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Summary of Collection: Abstract: The Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies and staff offices (except Forest Service) must comply with the
restrictions set forth in sections 738 and 739 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 112–55, as amended and/or subsequently enacted), which prevents agencies from doing business with corporations that (1) have been convicted, or had an officer or agent of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation convicted, of a felony criminal violation under any
Federal or State law within the preceding 24 months, and/or (2) have any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and
administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability; unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that suspension or debarment are not necessary to protect
the interests of the Government.

The Forest Service must comply with
similar restrictions in sections 433 and 434 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Pub. L. 112–74, as amended and/or subsequently enacted). The Forest Service restrictions on doing
business are almost identical to the
restrictions for other USDA offices and agencies; the one difference is that the
Forest Service restrictions are concerned only with felony convictions under Federal law, rather than both Federal
and State law.

Need and Use of the Information: To comply with the appropriations restrictions, the proposed information collection will require corporate applicants and awardees for USDA and Forest Service programs to represent accurately whether they do or do not have any qualifying convictions or tax delinquencies which would prevent
USDA or the Forest Service from entering into a proposed business transaction with the corporate applicant. For non-procurement programs and transactions, these representations will be submitted on the proposed information collection forms AD–3030, AD 3031, AD–3030–FS andAD–3031–FS. The categories of nonprocurement transactions covered by
the information collection are: Nonprocurement contracts, grants, loans, loan guarantees, cooperative agreements, and some memoranda of agreement. For procurement transactions, compliance with the appropriations restrictions has been effected through the issuance of Agricultural Acquisition Regulation Advisory Number 104, issued March 29,
2012 and available here: http:// www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/policy/
advisories.htm. Accordingly, the
information collection is not intended
for use with USDA or Forest Service procurement transactions. This information collection, deals only with
USDA and Forest Service nonprocurement transactions. For more specific information about whether a particular non-procurement program or transaction is included in this list please contact the USDA agency or staff office or Forest Service office responsible for the program or transaction in question.

The AD–3030 and AD–3030–FS forms will effectuate compliance with the appropriations restrictions by requiring all corporate applicants to represent atthe time of application for a nonprocurement program whether they have any felony convictions or tax delinquencies that would prevent USDA or the Forest Service from doing business with them. Corporations include, but are not limited to, any entity that has filed articles of incorporation in one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or the various
territories of the United States. Corporations include both for profit and non-profit entities. The AD–3031 and AD–3031–FS require an affirmative representation that corporate awardees for non-procurement transactions do not have any felony convictions or tax delinquencies. The AD 3030/3030–FS are required at the time of application and the AD 3031/3031–FS are required at the time of award. If the application and award process are a single step, the agency or staff office may require both
forms to be filed at the same time.
Collection of this information is necessary to ensure USDA agencies and staff offices and Forest Service comply with the appropriations restrictions prohibiting the Government from doing business with corporations with felony convictions and/or tax delinquencies.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this information collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per

response.

Frequency of Collection: Other: Corporations—AD–3030/3030–FS— each time they apply to participate in a multitude of USDA non-procurement programs; Awardees—AD–3031/3031– FS—each time they receive an award in USDA non-procurement programs.

Respondents: Corporate applicants
and awardees for USDA nonprocurement programs, including grants, cooperative agreements, loans, loan guarantees, some memoranda of understanding, and non-procurement

contracts.

Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 741,644.

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.75.

Estimated Total Annual Responses:

2,255,922.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 563,980.

Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2012–30110 Filed 12–12–12; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Animal and Plant Health Inspection**
**Service**

**[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0095]**

**Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection;** 
**Submission of Itineraries**

**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 submission of itineraries by
exhibitors under the Animal Welfare Act regulations.

**DATES :**  We will consider all comments that we receive on or before February

11, 2013.

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

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0095-

0001.

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS–2012–0095, 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-2012-0095 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.,


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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 regarding the regulations for the submission of itineraries, contact Dr. Barbara Kohn, Senior Staff Veterinarian, AC, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, Riverdale, MD 20737– 1236; (301) 851–3751. 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: Animal Care; Submission of

Itineraries.

OMB Number: 0579–0361. Type of Request: Extension of approval of an information collection.

Abstract: The Animal Welfare Act (AWA) (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq. ) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate rules and standards and other requirements governing the humane handling, housing, care, treatment, and transportation of certain animals by dealers, exhibitors, and other regulated entities. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated the responsibility for enforcing the AWA to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).

Regulations and standards established
under the AWA are contained in 9 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3. The regulations in 9 CFR part 2 establish certain responsibilities of regulated persons under the AWA. These responsibilities include requirements for the licensing and registration of dealers, exhibitors, and research facilities, standards for veterinary care, identification of animals, and recordkeeping. APHIS requires licensees or registrants who intend to exhibit animals away from their approved sites to submit itineraries in accordance with § 2.126 of the regulations.

On October 1, 2009 (74 FR 50738– 50740, Docket No. APHIS–2006–0023), APHIS proposed to amend § 2.126 to require that any exhibitor who is subject to the AWA regulations (including, but not limited to, circuses, traveling educational exhibits, animal acts, and petting zoos), and who intends to exhibit any animal at any location other than the person’s approved site, must submit a written itinerary to the Animal Care (AC) Regional Director. Under the proposed rule, the AC Regional Director would have to receive the itinerary by email or facsimile no fewer than 2 days in advance of any travel and must include the following: • The name of the person who
intends to exhibit the animal and transport the animal for exhibition purposes, including any business name and current AWA license or registration number and, in the event that any animal is leased, borrowed, loaned, or under some similar arrangement, the name of the person who owns such animal;

• The name, identification number or identifying characteristics, species (common or scientific name), sex, and age of each animal; and

• The names, dates, and locations (with addresses), where the animals will travel, be housed, and be exhibited, including all anticipated dates and locations (with addresses) for any stops and layovers.

These information collection activities were provided initial approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under control number

0579–0361.

APHIS received comments on the proposed itinerary requirements and will be addressing those comments and any possible changes to the requirements, based on those comments, in the final rule. However, the initial approval for this information collection will expire on February 28, 2013.

We are asking OMB to extend approval of the submission of itineraries 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 0.25 hours per response.

Respondents: Exhibitors. Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 300.

Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 8.66. Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 2,600.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 650 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 7th day of
December 2012.

Kevin Shea, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 2012–30130 Filed 12–12–12; 8:45 am]

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**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Commodity Credit Corporation**

**Farm Service Agency**

**Report of Acreage, Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program** 

**AGENCY :**  Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Notice; request for comments.

**SUMMARY :**  In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a revision of a currently approved
information collection associated with the report of acreage for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). The Report of Acreage form is being revised for more efficient data entry in Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of Agricultural Systems (MIDAS). The producer will also no longer be required to provide certain
additional information with the form that will likely result in a reduction in
the burden hours in this information
collection. This information collection is needed to administer the program.

**DATES :**  We will consider comments that we receive by February 11, 2013.

**ADDRESSES :**  We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your comments, include date, OMB control number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting

comments.