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2On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260, Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0129) a notice describing our public 

review process for soliciting public comments and 

information when considering petitions for 

determinations of nonregulated status for organisms 

developed using genetic engineering. To view the 

notice, go to www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS– 

2011–0129 in the Search field. 

3To view the notice, its supporting documents, 

and the comments that we received, go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–2019–0084 

in the Search field. 

4Maize is the botanical term used globally for the 

cereal plant Zea mays. In the United States maize 

is commonly referred to as corn. Both terms are 

used interchangeably in this document. 

pest risk and, therefore, should not be 

regulated under APHIS’ regulations in 7 

CFR part 340. 

According to our process 2 for 

soliciting public comment when 

considering petitions for determination 

of nonregulated status of organisms 

developed using genetic engineering, 

APHIS accepts written comments 

regarding a petition once APHIS deems 

the petition complete. On April 16, 

2020, APHIS announced in the Federal 

Register 3 (85 FR 21170–21171, Docket 

No. APHIS–2019–0084) the availability 

of the Agrivida petition for public 

comment. APHIS solicited comments on 

the petition for 60 days ending June 15, 

2020. 

APHIS received 13 comments during 

the comment period. They were from 

the agricultural, academic, and private 

sectors. Eleven comments were in 

support of Agrivida’s petition, while 

two expressed objections to crops 

developed or modified through genetic 

engineering in general. 

After public comments are received 

on a completed petition, APHIS 

evaluates those comments and then 

provides a second opportunity for 

public involvement in our decisionmaking process. According to our public 

review process (see footnote 2), the 

second opportunity for public 

involvement follows one of two 

approaches, as described below. 

If APHIS decides, based on its review 

of the petition and its evaluation and 

analysis of comments received during 

the 60-day public comment period on 

the petition, that the petition involves 

an organism that raises no substantive 

new issues, APHIS will follow 

Approach 1 for public involvement. 

Under Approach 1, APHIS prepares and 

announces in the Federal Register the 

availability of APHIS’ preliminary 

regulatory determination along with its 

draft EA, preliminary finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI), and its draft 

plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) for a 

30-day public review period. APHIS 

will evaluate any information received 

related to the petition and its supporting 

documents during the 30-day public 

review period. If APHIS determines that 

no substantive information has been 

received that would warrant APHIS 

altering its preliminary regulatory 

determination or FONSI, or 

substantially change the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, our preliminary 

regulatory determination will become 

final and effective upon notification of 

the public through an announcement on 

our website. No further Federal Register 

notice will be published announcing the 

final regulatory determination. 

Under Approach 2, if APHIS decides, 

based on its review of the petition and 

its evaluation and analysis of comments 

received during the 60-day public 

comment period on the petition, that the 

petition involves an organism that raises 

substantive new issues, APHIS first 

solicits written comments from the 

public on a draft EA and draft PPRA for 

a 30-day comment period through the 

publication of a Federal Register notice. 

Then, after reviewing and evaluating the 

comments on the draft EA and draft 

PPRA and other information, APHIS 

will revise the draft PPRA as necessary. 

It will then prepare a final EA, and 

based on the final EA, a National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

decision document (either a FONSI or a 

notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement). 

For this petition, we will be following 

Approach 1. 

As part of our decision-making 

process regarding an organism’s 

regulatory status, APHIS prepared a 

PPRA to assess the plant pest risk of the 

organism, and an EA to evaluate 

potential impacts on the human 

environment. This will provide the 

Agency and the public with a review 

and analysis of any potential 

environmental impacts that may result 

if the petition request is approved. 

APHIS’ draft PPRA compared the pest 

risk posed by the Maize Event PY203 

with that of the unmodified variety from 

which it was derived. The draft PPRA 

concluded that PY203 maize is unlikely 

to pose an increased plant pest risk 

compared to the unmodified corn.4

The draft EA evaluated potential 

impacts that may result from the 

commercial production of PY203 maize, 

to include potential impacts on 

conventional and organic corn 

production; the acreage and area 

required for U.S. corn production; 

agronomic practices and inputs; the 

physical environment; biological 

resources; human health and worker 

safety; animal health and welfare; and 

socioeconomic impacts. No significant 

impacts were identified with the 

production and marketing of PY203 

maize. 

The draft EA was prepared in 

accordance with (1) NEPA, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations 

of the Council on Environmental 

Quality for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508), (3) USDA regulations 

implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b), 

and (4) APHIS’ NEPA Implementing 

Procedures (7 CFR part 372). 

We are making available for a 30-day 

review period our preliminary 

determination, draft EA, preliminary 

FONSI, and draft PPRA. The 

preliminary determination, draft EA, 

preliminary FONSI, and draft PPRA are 

available as indicated under ADDRESSES

and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

above. Copies of these documents may 

also be obtained from the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

After the 30-day review period closes, 

APHIS will review and evaluate any 

information received during the 30-day 

review period. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781– 

7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 

371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

June 2021. 

