80 FR 34606 - Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 116 (June 17, 2015)
Agricultural Marketing Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 116 (June 17, 2015)
| Page Range | 34606-34606 | |
| FR Document | 2015-14878 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 34606] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-14878] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 116 / Wednesday, June 17, 2015 / Notices [[Page 34606]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service [Docket No. AMS-ST-15-0021] Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Collection AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of and revision to the currently approved information collection ``Application for Plant Variety Protection Certification and Objective Description of Variety.'' DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 17, 2015. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be included in the record and will be made available to the public. Please be advised that the identity of the individuals or entities submitting the comments will be made public on the Internet via http://www.regulations.gov. Additional Information or Comments: Contact Bernadette Thomas, Information Technology Specialist, Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO), Science and Technology, AMS, Room 4512-S, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250 Telephone (202) 720-1168 and Fax (202) 260-8976. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Regulations Governing the Application for Plant Variety Protection Certificate and Reporting Requirements under the Plant Variety Protection Act. OMB Number: 0581-0055. Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2015. Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: The Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) (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 protection available to those who breed, develop, or discover them, and thereby promote progress in agriculture in the public interest.'' The PVPA is a voluntary user funded program which grants intellectual property rights protection to breeders of new, distinct, uniform, and stable seed reproduced and tuber propagated plant varieties. To obtain these rights the applicant must provide information which shows the variety is eligible for protection and that it is indeed new, distinct, uniform, and stable as the law requires. Application forms, descriptive forms, and ownership forms are furnished to applicants to identify the information which is required to be furnished by the applicant in order to legally issue a certificate of protection (ownership). The certificate is based on claims of the breeder and cannot be issued on the basis of reports in publications not submitted by the applicant. Regulations implementing the PVPA appear at 7 CFR part 92. Currently approved forms ST-470, Application for Plant Variety Protection Certificate, ST-470 A, Origin and Breeding History, ST-470 B, Statement of Distinctness, Form ST-470 series, Objective Description of Variety (Exhibit C), Form ST-470-E, Basis of Applicant's Ownership, are the basis by which the determination, by experts at PVPO, is made as to whether a new, distinct, uniform, and stable seed reproduced or tuber-propagated variety in fact exists and is entitled to protection. The ST 470 application form combines Exhibits A, B, and E into one form. The information received on applications, with certain exceptions, is required by law to remain confidential until the certificate is issued (7 U.S.C. 2426). The information collection requirements in this request are essential to carry out the intent of the PVPA, to provide applicants with certificates of protection, to provide the respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the program. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.87 hours per response. Respondents: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions, and Federal Government. Estimated Number of Respondents: 86. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 39.81. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,974. Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Bernadette Thomas, Plant Variety Protection Office (PVPO), Science and Technology, AMS, Room 4512-S, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. All comments received will be available for public inspection during regular business hours at the same address. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated: June 12, 2015. Rex A. Barnes, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2015-14878 Filed 6-16-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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Notices Federal Register
Vol. 80, No. 116
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Type of Request: Extension and Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
contains documents other than rules or revision of a currently approved burden for this collection of information
proposed rules that are applicable to the information collection. is estimated to average 0.87 hours per
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, Abstract: The Plant Variety Protection response.
committee meetings, agency decisions and Act (PVPA) (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) was Respondents: Businesses or other for-
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of profit, not-for-profit institutions, and
petitions and applications and agency
established ‘‘To encourage the
statements of organization and functions are development of novel varieties of Federal Government.
examples of documents appearing in this sexually reproduced plants and make Estimated Number of Respondents:
section. them available to the public, providing 86.
protection available to those who breed, Estimated Number of Responses per
develop, or discover them, and thereby Respondent: 39.81.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE promote progress in agriculture in the Estimated Total Annual Burden on
public interest.’’ Respondents: 2,974.
