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increases in the cost to farmers renting 

them for pollination services. USDA and 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), in consultation with other 

relevant Federal partners, are scaling up 

efforts to address the decline of 

honeybee health with a goal of ensuring 

the recovery of this critical subset of 

pollinators. NASS supports this USDA– 

EPA CCD National Action Plan, which 

emphasizes the importance of 

coordinated action to identify the extent 

and causal factors in honeybee and 

pollinator declines. 

To efficiently collect critical 

information on the status and health of 

the commercial honeybee population, 

NASS proposes two new surveys that 

complement its existing Bee and Honey 

Inquiry (0535–0153), which targets bee 

keepers with 5 or more colonies. The 

Colony Loss Quarterly Survey will be 

administered quarterly to a subsample 

of bee keepers responding to the annual 

Bee and Honey Inquiry. The Colony 

Loss Annual Survey will be 

administered to bee keepers with fewer 

than 5 colonies; these respondents will 

be asked to report quarterly honeybee 

colony losses on an annual basis. 

Together, these surveys will yield the 

number of honeybee colonies that are 

comparable in methodology to the 

Census of Agriculture counts (which is 

available only every 5 years). The data 

collected will include state of colony 

residence, the commercial movement of 

colonies between states, newly added or 

replacement colonies, colony losses, 

and presence of colony stress factors, 

such as pests or parasites. 

The Colony Loss Surveys are strongly 

encouraged by beekeepers, the National 

Academy of Sciences, and the USDA 

Office of the Inspector General. This 

action will provide an improved 

baseline, annual, and quarterly data to 

describe any loss or change in the 

number of colonies and issues and 

practices which may be associated with 

colony stress and decline. 

NASS is committed to collaborating 

with USDA and the other departments 

on a unified and complementary 

approach to develop and support the 

Pollinator Health Initiative. This will 

allow NASS and its collaborators to 

address critical information needs at an 

accelerated pace and guide honeybee 

management at a national scale. 

Authority: These data will be collected 

under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 

Individually identifiable data collected under 

this authority are governed by Section 1770 

of the Food Security Act of 1985 as amended, 

7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford 

strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113) and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33376. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 10 minutes per 

response. Publicity materials and 

instruction sheet will account for 5 

minutes of additional burden per 

respondent. Respondents who refuse to 

complete a survey will be allotted 2 

minutes of burden per attempt to collect 

the data. NASS plans to conduct two 

different surveys as a part of this 

approval request. Once a year, NASS 

will contact approximately 20,000 small 

bee operations (fewer than 5 colonies). 

Approximately 3,300 operations with 5 

or more bee colonies will be contacted 

quarterly to collect bee loss data. NASS 

will conduct the surveys initially using 

a mail and internet approach. This will 

be followed up with phone and personal 

enumeration for non-respondents. 

NASS will attempt to obtain an 80% 

response rate. 

Respondents: Farmers and 

beekeepers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

23,300. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: With an estimated 

response rate of approximately 80%, we 

estimate the burden to be 7,020 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions 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, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, October 15, 

2014. 

R. Renee Picanso, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25609 Filed 10–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Firms for 

Determination of Eligibility To Apply 

for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice and Opportunity for 

Public Comment. 

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade 

Act 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341 

et seq.), the Economic Development 

Administration (EDA) has received 

petitions for certification of eligibility to 

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 

from the firms listed below. 

Accordingly, EDA has initiated 

investigations to determine whether 

increased imports into the United States 

of articles like or directly competitive 

with those produced by each of these 

firms contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

[10/20/2014 through 10/22/2014] 

Firm name Firm address 

Date accepted 

for 

investigation 

Product(s) 

Kebby Industries, Inc ..................... 4075 Kilburn Avenue, Rockford, IL 

61101.

10/20/2014 The firm manufactures hand tools and filters for the 

pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and packaging industries. 


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LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE— 

Continued 

[10/20/2014 through 10/22/2014] 

Firm name Firm address 

Date accepted 

for 

investigation 

Product(s) 

Rietech Global, LLC ....................... 3700 Singer Blvd. NE., Suite A, Albuquerque, NM 87109.10/20/2014 The firm manufactures electro-mechanical motion 

control systems used for search, navigation, and 

surveillance. 

