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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 79, No. 171 

Thursday, September 4, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Determination of Total Amounts of 

Fiscal Year 2015 WTO Tariff-Rate 

Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and 

Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

the Department of Agriculture (the 

Secretary) announces the establishment 

of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 (October 1, 

2014–September 30, 2015) in-quota 

aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar at 

1,117,195 metric tons raw value 

(MTRV). The Secretary also announces 

the establishment of the FY 2015 inquota aggregate quantity of certain 

sugars, syrups, and molasses (also 

referred to as refined sugar) at 127,000 

MTRV. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 4, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and 

Export Reporting Division, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., AgStop 1021, Washington, DC 

20250–1021; by telephone (202) 720– 

2916; by fax (202) 720–0876; or by email 

souleymane.diaby@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of the 

Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in 

the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(HTS) authorize the Secretary to 

establish the in-quota tariff-rate quota 

(TRQ) amounts (expressed in terms of 

raw value) for imports of raw cane sugar 

and certain sugars, syrups, and molasses 

that may be entered under the 

subheadings of the HTS subject to the 

lower tier of duties during each fiscal 

year. The Office of the U.S. Trade 

Representative (USTR) is responsible for 

the allocation of these quantities among 

supplying countries and areas. 

Section 359(k) of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, 

requires that at the beginning of the 

quota year the Secretary of Agriculture 

establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar 

and refined sugars at the minimum 

levels necessary to comply with 

obligations under international trade 

agreements, with the exception of 

specialty sugar. 

Notice is hereby given that I have 

determined, in accordance with 

paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S. 

Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS and 

section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an 

aggregate quantity of up to 1,117,195 

MTRV of raw cane sugar may be entered 

or withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption during FY 2015. This is 

the minimum amount to which the 

United States is committed under the 

WTO Uruguay Round Agreements. I 

have further determined that an 

aggregate quantity of 127,000 MTRV of 

sugars, syrups, and molasses may be 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption during FY 2015. This 

quantity includes the minimum amount 

to which the United States is committed 

under the WTO Uruguay Round 

Agreements, 22,000 MTRV, of which 

1,656 MTRV is reserved for specialty 

sugar. An additional amount of 105,000 

MTRV is added to the specialty sugar 

TRQ for a total of 106,656 MTRV. 

Because the specialty sugar TRQ is 

first-come, first-served, tranches are 

needed to allow for orderly marketing 

throughout the year. The FY 2015 

specialty sugar TRQ will be opened in 

five tranches. The first tranche, totaling 

1,656 MTRV, will open October 10, 

2014. All specialty sugars are eligible for 

entry under this tranche. The second 

tranche will open on October 24, 2014, 

and be equal to 38,850 MTRV. The 

remaining tranches will each be equal to 

22,050 MTRV, with the third opening 

on January 9, 2015; the fourth, on April 

10, 2015; and the fifth, on July 10, 2015. 

The second, third, fourth, and fifth 

tranches will be reserved for organic 

sugar and other specialty sugars not 

currently produced commercially in the 

United States or reasonably available 

from domestic sources. 

* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton = 

1.10231125 short tons. 

Dated: August 14, 2014. 

Michael T. Scuse, 

Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign 

Agricultural Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20974 Filed 9–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0066] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Extension of Approval of an 

Information Collection; Control of 

Chronic Wasting Disease 

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 

control of chronic wasting disease in 

farmed or captive cervid herds. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before November 

3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

Detail;D=APHIS-2014-0066. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0066, 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-2014-0066 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. 

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52626 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 171 / Thursday, September 4, 2014 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the regulations for the 

control of chronic wasting disease in 

farmed or captive cervid herds, contact 

Dr. Patrice Klein, Cervid Health Team 

Leader, Sheep, Goat, Cervid, and Equine 

Health, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road 

Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 

851–3435. 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: Control of Chronic Wasting 

Disease. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0189. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval 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 U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized, 

among other things, to protect the health 

of the United States’ 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. 

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a 

transmissible spongiform 

encephalopathy of cervids (elk, deer, 

and moose) typified by chronic weight 

loss leading to death. The presence of 

CWD in cervids causes significant 

economic and market losses to U.S. 

producers. In an effort to accelerate the 

control and limit the spread of this 

disease in the United States, APHIS 

created a cooperative, voluntary 

Federal-State-private sector CWD Herd 

Certification Program designed to 

identify farmed or captive herds 

infected with CWD and provided for the 

management of these herds in a way 

that reduces the risk of spreading CWD. 

APHIS’ Veterinary Services (VS) 

manages the CWD Herd Certification 

Program. 

Owners of farmed or captive elk, deer, 

and moose herds who choose to 

participate in the Herd Certification 

Program would need to follow program 

requirements for animal identification, 

testing, herd management, and 

movement of animals into and from 

herds. The regulations for this program 

are located in 9 CFR part 55. Part 55 also 

contains the regulations that authorize 

the payment of indemnity for the 

voluntary depopulation of CWDpositive, CWD-exposed, or CWD-suspect 

captive cervids. APHIS also established 

requirements in 9 CFR part 81 for the 

interstate movement of elk, deer, and 

moose to prevent movement that could 

pose a risk of spreading CWD. 

The Herd Certification Program and 

the indemnity program entail the use of 

information collection activities, such as 

memoranda of understanding between 

APHIS and participating States; USDA– 

APHIS Veterinary Services, Application 

for Enrollment in the Federal Chronic 

Wasting Disease Voluntary Herd 

Certification Program for Farmed and 

Captive Cervids (VS Forms 11–1/11– 

1A); USDA–APHIS Veterinary Services, 

Application for Chronic Wasting 

Disease Herd Certification Program 

(CWD HCP) Approval, Renewal, or 

Reinstatement of a State (VS Form 11– 

2); farmed and captive cervid 

identification; farmed and captive 

cervid Interstate Certificates of 

Veterinary Inspection (ICVI); reports of 

cervid suspects, escapes, 

disappearances, and deaths; 

recordkeeping (herd records); 

certificates and/or animal identification 

documents to move wild cervids; 

surveillance data; a letter to appeal 

suspension, cancellation, or change in 

status; a herd or premises plan if CWD 

is discovered; annual reports; State 

reviews; epidemiological investigations 

and reporting of out-of-State traces to 

affected States; sample collections and 

laboratory submissions, testing, and 

reporting; and an APHIS–USDA 

Veterinary Services Appraisal and 

Indemnity Claim Form (VS Form 1–23). 

In addition to including several 

additional information collection 

activities, this notice includes a 

description of the information collection 

activities currently approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the CWD Herd Certification 

Program under number 0579–0237, and 

for payment of indemnity under 

voluntary depopulation for CWD under 

number 0579–0189. After OMB 

approves and combines the burden for 

both collections under one collection 

(number 0579–0189), the Department 

will retire number 0579–0237. 

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 2.55 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Cervid herd owners, 

industry representatives, Federal- and 

State-approved appraisers, accredited 

veterinarians, certified sample 

collectors, and State animal health 

officials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 5,735. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 26.26. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 150,580. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 383,383 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 28th day of 

August 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21115 Filed 9–3–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

RIN 0596–AD20 

Proposed Directive for Commercial 

Filming in Wilderness; Special Uses 

Administration 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed directive; 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service proposes 

to incorporate interim directive (ID) 

2709.11–2013.1 into Forest Service 

Handbook (FSH) 2709.11, chapter 40 to 

make permanent guidance for the 

evaluation of proposals for still 

photography and commercial filming on 

National Forest System Lands. The 

proposed amendment would address 

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