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Notices Federal Register

31412 

Vol. 75, No. 106 

Thursday, June 3, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 28, 2010. 

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 and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Imported Seed and Screening. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0124. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is responsible for preventing 

plant diseases or insect pests from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported pests when 

eradication is feasible. The Plant 

Quarantine Act and the Federal Plant 

Pest Act authorizes the Department to 

carry out this mission. Under the 

authority of the Federal Seed Act of 

1939, as amended, the USDA regulates 

the importation and interstate 

movement of certain agricultural and 

vegetable seeds. The Plant Protection & 

Quarantine Division of USDA’s Animal 

& Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) has established a seed analysis 

program with Canada that allows U.S. 

companies that import seed for cleaning 

or processing to enter into compliance 

agreements with APHIS. This program 

eliminates the need for sampling 

shipments of Canadian-origin seed at 

the border, and allows certain seed 

importers to clean seed without the 

direct supervision of an APHIS 

inspector. APHIS will collect 

information using forms PPQ 925, Seed 

Analysis Certificate and PPQ 519, 

Compliance Agreement. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from 

PPQ 925 and PPQ 519 to ensure that 

imported seeds do not pose a health 

threat to U.S. agriculture. If the 

information were not collected there 

would be no way of preventing noxious 

weeds from entering the United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 1,168. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 9,588. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Commercial Transportation of 

Equines to Slaughter. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0160. 

Summary of Collection: Sections 901– 

905 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 

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

Agriculture to issue guidelines for 

regulating the commercial 

transportation of horses to slaughter by 

persons regularly engaged in that 

activity within the United States. To 

fulfill this responsibility, the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) established regulations in title 

9, part 88 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. The minimum standards 

cover among other things 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. 

Implementing these regulations entails 

the use of information collection 

activities such as providing business 

information, completing an ownershipper certificate and continuation 

sheet, and maintaining records of the 

owner/shipper certificate and 

continuation sheet. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect the following 

information: (1) Shipper’s name and 

address and the owner’s name and 

address; (2) description of the 

transporting vehicle, including the 

license plate number; (3) a description 

of the horse’s physical characteristics, 

including its sex, coloring, 

distinguishing marks, permanent 

brands, electronic means of 

identification, or other characteristics 

that can be used to accurately identify 

the horse; (4) the number of the USDA 

back tag that has been applied to the 

horse for identification purposes; (5) a 

statement of the animal’s fitness to 

travel, which must indicate that the 

horse is able to bear weight on all four 

limbs, is able to walk unassisted, is not 

blind in both eyes, is older than 6 

months of age, and is not likely to give 

birth during the trip; (6) a description of 

anything unusual with regard to the 

physical condition of the horse, such as 

a wound or blindness in one eye, and 

any special handling needs; (7) the date, 

time, and place the horse was loaded on 

the conveyance; and (8) a statement that 

the horse was provided access to food, 

water, and rest prior to transport. This 

information is helpful in those instances 

in which APHIS must conduct a trace 

back investigation of any possibly stolen 

horses or because of disease. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 106 / Thursday, June 3, 2010 / Notices 31413 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 200. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 4,203. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13330 Filed 6–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

Request for Extension and Revision of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation, Risk Management Agency 

(RMA), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35) this notice 

announces the Risk Management 

Agency’s intention to request an 

extension and revision to a currently 

approved information collection for 

Notice of Funds Availability— 

Community Outreach and Assistance 

Partnership Program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice will be 

accepted until close of business, August 

2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• By Mail to: David Wiggins or Jay 

Howard-Brock, Civil Rights and 

Community Outreach, USDA/RMA, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

6714–S, Stop 0809, Washington, DC 

20250–0809. 

• E–Mail: 

David.Wiggins@rma.usda.gov, or 

Jacquea.Howard-Brock@rma.usda.gov. 

All comments will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact David Wiggins or Jay HowardBrock, Civil Rights and Community 

Outreach, USDA/RMA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

6714–S, Stop 0809, Washington, DC 

20250–0809, telephone (202) 690–4789 

or 202–690–2686. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice of Funds Availability— 

Community Outreach and Assistance 

Partnership Program. 

OMB Number: 0563–0066. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation administers cooperative 

agreements that will be used to provide 

outreach and assistance to under-served 

agricultural producers such as women, 

limited resource, socially disadvantaged 

and other traditionally under served 

farmers and ranchers (under-served 

agricultural producers). With this 

submission, RMA seeks to obtain OMB’s 

approval for an information collection 

project that will assist RMA in operating 

and evaluating these programs. The 

primary objective of the information 

collection projects is to enable RMA to 

better evaluate the performance capacity 

and plans of organizations that are 

applying for funds for cooperative 

agreements for the Community Outreach 

and Assistance Partnership Program. 

This information collection package 

will be used for evaluating applications 

and awarding partnership agreements, 

applicants are required to submit 

materials and information necessary to 

evaluate and rate the merit of proposed 

projects and evaluate the capacity and 

qualification of the organization to 

complete the project. 

Estimate of Burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 6 

hours per response for new applications 

and 4 hours for renewal applications. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Education institutions, community 

based and cooperative organizations, 

and non-profit organizations. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 120. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 1. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 120. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 1,160 hours. 

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 information; (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, through 

use, as appropriate, of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection technologies, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 27, 

2010. 

William J. Murphy, 

Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13253 Filed 6–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business—Cooperative Service 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

Inviting Applications for the Rural 

Microentrepreneur Assistance 

Program 

AGENCY: Rural Business—Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Notice announces the 

availability of $45.1 million in program 

level to support rural 

mircoentrepreneurship in rural America 

and solicits applications for funds 

available under the Rural 

Microentrepreneur Assistance Program 

to provide direct loans, technical 

assistance grants, and technical 

assistance-only grants to 

microdevelopment organizations to 

support the development and ongoing 

success of rural microentrepreneurs and 

microenterprises. The Agency will make 

awards on a quarterly basis. In the 

event, as expected in the first quarter, 

all program funds are not awarded in a 

quarter, the remaining funds will be 

carried over to the subsequent quarter. 

DATES: Applications for participating in 

this Program will be accepted on an ongoing basis, but will be awarded on a 

quarterly basis. For Fiscal Year 2010, 

applications must be received by July 

16, 2010 for consideration for award 

under Fiscal Year 2010 and September 

30, 2010 for consideration for award for 

funds available in Fiscal Year 2010, but 

not obligated. 

ADDRESSES: Applications and forms may 

be obtained from any Rural 

Development State Office. Applicants 

must submit an original complete 

application to the USDA Rural 

Development National Office and 

provide a copy of the application 

package to the USDA Rural 

Development State Office in the state 

where the applicant’s project is located. 

The National Office address and a list of 

the USDA Rural Development State 

Offices addresses and telephone 

numbers are listed below. 

Note: Telephone numbers listed are 

not toll-free. 


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