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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 70, No. 181 

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 14, 2005. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Select Agent Registration. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0213. 

Summary of Collection: The Public 

Health Security and Bioterrorism 

Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 

were signed into law June 12, 2002. This 

law is designed to prevent, prepare for 

and respond to bioterrorism and other 

public health emergencies. The law 

requires individuals possessing agents 

or toxins deemed a severe threat to 

animal or plant health, or to animal or 

plant products, to be registered with the 

Secretary of Agriculture unless they 

have been specifically exempted. The 

registration process entail the use of a 

number of separate forms designed to 

obtain critical information concerning 

individuals or facilities in possession of 

certain agents or toxins, as well as the 

specific characteristics of the agents or 

toxins—including name, strain, and 

genetic information. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) will collect information 

to determine the biosafety level of an 

entity as well as the entity’s biosecurity 

situation. The collected information will 

also be used to ensure that appropriate 

safeguard, containment, and disposal 

requirements commensurate with the 

risk of the agent or toxin are present at 

the entity, thus preventing access to 

such agents and toxins for use in 

domestic or international terrorism. If 

the information were not collected, 

APHIS efforts to more aggressively 

prevent a bioterrorism event in the 

United States would be compromised. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; State, local and tribal 

government; Not-for-profit institutions 

Number of Respondents: 545. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 938. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18629 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 14, 2005. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR Part 3565, ‘‘Guaranteed 

Rural Rental Housing Program’’ and its 

Supporting Handbook. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0174. 

Summary of Collection: On March 26, 

1996, the Housing Opportunity Program