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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–FV–07–0063;
FV07–902–1NC]
Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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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 an
extension and revision to a currently
approved generic information collection
for marketing orders covering fruit
crops.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 3, 2007.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott,
Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
0237, room 1406–S. Washington, DC
20250–0237; Tel: (202) 205–2829, Fax:
(202) 720–8938, E-mail:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov, or Internet:
https://www.regulations.gov. Comments
should reference the docket number and
the date and page number of this issue
of the Federal Register and will be
made available for public inspection in
the Office of the Docket Clerk during
regular business hours, or can be viewed
at:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.
Small businesses may request
information on this notice by contacting
Jay Guerber, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 0237,
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room 1406–S, Washington, DC, 20250–
0237; telephone (202) 720–2491, Fax:
(202) 720–8938, or E-mail:
Jay.Guerber@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Marketing Orders for Fruit
Crops.
OMB Number: 0581–0189.
Expiration Date of Approval:
September 30, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension and
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs
provide an opportunity for producers of
fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty
crops, in specified production areas, to
work together to solve marketing
problems that cannot be solved
individually. This notice covers the
following marketing order program
citations 7 CFR parts 905, 906, 915, 916,
917, 920, 922, 923, 924, 925, 927, and
929. Marketing order No. 931, ‘‘Fresh
Bartlett Pears Grown in Oregon and
Washington’’, previously included in
this information collection, has been
consolidated into Marketing Order No.
927, by order amendment effective May
21, 2005, and as published in the
Federal Register on May 20, 2005 [70
FR 29388]. Order regulations help
ensure adequate supplies of high quality
product and adequate returns to
producers. Under the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act),
as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674)
industries enter into marketing order
programs. The Secretary of Agriculture
is authorized to oversee the order
operations and issue regulations
recommended by a committee of
representatives from each commodity
industry.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
Act, to provide the respondents the type
of service they request, and to
administer the marketing order
programs. Under the Act, orders may
authorize the following: Production and
marketing research, including paid
advertising; volume regulations;
reserves, including pools and producer
allotments; container regulations; and
quality control. Assessments are levied
on handlers regulated under the
marketing orders.
Several forms are required to be filed
by USDA to enable its administration of
each program. These include forms
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covering the selection process for
industry members to serve on a
marketing order’s committee or board
and ballots used in referenda to amend
or continue marketing order programs.
Under Federal marketing orders,
producers and handlers are nominated
by their peers to serve as representatives
on a committee or board which
administers each program. Nominees
must provide information on their
qualifications to serve on the committee
or board. Nominees are selected by the
Secretary. Formal rulemaking
amendments must be approved in
referenda conducted by USDA and the
Secretary. For the purposes of this
action, ballots are considered
information collections and are subject
to the Paperwork Reduction Act. If an
order is amended, handlers are asked to
sign an agreement indicating their
willingness to abide by the provisions of
the amended order.
Some forms are required to be filed
with the committee or board. The orders
and their rules and regulations
authorize the respective commodities’
committees and boards, the agencies
responsible for local administration of
the orders, to require handlers and
producers to submit certain information.
Much of the information is compiled in
aggregate and provided to the respective
industries to assist in marketing
decisions. The committees and boards
have developed forms as a means for
persons to file required information
relating to supplies, shipments, and
dispositions of their respective
commodities, and other information
needed to effectively carry out the
purpose of the Act and their respective
orders, and these forms are utilized
accordingly.
The forms covered under this
information collection require the
minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of
the orders, and their use is necessary to
fulfill the intent of the Act as expressed
in the orders rules and regulations.
The information collected is used
only by authorized employees of the
committees and authorized
representatives of the USDA, including
AMS, Fruit and Vegetable Programs’
regional and headquarters’ staff.
Authorized committee or board
employees are the primary users of the
information and AMS is the secondary
user.
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .28 hours per
response.
Respondents: Producers, handlers,
processors, cooperatives, and public
members.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16,043
Estimated Number of Responses:
30,604
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.91
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 8,419 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
the 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
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments should reference this
docket number and the appropriate
marketing order, and be mailed to the
Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., STOP 0237,
room 1406–S, Washington, DC 20250–
0237; Fax (202) 720–8938; or E-mail:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov or
www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the docket number and the
date and page number of this issue of
the Federal Register. All comments
received will be available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket
Clerk during regular USDA business
hours at 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,
STOP 0237, Washington, DC, room
1406–S, or can be viewed at: https://
www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 1, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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Dated: May 1, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
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United States Standards for Grades of
Summer Squash
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice; withdrawal.
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) is withdrawing the
notice soliciting comments on its
proposal to amend the voluntary United
States Standards for Grades of Summer
Squash. After reviewing and
considering the comments received, the
agency has decided not to proceed with
this action.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vincent J. Fusaro, Standardization
Section, Fresh Products Branch, (202)
720–2185. The United States Standards
for Grades of Summer Squash are
available by accessing the Fresh
Products Branch Web site at: https://
www.ams.usda.gov/standards/
stanfrfv.htm.
Background
AMS had identified the United States
Standards for Grades of Summer Squash
for possible revisions. The standards
were last revised on January 6, 1984.
On August 6, 2006, AMS published a
notice in the Federal Register (71 FR
44607) soliciting comments on a
possible revision to the United States
Standards for Grades of Summer
Squash. The comments are available by
accessing AMS, Fresh Products Branch
Web site at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/
fv/fpbdocketlist.htm. The comment
period ended October 7, 2006.
