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program for grading poultry and rabbit 

products. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This is a voluntary program on a fee for 

service basis. Respondents need to 

request or apply for the specific service 

they want and in doing so they provide 

information. The information is needed 

to administer the program, assess the 

cost of providing service, and to assure 

graded poultry and rabbits are properly 

labeled. Without this information the 

agency could not ensure properly 

labeled poultry and rabbit products and 

the integrity of the USDA grade mark if 

each new label was not submitted for 

approval. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 372. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Daily; Monthly; Semi-annually; 

Annually; Other: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,861. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Export Fruit Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0143. 

Summary of Collection: Fresh apples 

and grapes grown in the United States 

shipped to any foreign destination must 

meet minimum quality and other 

requirements established by regulations 

issued under the Export Apple Act (7 

CFR Part 33) and the Export Grape and 

Plum Act (7 CFR Part 35). These Acts 

were designed to promote the foreign 

trade of the United States in apples and 

grapes; to protect the reputation of these 

American-grown commodities; and to 

prevent deception or misrepresentation 

of the quality of such products moving 

in foreign commerce. Plum provisions 

in the marketing order were terminated 

in 1991. The regulation issued under the 

Export Grape and Plum Act (7 CFR Part 

35) cover fresh grapes grown in the 

United States and shipped to foreign 

destinations, except Canada. Apples and 

grapes exported to Canada are exempt 

from the Acts’ regulations due to 

Canada’s import requirements. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Persons who ship fresh apples and 

grapes grown in the U.S. to foreign 

destinations must have such shipment 

inspected and certified by Federal or 

Federal-State Inspection Service (FSIS) 

inspectors. Agriculture Marketing 

Service administers the FSIS. Official 

FSIS inspection certificates and 

phytosanitary certificates issued by 

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service provide the needed 

information for USDA. Export carriers 

are required to keep on file for three 

years copies of inspection certificates 

for apples and grapes. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting; On occasion, 

Monthly, Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 25. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Customer Service Survey for 

USDA—Donated Food Products. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0182. 

Summary of Collection: Each year the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 

procures about $700 million dollars of 

poultry, livestock, fruit, and vegetable 

products for the school lunch and other 

domestic feeding programs under 

authority of 7 CFR 250, Regulations for 

the Donation of Food for Use in the 

United States, its Territories and 

possessions and areas under its 

jurisdiction. To maintain and improve 

the quality of these products, AMS has 

sought to make this process more 

customer-driven and therefore is 

seeking opinions from the users of these 

products. Customers that use USDAprocured commodities to prepare and 

serve meals retrieve the AMS–11 cards 

from the boxes and use them to rate 

their perception of product flavor, 

texture, and appearance as well as 

overall satisfaction. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

AMS will use three different versions of 

the AMS–11, ‘‘Customer Opinion 

Postcard,’’ AMS–11A for Poultry 

Programs; AMS–11B for Livestock and 

Seed Programs and AMS–11C for Fruit 

and Vegetable Programs to collect 

information on the product type, 

production lot, and identify the location 

and type of facility in which the product 

was served. USDA program managers 

will use survey responses to maintain 

and improve product quality through 

the revision of USDA commodity 

specifications and follow-up action with 

producers of designated production lots. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government; Not-forprofit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 8,400. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 700. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24931 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Federal Excess 

Personal Property (FEPP) and 

Firefighter Property (FFP) Program 

Cooperative Agreements 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the new information 

collection, Federal Excess Personal 

Property (FEPP) and Firefighter Property 

(FFP) program Cooperative Agreements. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before December 6, 2010 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to: USDA, 

Forest Service, Attn: Melissa Frey, Fire 

and Aviation Management (F&AM), 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., Mailstop 

1107, Washington, DC 20250. 

Comments also may be submitted via email to: mfrey@fs.fed.us. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at USDA Forest Service, 

F&AM, Room 2SO, 201 14th St., SW., 

Washington, DC, during normal 

business hours. Visitors are encouraged 

to call ahead to 202–206–1483 to 

facilitate entry to the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Frey, Fire and Aviation 

Management, 202–205–1090. 

Individuals who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) 

and Firefighter Property (FFP) 

Cooperative Agreements. 

OMB Number: 0596–NEW. 

Type of Request: NEW. 

Abstract: Federal Excess Personal 

Property (FEPP) and Firefighter Property 

(FFP) program Cooperative Agreements 

programs are available to state forestry 

agencies. The program provides 

participating state agencies with surplus 

Department of Defense and other federal 

agencies equipment and supplies to be 

used in firefighting and emergency 

services. The FEPP program loans 

property to the state who in turn subloans the equipment and supplies to fire 

departments. The FFP program transfers 

ownership of the equipment to either 

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1All notices mentioned in this docket, as well as 

comments received and supporting and related 

materials, can be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/ 

main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS–2008–0098. 

the state agency or the individual fire 

department. 

