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Notices Federal Register

28879 

Vol. 74, No. 116 

Thursday, June 18, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 15, 2009. 

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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Application for Plant Variety 

Protection Certificate and Objective 

Description of Variety. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0055. 

Summary of Collection: The Plant 

Variety Protection Act (PVPA) 

(December 24, 1970; 84 Stat. 1542, 7 

U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was established to 

encourage the development of novel 

varieties of sexually-reproduced plants 

and make them available to the public, 

providing intellectual property rights 

(IPR) protection to those who breed, 

develop, or discover such novel 

varieties, and thereby promote progress 

in agriculture in the public interest. The 

PVPA is a voluntary user funded 

program that grants intellectual property 

ownership rights to breeders of new and 

novel seed-and-tuber-reproduced plant 

varieties. To obtain these rights the 

applicant must provide information that 

shows the variety is eligible for 

protection and that it is indeed new, 

distinct, uniform, and stable, as the law 

requires. Applicants are provided with 

applications to identify the information 

that is required to issue a certificate of 

protection. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Agricultural Marketing Service will 

collect information from the applicant 

to be evaluated by examiners to 

determine if the variety is eligible for 

protection under the PVPA. If this 

information were not collected there 

will be no basis for issuing certificate of 

protection, and no way for applicants to 

request protection. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; not-for-profit 

institutions; Federal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 85. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; other (varies). 

Total Burden Hours: 2,080. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14334 Filed 6–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 15, 2009. 

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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1730, Review Rating 

Summary. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0025. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) manages loan 

programs in accordance with the Rural