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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–FV–13–0012; FV 13–930–1]
Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New
York, Et al.; Notice of Request for
Extension and 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) intent to request an
extension for and revision to a currently
approved information collection for Tart
Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wisconsin, pursuant
to Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR part
930).
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice. Comments must
be sent to the Docket Clerk, Marketing
Order and Agreement Division, Fruit
and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP
0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237; Fax:
(202) 720–8938; or Internet:
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
available for public inspection in the
Office of the Docket Clerk during regular
business hours, or can be viewed at:
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Weiya Zeng, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Fruit and
Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237,
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Room 1406–S, Washington, DC 20250–
0237; Telephone: (202) 690–3870, Fax:
(202) 720–8938, or Email:
weiya.zeng@ams.usda.gov.
Small businesses may request
information on this notice by contacting
Jeffrey Smutny, Assistant to the
Director, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Fruit and
Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237,
Room 1406–S, Washington, DC 20250–
0237; Telephone: (202) 720–9922, Fax:
(202) 720–8938; or Email:
jeffrey.smutny@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Tart Cherries Grown in
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin. Marketing Order No. 930 (7
CFR part 930).
OMB Number: 0581–0177.
Expiration Date of Approval: August
31, 2013.
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 a specified production area, to
work together to solve marketing
problems that cannot be solved
individually. Under the authority of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C.
601–674), industries may enter into
marketing orders. The Secretary of
Agriculture oversees these operations
and issues regulations recommended by
a committee of representatives from the
respective commodity industry.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
AMAA and to administer the program,
which has operated since 1996.
The Federal marketing order for tart
cherries (7 CFR part 930) regulates the
handling of tart cherries grown in
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin, hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘order.’’ The order authorizes volume
regulations that provide for a reserve
pool in times of heavy cherry supplies.
The order also provides for minimum
grade and size regulations, and market
research and development projects,
including paid advertising. These
provisions are not currently in use.
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The order, and rules and regulations
issued thereunder, authorizes the
Cherry Industry Administrative Board
(Board), the agency responsible for local
administration of the order, to require
handlers and growers to submit certain
information. Much of this information is
compiled in aggregate and provided to
the Board to assist in carrying out
marketing decisions.
The Board has developed forms as a
means for persons to file the required
and minimum necessary reports with
the Board, such as tart cherry
inventories, shipments, diversions, and
background data. All the information
provided is needed to effectively carry
out the requirements of the order and
fulfill the intent of the AMAA as
expressed in the order. Since this order
regulates canned and frozen forms of
tart cherries, reporting requirements
will be in effect all year.
Eight U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) forms are also included in this
request. Tart cherry growers and
handlers nominated by their peers to
serve as representatives on the Board
must submit nomination forms to the
USDA. Formal rulemaking amendments
to the order must be approved in grower
referenda authorized and conducted by
the USDA. In addition, USDA may
conduct a referendum to determine
industry support for continuation of the
order. Finally, handlers are asked to
sign an agreement to indicate their
willingness to comply with the
provisions of the order if the order is
amended.
The information collected is used
only by authorized representatives of
the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs’ regional and
headquarters staff, and authorized Board
employees. Authorized Board
employees and the industry are the
primary users of the information, and
AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .225 hours per
response.
Respondents: Tart cherry growers and
for-profit businesses handling fresh and
processed tart cherries produced in
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
642.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 5.03.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 727 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
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 sent to the
USDA in care of the Docket Clerk at the
address above. All comments received
within the provided comment period
will be available for public inspection
during regular business hours, and
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 9, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2013–0020]
National Advisory Committee on
Microbiological Criteria for Foods
Food Safety and Inspection
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice is announcing
that the National Advisory Committee
on Microbiological Criteria for Foods
(NACMCF) will hold public meetings of
the full Committee and subcommittees
on June 4–6, 2013. The Committee will
discuss: (1) Control strategies for
reducing foodborne Norovirus
infections, (2) Study of microbiological
criteria as indicators of process control
or insanitary conditions, and (3)
Application of NACMCF
recommendations to the Agricultural
Marketing Service, Federal Ground Beef
Purchase Program.
DATES: The full Committee will hold an
open meeting on Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The
Subcommittee on Control Strategies for
Reducing Foodborne Norovirus
Infections and the Subcommittee on
Study of Microbiological Criteria as
Indicators of Process Control or
Insanitary Conditions will hold
concurrent open meetings on Tuesday,
June 4, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday,
June 5, and Thursday, June 6, 2013 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The June 4–6, 2013, full
Committee and subcommittee meetings
will be held at the Patriots Plaza 3, 1st
Floor Auditorium and Conference
Rooms, respectively, 355 E. Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20024. All documents
related to the full Committee meeting
will be available for public inspection in
the FSIS Docket Room, USDA, 355 E.
Street SW., Patriots Plaza 3, Room 8–
164, Washington, DC 20250–3700,
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, as soon as they
become available. The NACMCF
documents will also be available on the
Internet at https://www.fsis.usda.gov/
Regulations_&_Policies/
Federal_Register_Notices/index.asp.
FSIS will finalize an agenda on or
before the meeting dates and post it on
the FSIS Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/News/
Meetings_&_Events/. Please note that
the meeting agenda is subject to change
due to the time required for Committee
discussions; thus, sessions could start or
end earlier or later than anticipated.
Please plan accordingly if you would
like to attend a particular session or
participate in a public comment period.
Also, the official transcript of the June
4, 2013, full Committee meeting, when
it becomes available, will be kept in the
FSIS Docket Room at the above address
and will also be posted on https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/
NACMCF_Meetings/.
