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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 78, No. 168 

Thursday, August 29, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0005] 

Notice of Request for Revision to and 

Reinstatement of an Expired 

Information Collection; Bees and 

Related Articles 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revision to and reinstatement of 

an expired 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 reinstatement 

of an expired information collection 

associated with the regulations for the 

importation of bees and related articles 

into the United States. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 28, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS–2013– 

0005–0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2013–0005, 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–2013–0005 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 

importation of bees and related articles, 

contact Dr. Colin Stewart, Senior 

Entomologist, Pest Permit Evaluations, 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2038, 

email: Colin.D.Stewart@aphis.usda.gov. 

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: Bees and Related Articles. 

OMB Number: 0579–0207. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

reinstatement of an expired information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the 

importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. 

Under the Honeybee Act (7 U.S.C. 

281–286), the Secretary is authorized to 

prohibit or restrict the importation of 

honeybees and honeybee semen to 

prevent the introduction into the United 

States of diseases and parasites harmful 

to honeybees and of undesirable species 

such as the African honey bee. This 

authority has been delegated to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture. 

The establishment of certain bee 

diseases, parasites, or undesirable 

species and subspecies of honeybees in 

the United States could cause 

substantial reductions in pollination by 

bees. These reductions could cause 

serious damage to crops and other 

plants and result in substantial financial 

losses to American agriculture. 

Regulations for the importation of 

honeybees and honeybee semen and 

regulations to prevent the introduction 

of exotic bee diseases and parasites 

through the importation of bees other 

than honeybees, certain beekeeping 

products, and used beekeeping 

equipment are contained in 7 CFR part 

322, ‘‘Bees, Beekeeping Byproducts, and 

Beekeeping Equipment.’’ These 

regulations require the use of certain 

information collection activities, 

including an application for a permit, 

appeal for withdrawal of a permit, 

request for risk assessment, transit 

documentation, packaging and labeling, 

recordkeeping for containment facilities, 

and notices of arrival for shipments 

from approved regions, transit 

shipments, and restricted articles. 

The listed information collection 

activities were previously approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). However, since the previous 

approval, there have been several 

changes. We no longer require the use 

of an export certificate (Plant Protection 

and Quarantine Form 578). In addition, 

the estimated total annual burden on 

respondents has decreased from 567 

hours to 56 hours due to the removal of 

Australia as a participating country. 

There is also a decrease in the estimated 

annual number of respondents from 336 

to 199 due to the removal of Australia 

and duplication of respondents on two 

of the required documents. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities, as described, for 3 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 

0.155 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers, exporters, 

and shippers of bees and related 


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articles; foreign governments; and 

containment facilities. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 199. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1.814. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 361. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 56 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 

August 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21131 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Notice of Funds Availability Under the 

Intermediary Relending Program 

AGENCIES: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service announces that the 

funds available under the Intermediary 

Relending Program (IRP) to provide 

direct loans to intermediaries that 

establish programs for the purpose of 

providing loans to ultimate recipients 

for business facilities and community 

developments in a rural area. Total 

funding available for fiscal year 2013 is 

$17,420,358.93 which includes 

$1,524,631.71 for Rural Economic Area 

Partnership (REAP) Zone loans, 

$2,590,602.37 for Native American 

loans and $5,756,894.50 for Mississippi 

Delta Region Counties loans. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice 

of Solicitation of Applications for 

Inviting Intermediary Relending 

Program Applications was published on 

Monday, April 8, 2013 (78 FR 20883–6). 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act 

All applicants, in accordance with 2 

CFR part 25, must have a DUNS 

number, which can be obtained at no 

cost via a toll-free request line at 1–866– 

705–5711 or online at http://

fedgov.dnb.com/webform. Similarly, all 

applicants must be registered in the 

System for Award Management (SAM) 

prior to submitting an application. 

Applicants may register for the SAM at 

http://www.sam.gov. All recipients of 

Federal financial assistance are required 

to report information about first-tier 

sub-awards and executive total 

compensation in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 170. 

Nondiscrimination Statement 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) prohibits discrimination against 

its customers, employees, and 

applicants for employment on the bases 

of race, color, national origin, age, 

disability, sex, gender identity, religion, 

reprisal, and where applicable, political 

beliefs, marital status, familial or 

parental status, sexual orientation, or all 

or part of an individual’s income is 

derived from any public assistance 

program, or protected genetic 

information in employment or in any 

program or activity conducted or funded 

by the Department. (Not all prohibited 

bases will apply to all programs and/or 

employment activities.) 

If you wish to file a Civil Rights 

program complaint of discrimination, 

complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, found 

online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/

complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any 

USDA office, or call (866) 632–9992 to 

request the form. You may also write a 

letter containing all of the information 

requested in the form. Send your 

completed complaint form or letter to us 

by mail at U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Director, Office of 

Adjudication, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

9410, by fax (202) 690–7442 or email at 

program.intake@usda.gov. 

Individuals who are deaf, hard of 

hearing or have speech disabilities and 

you wish to file either an EEO or 

program complaint please contact 

USDA through the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339 or (800) 845– 

6136 (in Spanish). 

Persons with disabilities who wish to 

file a program complaint, please see 

information above on how to contact us 

by mail directly or by email. If you 

require alternative means of 

communication for program information 

(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

please contact USDA’s TARGET Center 

at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Dated: August 13, 2013. 

Lillian E. Salerno, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21058 Filed 8–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental 

Housing Program for Fiscal Year 2013 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) is amending a Notice published 

May 23, 2013 (78 FR 30854–30860). 

This action is taken to extend the 

eligible properties to include Rural 

Development financed Farm Labor 

Housing properties. This amendment is 

to ensure that all eligible properties are 

included. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register May 23, 2013, 

in FR Doc. 2013–12325, on page 30857, 

the first column, first paragraph, is 

amended to read as follows: 

Also eligible is the revitalization, 

repair and transfer (as stipulated in 7 

CFR 3560.406) of existing direct Section 

515 and Section 514/516 Farm Labor 

Housing (FLH) (transfer costs are subject 

to Agency approval and must be an 

eligible use of loan proceeds as listed in 

7 CFR 3565.205), and properties 

involved in the Agency’s Multi-Family 

Preservation and Revitalization (MPR) 

program. Equity payment, as stipulated 

in 7 CFR 3560.406, in the transfer of 

existing direct Section 515 and Section 

514/516 FLH, is an eligible use of 

guaranteed loan proceeds; however, the 

amount of funding available for 

transfers of existing Section 515 and 

Section 514/516 FLH properties 

involving equity payments will be 

limited to 25 percent of the FY 2013 

funding level through July 31, 2013 

* * * 

On page 30858, under the heading 

‘‘Data element’’ the 18th data element is 

amended to read Revitalization, Repair, 

and Transfer (as stipulated in 7 CFR 

3560.406) of Existing Direct Section 515 

and Section 514/516 FLH or MPR. 

On page 30859, in the third column, 

under the heading ‘‘Priority 6’’ is 

amended to read: Responses for the 

revitalization, repair, and transfer (as 

stipulated in 7 CFR 3560.406) of 

existing direct section 515 and section 

514/516 FLH and properties * * * 

On page 30859, in the third column, 

under the heading ‘‘Priority 7’’ is 

amended to read: Section 515 Rural 

Rental Housing and Section 514/516 

FLH Projects—Projects in which Section 

538 funds will not be used to finance 

new construction of Section 515 Rural 

Rental Housing or Section 514/516 FLH 

projects * * * 


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