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55736 

Vol. 75, No. 177 

Tuesday, September 14, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 8, 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: Importation of Artificially 

Dwarfed Plants. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0176. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 

7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry or movement of 

plants and plant pests, to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Plant 

Protection and Quarantine, a program 

within USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS), enforce 

these regulations. APHIS requires 

artificially dwarfed plants that are 

imported into the United States to have 

been grown under certain conditions in 

greenhouses or screen houses within 

nurseries registered with the 

government of the country where the 

plants were grown. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information from the 

phytosanitary certificate to state that the 

plants were: (1) Grown for at least 2 

years in a nursery that is registered with 

the government of the country of export; 

(2) grown in pots containing only sterile 

growing media; (3) grown on benches at 

least 50 cm above the ground; and (4) 

inspected (along with the nursery itself) 

at least once each year by the plant 

protection service of the country of 

export. The collected information will 

enable PPQ to verify that the imported 

plants were grown under conditions 

that helped keep the plants free from 

infestation by certain longhorned 

beetles and other pests. APHIS also uses 

the information on this certificate to 

determine the pest condition of the 

shipment at the time of inspection in 

the foreign country. Without the 

information, all shipment would need to 

be inspected very thoroughly, thereby 

requiring considerably more time. This 

would slow the clearance of 

international shipments. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 38. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22795 Filed 9–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Mark Twain National Forest; Missouri; 

Integrated Non-Native Invasive Plant 

Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Mark Twain National 

Forest (MTNF) proposes to implement 

an integrated Forest-wide management 

strategy to control the spread of nonnative invasive plants (NNIP) within the 

National Forest over the next 10 years, 

or until circumstances change to the 

point that the analysis is no longer 

valid. The proposal utilizes several 

management tools, including registered 

herbicides, bio-agents, and manual/ 

mechanical methods. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

October 4, 2010. The draft 

environmental impact statement is 

expected November 2010 and the final 

environmental impact statement is 

expected March 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Integrated NNIP Project, 401 

Fairgrounds Road, Rolla, MO 65401. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to mailroom_r9_mark_twain@fs.fed.us, 

or via facsimile to (573) 364–6844. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such a way that they are useful to the 

Agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however. 


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