Michael Watson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13341 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

[Docket No. FCIC–21–0006] 

Notice of Request for Renewal and 

Revision of the Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Renewal and revision of the 

currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Risk 

Management Agency (RMA) are 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on a 

revision of a currently approved 

paperwork package associated with the 

Acreage and Crop Reporting 

Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

will be accepted until close of business 

August 23, 2021. 


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ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this information 

collection request. In your comments, 

include the date, volume, and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register, and the title of rule. You may 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods, although FCIC 

prefers that you submit comments 

electronically through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID FCIC–21–0006. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Todd Anderson, United States 

Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP, 

PDD, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail 

Stop 0570, Washington, DC 20250– 

0570; or David Zanoni, RMA, United 

States Department of Agriculture, P.O. 

Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64133– 

6205. 

All comments received, including 

those received by mail, will be posted 

without change and publicly available 

on http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Anderson, United States 

Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP, 

PDD, Washington, DC 20250–0570, 

(202) 720–9106; or David Zanoni, RMA, 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas 

City, MO 64133–6205, (816) 926–6142. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Acreage/Crop Reporting 

Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI). 

OMB Number: 0563–0084. 

Expiration Date of Approval: October 

31, 2021. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The currently approved 

information collection of OMB Number 

0563–0084 is up for renewal and we are 

requesting an extension for 3 years. FSA 

and RMA are requesting comments from 

all interested individuals and 

organizations on the information 

collection request associated with 

ACRSI. FSA and RMA have established 

the procedures, processes, and 

standards to simplify commodity and 

acreage reporting by producers, 

eliminate or minimize duplication of 

information collection by multiple 

agencies, and reduce the burden on 

producers, allowing producers to report 

this information through FSA county 

office service centers, insurance agents, 

or through precision ag technology 

capabilities. FSA and RMA 

implemented a streamlined reporting 

solution to establish a common data 

collection and reporting capability that 

supports USDA’s programs. 

RMA is continuing to improve the 

existing Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approved information 

collections for RMA, 0563–0053, 

Multiple Peril Crop Insurance, acreage 

information, generally collected from 

the respondent during a personal visit to 

the FSA Service Center and again from 

the respondent during a personal visit 

with the insurance agent. 

The forms are still available to 

accommodate respondents with no 

internet access and those who wish to 

continue to personally visit the FSA 

Service Center and insurance agent to 

report this common information. 

Information reported to the common 

data collection and reporting capability 

(otherwise known as the Clearinghouse) 

are shared by both FSA and RMA, as 

well as other USDA agencies, such as 

NRCS and NASS that have the authority 

and need for such information. With 

continued ACRSI process 

enhancements, some or all of the 

commodity and acreage information in 

the existing approved information 

collections are reported through this 

solution. Furthermore, the information 

collected are the same as the 

information currently approved. 

Additionally, the respondent will 

continue to report their common 

information one time through a single 

source thereby reducing the 

respondent’s burden of reporting such 

common information and eliminating 

the duplicate reporting that may be 

currently required. The information 

collected will continue to be the same 

as the information currently approved 

and are used in the same manner it 

would be used if reported separately to 

each agency. The producers are 

continuing to use their precision-ag 

systems, farm management information 

systems, or download data files to 

directly report certain commodity and 

acreage information needed to 

participate in USDA programs. 

The information being collected may 

consist of, but not be limited to: 

Producer name, customer/tax ID, state, 

county, commodity name, commodity 

type or variety, intended use, date 

planted, planted acreage, and land 

location (which may include legal 

description, FSA farm number, FSA 

tract number, FSA field number, 

geospatial as-planted field boundaries, 

Resource Land Unit, etc.). 

FSA and RMA continues to enhance 

the ACRSI process. The effectiveness 

and lessons learned from each phase 

informed changes and expansions in 

subsequent phases. The first phase was 

initiated in the fall of 2011 in 

Dickenson, Marion, McPherson, and 

Saline Counties in Kansas, and only for 

the collection of information from 

producers regarding winter wheat. The 

second phase was implemented in the 

spring of 2015 in 30 counties of Illinois 

and Iowa covering 9 crops. The third 

phase was implemented in the fall of 

2015 in all counties of 15 states covering 

9 crops. The fourth phase was 

implemented in the spring of 2016 in all 

counties nationwide covering 13 crops 

and about 90 percent of reported 

acreage. The fifth phase was 

implemented in the fall of 2016 

expanding nationwide coverage to 16 

crops and about 93 percent of reported 

acreage. The sixth phase was 

implemented in the fall of 2017 

expanding nationwide coverage to 25 

crops and about 94 percent of reported 

acreage. Since that time, ACRSI has 

continuously added more crops and 

types that now covers over 97 percent 

of insurable acreage. The program will 

continue to add crops and types over 

time to stay current; however, there are 

no crops left to cross walk that have 

major acreage impacts. 

