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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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September 3, 2009.
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),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 3, 2009.
Title: Specialty Crop Block Grant
Program (SCBGP).
OMB Control Number: 0581–0239.
Summary of Collection: The Specialty
Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004,
(Pub. L. 108–465) (Act) authorized the
Secretary of Agriculture to make grants
to States (at the time, defined to mean
the 50 States, the District of Columbia,
and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico), for
each of the fiscal years 2005 through
2009 to be used by State departments of
agriculture solely to enhance the
competitiveness of specialty crops.
These grant funds were previously
applied for and awarded to eligible State
departments of agriculture under the
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
(SCBGP). Therefore, State departments
of agriculture can no longer apply for
grants under the SCBGP.
Need and Use of the Information: The
SCBGP is still in effect because grant
periods can be up to three years in
length and currently, State departments
of agriculture are reporting on
previously awarded grants. Data
collected is the minimum information
necessary to effectively carry out the
program, and to fulfill the intent of
Section 101 of the Act. The information
collection requirements apply only to
those State departments of agriculture
who voluntarily participate in SCBGP.
The information collected is needed to
certify that grant participants are
complying with applicable program
regulations. The Agricultural Marketing
Service is reviewing annual and final
performance reports, grant amendments,
and financial status reports for the
SCBGP.
Description of Respondents: State
Agricultural Departments.
Number of Respondents: 52.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually; Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 351.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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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),
OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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) 720–8958.
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 Research Service
Title: Electronic Mailing List
Subscription Form—Nutrition and Food
Safety.
OMB Control Number: 0518–0036.
Summary of Collection: The National
Agricultural Library’s Food and
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Nutrition Center (FNIC) currently
maintains several on-line ‘‘discussion
groups.’’ This voluntary ‘‘Electronic
Mailing List Subscription Form’’ gives
individuals working in the area of
nutrition and food safety an opportunity
to participate in these groups. Data
collected using this form will help FNIC
determine a person’s eligibility to
participate in these discussion groups.
The authority for the National
Agricultural Library (NAL) to collect
this information is contained in the
CFR, Title 7, Volume 1, Part 2, and
Subpart K, Sec. 2.65 (92).
Need and Use of the Information:
FNIC will collect the name, email
address, job title, employer, mailing
address and telephone number in order
to approve subscriptions for nutrition
and food safety on-line discussion
groups. Failure to collect this
information would inhibit FNIC’s ability
to provide subscription services to these
discussion groups.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 17.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–FV–09–0025; FV09–900–
1NC]
Request for New Information
Collection
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AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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
approval for an information collection
for the AMS Survey of Marketing Order
Online System (MOLS) Users, the
automated FV–6 form used by importers
and receivers for exempt imported
fruits, vegetables and specialty crops.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by November 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice. Comments can
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be sent to Valerie L. Emmer-Scott,
Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0237; (202) 205–
2829, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or Internet:
https://www.regulations.gov. All
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.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Nelson, Compliance Team,
Marketing Order Administration
Branch, AMS, USDA, (202) 720–6467,
or E-mail: nicole.nelson@ams.usda.gov.;
or Greg Breasher, Compliance Team,
Marketing Order Administration
Branch, AMS, USDA, (559) 487–5003,
or E-mail:
gregory.breasher@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Marketing Order Online System
(MOLS) Survey, Form FV–660.
OMB Number: 0581–NEW.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: Section 8e of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601–674), hereinafter
referred to as the ‘‘Act’’, requires that
when the Secretary of Agriculture issues
grade, size, quality, or maturity
regulations under domestic marketing
orders for certain commodities, the
same or comparable regulations apply to
imports of those commodities. Import
regulations apply only during those
periods when domestic marketing order
regulations are in effect.
Currently, the following commodities
are subject to Section 8e import
regulations: avocados, dates (other than
dates for processing), hazelnuts,
grapefruit, table grapes, kiwifruit, olives
(other than Spanish-style olives),
onions, oranges, Irish potatoes, dried
prunes (suspended), fresh prunes,
raisins, tomatoes, and walnuts.
However, imports of these commodities
are exempt from such requirements if
they are imported for such outlets as
processing, charity, animal feed, seed
and distribution to relief agencies under
the applicable marketing orders.
Safeguard procedures in the form of
importer and receiver reporting
requirements ensure that the imported
commodities are shipped to authorized
exempt outlets. Reports required under
the safeguard procedures are similar to
the reports currently required by most
domestic marketing orders. The
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following import regulations require
importers and receivers of imported
fruit, vegetable and specialty crops to
submit reports: (1) Fruits; import
regulations (7 CFR part 944.350); (2)
Vegetables; import regulations (7 CFR
part 980.501); and (3) Specialty crops;
import regulations (7 CFR part 999.500).
When required to do so under the
above regulations, an importer wishing
to import commodities for exempt
purposes completes Form FV–6,
‘‘Importer’s Exempt Commodity Form,’’
prior to importation. In August 2008,
the web-based application, ‘‘Marketing
Order Online System (MOLS)’’ was
launched allowing fruit, vegetable and
specialty crop importers and receivers
to submit, review and search for FV–6
certificates online. The MOLS was
developed to not only help USDA
manage incoming FV–6 forms, but to
also help importers reduce paperwork,
streamline operations and allows the
most efficient clearance through U.S.
Customs and Border Protection. The
FV–6 form and the MOLS are currently
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under OMB No.
0581–0167, ‘‘Specified Commodities
Imported into the United States Exempt
from Import Requirements.’’
The MOLS requires the minimum
amount of information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of
the Act. It fulfills the intent of the Act
and administers Section 8e compliance
activities.
AMS offered MOLS to a test group of
importers and receivers in November
2008. In January 2009, AMS opened the
system to all importers and receivers.
Although the MOLS is the
recommended form of FV–6 submission,
paper copies are occasionally used by
those respondents who do not have
internet access.
AMS has developed a customer
satisfaction survey, Form FV–660, to
gather specific information from
approximately 200 respondents
currently registered and utilizing the
MOLS. Information will be collected on
a voluntary basis, and the respondents’
identities will not be revealed in the
survey results. The survey will allow
AMS to better serve the fruit, vegetable
and specialty crop importing and
handling community. AMS is seeking
OMB approval of the survey, under
OMB No. 0581–NEW. Upon approval,
we request that the burden be merged
into OMB No. 0581–0167.
The information collected through
this package will be used and analyzed
by authorized representatives of USDA,
including AMS’ Fruit and Vegetable
Programs’ headquarters staff. The
survey, FV–660, would be distributed
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 3, 2009.
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), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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) 720-8958.
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 Research Service
Title: Electronic Mailing List Subscription Form--Nutrition and
Food Safety.
OMB Control Number: 0518-0036.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Library's Food and
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Nutrition Center (FNIC) currently maintains several on-line
``discussion groups.'' This voluntary ``Electronic Mailing List
Subscription Form'' gives individuals working in the area of nutrition
and food safety an opportunity to participate in these groups. Data
collected using this form will help FNIC determine a person's
eligibility to participate in these discussion groups. The authority
for the National Agricultural Library (NAL) to collect this information
is contained in the CFR, Title 7, Volume 1, Part 2, and Subpart K, Sec.
2.65 (92).
Need and Use of the Information: FNIC will collect the name, email
address, job title, employer, mailing address and telephone number in
order to approve subscriptions for nutrition and food safety on-line
discussion groups. Failure to collect this information would inhibit
FNIC's ability to provide subscription services to these discussion
groups.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 17.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-21760 Filed 9-8-09; 8:45 am]
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