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shipment of harmful veterinary 

biological products. A veterinary 

biological product is defined as all 

viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous 

products of natural or synthetic origin 

(such as vaccines, antitoxins, or the 

immunizing components of 

microorganisms intended for the 

diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of 

diseases in domestic animals). In order 

to effectively implement the licensing, 

production, labeling, importation, and 

other requirements, APHIS employs a 

number of information gathering tools 

such as establishment license 

applications, product license 

applications, product permit 

applications, product and test report 

forms and field study summaries, stop 

distribution and sale notifications, and 

recordkeeping. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS uses the information collected as 

a primary basis for the approval or 

acceptance of issuing licenses or 

permits to ensure veterinary biological 

products that are used in the United 

States are pure, safe, potent, and 

effective. Failing to collect this 

information would severely cripple 

APHIS’ ability to prevent harmful 

veterinary biologics from being 

distributed in the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 220. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 74,382. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Commercial Transportation of 

Equines to Slaughter. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0332. 

Summary of Collection: Section 901– 

905 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 

U.S.C. 1901) authorize the Secretary of 

Agriculture to issue guidelines for 

regulating the commercial 

transportation of horses to slaughter, 

including assembly points, feedlots, and 

stockyards, by person regularly engaged 

in that activity within the United States. 

Specifically, the Secretary is authorized 

to regulate the food, water, and rest 

provided to these horses while they are 

in transit; and to review other related 

issues that may be appropriate to 

ensuring that these animals are treated 

humanely. To implement the provisions 

of this Act, the Veterinary Services 

program of the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) has 

established minimum standards to 

ensure the humane movement of horses 

for slaughter. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information in the 

form of an owner-shipper certificate; 

collection of employment information 

on any person found to be transporting 

horses to a slaughtering facility; and 

recordkeeping. The collected 

information is use to ensure that horses 

being transported to slaughter receive 

adequate food, water, and rest and are 

treated humanely. If the information 

was collected less frequently or not 

collected, APHIS’ ability to ensure that 

horses destined for slaughter are treated 

humanely would be significantly 

hampered. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit. 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,803. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LPS–14–0075] 

Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program; 

Notice of Request for Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection Governing the 

Inspection of Eggs 

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. 3501–20), this notice announces 

the Agricultural Marketing Service’s 

(AMS) intent to request approval, from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), for an extension of and revision 

to the currently approved information 

collection in support of the shell egg 

surveillance portion of the Regulations 

Governing the Inspection of Eggs (Egg 

Products Inspection Act)—7 CFR part 

57. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 29, 2014 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this information collection notice. 

Comments should be submitted online 

at www.regulations.gov or sent to 

Michelle Degenhart, Assistant to the 

Director, Quality Assessment Division; 

Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program; 

Agricultural Marketing Service; U.S. 

Department of Agriculture; 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Room 3942–S; 

Washington, DC, 20250–0256, or by 

facsimile to (202) 690–2746. All 

comments should reference the Doc. No. 

(AMS–LPS–14–0075), the date, and the 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. All comments received will be 

posted without change, including any 

personal information provided, online 

at http://www.regulations.gov and will 

be made available for public inspection 

at the above physical address during 

regular business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Degenhart at the above 

physical address, or by email at 

Michelle.Degenhart@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Regulations for the Inspection of 

Eggs (Egg Products Inspection Act). 

OMB Number: 0581–0113. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2015. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Congress enacted the Egg 

Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 

1031–1056) (EPIA) to provide, in part, a 

mandatory inspection program to 

control the disposition of dirty and 

checked shell eggs; to control 

unwholesome, adulterated, and inedible 

shell eggs that are unfit for human 

consumption; and to control the 

movement and disposition of imported 

shell eggs. 

The EPIA authorizes the U. S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to 

issue regulations to ensure that only 

eggs fit for human consumption are 

used for such purposes. 

Under the shell egg surveillance 

program, shell egg handlers and 

hatcheries are required to register with 

USDA. Quarterly, a State or Federal 

surveillance inspector visits each 

registered handler to verify that shell 

eggs packed for consumer use are in 

compliance, that restricted eggs are 

being disposed of properly, and that 

adequate records are being maintained. 

