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Monday, February 8, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Notice of a Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 

announces the Foreign Agricultural 

Service’s intention to request an 

extension for a currently approved 

information collection in support of the 

regulations governing the entry of raw 

cane sugar under the tariff-rate quota 

(TRQ) into the United States. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by no later than April 9, 2010 

to be assured of consideration. 

Additional Information and 

Comments: Contact William Janis, 

International Economist, Import Policies 

and Export Reporting Division, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, AgStop 1021, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–1021; or by telephone (202) 

720–2194; by fax to (202) 720–0876; or 

by e-mail William.Janis@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Certificate of Quota Eligibility. 

OMB Number: 0551–0014. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The provisions of paragraph 

(b)(iv) of the Additional U.S. note 5 to 

Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTS), 

established by Presidential 

Proclamation 6763 of December 1994, 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

to establish for each fiscal year the 

quantity of sugars and syrups that may 

be entered at the lower tariff rates of 

TRQs. The TRQs cover sugars and 

syrups described in HTS subheadings 

1701.11, 1701.12, 1701.91, 1701.99, 

1702.90 and 2106.90. This authority was 

proclaimed by the President to 

implement the results of the Uruguay 

Round of multilateral trade negotiations 

as reflected in the provisions of 

Schedule XX (United States), annexed 

to the Agreement establishing the World 

Trade Organization. The terms under 

which Certificates for Quota Eligibility 

(CQEs) will be issued to foreign 

countries that have been allocated a 

share of the TRQ are set forth in 15 CFR 

Part 2011, Allocation of Tariff-Rate 

Quota on Imported Sugars, Syrups, and 

Molasses, Subpart A—Certificates of 

Quota. The authority for issuing CQEs is 

Additional U.S. Note 5(b)(iv) to chapter 

17 of the HTS. The regulation, 

promulgated by the United States Trade 

Representative, provides for the 

issuance of CQEs by the Secretary of 

Agriculture and in general prohibits 

sugar subject to the TRQ from being 

imported into the United States or 

withdrawn from a warehouse for 

consumption at the in-quota duty rates 

unless such sugar is accompanied by a 

CQE. 

CQEs are issued to foreign countries 

by the Director of the Import Policies 

and Export Reporting Division, Foreign 

Agriculture Service, or his or her 

designee. The issuance of CQEs is in 

such amounts and at such times as the 

Director determines are appropriate to 

enable the foreign country to fill its 

quota allocation for such quota period 

in a reasonable manner, taking into 

account harvesting periods, U.S. import 

requirements, and other relevant factors. 

The information required to be collected 

on the CQE is used to monitor and 

control the imports of raw cane sugar. 

Proper completion of the CQE is 

mandatory for those foreign 

governments that are eligible and elect 

to export raw cane sugar to the United 

States under the TRQ. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for the collection 

directly varies with the number of CQEs 

issued. 

Respondents: Foreign governments. 

Estimated number of respondents: 40 

(i.e., number of countries receiving a 

TRQ allocation). 

Estimated number of responses per 

respondent: 30 per fiscal year. 

Estimated total number of forms: 

1,200. 

Estimated burden hours per response: 

0.1667 hour (10 minutes). 

Estimated total annual burden hours 

for respondents: 200 hours. 

Requests for Comments: Send 

comments regarding (a) Whether the 

information collection 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 the burden of the collection of 

information including validity of the 

methodology and assumption used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Copies of this information collection 

may be obtained from Tamoria 

Thompson-Hall, the Agency Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (202) 690– 

1690. 

Comments may be sent to William 

Janis, International Economist, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, AgStop 

1021, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024–1021; or by 

telephone (202) 720–2194; or by e-mail: 

William.Janis@fas.usda.gov. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection in Room PB435–B at 

the above address. Persons with 

disabilities who require an alternative 

means of communication for 

information (Braille, large print, 

audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s 

target center at (202) 720–2600 (voice 

and TDD). All responses to this notice 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments also will become a matter of 

public record. FAS is committed to 

complying with the Government 

Paperwork Elimination Act which 

requires Government agencies, to the 

maximum extent feasible, to provide the 

public the option of electronically 

submitting information collection. CQEs 

permit exporters to ship raw cane sugar 

to the United States at the U.S. price, 

which is ordinarily significantly higher 

than the world price for raw cane sugar. 

Therefore, in contrast to most 

information collection documents, CQEs 

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have a monetary value equivalent to the 

substantial benefits to exporters who 

can fill their raw cane sugar allocations 

under the TRQ. CQEs have always been 

carefully handled as secure documents, 

and issued only to foreign governmentapproved certifying authorities. The 

Department does not plan to make CQEs 

available electronically in order to 

prevent a potential proliferation of 

invalid CQEs, which could undermine 

the integrity of the TRQ system. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2695 Filed 2–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Angeles National Forest, California; 

Tehachapi Renewable Transmission 

Project, Supplemental Draft EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service will 

prepare a Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SDEIS) to assess the impacts of the 

