[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29911-29912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7924]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 19, 2006.
    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), [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 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)

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(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: 110.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (varies).
    Total Burden Hours: 1,671.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-7924 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]
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