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Notices Federal Register

34713 

Vol. 86, No. 123 

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by July 30, 2021 will 

be considered. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: SNAP-Ed Toolkit Submission 

Form (FNS–886) and Scoring Tool 

(FNS–885). 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0639. 

Summary of Collection: The Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended (The 

Act) § 28(c)(3)(A) states that State 

agencies ‘‘may use funds provided 

under this section for any evidencebased allowable use of funds’’ including 

‘‘(i) individual and group-based 

nutrition education, health promotion, 

and intervention strategies’’. 7 CFR 

272.2(2)(d) also states ‘‘SNAP-Ed 

activities must include evidence-based 

activities using one or more of these 

approaches: individual or group-based 

nutrition education, health promotion, 

and intervention strategies; 

comprehensive, multi-level 

interventions at multiple 

complementary organizational and 

institutional levels; community and 

public health approaches to improve 

nutrition’’. The Intervention Submission 

Form (FNS 886) and Scoring Tool (FNS 

885) allows for interventions to be 

assessed to determine if they are both 

evidence-based and use one of the 

approaches described. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Intervention Submission Form will be 

used by intervention developers 

(submitters) to provide information 

about the intervention they are 

submitting for inclusion in the Toolkit. 

Information requested includes 

intervention materials, how they have 

been and will be used, and the evidence 

base which illustrates their 

effectiveness. 

Description of Respondents: (130) 

Business-for-profit; (16) Not-for-profit 

institutions; (44) State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 190. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once, On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 550. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0027] 

Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.; 

Availability of a Request, a Draft Plant 

Pest Risk Similarity Assessment, and 

Preliminary Determination for an 

Extension of Determination of 

Nonregulated Status for Non-Browning 

Apple 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has received a 

request from Okanagan Specialty Fruits 

Inc. (OSF) to extend our determination 

of nonregulated status of GD743 apple 

and GS784 apple to PG451 apple which 

has been developed using genetic 

engineering to resist browning. We are 

making the OSF extension request, the 

preliminary determination, and the draft 

plant pest risk similarity assessment 

available for public comment. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 30, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

APHIS–2021–0027 in the Search field. 

Select the Documents tab, then select 

the Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0027, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

The OSF extension request, the 

preliminary determination, and the draft 

plant pest risk similarity assessment, 

and any comments we receive on this 

docket may be viewed at 

www.regulations.gov or in our reading 

room, which is located in Room 1620 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, 


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1To view the final rule, go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–2018–0034 

in the Search field. 

2To view the notice, go to www.regulations.gov 

and enter APHIS–2012–0025 in the Search field. 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition are also available on the APHIS 

website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

aphis/ourfocus/biotechnology/permitsnotifications-petitions/petitions/ 

petition-status. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cindy Eck, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 

851–3892; email: cynthia.a.eck@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

authority of the plant pest provisions of 

the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 

et seq.), the regulations in 7 CFR part 

340, ‘‘Movement of Organisms Modified 

or Produced Through Genetic 

Engineering,’’ regulate, among other 

things, the importation, interstate 

movement, or release into the 

environment of organisms modified or 

produced through genetic engineering 

that are plant pests or pose a plausible 

plant pest risk. 

The extension for nonregulated status 

described in this notice is being 

evaluated under the version of the 

regulations effective at the time that it 

was received. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

issued a final rule, published in the 

Federal Register on May 18, 2020 (85 

FR 29790–29838, Docket No. APHIS– 

2018–0034),1 revising 7 CFR part 340; 

however, the final rule is being 

implemented in phases. This extension 

of a determination of nonregulated 

status is being evaluated in accordance 

with the regulations at 7 CFR 340.6 

(2020) as it was received by APHIS on 

July 31, 2020. 

