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Federal Register
Vol. 87, No. 207
Thursday, October 27, 2022

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.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2022–0016]

Notice of Withdrawal of Select Agent
Regulatory Exclusions for Two Strains
of African Swine Fever Virus
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of select
agent regulatory exclusions.
AGENCY:

We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has
withdrawn the select agent regulatory
exclusions for two African swine fever
virus strains, ASFV–G–DMGF and
ASFV–G–D9GL/DMGF. Possession, use,
and transfer of these strains must now
comply with APHIS’ select agent and
toxin regulations. APHIS withdrew the
select agent regulatory exclusions for
these strains because it has evaluated
new information and determined that
they have the potential to pose a severe
threat to animal health or animal
products.

SUMMARY:

As of January 7, 2022, the subject
select agent exclusions were withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Randy Capsel, Science Officer, Division
of Agricultural Select Agents and
Toxins, Emergency and Regulatory
Compliance Services, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service, 4700 River
Road, Riverdale, Maryland 20737;
Telephone: (301) 851–3402; email:
Randy.T.Capsel@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
The Agricultural Bioterrorism
Protection Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8401,
referred to below as the Act) provides
for the regulation of certain biological
agents and toxins that have the potential
to pose a severe threat to animal and

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plant health, or to animal and plant
products. The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) has the
primary responsibility for implementing
the provisions of the Act within the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
In accordance with the Act, APHIS
promulgated the select agent and toxin
regulations found in 7 CFR part 331 and
9 CFR part 121. Paragraph (e) in § 121.3
states that an attenuated strain of a
select agent or a select toxin modified to
be less potent or toxic may be excluded
from the requirements of this part based
upon a determination by the
Administrator that the attenuated strain
or modified toxin does not pose a severe
threat to animal health or animal
products.
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is
listed as a select agent in § 121.3(b) of
the select agent and toxin regulations.
APHIS approved the initial select agent
regulatory exclusions of two ASFV
strains, ASFV–G–DMGF and ASFV–G–
D9GL/DMGF, based on applications
submitted in accordance with the select
agent and toxin regulations and with
review and recommendations from the
Agriculture Interagency Select Agents
and Toxins Technical Advisory
Committee (Ag–ISATTAC) at meetings
on January 27, 2020, and April 8, 2021.
Pursuant to § 121.3(e)(1), APHIS listed
the exclusions on the National Select
Agent Registry website at https://
www.selectagents.gov.
On January 7, 2022, APHIS withdrew
the previously approved select agent
regulatory exclusions for the ASFV–G–
DMGF and ASFV–G–D9GL/DMGF
strains and removed them from the list
on the National Select Agent Registry
website. In addition, APHIS notified all
entities that were known to have the
previously excluded ASFV strains that
possession, use, and transfer of these
ASFV strains must now comply with
the select agent and toxin regulations in
part 121. APHIS based the decision to
withdraw the exclusions on newly
acquired information regarding safety
and genome instability potentially
leading to reversion of virulence that
was either unavailable or not provided
to either APHIS or Ag–ISATTAC during
either the January 2020 or April 2021
discussions for regulatory exclusion.
More specifically, among other sources,
two journal articles published in 2020
and 2021 from China’s Harbin
Veterinary Research Institute identified

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instability within the MGF genome
segments.
With the publication of this notice,
we are informing the public that we
withdrew the previously approved
select agent regulatory exclusions for
the ASFV–G–DMGF and ASFV–G–
D9GL/DMGF strains, effective on
January 7, 2022, and that the possession,
use, and transfer of these ASFV strains
must now comply with the select agent
and toxin regulations in part 121. This
notice serves as an official record and
public notification of these actions.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this action as not a major
rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 8401; 7 CFR 2.22,
2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of
October 2022.
Anthony Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Existing Information Collection in Use
Without an Office of Management and
Budget Control Number
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to
request approval for an existing
collection in use without an Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number for the International
Agricultural Education Fellowship
Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 27, 2022 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by OMB Control Number
0551-New, by any of the following
methods:
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 207 / Thursday, October 27, 2022 / Notices

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. This portal
enables respondents to enter short
comments or attach a file containing
lengthier comments.
• Email: FAS.FellowshipPrograms@
usda.gov. Include OMB Control Number
0551-New in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail, Courier, or Hand Delivery:
Giovanna Casas Reyes, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Room 6609, Washington, DC 20250.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency names and
OMB Control Number for this notice.
All comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Giovanna Casas Reyes, 202–720–9207,
FAS.FellowshipPrograms@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: International Agricultural
Education Fellowship Program
application.
OMB Number: 0551–New.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from approval date.
Type of Request: Existing collection in
use without an OMB control number.
Abstract: The International
Agricultural Education Fellowship
Program (IAEFP) was established in
2020. IAEFP provides opportunities to
eligible U.S. citizens to assist
developing countries in establishing
school-based agricultural education and
youth extension programs under the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.
The intention of the IAEFP is to develop
globally minded United States
agriculturalists with experience living
abroad, focus on meeting the food and
fiber needs of the domestic population
of eligible countries, and strengthen and
enhance trade linkages between eligible
countries and the United States
agricultural industry.
To achieve its objectives, IAEFP relies
on the solicitation for qualified program
applicants through a written
application. FAS Posts across Africa
provide this application to potential
Fellows to assist in determining the
adequacy of their candidacy alongside
FAS Washington. The application is
designed to capture the professional
status of the applicant, the applicant’s
personal contact information, and the
applicant’s suitability for the program.
Thus, the IAEFP application is an
integral tool to Fellowship Programs
Division and FAS’ strategic goals at
large.
In addition to information related to
program objectives, the IAEFP

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application collects information that
may be considered Personal Identifiable
Information (PII), including the
following: first name, middle name, last
name, gender, salutation, birth date,
birth city, citizenship country, country
of residence, work phone, permanent
home address, work address, personal
email, work email, and emergency
contact information (family contact:
name, relationship, home phone, cell
phone, and email).
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for each respondent
resulting from information collection
under IAEFP varies in direct relation to
the number of fellowships that each
respondent participates in.
Type of Respondents: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25
per annum.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1 per annum.
Estimated Total Annual Burden of
Respondents: 13 hours per annum.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Dacia Rogers, the
Agency Information Collection
Coordinator, at Dacia.Rogers@usda.gov.
Request for Comments: Send
comments regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including
validity of the methodology and
assumption used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be available without change, including
any personal information provided, for
inspection online at http://
www.regulations.gov and at the mail
address listed above between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Comments will be summarized and
included in the submission for OMB
approval.
Persons with disabilities who require
an alternative means for communication
of information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact FASReasonableAccommodation@usda.gov
or Felice Robinson (Senior Reasonable

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Accommodations Specialist),
Felice.Robinson@usda.gov.
Brooke Jamison,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Existing Information Collection in Use
Without an Office of Management and
Budget Control Number
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to
request approval for an existing
collection in use without an Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number for the Faculty Exchange
Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 27, 2022 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by OMB Control Number
0551-New, by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. This portal
enables respondents to enter short
comments or attach a file containing
lengthier comments.
• Email: FAS.FellowshipPrograms@
usda.gov. Include OMB Control Number
0551–New in the subject line of the
message.
• Mail, Courier, or Hand Delivery:
Giovanna Casas Reyes, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Room 6609, Washington, DC 20250.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency names and
OMB Control Number for this notice.
All comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Giovanna Casas Reyes, 202–720–9207,
FAS.FellowshipPrograms@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Faculty Exchange Program
application.
OMB Number: 0551–New.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from approval date.
SUMMARY:

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