[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 61569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24901]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
October 4, 2012.
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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), New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; [email protected]
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 by November 9, 2012. 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: Applicants must complete the ST-
470 series of forms ``Application for Plant Variety Protection.'' The
Agricultural Marketing Service will use the 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; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 76.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (varies).
Total Burden Hours: 2,435.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-24901 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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