RMA and FSA additionally piloted a 

process to allow external providers to 

submit required data from precision 

agriculture or farm management 

information systems. This 2018 Pilot 

used planting data from Nebraska 

producers that was disseminated to the 

Agencies through the ACRSI 

Clearinghouse process. At that point for 

FSA, continued post processing of the 

data was manually labor intensive. Pilot 

findings identified the need for further 

software development by FSA to 

continue to automate the processing of 

geospatial land location data to further 

enhance the ACRSI process to ensure 

statutory criteria are met for Federal 

crop insurance, FSA, and Commodity 

Credit Corporation (CCC) programs, the 

collection of commodity and acreage 

information is necessary. This is not a 

request for a change, addition, or 

deletion to the currently approved 

information collections. 

However, the existing approved 

information collection will be updated, 

modified or eliminated, as applicable, to 

reflect the reduction in burden on the 

respondents as the ACRSI process is 

enhanced. 

Respondents: Producers. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based 

Single Source Reporting System and 

Benefiting From Sharing Information 

Between Agencies: 500,000. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1.5. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based 

Single Source Reporting System and 

Benefiting From Having That 


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Information Shared Between Agencies: 

187,500 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agencies, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond through use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms to 

technology. 

All comments in response to this 

notice, including names and addresses 

when provided, will be a matter of 

public record. Comments will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval. 

Richard Flournoy, 

Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13328 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Davy Crockett-Sam Houston Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Davy Crockett-Sam 

Houston Resource Advisory Committee 

(RAC) will conduct a virtual meeting by 

telephone conference. The committee is 

authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and 

operates in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the committee is to improve 

collaborative relationships and to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Forest Service concerning projects 

and funding consistent with the Act. 

RAC information can be found at the 

following website: https://www.fs.usda.

gov/main/pts/specialprojects/racs. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, July 8, 2021 from 3:00 p.m.– 

5:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time. All 

RAC meetings are subject to 

cancellation. For status of the meeting 

prior to attendance, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by 

teleconference. Please use the following 

information to access the call; dial 

1–888–844–9904 using access code 

2213326#. If you need assistance, please 

contact Michelle Rowe at 936–222–2487 

for instructions. 

Written comments may be submitted 

as described under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. All comments, including 

names and addresses when provided, 

are placed in the record and are 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at Davy Crockett 

National Forest Ranger Station. Please 

call ahead to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Rowe, RAC Coordinator, by 

phone at 936–553–3066 or via email at 

lisa.rowe@usda.gov. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the 

hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 

a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Introduce the new Designated 

Federal Officer; 

2. Discuss project priority list; 

3. Discuss budget; 

4. Vote on new project proposals; and 

5. Discuss new RAC member 

solicitation. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The agenda will include time for people 

to make oral statements of three minutes 

or less. Individuals wishing to make an 

oral statement should request in writing 

by July 2, 2021 to be scheduled on the 

agenda. Anyone who would like to 

bring related matters to the attention of 

the committee may file written 

statements with the committee staff 

before or after the meeting. Written 

comments and requests for time to make 

oral comments must be sent to Jimmy 

Tyree, Designated Federal Officer, 

18551 State Highway 7 East, Kennard, 

Texas 75847; by email to jimmy.tyree@

usda.gov, or via facsimile to 936–655– 

2817. 

Meeting Accommodations: If you are 

a person requiring reasonable 

accommodation, please make requests 

in advance for sign language 

interpreting, assistive listening devices, 

or other reasonable accommodation. For 

access to the facility or proceedings, 

please contact the person listed in the 

section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. All reasonable 

accommodation requests are managed 

on a case-by-case basis. 

Dated: June 21, 2021. 

Cikena Reid, 

USDA Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13538 Filed 6–22–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Alaska Region Supplement to Forest 

Service Manual 2720: Special Uses; 

Outfitting and Guiding Permit for 

Strictly Point-To-Point Commercial 

Transportation to, From, and Within 

the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center 

Subunit of the Mendenhall Glacier 

Recreation Area 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, is 

seeking public comment on a proposed 

revision to a directive supplement that 

would require an outfitting and guiding 

permit for strictly point-to-point 

commercial transportation to, from, and 

within the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor 

Center subunit of the Mendenhall 

Glacier Recreation Area (Visitor Center 

subunit) in the Alaska Region of the 

Forest Service (Alaska Region). 

Comment is also requested on the 

revision to the Forest Service’s 

approved information collection for 

outfitting and guiding permits. 

DATE: Comments must be received in 

writing by August 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed revision to 

the directive supplement is available at, 

and comments may be submitted 

electronically to, https://

cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ 

CommentInput?project=ORMS-2314. 

Written comments may be mailed to 

Jennifer Berger, Alaska Region Public 

Services Program Leader (RLM), P.O. 

Box 21628, Room 535b, Juneau, AK 

99802–1628. All timely comments, 

including names and addresses, will be 

placed in the record and will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received at https://

cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ 

ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Berger, Alaska Region Public 

Services Program Leader, at 907–586– 

8843 or jennifer.berger@usda.gov. 


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