Rio Chan Foods, LLC .................... 2701 Broadway NE., Suite A, Albuquerque, NM 87107.10/20/2014 The firm manufactures bread, pastry, cakes, and 

other bakery goods. 

Precise Cast Prototypes & Engineering, Inc.7501 Dahlia Street, Commerce 

City, CO 80022.

10/21/2014 The firm manufactures aluminum castings to be machined. 

Lion Brothers Company, Inc .......... 10246 Reisterstown Road, Owings 

Mill, PA 21117.

10/21/2014 The firm manufactures embroidered patches and 

emblems. 

Olson Companies, Inc. dba A&B 

Accessories.

899 N. Centennial Avenue, West 

Fork, AR 72774.

10/22/2014 The firm manufactures custom spa, patio and outdoor kitchen wood accessories. 

Shelley Kyle Inc ............................. 468 Armour Drive, Atlanta, GA 

30324.

10/22/2014 The firm manufactures fragrances and toiletries; the 

primary manufacturing material is essential oil. 

Any party having a substantial 

interest in these proceedings may 

request a public hearing on the matter. 

A written request for a hearing must be 

submitted to the Trade Adjustment 

Assistance for Firms Division, Room 

71030, Economic Development 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no 

later than ten (10) calendar days 

following publication of this notice. 

Please follow the requirements set 

forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR 

315.9 for procedures to request a public 

hearing. The Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance official number 

and title for the program under which 

these petitions are submitted is 11.313, 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms. 

Dated: October 22, 2014. 

Michael DeVillo, 

Eligibility Examiner. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25579 Filed 10–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–WH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–45–2014] 

Authorization of Production Activity, 

Foreign-Trade Subzone 158G, 

Southern Motion, Inc. (Upholstered 

Furniture), Pontotoc and Baldwyn, MS 

On June 20, 2014, the Greater 

Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 

grantee of FTZ 158, submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board on behalf of Southern 

Motion, Inc., within Subzone 158G, in 

Pontotoc and Baldwyn, Mississippi. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (79 FR 37281–37282, 

7–1–2014). The FTZ Board has 

determined that no further review of the 

activity is warranted at this time. The 

production activity described in the 

notification is authorized, subject to the 

FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, including Section 400.14, 

and the following restrictions and 

conditions: 

1. The annual volume of foreign microdenier suede upholstery fabric finished with 

a caustic soda solution that may be admitted 

to the subzone under nonprivileged foreign 

status (19 CFR 146.42) is limited to 6.0 

million square yards. 

2. Southern Motion, Inc., must admit all 

foreign upholstery fabrics other than microdenier suede upholstery fabrics finished with 

a caustic soda solution to the subzone under 

domestic (duty-paid) status (19 CFR 146.43). 

3. Southern Motion, Inc., shall submit 

supplemental annual report data and 

information for the purpose of monitoring by 

the FTZ Staff. 

4. The authority for Southern Motion, Inc., 

shall remain in effect for a period of five 

years from the date of approval by the FTZ 

Board. 

Dated: October 20, 2014. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25642 Filed 10–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–74–2014] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283— 

Jackson, TN, Notification of Proposed 

Production Activity, MAT Industries, 

LLC, (Air Compressors), Jackson, TN 

MAT Industries, LLC (MAT), an 

operator of FTZ 283, submitted a 

notification of proposed production 

activity to the FTZ Board for its facility 

located in Jackson, Tennessee within 

FTZ 283. The notification conforming to 

the requirements of the regulations of 

the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 

received on October 14, 2014. 

The MAT facility is located within 

Site 11 of FTZ 283. The facility is used 

for the production of air compressors 

and related tanks. Pursuant to 15 CFR 

400.14(b), FTZ authority would be 

limited to the specific foreign-status 

components and specific finished 

products described in the submitted 

notification (as described below) and 

subsequently authorized by the FTZ 

Board. 

Production under FTZ procedures 

could exempt MAT from customs duty 

payments on the foreign status 

components used in export production. 

On its domestic sales, MAT would be 

able to choose the duty rate during 

customs entry procedures that applies to 

air compressors and tanks (free) for the 

foreign status components noted below. 

Customs duties also could possibly be 

deferred or reduced on foreign status 

production equipment. 

The components sourced from abroad 

include: Rubber gaskets; cardboard 

boxes; paper cards/manuals/labels; 

cloth bags; plastic tubes; ceramic 

nozzles; cast iron fittings/washers; zinc 


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