Agricultural Marketing Service Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
The PVPA is a voluntary user funded
the proposed collection of information
program which grants intellectual
is necessary for the proper performance
[Docket No. AMS–ST–15–0021] property rights protection to breeders of
of the functions of the agency, including
new, distinct, uniform, and stable seed
Notice of Request for Revision of a whether the information will have
reproduced and tuber propagated plant
Currently Approved Collection practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
varieties. To obtain these rights the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
applicant must provide information proposed collection of information
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
which shows the variety is eligible for including the validity of the
USDA.
protection and that it is indeed new, methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ACTION: Notice and request for distinct, uniform, and stable as the law
comments. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
requires. Application forms, descriptive clarity of the information to be
forms, and ownership forms are collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
furnished to applicants to identify the burden of the collection of information
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
information which is required to be on those who are to respond, including
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
furnished by the applicant in order to the use of appropriate automated,
announces the Agricultural Marketing
legally issue a certificate of protection electronic, mechanical, or other
Service’s (AMS) intention to request
(ownership). The certificate is based on technological collection techniques or
approval from Office of Management
claims of the breeder and cannot be other forms of information technology.
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
issued on the basis of reports in Comments may be sent to Bernadette
and revision to the currently approved
publications not submitted by the Thomas, Plant Variety Protection Office
information collection ‘‘Application for
applicant. Regulations implementing (PVPO), Science and Technology, AMS,
Plant Variety Protection Certification
the PVPA appear at 7 CFR part 92. Room 4512–S, 1400 Independence
and Objective Description of Variety.’’
Currently approved forms ST–470, Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be Application for Plant Variety Protection
received by August 17, 2015. All All comments received will be available
Certificate, ST–470 A, Origin and for public inspection during regular
comments submitted in response to this Breeding History, ST–470 B, Statement
notice will be included in the record business hours at the same address.
of Distinctness, Form ST–470 series, All responses to this notice will be
and will be made available to the Objective Description of Variety (Exhibit summarized and included in the request
public. Please be advised that the C), Form ST–470–E, Basis of Applicant’s for OMB approval. All comments will
identity of the individuals or entities Ownership, are the basis by which the become a matter of public record.
submitting the comments will be made determination, by experts at PVPO, is
public on the Internet via http:// Dated: June 12, 2015.
made as to whether a new, distinct,
www.regulations.gov. Rex A. Barnes,
uniform, and stable seed reproduced or
Additional Information or Comments: Associate Administrator, Agricultural
tuber-propagated variety in fact exists
Contact Bernadette Thomas, Information Marketing Service.
and is entitled to protection.
Technology Specialist, Plant Variety The ST 470 application form [FR Doc. 2015–14878 Filed 6–16–15; 8:45 am]
Protection Office (PVPO), Science and combines Exhibits A, B, and E into one BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
Technology, AMS, Room 4512–S, 1400 form. The information received on
Independence Avenue SW., applications, with certain exceptions, is
Washington, DC 20250 Telephone (202) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
required by law to remain confidential
720–1168 and Fax (202) 260–8976. until the certificate is issued (7 U.S.C.
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Food Safety and Inspection Service
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 2426).
Title: Regulations Governing the The information collection [Docket No. FSIS–2015–0014]
Application for Plant Variety Protection requirements in this request are
Codex Alimentarius Commission:
Certificate and Reporting Requirements essential to carry out the intent of the
Meeting of the Codex Committee on
under the Plant Variety Protection Act. PVPA, to provide applicants with
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
OMB Number: 0581–0055. certificates of protection, to provide the
Expiration Date of Approval: respondents the type of service they AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary
November 30, 2015. request, and to administer the program. for Food Safety, USDA.
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| Dates | Comments on this notice must be received by August 17, 2015. All comments submitted in response to this notice will be included in the record and will be made available to the public. Please be advised that the identity of the individuals or entities submitting the comments will be made public on the Internet via http://www.regulations.gov. | |
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