[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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