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which they are receiving the regulator 

waiver. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 94. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 53,776. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29453 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 10, 2014. 

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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by January 15, 2015 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725—17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. 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 Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Self Certification Medical 

Statement. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0196. 

Summary of Collection: The United 

States Department of Agriculture is 

responsible for ensuring consumers that 

food and farm products are moved from 

producer to consumer in the most 

efficient, dependable, economical, and 

equitable system possible. 5 CFR part 

339 authorizes an agency to obtain 

medical information about the 

applicant’s health status to assist 

management in making employment 

decisions concerning positions that 

have specific medical standards or 

physical requirements in order to 

determine medical/physical fitness. The 

Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

(MRP) of the Animal Plant and Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture hires 

individuals each year in commodity 

grading and inspection positions. These 

positions involve arduous duties and 

work under conditions, around moving 

machinery, slippery surfaces, and high 

noise level areas. APHIS will collect 

information using the MRP–5 form 

(Self-Certification Medical Statement). 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected from the 

prospective employees assists the MRP 

officials, administrative personnel, and 

servicing Human Resources Offices in 

determining an applicant’s physical 

fitness and suitability for employment 

in positions with approved medical 

standards and physical requirements 

and direct contact with meat, dairy, 

fresh or processed fruits and vegetables, 

and poultry intended for human 

consumption and cotton and tobacco 

products intended for consumer use. If 

the information was not collected, 

APHIS would not be able to accurately 

determine the physical and/or mental 

fitness for the position which the 

applicant has applied and still meet the 

provisions of the Act. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 322. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 54. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Trichinae Certification Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0323. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act (AHPA) of 2002 is 

the primary Federal law governing the 

protection of animal health. The law 

gives the Secretary of Agriculture broad 

authority to detect, control and 

eradicate pests or diseases of livestock 

or poultry. The AHPA is contained in 

Title X, Subtitle E, Sections 10401–18 of 

Public Law 107–171, May 13, 2002, the 

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

of 2002. Trichinelia spiralis is a 

contagious nematode affecting animals 

and people. The disease, trichinellosis, 

is transmitted by consuming the meat of 

an infected animal. The Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

will collect information using a 

certificate site audit, program audit 

form, request for information during a 

spot audit, animal disposal plan and 

recordkeeping, animal movement record 

and recordkeeping, rodent control 

logbook and recordkeeping, trichinae 

herd certification feed mill quality 

assurance affidavit and recordkeeping, 

and records for slaughter testing and 

recordkeeping. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS will collect information to certify 

swine are raised using practices that 

will reduce or eliminate T spiralis 

exposure. If this information is not 

collected, it will compromise APHIS’ 

ability to determine the trichinae 

infection status of pork produced in the 

United States. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 260. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,118. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29445 Filed 12–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–59–2014] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 90— 

Onondaga County, New York; 

Authorization of Proposed Production 

Activity; PPC Broadband, Inc.; 

Subzone 90C (Coaxial Jumper Cables); 

Dewitt, New York 

On August 12, 2014, the Onondaga 

County Office of Economic 

Development, grantee of FTZ 90, 

submitted a notification of proposed 

production activity to the Foreign-Trade 

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Zones (FTZ) Board on behalf of PPC 

Broadband, Inc., within Subzone 90C, in 

Dewitt, New York. 

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 51138, August 

27, 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 Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.14. 

Dated: December 10, 2014. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 130214141–4999–02] 

RIN 0648–XC515 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding 

on Petitions To List the Northwest 

Atlantic Population of the Dusky Shark 

as Threatened or Endangered Under 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of 12-month finding and 

availability of status review report. 

SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce a 12- 

month finding on two petitions to list 

the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of 

Mexico population of dusky shark 

(Carcharhinus obscurus) as a threatened 

or endangered distinct population 

segment (DPS) under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). We completed a 

comprehensive status review of the 

dusky shark in response to these 

petitions. Based on the best scientific 

and commercial information available, 

including the status review report 

(McCandless et al., 2014), we have 

determined that the Northwest Atlantic 

and Gulf of Mexico (henceforth 

abbreviated as NWA) population 

constitutes a DPS but does not warrant 

listing at this time. We conclude that the 

NWA DPS is not currently in danger of 

extinction throughout all or a significant 

portion of its range and is not likely to 

become so within the foreseeable future. 

