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• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2014–0108, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0108 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 

14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Animal Welfare Act 

regulations, contact Dr. Barbara Kohn, 

Senior Staff Veterinarian, Animal Care, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 84, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–3751. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’ 

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 851–2727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Animal Welfare. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0036. 

Type of Request: Revision to and 

extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: Under the Animal Welfare 

Act (AWA or Act, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.), 

the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to promulgate standards and 

other requirements governing the 

humane handling, housing, care, 

treatment, and transportation of certain 

animals by dealers, research facilities, 

exhibitors, carriers, and intermediate 

handlers. The Secretary of Agriculture 

has delegated the authority for 

enforcement of the AWA to the Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS). 

The regulations in 9 CFR parts 1 

through 3 were promulgated under the 

AWA to ensure the humane handling, 

care, treatment, and transportation of 

regulated animals under the Act. The 

regulations in 9 CFR part 2 require 

documentation of specified information 

by dealers, research institutions, 

exhibitors, carriers (including foreign air 

carriers), and intermediate handlers. 

The regulations in 9 CFR part 2 also 

require that facilities that use animals 

for regulated purposes obtain a license 

or register with the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). Before being issued 

a USDA license, individuals are 

required to undergo prelicense 

inspections; once licensed, a licensee 

must periodically renew the license. 

To help ensure compliance with the 

AWA regulations, APHIS performs 

unannounced inspections of regulated 

facilities. A significant component of 

the inspection process is review of 

records that must be established and 

maintained by regulated facilities. The 

information contained in these records 

is used by APHIS inspectors to ensure 

that dealers, research facilities, 

exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and 

carriers comply with the Act and 

regulations. 

Facilities must make and maintain 

records that contain official 

identification for all dogs and cats and 

certification of those animals received 

from pounds, shelters, and private 

individuals. These records are used to 

ensure that stolen pets are not used for 

regulated activities. Dealers, exhibitors, 

and research facilities that acquire 

animals from nonlicensed persons are 

required to have the owners of the 

animals sign a certification statement 

verifying the owner’s exemption from 

licensing under the Act. Records must 

also be maintained for animals other 

than dogs and cats when the animals are 

used for purposes regulated under the 

Act. 

Research facilities must also make 

and maintain additional records for 

animals covered under the Act that are 

used for teaching, testing, and 

experimentation. This information is 

used by APHIS personnel to review the 

research facility’s animal care and use 

program. 

APHIS needs the reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements contained 

in 9 CFR part 2 to enforce the Act and 

regulations. APHIS also uses the 

collected information to provide a 

mandatory annual report of animal 

welfare activities to Congress. 

In addition to the above information 

collection activities approved under 

0579–0036, APHIS is combining to this 

collection the burden from 0579–0361, 

Submission of Itineraries, and 0579– 

0392, Animal Welfare; Retail Pet Stores 

and Licensing Exemptions. Upon 

approval of this collection by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), 

APHIS will retire numbers 0579–0361 

and 0579–0392. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities, as described, for an additional 

3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies; e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 0.63 

hours per response. 

Respondents: Dealers, research 

facilities, exhibitors, carriers, and 

intermediate handlers; and persons 

exempt from licensing under the AWA. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 13,985. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 15. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 216,171. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 136,364 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 31st day of 

December 2014. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30929 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Guarantee Fee Rates for Guaranteed 

Loans for Fiscal Year 2015; Maximum 

Portion of Guarantee Authority 

Available for Fiscal Year 2015;Annual 

Renewal Fee for Fiscal Year 2015 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As set forth in 7 CFR 

4279.107, the Agency has the authority 

to charge an initial guarantee fee and an 


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annual renewal fee for loans made 

under the Business and Industry (B&I) 

Guaranteed Loan Program. Pursuant to 

that authority, the Agency is 

establishing the renewal fee rate at onehalf of 1 percent for the B&I Guaranteed 

Loan Program. This rate will apply to all 

loans obligated in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 

that are made under the B&I program. 

As established in 7 CFR 4279.107(b)(1), 

the amount of the fee on each 

guaranteed loan will be determined by 

multiplying the fee rate by the 

outstanding principal loan balance as of 

December 31, multiplied by the percent 

of guarantee. 