The information and recordkeeping 

requirements in this request are 

essential to carry out the intent of 

Congress, to administer the mandatory 

inspection program, and to take 

regulatory action, in accordance with 

the regulations and the EPIA. The forms 

within this collection package require 

the minimum information necessary to 

effectively carry out the requirements of 

the regulations, and their use is 

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necessary to fulfill the intent of the 

EPIA. 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized representatives of 

the AMS, Livestock, Poultry, and Seed 

Program’s Quality Assessment Division 

and resident Federal-State graders, 

which includes State agencies 

authorized to conduct inspections on 

AMS’ behalf. The information is only 

used to verify compliance with the EPIA 

and the regulations and to facilitate 

regulatory action. The Agency is the 

primary user of the information; 

secondary users include each 

authorized State agency that have a 

cooperative agreement with AMS. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .31 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit and small businesses or 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

818. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

6,177. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 8 (rounded). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,909 (rounded). 

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 

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 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–ST–14–0064] 

Plant Variety Protection Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is 

announcing a meeting of the Plant 

Variety Protection Board (Board). The 

meeting is being held to discuss a 

variety of topics including, but not 

limited to, work and outreach plans, 

subcommittee activities, and proposals 

for procedure changes. The meeting is 

open to the public. This notice sets forth 

the schedule and location for the 

meeting. 

DATES: Monday, December 8, 2014, from 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday, 

December 9, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Board meeting will be 

held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel 

at the Water Tower Room, at 151 East 

Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Pratt, Program Analyst, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

AMS, Science and Technology 

Programs, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: 

(202) 260–8983; Fax: (202) 260–8976, or 

Email: maria.pratt@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the provisions of section 10(a) of the 

FACA (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), this notice 

informs the public that the Plant Variety 

Protection Office (PVPO) is having a 

Board meeting earlier than the 15 day 

requirement of the FACA. The Plant 

Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 

2321 et seq.) provides legal protection in 

the form of intellectual property rights 

to developers of new varieties of plants, 

which are reproduced sexually by seed 

or are tuber-propagated. A certificate of 

Plant Variety Protection (PVP) is 

awarded to an owner of a crop variety 

after an examination shows that it is 

new, distinct from other varieties, 

genetically uniform and stable through 

successive generations. The term of 

protection is 20 years for most crops and 

25 years for trees, shrubs, and vines. 

The PVPA also provides for a statutory 

Board (7 U.S.C. 2327). The PVPA Board 

is composed of 14 individuals who are 

experts in various areas of development 

and represent the seed industry sector, 

academia and government. The duties of 

the Board are to: (1) Advise the 

Secretary concerning the adoption of 

rules and regulations to facilitate the 

proper administration of the FACA; (2) 

provide advisory counsel to the 

Secretary on appeals concerning 

decisions on applications by the PVPO 

and on requests for emergency publicinterest compulsory licenses; and (3) 

advise the Secretary on any other 

matters under the Regulations and Rules 

of Practice and on all questions under 

Section 44 of the FACA, ‘‘Public Interest 

in Wide Usage’’ (7 U.S.C. 2404). 

The purpose of the meeting will be to 

discuss the PVPO 2014 achievements, 

2015 work plan and outreach plan, 

ongoing process improvements, updates 

on electronic applications/database 

conversion, plans for PVP recognition 

by other countries, the activities of the 

subcommittee to evaluate molecular 

techniques for PVP distinctness 

characterization and proposals for 

procedure changes. 

Agenda Items: The agenda will 

include, welcome and introductions, 

discussions on program activities that 

encourage the development of new 

plant varieties and also address appeals 

to the Secretary. There will be 

presentations on future PVP plans, 

electronic PVP application/computer 

database development, and the use of 

molecular markers for PVP applications. 

The meeting will be open to the public. 

Those wishing to participate are 

encouraged to pre-register by December 

1, 2014 by contacting Maria Pratt, 

Program Analyst; Telephone: (202) 260– 

8983; Email: maria.prat@ams.usda.gov. 

Meeting Accommodations: The 

meeting hotel is ADA compliant, and 

the USDA provides reasonable 

accommodations to individuals with 

disabilities where appropriate. If you 

need a reasonable accommodation to 

participate in this public meeting, 

please notify Maria Pratt at: Email: 

maria.pratt@ams.usda.gov or (202) 268– 

8983. Determinations for reasonable 

accommodation will be made on a caseby-case basis. Minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review 30 

days following the meeting at the 

internet Web site http://

www.ams.usda.gov/PVPO. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

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