Public Availability of the Department of Agriculture FY 2010 Service Contract Inventory, 5778-5779 [2011-2137]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
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January 28, 2011.
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
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(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden including the validity of the
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ways to enhance the quality, utility and
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burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
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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.
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Organic Handler Market
Promotion Assessment Exemption.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0216.
Summary of Collection: Industries
enter into a marketing order program
under the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act (AMAA) of 1937, as
amended by U.S.C. 601–674. Marketing
Order programs provide an opportunity
for producers of fresh fruit, vegetables,
and specialty crops, in specified
production areas, to work together to
solve marketing problems that cannot be
solved individually. In 2002, section
501 of the FAIR Act was amended (7
U.S.C. 7401) to exempt any person that
produces and markets solely 100
percent organic products, and that does
not produce any conventional or nonorganic products, from paying
assessments under a commodity
promotion law with respect to any
agricultural commodity that is produced
on a certified organic farm as defined in
section 2103 of the Organic Foods
Production Act of 1990.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected on form FV–649,
is necessary to assist the applicants in
making their certifications and the
committees or boards to determine an
applicant’s eligibility, to properly
administer the assessment exemption
and to verify compliance.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 65.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 33.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP).
OMB Control Number: 0581–0235.
Summary of Collection: The purposes
of the Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) are to increase
domestic consumption of agricultural
commodities by improving and
expanding, assisting in the
improvement and expansion, and to
develop or aid in the development of
new domestic farmers’ markets,
roadside stands, community-supported
agriculture programs, and other direct
producer-to-consumer infrastructure.
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The Farmer-to-Consumer Marketing Act
of 1976 (Act) directs USDA to encourage
the direct marketing of agricultural
commodities from farmers to
consumers, and to promote the
development and expansion of direct
marketing of agricultural commodities
from farmers to consumers. The recently
authorized Farmer’s Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) (7 U.S.C. 3005),
Section 6 of 7 U.S.C. 3004 directs the
Secretary of Agriculture to ‘‘carry out a
program to make grants to eligible
entities for projects to establish, expand,
and promote farmers’ markets.’’
Need and Use of the Information: The
Agricultural Marketing Service will
review grant application information to
determine eligibility of applicants for
participation in FMPP, evaluate goals,
objectives, work-plans, expected results
and budget for the project.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 20,988.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Public Availability of the Department of
Agriculture FY 2010 Service Contract
Inventory
Office of Procurement and
Property Management, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public availability of
FY 2010 Service Contract inventories.
AGENCY:
In accordance with Section
743 of Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
111–117), Department of Agriculture is
publishing this notice to advise the
public of the availability of the FY 2010
Service Contract inventory. This
inventory provides information on
service contract actions over $25,000
that were made in FY 2010. The
information is organized by function to
show how contracted resources are
distributed throughout the agency. The
inventory has been developed in
accordance with guidance issued on
SUMMARY:
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November 5, 2010 by the Office of
Management and Budget’s Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP).
OFPP’s guidance is available at https://
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/
omb/procurement/memo/servicecontract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. Department of
Agriculture has posted its inventory and
a summary of the inventory on the
Office of Procurement and Property
Management homepage at the following
link: https://www.dm.usda.gov/
procurement/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding the service contract
inventory should be directed to Mrs.
Dorothy Lilly in the Procurement Policy
Division, of OPPM at 202–690–2064 or
Dorothy.Lay@dm.usda.gov.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Dorothy Lilly,
Division Chief for Procurement Policy,
Departmental, Office of Procurement and
Property Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–FV–10–0096]
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory
Committee
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this notice is
to notify all interested parties that the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
will hold a Fruit and Vegetable Industry
Advisory Committee (Committee)
meeting that is open to the public. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
established the Committee to examine
the full spectrum of issues faced by the
fruit and vegetable industry and to
provide suggestions and ideas to the
Secretary of Agriculture on how USDA
can tailor its programs to meet the fruit
and vegetable industry’s needs. This
notice sets forth the schedule and
location for the meeting.