The Agency was authorized by the 

2012 Appropriations Bill, and 

subsequent Appropriation Acts, to 

charge a maximum of 3 percent for its 

guarantee fee for FYs 2012, 2013, and 

2014. The 2015 Appropriations Act does 

contain a provision to charge a 

maximum of 3 percent for its guarantee 

fee for FY 2015. As such, the guarantee 

fee for FY 2015 will be 3 percent. 

As set forth in 7 CFR 4279.107(a) and 

4279.119(b)(4), each fiscal year, the 

Agency shall establish a limit on the 

maximum portion of B&I guarantee 

authority available for that fiscal year 

that may be used to guarantee loans 

with a reduced guarantee fee or 

guaranteed loans with a guarantee 

percentage exceeding 80 percent. 

Allowing a reduced guarantee fee or 

exceeding the 80 percent guarantee on 

certain B&I guaranteed loans that meet 

the conditions set forth in 7 CFR 

4279.107 and 4279.119 will increase the 

Agency’s ability to focus guarantee 

assistance on projects which the Agency 

has found particularly meritorious. For 

reduced guarantee fees, the borrower’s 

business must support value-added 

agriculture and result in farmers 

benefiting financially or must be a high 

impact business investment as defined 

in 7 CFR 4279.155(b)(5) and be located 

in rural communities that experience 

long-term population decline and job 

deterioration, remain persistently poor, 

are experiencing trauma as a result of 

natural disaster, or are experiencing 

fundamental structural changes in its 

economic base. For guaranteed loans 

exceeding 80 percent, such projects 

must qualify as a high-priority project (a 

requirement of 7 CFR 4279.119(b)), 

scoring at least 50 points in accordance 

with 7 CFR 4279.155(b). 

Not more than 12 percent of the 

Agency’s quarterly apportioned B&I 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

loan requests with a reduced fee, and 

not more than 15 percent of the 

Agency’s quarterly apportioned 

guarantee authority will be reserved for 

guaranteed loan requests with a 

guarantee percentage exceeding 80 

percent. Once the respective quarterly 

limits are reached, all additional loans 

for that quarter will be at the standard 

fee and guarantee limits. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 6, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Griffin, USDA, Rural 

Development, Business Programs, 

Business and Industry Division, STOP 

3224, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–3224, telephone 

(202) 720–6802, email Brenda.griffin@

wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866, as 

amended by Executive Order 13258. 

Lillian E. Salerno, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30967 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Pacific Halibut Fisheries: 

Charter Permits. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0592. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (revision 

and extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 68. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Application for Transfer of Charter 

Halibut Permit, Application for Military 

Charter Permit, Application for Transfer 

between IFQ and Guided Angler Fish, 2 

hours each. 

Burden Hours: 98. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

The Alaska Pacific Halibut Charter 

Program established Federal Charter 

Halibut Permits (CHPs) for operators in 

the charter halibut fishery in IPHC 

regulatory Areas 2C (Southeast Alaska) 

and 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska). Since 

February 1, 2011, all vessel operators in 

Areas 2C and 3A with charter anglers 

onboard catching and retaining Pacific 

halibut must have a valid CHP onboard 

during every charter vessel fishing trip. 

CHPs must be endorsed with the 

appropriate regulatory area and number 

of anglers. 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) implemented this program 

based on recommendations by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council to 

meet allocation objectives in the charter 

halibut fishery. This program provides 

stability in the fishery by limiting the 

number of charter vessels that may 

participate in Areas 2C and 3A and 

decreasing the overall number of 

available CHPs over time. The program 

goals are to increase the value of the 

resource, limit boats to qualified active 

participants in the guided sport halibut 

sector, and enhance economic stability 

in rural coastal communities. 

Revision: Charter permits and appeals 

regarding charter permits are no longer 

applicable and have been removed from 

this collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 31, 2014 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30923 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–992] 

Monosodium Glutamate From the 

People’s Republic of China: Second 

Amended Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value and Amended 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On November 26, 2014, the 

Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) published the First 

Amended Final Determination in the 

Federal Register. We are amending our 

First Amended Final Determination to 


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