During that sixty-day comment
period, one comment was submitted
opposing the revisions. The commentor
stated, ‘‘the different varietal
characteristics in each type could stop
what would work as a ‘‘fancy’’ being
packed for one area and put undue
strain on the ‘‘medium’’ market because
a particular variety of squash does not
have the genetics to meet size criteria.’’
The commentor also stated, ‘‘some
regions can only successfully grow
certain seed varieties and with the
characteristics of some varieties, size
restrictions could make it prohibitive for
some areas to produce summer squash
all together.’’
After reviewing and considering the
comments received, AMS has decided
not to proceed with the proposed
revisions to the standards.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
SEVERELY DISABLED
Procurement List Proposed Additions
and Deletions
AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from
People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled.
ACTION: Proposed Additions to and
Deletions from Procurement List.
SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing
to add to the Procurement List a product
to be furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities, and to
delete products and services previously
furnished by such agencies.
Comments Must Be Received On Or
Before: June 3, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
From People Who Are Blind or Severely
Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202.
Additions
If the Committee approves the
proposed addition, the entities of the
Federal Government identified in this
notice for the product will be required
to procure the product listed below from
nonprofit agencies employing persons
who are blind or have other severe
disabilities.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
I certify that the following action will
not have a significant impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The major factors considered for this
certification were:
1. If approved, the action will not
result in any additional reporting,
recordkeeping or other compliance
requirements for small entities other
than the small organizations that will
furnish the product to the Government.
2. If approved, the action will result
in authorizing small entities to furnish
the product to the Government.
3. There are no known regulatory
alternatives which would accomplish
the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in
connection with the product proposed
for addition to the Procurement List.
Comments on this certification are
invited. Commenters should identify the
statement(s) underlying the certification
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS-FV-07-0063; FV07-902-1NC]
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 an extension and revision to a
currently approved generic information collection for marketing orders
covering fruit crops.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 3, 2007.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott,
Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
0237, room 1406-S. Washington, DC 20250-0237; Tel: (202) 205-2829, Fax:
(202) 720-8938, E-mail: moab.docketclerk@usda.gov, or Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. Comments should reference the docket number and
the date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register and will
be made available for public inspection in the Office of the Docket
Clerk during regular business hours, or can be viewed at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.
Small businesses may request information on this notice by
contacting Jay Guerber, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit
and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP
0237, room 1406-S, Washington, DC, 20250-0237; telephone (202) 720-
2491, Fax: (202) 720-8938, or E-mail: Jay.Guerber@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Marketing Orders for Fruit Crops.
OMB Number: 0581-0189.
Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs provide an opportunity for
producers of fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty crops, in specified
production areas, to work together to solve marketing problems that
cannot be solved individually. This notice covers the following
marketing order program citations 7 CFR parts 905, 906, 915, 916, 917,
920, 922, 923, 924, 925, 927, and 929. Marketing order No. 931, ``Fresh
Bartlett Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington'', previously included in
this information collection, has been consolidated into Marketing Order
No. 927, by order amendment effective May 21, 2005, and as published in
the Federal Register on May 20, 2005 [70 FR 29388]. Order regulations
help ensure adequate supplies of high quality product and adequate
returns to producers. Under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 (Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674) industries enter into
marketing order programs. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
oversee the order operations and issue regulations recommended by a
committee of representatives from each commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the Act, to provide the
respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the
marketing order programs. Under the Act, orders may authorize the
following: Production and marketing research, including paid
advertising; volume regulations; reserves, including pools and producer
allotments; container regulations; and quality control. Assessments are
levied on handlers regulated under the marketing orders.
Several forms are required to be filed by USDA to enable its
administration of each program. These include forms covering the
selection process for industry members to serve on a marketing order's
committee or board and ballots used in referenda to amend or continue
marketing order programs.
Under Federal marketing orders, producers and handlers are
nominated by their peers to serve as representatives on a committee or
board which administers each program. Nominees must provide information
on their qualifications to serve on the committee or board. Nominees
are selected by the Secretary. Formal rulemaking amendments must be
approved in referenda conducted by USDA and the Secretary. For the
purposes of this action, ballots are considered information collections
and are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act. If an order is amended,
handlers are asked to sign an agreement indicating their willingness to
abide by the provisions of the amended order.
Some forms are required to be filed with the committee or board.
The orders and their rules and regulations authorize the respective
commodities' committees and boards, the agencies responsible for local
administration of the orders, to require handlers and producers to
submit certain information. Much of the information is compiled in
aggregate and provided to the respective industries to assist in
marketing decisions. The committees and boards have developed forms as
a means for persons to file required information relating to supplies,
shipments, and dispositions of their respective commodities, and other
information needed to effectively carry out the purpose of the Act and
their respective orders, and these forms are utilized accordingly.
The forms covered under this information collection require the
minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements
of the orders, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
Act as expressed in the orders rules and regulations.
The information collected is used only by authorized employees of
the committees and authorized representatives of the USDA, including
AMS, Fruit and Vegetable Programs' regional and headquarters' staff.
Authorized committee or board employees are the primary users of the
information and AMS is the secondary user.
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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .28 hours per response.
Respondents: Producers, handlers, processors, cooperatives, and
public members.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,043
Estimated Number of Responses: 30,604
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.91
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,419 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of the 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 through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments should reference this docket number and the appropriate
marketing order, and be mailed to the Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP 0237, room 1406-
S, Washington, DC 20250-0237; Fax (202) 720-8938; or E-mail:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov or www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the docket number and the date and page number of this issue
of the Federal Register. All comments received will be available for
public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular USDA
business hours at 1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP 0237, Washington,
DC, room 1406-S, or can be viewed at: https://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: May 1, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 07-2203 Filed 5-1-07; 2:23 pm]
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