Station Fire and other project changes 

affecting National Forest System (NFS) 

lands. After the public review period for 

the SDEIS, the Forest Service will issue 

its Final EIS. Following release of the 

Final EIS, the Forest Service will issue 

a Record of Decision (ROD) to document 

the decision to either approve or deny 

the requested Special Use authorization 

for the Project in response to the 

application received from Southern 

California Edison for construction of a 

series of transmission system 

improvements to deliver electricity from 

new wind energy projects in eastern 

Kern County. The proposed project 

would be located in Kern, Los Angeles, 

and San Bernardino counties. The 

purpose of the project is to provide the 

electrical facilities necessary to reliably 

interconnect and integrate in excess of 

700 megawatts (MW) and up to 

approximately 4,500 MW of new wind 

generation in the Tehachapi Wind 

Resource Area, currently being planned 

or expected in the future, thereby 

assisting SCE and other California 

utilities to comply with California’s 

Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) 

goals in an expedited manner. It would 

also further address the reliability needs 

of the California Independent System 

Operator (CATS 0) controlled grid due 

to projected load growth in the Antelope 

Valley, and address existing constraints 

in the transmission system south of the 

Lugo Substation in Hesperia, California. 

As the NEPA Lead Agency for the 

project, the USDA Forest Service will 

conduct a detailed review of the impacts 

of the Station Fire which burned 

approximately 251 square miles of NFS 

lands in the Angeles National Forest 

between August 26, 2009 and October 

16, 2009. The burned area includes 

portions of Segments 6 and 11 of the 

project. An estimated 75% of the project 

area on National Forest lands was 

affected. 

Changes to the affected environment 

will be addressed to assess the impacts 

of the Station Fire. In addition, project 

changes affecting NFS lands, which may 

include new helicopter landing/staging 

sites (a.k.a. fly-yards), pulling/splicing 

locations, alternate access roads, and 

changes in tower design will be 

analyzed in the SDEIS. The USDA 

Forest Service is providing notice of this 

analysis so that interested and affected 

individuals are aware of how they may 

participate and contribute to the final 

decision on the TRTP by the Forest 

Service. 

DATES: The SDEIS is expected to be 

published May 1, 2010. A 45-day 

comment period will occur following 

publication of an NOA in the Federal 

Register. Based on this schedule, 

comments on the information contained 

in the SDEIS would need to be received 

by June 15, 2010. The Final EIS is 

anticipated in September 2010. Project 

scoping was held in 2007. No additional 

scoping effort will occur as part of the 

SDEIS preparation process. 

ADDRESSES: To request a copy of the 

SDEIS or Final ETS and/or to send 

written comments, please write to the 

Angeles National Forest, c/o Aspen 

Environmental Group, 30423 Canwood 

Street, Suite 215, Agoura Hills, CA 

91301. Alternately, electronic comments 

may be sent to TRTP@aspeneg.com. 

Electronic comments must be submitted 

as part of the actual e-mail message, or 

as an attachment in plain text (.txt), 

Microsoft Word (.doc), rich text format 

(.rtf), or portable document format 

(.pdf). Information about the 

Supplemental EIS and the 

environmental review process will be 

posted on the Internet at: http://www.fs.

fed.us/r5/angeles/projects/. This site 

will be used to post links to all public 

documents during the Supplemental EIS 

process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Justin Seastrand, Special Uses 

Coordinator, Forest Service, Angeles 

National Forest, 701 N. Santa Anita 

Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006, phone: (626) 

574–5278. For additional information 

related to the project on non-NFS lands, 

contact John Boccio, California Public 

Utilities Commission (CNJC), .505 Van 

Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102; 

phone: (415) 703–2641. Project 

information can also be requested by 

leaving a voice message or sending a fax 

to the Project Information Hotline at 

(888) 331–9897. 

Responsible Official: The responsible 

official will be Jody Noiron, Forest 

Supervisor, Angeles National Forest, 

701 North Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, 

CA, 91006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lead and 

Cooperating Agencies. The USDA Forest 

Service is the lead agency, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 1501.5(b), and 

is responsible for the preparation of the 

SDEIS and Final EIS. The Army Corps 

of Engineers is a cooperating agency. 

Comment. A SDETS will be prepared 

and available for public comment. The 

comment period on the SDEIS will be 

45 days from the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes the Notice of Availability 

(NOA) in the Federal Register. To assist 

the Forest Service in identifying and 

considering issues and concerns on the 

analysis of the changed environmental 

conditions due to the Station Fire and 

project changes since the publication of 

the Draft EIS, comments on the SDEIS 

should be as specific as possible. It is 

also helpful if comments refer to 

specific pages or chapters of the SDEIS. 

Comments may also address the 

adequacy of the SDEIS. Comments 

received on the SDEIS, including names 

and addresses of those who comment, 

will be considered part of the public 

record and will be available for public 

inspection. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered; however, those who submit 

anonymous comments will not have 

standing to appeal the subsequent 

decision under 36 CFR parts 215 and 

217. Additionally, pursuant to 7 CFR 

1.27(d), any person may request the 

agency to withhold a submission from 

the public record by showing how the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

permits such confidentiality. Persons 

requesting such confidentiality should 

be aware that, under FOIA, 

confidentiality may be granted in only 

very limited circumstances, such as to 

protect trade secrets. The Forest Service 

will inform the requester of the agency’s 

decision regarding the request for 

confidentiality, and where the request is 

denied, the agency will return the 

submission and notify the requester that 

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