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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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November 28, 2012.
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.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments
regarding (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
Rural Utilities Service
performance of the functions of the
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agency, including whether the
Disbursement of Funds—
information will have practical utility;
Telecommunications.
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
OMB Control Number: 0572–0023.
of burden including the validity of the
Summary of Collection: Section 201 of methodology and assumptions used; (c)
the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
1936 authorizes the Administrator of the clarity of the information to be
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
loans for the purpose of providing
burden of the collection of information
telephone service to the widest
on those who are to respond, including
practicable number of rural subscribers. through the use of appropriate
A borrower requesting loan advances
automated, electronic, mechanical or
must submit RUS Form 481, ‘‘Financial other technological collection
Requirement Statement’’. Along with
techniques or other forms of information
the Form 481 the borrower must also
technology.
submit a description of the advances
Comments regarding this information
and upon request copies of backup
collection received by January 3, 2013
documentation relating to the
will be considered. Written comments
transactions. Within a reasonable
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
amount of time, funds are advanced to
Agriculture, Office of Information and
the borrower for the purposes specified
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
in the statement of purposes. The
Management and Budget (OMB), New
borrower must immediately deposit all
Executive Office Building, 725–17th
advanced money into a Special
Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503.
Construction account until disbursed.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
Need and Use of the Information: The their comments to OMB via email to:
information collected is used by RUS to OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
record and control transactions and
fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
verify that the funds advanced in the
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
construction fund are related directly to Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
loan purposes. If the information were
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
not collected, RUS would not have any
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
control over how loan funds are spent
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
or a record of the balance to be
unless the collection of information
advanced.
Description of Respondents: Business displays a currently valid OMB control
or other for-profit.
number and the agency informs
Number of Respondents: 177.
potential persons who are to respond to
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
the collection of information that such
On occasion.
persons are not required to respond to
Total Burden Hours: 1,223.
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
Charlene Parker,
number.
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 28, 2012.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Residue and Biomass Field
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The primary
function of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare
and issue official State and national
estimates of crop and livestock
production, disposition and prices. The
purpose of this collection is for NASS
and the Agricultural Research Service/
Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Laboratory to make an objective
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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connection between the amounts of
organic matter produced and how crop
residues impact future crop yields.
General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under
U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204(a) which
specifies that ‘‘The Secretary of
Agriculture shall procure and preserve
all information concerning agriculture
which he can obtain * * * by the
collection of statistics * * * and shall
distribute them among agriculturists.’’
Individually identifiable data collected
under this authority are governed by
Section 1770 of the Food Security Act
of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276,
which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data
provided by respondents.
Need and Use of the Information:
This study will investigate the effect
crop residue removal has on soil and
water quality. The study will use, as a
sampling universe fields in the South
Fork watershed in central Iowa. The
study will be conducted in several
phases. Permission forms will be
presented to farm operators. With the
farmers permission the field
enumerators will return several times
during the growing season to measure
and collect samples from the target
areas. Measurements of crop residues
will be compared with remote sensed
data to measure crop residue cover and
soil tillage intensity for the entire
watershed. After measurements and
samples are taken the farm operators
will be asked to complete a
questionnaire and, if possible provide a
yield map. The questionnaire and yield
maps help associate measured residue
and biomass to specific field
management plans and provide realistic
operation files for the water and soil
quality models. Without this collection,
our knowledge of the management
practices in the watershed would be
severely limited.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One time.
Total Burden Hours: 52.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–LS–12–0047]
Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling
of Covered Commodities: Notice of
Request for Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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, from the Office of
Management and Budget, for an
extension and revision to the currently
approved information collection of the
Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling
(COOL) of Covered Commodities.
DATES: Comments must be received by
February 4, 2013.
Comments: Comments should be
submitted electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov. Comments may
also be submitted to Julie Henderson,
Director, COOL Division, Livestock,
Poultry, and Seed Program, Agricultural
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA); STOP 0216; 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Room
2620–S; Washington, DC 20250–0216.
All comments should reference docket
number AMS–LS–12–0047 and note the
date and page number of this issue of
the Federal Register.
Submitted comments will be available
for public inspection at https://
www.regulations.gov or at the above
address during regular business hours.
Comments submitted in response to this
Notice will be included in the records
and will be made available to the
public. Please be advised that the
identity of the individuals or entities
submitting the comments will be made
public on the Internet at the above
address.
SUMMARY:
Julie
Henderson, Director, COOL Division,
AMS, USDA, by telephone at (202) 720–
4486, or email at
julie.henderson@ams.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Title: Mandatory Country of Origin
Labeling of Covered Commodities.
OMB Number: 0581–0250.
Expiration Date of Approval: March
31, 2013.
Type of Request: Request for Revision
of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
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Abstract: The 2002 and 2008 Farm
Bills amended the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 to require
retailers to notify their customers of the
country of origin of muscle cuts and
ground beef (including veal), lamb,
pork, chicken, and goat; wild and farmraised fish and shellfish; perishable
agricultural commodities; peanuts,
pecans, and macadamia nuts; and
ginseng. An interim final rule for
mandatory COOL for fish and shellfish
became effective on April 4, 2005. An
interim final rule for the remaining
covered commodities became effective
on September 30, 2008. On January 15,
2009, a final rule was published for all
covered commodities which became
effective March 16, 2009. Enforcement
activities have been conducted since
2006 utilizing cooperative agreements
established with State agencies.
Individuals who supply covered
commodities, whether directly to
retailers or indirectly through other
participants in the marketing chain, are
required to establish and maintain
country of origin and, if applicable,
method of production information for
the covered commodities and supply
this information to retailers. As a result
producers, handlers, manufacturers,
wholesalers, importers and retailers of
covered commodities are affected.
This public reporting burden is a
necessary to ensure accuracy of country
of origin and method of production
declarations relied upon at the point of
sale at retail. The public reporting
burden also assures that all parties
involved in supplying covered
commodities to retail stores maintain
and convey accurate information as
required.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for recordkeeping storage and
maintenance is estimated to average 19
hours per year per individual.
Respondents: Retailers, wholesalers,
producers, handlers, and importers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,655,905.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
31,437,002.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 19.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 31,437,002.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (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
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 28, 2012.
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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by January
3, 2013 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to:
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office
Building, 725-17th Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. 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 the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Residue and Biomass Field Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue official
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
disposition and prices. The purpose of this collection is for NASS and
the Agricultural Research Service/Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Laboratory to make an objective
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connection between the amounts of organic matter produced and how crop
residues impact future crop yields. General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section
2204(a) which specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall
procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which he
can obtain * * * by the collection of statistics * * * and shall
distribute them among agriculturists.'' Individually identifiable data
collected under this authority are governed by Section 1770 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to
afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by
respondents.
Need and Use of the Information: This study will investigate the
effect crop residue removal has on soil and water quality. The study
will use, as a sampling universe fields in the South Fork watershed in
central Iowa. The study will be conducted in several phases. Permission
forms will be presented to farm operators. With the farmers permission
the field enumerators will return several times during the growing
season to measure and collect samples from the target areas.
Measurements of crop residues will be compared with remote sensed data
to measure crop residue cover and soil tillage intensity for the entire
watershed. After measurements and samples are taken the farm operators
will be asked to complete a questionnaire and, if possible provide a
yield map. The questionnaire and yield maps help associate measured
residue and biomass to specific field management plans and provide
realistic operation files for the water and soil quality models.
Without this collection, our knowledge of the management practices in
the watershed would be severely limited.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 52.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-29162 Filed 12-3-12; 8:45 am]
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