DATES: This finding was made on 

December 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The status review document 

for the dusky shark is available 

electronically at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.

gov/pr/species/fish/duskyshark.htm. 

You may also receive a copy by 

submitting a request to the Office of 

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910, Attention: Dusky Shark 12- 

month Finding. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maggie Miller, NMFS, Office of 

Protected Resources, (301) 427–8403. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 14, 2012, we received 

a petition from WildEarth Guardians 

(WEG) to list the dusky shark 

(Carcharhinus obscurus) as threatened 

or endangered under the ESA 

throughout its entire range, or, as an 

alternative, to list the Northwest 

Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico DPS as 

threatened or endangered. The 

petitioners also requested that critical 

habitat be designated for the dusky 

shark under the ESA. On February 1, 

2013, we received a second petition 

from Natural Resources Defense Council 

(NRDC) to list the Northwest Atlantic 

DPS of dusky shark as threatened, or, as 

an alternative, to list the dusky shark 

range-wide as threatened, and a request 

that critical habitat be designated. On 

May 17, 2013, we published a positive 

90-day finding (78 FR 29100) 

announcing that the petitions presented 

substantial scientific or commercial 

information indicating the petitioned 

action of listing may be warranted for 

the NWA population of dusky shark, but 

not for the species range-wide, and 

explained the basis for that finding. We 

also announced the initiation of a status 

review of the NWA population of dusky 

shark, as required by section 4(b)(3)(a) 

of the ESA, and requested information 

to inform the agency’s decision on 

whether the species warranted listing as 

endangered or threatened under the 

ESA. 

Listing Species Under the Endangered 

Species Act 

We are responsible for determining 

whether species are threatened or 

endangered under the ESA (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). To make this 

determination, we consider first 

whether a group of organisms 

constitutes a ‘‘species’’ under section 3 

of the ESA, and then whether the status 

of the species qualifies it for listing as 

either threatened or endangered. Section 

3 of the ESA defines a ‘‘species’’ to 

include ‘‘any subspecies of fish or 

wildlife or plants, and any distinct 

population segment of any species of 

vertebrate fish or wildlife which 

interbreeds when mature.’’ On February 

7, 1996, NMFS and the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS; together, the 

Services) adopted a policy describing 

what constitutes a DPS of a taxonomic 

species (the DPS Policy; 61 FR 4722). 

The DPS policy identified two elements 

that must be considered when 

identifying a DPS: (1) The discreteness 

of the population segment in relation to 

the remainder of the species (or 

subspecies) to which it belongs; and (2) 

the significance of the population 

segment to the remainder of the species 

(or subspecies) to which it belongs. 

Section 3 of the ESA defines an 

endangered species as ‘‘any species 

which is in danger of extinction 

throughout all or a significant portion of 

its range’’ and a threatened species as 

one ‘‘which is likely to become an 

endangered species within the 

foreseeable future throughout all or a 

significant portion of its range.’’ We 

interpret an ‘‘endangered species’’ to be 

one that is presently in danger of 

extinction. A ‘‘threatened species,’’ on 

the other hand, is not presently in 

danger of extinction, but is likely to 

become so in the foreseeable future. In 

other words, the primary statutory 

difference between a threatened and 

endangered species is the timing of 

when a species may be in danger of 

extinction, either presently 

(endangered) or in the foreseeable future 

(threatened). In addition, we interpret 

‘‘foreseeable future’’ as the horizon over 

which predictions about the 

conservation status of the species can be 

reasonably relied upon. 

Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires us 

to determine whether any species is 

endangered or threatened due to any 

one or a combination of the following 

five threat factors: The present or 

threatened destruction, modification, or 

curtailment of its habitat or range; 

overutilization for commercial, 

recreational, scientific, or educational 

purposes; disease or predation; the 

inadequacy of existing regulatory 

mechanisms; or other natural or 

manmade factors affecting its continued 

existence. We are also required to make 

listing determinations based solely on 

the best scientific and commercial data 

available, after conducting a review of 

the species’ status and after taking into 

account efforts being made by any state 

or foreign nation to protect the species. 

If we determine that a petitioned 

species meets the ESA definition of a 

‘‘species’’ and warrants listing as 

threatened or endangered, we publish a 

proposed rule in the Federal Register 

and seek public comment on the 

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