order Renewing Order Temporarily 

Denying Export Privileges 

Mahan Airways, Mahan Tower, No. 21, 

Azadegan St., M.A. Jenah Exp. Way, 

Tehran, Iran 

Gatewick LLC, a/k/a Gatewick Freight & 

Cargo Services, a/k/a/Gatewick 

Aviation Services, G#22 Dubai 

Airport Free Zone, P.O. Box 393754, 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and 

P.O. Box 52404, Dubai, United Arab 

Emirates, and, Mohamed Abdulla 

Alqaz Building, Al Maktoum Street, 

Al Rigga, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Pejman Mahmood Kosarayanifard, a/k/a 

Kosarian Fard, P.O. Box 52404, Dubai, 

United Arab Emirates 

Mahmoud Amini, G#22 Dubai Airport 

Free Zone, P.O. Box 393754, Dubai, 

United Arab Emirates, and P.O. Box 

52404, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 

and Mohamed Abdulla Alqaz 

Building, Al Maktoum Street, Al 

Rigga, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Kerman Aviation, a/k/a GIE Kerman 

Aviation, 42 Avenue Montaigne 

75008, Paris, France 

Sirjanco Trading LLC, P.O. Box 8709, 

Dubai, United Arab Emirates 

Ali Eslamian, 4th Floor, 33 Cavendish 

Square, London, W1G0PW, United 

Kingdom, and 2 Bentinck Close, 

Prince Albert Road St. Johns Wood, 

London NW87RY, United Kingdom 

Mahan Air General Trading LLC, 19th 

Floor Al Moosa Tower One, Sheik 

Zayed Road, Dubai 40594, United 

Arab Emirates 

Skyco (UK) Ltd., 4th Floor, 33 

Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PV, 

United Kingdom 

Equipco (UK) Ltd., 2 Bentinck Close, 

Prince Albert Road, London, NW8 

7RY, United Kingdom 

Mehdi Bahrami, Mahan AirwaysIstanbul Office, Cumhuriye Cad. Sibil 

Apt No: 101 D:6, 34374 Emadad, Sisli 

Istanbul, Turkey 

Pursuant to Section 766.24 of the 

Export Administration Regulations, 15 

CFR Parts 730–774 (2014) (‘‘EAR’’ or the 

‘‘Regulations’’), I hereby grant the 

request of the Office of Export 

Enforcement (‘‘OEE’’) to renew the 

January 24, 2014 Order Temporarily 

Denying the Export Privileges of Mahan 

Airways, Gatewick LLC, Pejman 

Mahmood Kosarayanifard, Mahmoud 

Amini, Kerman Aviation, Sirjanco 

Trading LLC, Ali Eslamian, Mahan Air 

General Trading LLC, Skyco (UK) Ltd., 

Equipco (UK) Ltd., and Mehdi 

Bahrami.1 I find that renewal of the 

Temporary Denial Order (‘‘TDO’’) is 

necessary in the public interest to 

prevent an imminent violation of the 

EAR. 

I. Procedural History 

On March 17, 2008, Darryl W. 

Jackson, the then-Assistant Secretary of 

Commerce for Export Enforcement 

(‘‘Assistant Secretary’’), signed a TDO 

denying Mahan Airways’ export 

privileges for a period of 180 days on 

the grounds that its issuance was 

necessary in the public interest to 

prevent an imminent violation of the 

Regulations. The TDO also named as 

denied persons Blue Airways, of 

Yerevan, Armenia (‘‘Blue Airways of 

Armenia’’), as well as the ‘‘Balli Group 

Respondents,’’ namely, Balli Group 

PLC, Balli Aviation, Balli Holdings, 

Vahid Alaghband, Hassan Alaghband, 

Blue Sky One Ltd., Blue Sky Two Ltd., 

Blue Sky Three Ltd., Blue Sky Four Ltd., 

Blue Sky Five Ltd., and Blue Sky Six 

Ltd., all of the United Kingdom. The 

TDO was issued ex parte pursuant to 

Section 766.24(a), and went into effect 

on March 21, 2008, the date it was 

published in the Federal Register. 

The TDO subsequently has been 

renewed in accordance with Section 

766.24(d), including most recently on 


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