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standards similar to those extensively in
use by the fresh produce industry to
assist in orderly marketing of other
commodities. Accordingly, AMS is
adopting the United States Standards for
Grades of Tomatoes on the Vine as
proposed in the February 16, 2007,
Federal Register notice.
The official grade of a lot of tomatoes
on the vine covered by these standards
will be determined by the procedures
set forth in the Regulations Governing
Inspection, Certification, and Standards
of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Other
Products (Sec. 51.1 to 51.61).
The United States Standards for
Grades of Tomatoes on the Vine will
become effective 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Dated: December 13, 2007.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. E7–24458 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2007–0136]
Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Agriculture
Smuggling Tips and Referrals
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Approval of an information
collection; comment request.
yshivers on PROD1PC62 with NOTICES
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request approval of an information
collection activity that will assist the
Agency in preventing the unlawful
entry and distribution of agricultural
products that may harbor harmful
animal or plant pests or diseases or
noxious weeds.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before February
19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, select
‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service’’ from the agency drop-down
menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS–2007–
0136 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials available
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electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’
link.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send four copies of your
comment (an original and three copies)
to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0136,
Regulatory Analysis and Development,
PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700
River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD
20737–1238. Please state that your
comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–
2007–0136.
Reading Room: You may read any
comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading
room is located in room 1141 of the
USDA South Building, 14th Street and
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 690–2817 before
coming.
Other Information: Additional
information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the Smuggling
Interdiction and Trade Compliance
program, contact Mr. Scott Sanner,
National Coordinator, Smuggling
Interdiction and Trade Compliance
PPQ, APHIS, Venture II, 920 Main
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC
27606; (919) 855–7338. For copies of
more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–
7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agriculture Smuggling Tips and
Referrals (PPQ Form 300).
OMB Number: 0579-xxxx.
Type of Request: Approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection
Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) and the
Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
8301 et seq.), the Secretary of
Agriculture may prohibit or restrict the
importation, entry, exportation, or
movement in interstate commerce of
any animal, plant, animal or plant
product, biological control organism,
noxious weed, means of conveyance, or
other article if the Secretary determines
that the prohibition or restriction is
necessary to prevent a plant pest or
noxious weed, or any pest or disease of
livestock, from being introduced into or
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disseminated within the United States.
This authority has been delegated to the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), which conducts
activities to implement these Acts,
including issuing and enforcing
regulations.
APHIS’ Smuggling, Interdiction, and
Trade Compliance (SITC) unit, part of
the Plant Protection and Quarantine
program, is involved in efforts to
prevent the unlawful importation, entry,
and distribution of prohibited
agricultural commodities and products
that may harbor harmful plant or animal
pests or diseases or noxious weeds.
SITC’s activities include following up
on tips and referrals from the public
concerning possible smuggling
activities. When SITC officers have
evidence of a violation of the
regulations, they turn the information
over to APHIS’ Investigative and
Enforcement Services unit.
A toll-free telephone ‘‘hotline’’ is
currently available to members of the
public who wish to report suspicious
activity to SITC. However, this hotline
is not staffed full-time, and callers are
sometimes difficult to understand or do
not include enough information for
SITC to follow up on the tip. Therefore,
SITC has developed a form that will be
made available on the APHIS Web site,
as an alternative to the telephone
hotline. The form requests specific
information regarding the suspicious
activity and may be submitted
anonymously either by e-mail or by
postal mail.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
collection activity for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning this
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who are
to respond, through use, as appropriate,
of automated, electronic, mechanical,
and other collection technologies, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
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Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.1
hours per response.
Respondents: Anyone (public/
industry) who anonymously reports
suspicious smuggling activities.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 300.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 30 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of
December 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7–24459 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
public comment period on the
information collection requests (ICRs)
associated with the Multiple Peril Crop
Insurance.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
will be accepted until close of business
February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Timothy Hoffmann, Director, Product
Administration and Standards Division,
Risk Management Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, Beacon
Facility—Mail Stop 0812, P.O. Box
419205, Kansas City, MO 64141–6205.
Comments titled ‘‘Information
Collection OMB 0563–0053’’ may be
sent via the Internet to:
DirectorPDD@rma.usda.gov.
Erin
Albright, Risk Management Specialist,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, at
the address listed above, telephone
(816) 926–7730.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
collections of information for this rule
revise the Multiple Peril Crop Insurance
Collections of Information 0563–0053,
which expire June 30, 2008.
Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
OMB Number: 0563–0053.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,
2008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The information collection
requirements for this renewal package
are necessary for administering the crop
insurance program. Producers are
required to report specific data when
they apply for crop insurance and report
acreage, yields and notices of loss.
