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Vol. 79, No. 210 

Thursday, October 30, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Request an 

Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Agricultural 

Research Service’s (ARS) intention to 

request an extension of a currently 

approved information collection, Form 

AD–761, USDA Patent License 

Application for Government Invention 

that expires April 30, 2015. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before December 29, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to 

Mojdeh Bahar, USDA, ARS, Office of 

Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside 

Avenue, Room 4–1174, Beltsville, 

Maryland 20705–5131; Telephone 

Number 301–504–5989. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mojdeh Bahar, USDA, ARS, Office of 

Technology Transfer, 301–504–5989. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: USDA Patent License 

Application for Government Invention. 

OMB Number: 0518–0003. 

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 

2015. 

Type of Request: To extend a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The USDA patent licensing 

program grants patent licenses to 

qualified businesses and individuals 

who wish to commercialize inventions 

arising from federally supported 

research. The objective of the program is 

to use the patent system to promote the 

utilization of inventions arising from 

such research. The licensing of federally 

owned inventions must be done in 

accordance with the terms, conditions 

and procedures prescribed under 37 

CFR part 404. Application for a license 

must be addressed to the Federal agency 

having custody of the invention. 

Licenses may be granted only if the 

license applicant has supplied the 

Federal agency with a satisfactory plan 

for the development and marketing of 

the invention and with information 

about the applicant’s capability to fulfill 

the plan. 37 CFR 404.8 sets forth the 

information which must be provided by 

a license applicant. For the convenience 

of the applicant, USDA has itemized the 

information needed on Form AD–761, 

and instructions for completing the form 

are provided to the applicant. The 

information submitted is used to 

determine whether the applicant has 

both a complete and sufficient plan for 

developing and marketing the invention 

and the necessary manufacturing, 

marketing, technical and financial 

resources to carry out the submitted 

plan. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 3 hours per 

response. 

Description of Respondents: 

Businesses or other for profit 

individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

75. 

Frequency of Responses: One time per 

invention. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 225 hours. 

This data will be collected under the 

authority of 44 U.S.C. #3506(c)(2)(A). 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from Mojdeh Bahar, 

USDA, ARS, Office of Technology 

Transfer by calling 301–504–5989. 

Comments are invited on (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, such as 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g. permitting electronic 

submission of responses. Comments 

may be sent to USDA, ARS, Office of 

Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside 

Avenue, Room 4–1174, Beltsville, 

Maryland 20705–5131. 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. 

Mojdeh Bahar, 

Assistant Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25815 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0084] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Longan From Taiwan 

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 regulations for the importation of 

longan from Taiwan. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before December 

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-2014-0084. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0084, 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-2014-0084 or 


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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 importation of 

longan from Taiwan, contact Ms. Nicole 

Russo, Assistant Director, RCC, RPM, 

PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

133, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851– 

2159. For copies of more detailed 

information on the information 

collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy, 

APHIS’ Information Collection 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Longan From 

Taiwan. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0351. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 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. Regulations 

authorized by the PPA concerning the 

importation of fruits and vegetables into 

the United States from certain parts of 

the world are contained in ‘‘Subpart— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–71). 

Under these regulations, longan from 

Taiwan are subject to certain conditions 

before entering the United States to 

ensure that exotic plant pests are not 

introduced into the United States. The 

regulations require the use of cold 

treatment and special port-of-arrival 

inspection procedures for certain 

quarantine pests. In addition, the fruit 

must be accompanied by a 

phytosanitary certificate stating that the 

fruit was inspected and found to be free 

of certain pests, and the individual 

cartons or boxes in which the longan are 

shipped must be stamped or printed 

with a statement prohibiting their 

importation into or distribution within 

the State of Florida. 

Since the last extension of approval 

for these information collection 

activities, we realized that we counted 

the estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent under the 

estimated annual number of 

respondents. We have corrected both 

estimates in this document. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities 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 

0.0018 hours per response. 

Respondents: National plant 

protection organization of Taiwan and 

importers of longan. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 6,009. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 12,018. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 22 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 24th day of 

October 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25803 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Washington Advisory 

Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the 

Washington Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the Commission will 

convene by conference call at 11:00 a.m. 

Pacific Time on Wednesday, November 

19, 2014. The purpose of the meeting is 

for the Committee to discuss 

administrative matters and its project on 

equal education opportunity. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 877–446–3914, conference ID: 

2161251. Any interested member of the 

public may call this number and listen 

to the meeting. Callers can expect to 

incur charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by December 19, 2014. 

The address is U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights, Western Regional Office, 

300 North Los Angeles St., Suite 2010, 

Los Angeles, CA, 90012. Comments may 

be emailed to atrevino@usccr.gov. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Western Regional Office, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this advisory committee are advised 

to go to the Commission’s Web site, 

www.usccr.gov, or to contact the 

Western Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

The meeting will be conducted 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the Commission and 

FACA. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25825 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Idaho Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Idaho 


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