DATES: Monday, February 28, 2011, from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, March 1,
2011, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Committee meeting
will be held at the Hyatt Hotel Crystal
City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, Virginia 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Stanziani, Designated Federal
Official, USDA, AMS, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs. Telephone: (202)
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690–0182. Facsimile: (202) 720–0016. Email: Pamela.stanziani@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. II), the Secretary
of Agriculture established the
Committee in August 2001 to examine
the full spectrum of issues faced by the
fruit and vegetable industry and to
provide suggestions and ideas to the
Secretary on how USDA can tailor its
programs to meet the fruit and vegetable
industry’s needs. The Committee was
re-chartered March 31, 2009 with new
members appointed December 2009 by
USDA from industry nominations.
AMS Deputy Administrator for Fruit
and Vegetable Programs, Robert C.
Keeney, serves as the Committee’s
Executive Secretary. Representatives
from USDA mission areas and other
government agencies affecting the fruit
and vegetable industry are called upon
to participate in the Committee’s
meetings as determined by the
Committee Chairperson. AMS is giving
notice of the Committee meeting to the
public so that they may attend and
present their recommendations. The
meeting is open to the public. Reference
the date and address section of this
announcement for the time and place of
the meeting.
Topics of discussion at the advisory
committee meeting will include the
following: GAP harmonization,
traceability and audit requirements,
food safety updates, local farmer/
education initiatives, commodity
purchasing programs, and working
group reports and recommendations to
the full committee.
Those parties that would like to speak
at the meeting should contact USDA on
or before February 11, 2011. To register
as a speaker, please e-mail your name,
affiliation, business address, e-mail
address, and phone number to Ms.
Pamela Stanziani at:
Pamela.stanziani@ams.usda.gov or
facsimile to (202) 720–0016. Speakers
who have registered in advance will be
given priority. Groups and individuals
may submit comments for the
Committee’s consideration to the same
e-mail address, or mail to: 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room
2085-South, Washington, DC 20250. The
meeting will be recorded, and
information about obtaining a transcript
will be provided at the meeting. All
presentations must be provided and
displayed electronically, and submitted
upon designated due date.
If you require special
accommodations, such as a sign
language interpreter, please use either
contact name listed above.
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Dated: January 26, 2011.
David R. Shipman,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0112]
Notice of Availability of a Pest Risk
Analysis for the Importation of Fresh
Litchi From the Republic of South
Africa Into the Continental United
States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have prepared a pest risk
analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of fresh
litchi from the Republic of South Africa
into the continental United States.
Based on that analysis, we have
concluded that the application of one or
more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of litchi from the Republic
of South Africa. We are making the pest
risk analysis available to the public for
review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before April 4,
2011.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/
component/
main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS2010-0112 to submit or view comments
and to view supporting and related
materials available electronically.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Please send one copy of your comment
to Docket No. APHIS–2010–0112,
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–
2010–0112.
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
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Public Availability of the Department of Agriculture FY 2010
Service Contract Inventory
AGENCY: Office of Procurement and Property Management, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public availability of FY 2010 Service Contract
inventories.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), Department
of Agriculture is publishing this notice to advise the public of the
availability of the FY 2010 Service Contract inventory. This inventory
provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that were
made in FY 2010. The information is organized by function to show how
contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The
inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on
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November 5, 2010 by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of
Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance is available at
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventories-guidance-11052010.pdf. Department of
Agriculture has posted its inventory and a summary of the inventory on
the Office of Procurement and Property Management homepage at the
following link: https://www.dm.usda.gov/procurement/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the service
contract inventory should be directed to Mrs. Dorothy Lilly in the
Procurement Policy Division, of OPPM at 202-690-2064 or
Dorothy.Lay@dm.usda.gov.
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Dorothy Lilly,
Division Chief for Procurement Policy, Departmental, Office of
Procurement and Property Management.
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