On February 18, 2015,2 APHIS 

announced its determination of 

nonregulated status of Okanagan 

Specialty Fruits Inc.’s (OSF) GD743 and 

GS784 apple lines which were 

developed using genetic engineering to 

resist browning. OSF has submitted a 

request to extend a determination of 

nonregulated status of GD743 and 

GS784 apple lines to PG451 apple 

(APHIS Petition Number 20–213–01ext) 

which has been developed using genetic 

engineering to resist browning. 

As described in the extension request, 

PG451 apple was developed through 

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation 

of apple leaf tissue using the binary 

plasmid vector pGEN–03 to suppress 

genes for polyphenol oxidase, which 

causes browning. GD743 and GS784 

apple lines were developed using the 

same plasmid vector and the same 

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation 

method. 

Based on the information in the 

request, we have concluded that PG451 

apple is similar to GD743 and GS784 

apple lines. PG451 apple is currently 

regulated under 7 CFR part 340. 

As part of our decision-making 

process regarding the regulatory status 

of an organism developed using genetic 

engineering, APHIS prepared a draft 

plant pest risk similarity assessment 

(PPRSA) to compare PG451 apple to the 

antecedents. Based on the similarity of 

PG451 apple to the antecedents GD743 

and GS784 apple lines as described in 

the PPRSA, APHIS concludes that 

PG451 apple is unlikely to pose a 

greater plant pest risk than the 

unmodified organism from which it was 

derived and should no longer be 

regulated under 7 CFR part 340. 

APHIS has analyzed information 

submitted by OSF, references provided 

in the extension request, peer-reviewed 

publications, and supporting 

documentation prepared for the 

antecedent organism. Based on APHIS’ 

analysis of this information and the 

similarity of PG451 apple to the 

antecedents GD743 and GS784 apple 

lines, APHIS has determined that PG451 

apple is unlikely to pose a plant pest 

risk. We have therefore reached a 

preliminary decision to approve the 

request to extend the determination of 

nonregulated status for PG451 apple 

line, whereby PG451 apple would no 

longer be subject to our regulations 

governing organisms developed using 

genetic engineering. 

We are therefore publishing this 

notice to make available our evaluation 

and inform the public of our 

preliminary decision to extend the 

determination of nonregulated status of 

PG451 apple. 

APHIS will accept written comments 

on the request for extension, PPRSA, 

and our preliminary determination for 

PG451 apple for 30 days. These 

documents are available for public 

review as indicated under ADDRESSES

and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

above. Copies of these documents may 

also be obtained by contacting the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After the comment period closes, 

APHIS will review all written comments 

received during the comment period 

and any other relevant information. All 

comments will be available for public 

review. After reviewing and evaluating 

the comments, if APHIS determines that 

no substantive information has been 

received that would warrant APHIS 

altering its preliminary regulatory 

determination, our preliminary 

regulatory determination will become 

final and effective upon notification of 

the public through an announcement on 

our website at https://

www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/ 

biotechnology/permits-notificationspetitions/petitions/petition-status. 

APHIS will also furnish a response to 

the petitioner regarding our final 

regulatory determination. No further 

Federal Register notice will be 

published announcing the final 

regulatory determination of PG451 

apple. 

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 24th day of 

June 2021. 

Michael Watson, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0021] 

Bayer; Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

for Maize Developed Using Genetic 

Engineering for Dicamba, Glufosinate, 

Quizalofop, and 2,4- 

Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid 

Resistance, With Tissue-Specific 

Glyphosate Resistance Facilitating the 

Production of Hybrid Maize Seed; 

Reopening of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement; 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: We are reopening the 

comment period for our notice of intent 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement regarding a request from 

Bayer seeking a determination of 

nonregulated status for maize developed 

using genetic engineering for dicamba, 

glufosinate, quizalofop, and 2,4- 

dichlorophenoxyacetic acid resistance 

with tissue-specific glyphosate 

resistance facilitating the production of 

hybrid maize seed. This action will 

allow interested persons additional time 

to prepare and submit comments. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice of intent published on April 28, 


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