Insurance companies accept
applications; issue policies; establish
and provide insurance coverage;
compute liability, premium, subsidies,
and losses; indemnify producers; and
report specific data to FCIC as required
in Manual 13. Insurance agents market
crop and livestock insurance and
service the producer. The following
commodities (and Adjusted Gross
Revenue (AGR), Adjusted Gross
Revenue Lite (AGR–Lite), and Nutrient
BMP) are included in this information
collection package: almonds, apples,
avocados, avocado and mango trees,
barley, dry beans, beans, blackberries,
blueberries, buckwheat, cabbage,
canola/rapeseed, cattle, cherries, citrus
fruit, citrus trees, clams, corn, sweet
corn, cotton, cranberries, figs, flax,
forage production, forage seed, forage
seeding, grain sorghum, grapes,
Hawaiian tropical fruit and tree, hybrid
seed corn, hybrid sorghum seed, lentils,
macadamia nuts, macadamia trees,
millet, mint, mustard, nursery, oats,
onions, pasture, peaches, peanuts,
pears, dry peas, green peas, pecans, chili
peppers, peppers, plums, popcorn,
potatoes, prunes, raisins, rangeland,
raspberries, rice, wild rice, rye,
safflowers, soybeans, stonefruit,
strawberries, sugar beets, sugar cane,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes, swine,
tobacco, tomatoes, walnuts, and wheat.
FCIC is requesting the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
extend the approval of this information
collection for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public concerning
this information collection. These
comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond (such as through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses).
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information are estimated to average 0.4
of an hour per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Producers and insurance companies
reinsured by FCIC.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 1,248,281.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses Per Respondent: 3.6.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 4,551,705.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,866,457.
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.
Signed in Washington, DC, on December
12, 2007.
Eldon Gould,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7–24444 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Housing Service; Rural
Business-Cooperative Service; Rural
Utilities Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Housing Service, Rural
Business-Cooperative Service, and Rural
Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces USDA Rural
Development’s intention to request an
extension for a currently approved
information collection in support of
compliance with Civil Rights laws.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 19, 2008 to be
assured of consideration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0136]
Notice of Request for Approval of an Information Collection;
Agriculture Smuggling Tips and Referrals
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Approval of an information collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request approval of an information collection activity
that will assist the Agency in preventing the unlawful entry and
distribution of agricultural products that may harbor harmful animal or
plant pests or diseases or noxious weeds.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
February 19, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service'' from the agency drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the
Docket ID column, select APHIS-2007-0136 to submit or view public
comments and to view supporting and related materials available
electronically. Information on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents, submitting comments, and viewing
the docket after the close of the comment period, is available through
the site's ``User Tips'' link.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-
2007-0136, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-
03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2007-0136.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at https://www.aphis.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Smuggling
Interdiction and Trade Compliance program, contact Mr. Scott Sanner,
National Coordinator, Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance PPQ,
APHIS, Venture II, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606;
(919) 855-7338. For copies of more detailed information on the
information collection, contact Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS'
Information Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734-7477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agriculture Smuggling Tips and Referrals (PPQ Form 300).
OMB Number: 0579-xxxx.
Type of Request: Approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
and the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.), the
Secretary of Agriculture may prohibit or restrict the importation,
entry, exportation, or movement in interstate commerce of any animal,
plant, animal or plant product, biological control organism, noxious
weed, means of conveyance, or other article if the Secretary determines
that the prohibition or restriction is necessary to prevent a plant
pest or noxious weed, or any pest or disease of livestock, from being
introduced into or disseminated within the United States. This
authority has been delegated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS), which conducts activities to implement these Acts,
including issuing and enforcing regulations.
APHIS' Smuggling, Interdiction, and Trade Compliance (SITC) unit,
part of the Plant Protection and Quarantine program, is involved in
efforts to prevent the unlawful importation, entry, and distribution of
prohibited agricultural commodities and products that may harbor
harmful plant or animal pests or diseases or noxious weeds. SITC's
activities include following up on tips and referrals from the public
concerning possible smuggling activities. When SITC officers have
evidence of a violation of the regulations, they turn the information
over to APHIS' Investigative and Enforcement Services unit.
A toll-free telephone ``hotline'' is currently available to members
of the public who wish to report suspicious activity to SITC. However,
this hotline is not staffed full-time, and callers are sometimes
difficult to understand or do not include enough information for SITC
to follow up on the tip. Therefore, SITC has developed a form that will
be made available on the APHIS Web site, as an alternative to the
telephone hotline. The form requests specific information regarding the
suspicious activity and may be submitted anonymously either by e-mail
or by postal mail.
We are asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
our use of this information collection activity for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning this information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
information collection, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection technologies, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
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Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.1 hours per response.
Respondents: Anyone (public/industry) who anonymously reports
suspicious smuggling activities.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 300.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 300.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 30 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of December 2007.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24459 Filed 12-17-07; 8:45 am]
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