The mailing address for the contact
person is: Karen Thomas-Sharp, USDA,
FSIS, Office of Public Health Science,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Patriots Plaza 3, Mailstop 3777, Room
9–47, Washington, DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Persons interested in making a
presentation, submitting technical
papers, or providing comments at the
June 4, plenary session should contact
Karen Thomas: Phone: (202) 690–6620;
Fax (202) 690–6334; Email:
Karen.thomas-sharp@fsis.usda.gov or at
the mailing address above. Persons
requiring a sign language interpreter or
other special accommodations should
notify Ms. Thomas by May 28, 2013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The NACMCF was established in
1988, in response to a recommendation
of the National Academy of Sciences for
an interagency approach to
microbiological criteria for foods, and in
response to a recommendation of the
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Appropriations, as
expressed in the Rural Development,
Agriculture, and Related Agencies
Appropriation Bill for fiscal year 1988.
The charter for the NACMCF is
available for viewing on the FSIS
Internet Web page at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/About/
NACMCF_Charter/.
The NACMCF provides scientific
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
on public health issues relative to the
safety and wholesomeness of the U.S.
food supply, including development of
microbiological criteria and review and
evaluation of epidemiological and risk
assessment data and methodologies for
assessing microbiological hazards in
foods. The Committee also provides
scientific advice and recommendations
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and the Departments of
Commerce and Defense.
Dr. Elisabeth A. Hagen, Under
Secretary for Food Safety, USDA, is the
Committee Chair; Mr. Michael Landa,
Director of the Food and Drug
Administration’s Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), is the
Vice-Chair; and Ms. Gerri Ransom, FSIS,
is the Executive Secretary.
At the subcommittee meetings the
week of June 4–6, 2013, the groups will
discuss:
• Control strategies for reducing
foodborne Norovirus infections, and
• Study of microbiological criteria as
indicators of process control or
insanitary conditions.
Documents Reviewed by NACMCF
FSIS intends to make available to the
public all materials that are reviewed
and considered by the full committee of
NACMCF regarding its deliberations.
Generally, these materials will be made
available as soon as possible after the
full Committee meeting. Further, FSIS
intends to make these materials
available in electronic format on the
FSIS Web page (www.fsis.usda.gov), as
well as in hard copy format in the FSIS
Docket Room. Often, an attempt is made
to make the materials available at the
start of the full Committee meeting
when sufficient time is allowed in
advance to do so.
Disclaimer: NACMCF documents and
comments posted on the FSIS Web site
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appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-FV-13-0012; FV 13-930-1]
Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Et al.; Notice of
Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
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) intent to request an extension for and revision to a
currently approved information collection for Tart Cherries Grown in
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin, pursuant to Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR part 930).
DATES: Comments must be received by July 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice. Comments must be sent to the Docket Clerk,
Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program,
AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC
20250-0237; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Internet: 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 available for
public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular
business hours, or can be viewed at: www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Weiya Zeng, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone: (202) 690-3870, Fax: (202) 720-8938, or Email:
weiya.zeng@ams.usda.gov.
Small businesses may request information on this notice by
contacting Jeffrey Smutny, Assistant to the Director, Marketing Order
and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone: (202) 720-9922, Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Email:
jeffrey.smutny@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR
part 930).
OMB Number: 0581-0177.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2013.
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 a
specified production area, to work together to solve marketing problems
that cannot be solved individually. Under the authority of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7
U.S.C. 601-674), industries may enter into marketing orders. The
Secretary of Agriculture oversees these operations and issues
regulations recommended by a committee of representatives from the
respective commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the AMAA and to administer the
program, which has operated since 1996.
The Federal marketing order for tart cherries (7 CFR part 930)
regulates the handling of tart cherries grown in Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin, hereinafter
referred to as the ``order.'' The order authorizes volume regulations
that provide for a reserve pool in times of heavy cherry supplies. The
order also provides for minimum grade and size regulations, and market
research and development projects, including paid advertising. These
provisions are not currently in use.
The order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, authorizes
the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board), the agency
responsible for local administration of the order, to require handlers
and growers to submit certain information. Much of this information is
compiled in aggregate and provided to the Board to assist in carrying
out marketing decisions.
The Board has developed forms as a means for persons to file the
required and minimum necessary reports with the Board, such as tart
cherry inventories, shipments, diversions, and background data. All the
information provided is needed to effectively carry out the
requirements of the order and fulfill the intent of the AMAA as
expressed in the order. Since this order regulates canned and frozen
forms of tart cherries, reporting requirements will be in effect all
year.
Eight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forms are also included
in this request. Tart cherry growers and handlers nominated by their
peers to serve as representatives on the Board must submit nomination
forms to the USDA. Formal rulemaking amendments to the order must be
approved in grower referenda authorized and conducted by the USDA. In
addition, USDA may conduct a referendum to determine industry support
for continuation of the order. Finally, handlers are asked to sign an
agreement to indicate their willingness to comply with the provisions
of the order if the order is amended.
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs' regional and headquarters staff, and authorized Board
employees. Authorized Board employees and the industry are the primary
users of the information, and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .225 hours per response.
Respondents: Tart cherry growers and for-profit businesses handling
fresh and processed tart cherries produced in Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 642.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.03.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 727 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those who 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 sent to the USDA in care of the Docket Clerk at
the address above. All comments received within the provided comment
period will be available for public inspection during regular business
hours, and summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 9, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-11395 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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