A cooperative agreement collects 

information from the participating state 

agency and outlines the requirements 

and rules for the cooperation. Each state 

forestry agency shall provide an 

Accountable Officer who will be 

responsible for the integrity of the 

program within their respective state. 

For this reason, FEPP and FFP collect 

the state forestry agency contact 

information, the information of the 

Accountable Officer, and the 

requirements of participation in the 

FEPP and FFP programs. 

A cooperative agreement will be 

prepared by each state forestry agency 

that desires to participate in one or both 

of the programs. Participating state 

agencies must submit separate 

agreements if they desire to be 

participants in both programs. 

Agreements will be processed and 

maintained at the United States 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Fire and Aviation Management, 

Partnerships, Cooperative Programs 

branch in each Forest Service Regional 

Office. 

The authority to provide surplus 

supplies to state agencies comes from 

Federal Property and Administration 

Services Act of 1949, 40 U.S.C., Sec 202. 

Authority to loan excess supplies comes 

from 10 U.S.C., Subtitle A, Part IV, 

Chapter 153, 2576b grants the authority 

for the FFP program. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 1 hour. 

Type of Respondents: State Foresters. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 10. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 20 hours. 

Comment is Invited: 

Comment is invited on: (1) Whether 

this collection of information is 

necessary for the stated purposes and 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical or 

scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information, 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 

respondents, including the use of 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission request toward Office of 

Management and Budget approval. 

Dated: September 28, 2010. 

John Phipps, 

Associate Deputy Chief, State and Private 

Forestry. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24879 Filed 10–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2008–0098] 

Notice of Availability of Biotechnology 

Quality Management System Audit 

Standard and Evaluation of Comments 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has developed an 

audit standard for its biotechnology 

compliance assistance program. The 

audit standard, which was made 

available in draft form for comment in 

an earlier notice, will be used by 

participating regulated entities to 

develop and implement sound 

management practices, thus enhancing 

compliance with the regulatory 

requirements for field trials and 

movement of genetically engineered 

organisms in 7 CFR part 340. We are 

also making available a document 

containing our evaluation of the 

comments we received on the draft 

audit standard. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Edward Jhee, Chief, Compliance 

Assistance Branch, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 91, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 734–6356, e-mail: 

edward.m.jhee@aphis.usda.gov. To 

obtain copies of the audit standard or 

our evaluation of comments submitted 

on the draft audit standard, contact Ms. 

Cindy Eck at (301) 734–0667, e-mail: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. Those 

documents may also be viewed on the 

APHIS Web site at the address provided 

at the end of this document. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) regulates the 

introduction—the importation, 

interstate movement, and environmental 

release—of genetically engineered (GE) 

organisms that are, or may be, plant 

pests. In September 2007, APHIS’ 

Biotechnology Regulatory Services 

announced it was developing a 

voluntary, audit-based compliance 

assistance program known as the 

Biotechnology Quality Management 

System Program (BQMS Program) to 

assist regulated entities in achieving and 

maintaining compliance with the 

regulatory requirements for field trials 

and movements of GE organisms in 7 

CFR part 340. 

Under the BQMS Program, APHIS 

provides support for an entity’s 

voluntary adoption of a customized 

biotechnology quality management 

system (BQMS) to improve their 

management of domestic research and 

development of regulated GE organisms. 

The BQMS audit standard provides 

criteria for the development, 

implementation, and objective 

evaluation of the entity’s BQMS. 

On June 4, 2009, APHIS published a 

notice 1 in the Federal Register (74 FR 

26831–26832, Docket No. APHIS–2008– 

0098) announcing the availability of the 

BQMS draft audit standard. Comments 

on the BQMS draft audit standard were 

to have been received on or before 

August 3, 2009. APHIS subsequently 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register on August 24, 2009 (74 FR 

42644, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0098), 

reopening the comment period on the 

draft audit standard for an additional 60 

days ending October 23, 2009. APHIS 

solicited comments on the draft audit 

standard in general and sought specific 

input on the following four questions: 

1. Do the critical control points in 

Requirement 7 of the draft audit 

standard identify all areas and elements 

that organizations should focus on in 

order to maintain compliance with the 

regulatory requirements under 7 CFR 

part 340? 

2. Is the draft audit standard 

consistent with current best practices 

used by the regulated community? 

3. Can the public identify incentives 

USDA might employ to encourage 

participation in the voluntary program 

by commercial industry as well as 

academic institutions? 

4. The BQMS is designed to be 

flexible according to the size of the 

participating organization. Is this 

flexibility apparent in the draft audit 

standard? 

APHIS also received input on the 

draft audit standard from organizations 

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