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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 60, No. 8

Thursday, January 12, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forms Under Review by Office of

Management and Budget

January 6, 1995.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35 since the last list was

published. This list is grouped into new

proposals, revisions, extension, or

reinstatements. Each entry contains the

following information:

(1) Agency proposing the information

collection; (2) Title the information

collection; (3) Form number(s), if

applicable; (4) Who will be required or

asked to report; (5) An estimate of the

number of responses; (6) An estimate of

the total number of hours needed to

provide the information; (7) Name and

telephone number of the agency contact

person.

Questions about the items in the

listing should be directed to the agency

person named at the end of each entry.

Copies of the proposed forms and

supporting documents may be obtained

from: Department Clearance Officer,

USDA, OIRM, Room 404–W Admin.

Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20250 (202)

690–2118.

Revision

• Rural Economic & Community

Development

Compliance Review (Farmer

Cooperatives)

Business or other for-profit; 30

responses; 19 hours

Jack Holston (202) 720–9736

Extension

• Rural Economic & Community

Development

7 CFR 1951–F, Analyzing Credit Needs

and Graduation of Borrowers

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions; Farms; State, Local or

Tribal Government; 274,620

responses; 123,573 hours

Jack Holston (202) 720–9736

• Rural Economic & Community

Development

7 CFR 1965–A, Servicing of Real Estate

Security For Farmer, Program Loans

and Certain Note-Only Cases

FmHA 440–2, 9, 26; 443–16; 465–1, 5;

1965–11, 13, 15

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Farms; 29,516

responses; 18,971 hours

Jack Holston (202) 720–9736st

New Collection

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Animal Welfare—Part 3, Subpart E

(Marine Mammals)

APHIS 7002

Business or other for-profit; Non-profit

institutions; Small businesses or

organizations; 39,641 responses; 7,003

hours

Dr. Richard Crawford (301) 436–7833

Donald E. Hulcher,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–726 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 95–001–1]

Receipt of Permit Applications for

Release Into the Environment of

Genetically Engineered Organisms

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public

that three applications for permits to

release genetically engineered

organisms into the environment are

being reviewed by the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service. The

applications have been submitted in

accordance with 7 CFR part 340, which

regulates the introduction of certain

genetically engineered organisms and

products.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the applications

referenced in this notice, with any

confidential business information

deleted, are available for public

inspection in room 1141, South

Building, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 14 Street and Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC, between

8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except holidays. Persons

wishing to inspect an application are

requested call ahead on (202) 690–2817

to facilitate entry into the reading room.

You may obtain copies of the

documents by writing to the person

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Arnold Foudin, Deputy Director,

Biotechnology Permits, BBEP, APHIS,

USDA, P.O. Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD

20783. The telephone number for the

agency contact will change when agency

offices in Hyattsville, MD, move to

Riverdale, MD, during February.

Telephone: (301) 436–7612

(Hyattsville); (301) 734–7612

(Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

regulations in 7 CFR part 340,

‘‘Introduction of Organisms and

Products Altered or Produced Through

Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant

Pests or Which There is Reason to

Believe Are Plant Pets,’’ require a

person to obtain a permit before

introducing (importing, moving

interstate, or releasing into the

environment) into the United States

certain genetically engineered

organisms and products that are

considered ‘‘regulated articles.’’ The

regulations set forth procedures for

obtaining a permit for the release into

the environment of a regulated article,

and for obtaining a limited permit for

the importation or interstate movement

of a regulated article.

Pursuant to these regulations, the

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service has received and is reviewing

the following applications for permits to

release genetically engineered

organisms into the environment: