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Vol. 81, No. 24 

Friday, February 5, 2016 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Research Service 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 1, 2016. 

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 (1) 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) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (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, 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 March 7, 2016 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. 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. 

Agricultural Research Service 

Title: Electronic Mailing List 

Subscription Form—Nutrition and Food 

Safety. 

Omb Control Number: 0518–0036. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

Agricultural Library’s Food and 

Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) 

currently maintains several on-line 

‘‘discussion groups.’’ This voluntary 

‘‘Electronic Mailing List Subscription 

Form’’ gives individuals working in the 

area of nutrition and food safety an 

opportunity to participate in these 

groups. Data collected using this form 

will help FNIC determine a person’s 

eligibility to participate in these 

discussion groups. The authority for the 

National Agricultural Library (NAL) to 

collect this information is contained in 

the CFR, Title 7, Volume 1, Part 2, and 

Subpart K, Sec. 2.65 (92). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

FNIC will collect the name, email 

address, job title, employer, mailing 

address and telephone number in order 

to approve subscriptions for nutrition 

and food safety on-line discussion 

groups. Failure to collect this 

information would inhibit FNIC’s ability 

to provide subscription services to these 

discussion groups. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; State, Local 

and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 17. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02211 Filed 2–4–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0054] 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

Introduction of the Products of 

Biotechnology 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) plans to 

prepare a programmatic environmental 

impact statement in connection with 

potential changes to the regulations 

regarding the importation, interstate 

movement, and environmental release 

of certain genetically engineered 

organisms. This notice identifies 

reasonable alternatives and potential 

issues to be evaluated in the 

environmental impact statement and 

requests public comments to further 

define the scope of the alternatives and 

environmental impacts and issues for 

APHIS to consider. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before March 7, 

2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/#!docket

Detail;D=APHIS-2014-0054. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comments to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0054, 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-2014-0054 or 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: 

Sidney W. Abel, Assistant Deputy 

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