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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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June 20, 2013.
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Registration Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0583–0128.
Summary of Collection: The Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has
been delegated the authority to exercise
the functions of the Secretary as
provided in the Federal Meat Inspection
Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and
the Poultry Products Inspection Act
(PPIA) (21 U.S. C. 451 et seq.). These
statutes mandate that FSIS protect the
public by ensuring that meat and
poultry are safe, wholesome,
unadulterated, and properly labeled and
packaged. According to the regulations,
(9 CFR 320.5 and 381.179), parties
required to register with FSIS must do
so by submitting form FSIS Form 5020–
1, ‘‘Registration of Meat and Poultry
Handlers.’’
Need and Use of the Information:
FSIS will collect the name, address of
all locations at which they conduct the
business that requires them to register
and all trade or business names under
which they conduct these businesses.
FSIS uses this information to maintain
a database of these businesses. If the
information were not collected, it would
reduce the effectiveness of the meat and
poultry inspection program.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (Once).
Total Burden Hours: 150.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–15209 Filed 6–25–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 20, 2013.
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
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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 July 26, 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: Farm and Ranch Irrigation
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0234.
Summary of Collection: The Farm and
Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS) is a
follow-on survey and in integral part of
the 2012 Census of Agriculture which is
conducted every five years under the
authority of the Census of Agriculture
Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–113). This law
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to
conduct a census of agriculture
beginning in 2002 and every fifth year
thereafter (prior to that the census was
conducted by the Department of
Commerce). The 2013 FRIS will be
obtaining data describing the irrigation
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activities of U.S. farm operations. Some
of these activities are of national
concern, such as the use of chemigation,
fertigation and water-conserving
practices of irrigators. The 2013 FRIS
will also include a horticultural
operations in a combined questionnaire
that will be directed at horticultural
producers.
Need and Use of the Information:
NASS will collect information from the
FRIS on acres irrigated by land use
category, acres and yields of irrigated
and non-irrigated crops, quantity of
water applied and method of
application to selected crops, acres
irrigated and quantity of water used by
source, acres irrigated by type of water
distribution systems, and number of
irrigation wells and pumps. The
primary purpose of FRIS is to provide
detailed data on water management
practices and water uses in American
agriculture, and to on-farm irrigation
activities for use in preparing a wide
variety of water-related local programs,
economic models, legislative initiatives,
market analyses, and feasibility studies.
The absence of FRIS data would
certainly affect irrigation policy
decision.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 35,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 29,433.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–15205 Filed 6–25–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Change to the CCC Sugar
Purchase and Exchange To Include
Certificates of Quota Eligibility Issued
Pursuant to the United StatesColombia Trade Promotion Agreement
and United States-Panama Trade
Promotion Agreement
Commodity Credit Corporation.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC) announces the intent
to include Certificates of Quota
Eligibility (CQEs) issued under the
United States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement (U.S.-Colombia
TPA) and the United States-Panama
Trade Promotion Agreement (U.S.Panama TPA) in the sugar purchase and
exchange announced on June 18, 2013.
DATES: Effective date: June 26, 2013.
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For
current market conditions, eligibility,
and criteria for evaluation information
contact Ron Lord; telephone (202) 720–
6939. For general exchange information
contact Pamela McKenzie; telephone
(202) 260–8906. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative
means for communications (Braille,
large print, audio tape, etc.) should
contact the USDA Target Center at (202)
720–2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA’s
Sugar Program and the Domestic Sugar
Market Conditions
Under the Sugar Program, domestic
sugar beet or sugarcane processors may
borrow from CCC, pledging their sugar
as collateral, and then satisfy their loans
either by repaying the loan on or before
loan maturity or by transferring the
collateral to CCC immediately following
loan maturity, also known as
‘‘forfeiture’’ of collateral (as specified in
7 CFR 1435.105). The Farm Service
Agency (FSA) administers the Sugar
Program for CCC. Under section 156 of
the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996, as amended
(Pub. L. 104–127; 7 U.S.C. 7272), the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
is required to operate the Sugar
Program, to the maximum extent
practicable, at no cost to the Federal
government by avoiding forfeitures of
sugar loan collateral to CCC.
The sugarcane and sugar beet crops
supplying the U.S. market are setting
production records for fiscal year (FY)
2013. The FY 2013 ending stocks-to-use
ratio for sugar was projected at 19
percent in the June 2013 USDA World
Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates (WASDE) report, well above
its historic average, and the FY 2014
ending stocks-to-use ratio for sugar was
projected at over 22 percent. In the past,
an ending stocks-to-use ratio at or above
18 percent has been strongly correlated
with low U.S. sugar prices, and with
forfeiture of sugar loan collateral to
CCC. Record FY 2013 sugar production
has caused domestic sugar prices to fall
below the support level established by
USDA’s Sugar Program.
A valid TPA CQE is required for the
import of sugar into the United States
under the sugar tariff-rate quotas
established under the U.S.-Colombia
TPA and U.S.-Panama TPA, and thus
each U.S.-Colombia TPA or U.S.Panama TPA CQE represents a given
quantity of import access.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CCC Sugar Purchase and Exchanges
To reduce the cost of the Sugar
Program to the Federal government,
prior to the maturity of loans to sugar
processors, CCC announced on June 18,
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2013, its intent to purchase sugar from
the U.S. domestic market and conduct
voluntary exchanges of the purchased
sugar in return for credits under the
Refined Sugar Re-Export Program (78 FR
36508–36510). This notice announces
CCC’s intent to also purchase sugar from
the domestic market in order to conduct
voluntary exchanges for privately held
TPA CQEs issued under the U.S.Colombia TPA and U.S.-Panama TPA.
Therefore CCC has amended Invitation
No. 1 to Announcement KCPBS2,
Purchase of Bulk Sugar, to include the
purchase of sugar to exchange for
privately held CQEs issued under the
U.S.-Colombia TPA and U.S.-Panama
TPA, in addition to credits under the
Refined Sugar Re-Export Program. The
amended Invitation is available on the
FSA Commodity Operations Web site at
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/
webapp?area=home&subject=coop&
topic=landing.
These exchanges are expected to
remove domestic sugar from the market
at a lower cost to the Federal
government than the cost of acquiring
domestic sugar through loan collateral
forfeiture.
The exchange announcement
specifies a minimum bid ratio of U.S.Colombia TPA CQEs and U.S.-Panama
TPA CQEs per MT of CCC sugar, and
will be made available at: https://
www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=
home&subject=coop&topic=landing.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the exchange,
private sector exporters or traders must
provide a valid original calendar year
2013 United States-Colombia TPA CQE
or United States-Panama TPA CQE to
CCC.
Criteria for Evaluation of Tenders
(Offers and Exchange Bids)
CCC will combine the sugar offers and
exchange bids that achieve the greatest
cost reduction relative to the costs of
later acquiring the domestic sugar
through forfeiture. The specific formula
that CCC will use to evaluate and accept
offer and bid combinations is specified
in the purchase and exchange
invitations.
Signed on June 20, 2013.
Juan M. Garcia,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 20, 2013.
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 July 26,
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: Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0234.
Summary of Collection: The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS)
is a follow-on survey and in integral part of the 2012 Census of
Agriculture which is conducted every five years under the authority of
the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113). This law
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a census of
agriculture beginning in 2002 and every fifth year thereafter (prior to
that the census was conducted by the Department of Commerce). The 2013
FRIS will be obtaining data describing the irrigation
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activities of U.S. farm operations. Some of these activities are of
national concern, such as the use of chemigation, fertigation and
water-conserving practices of irrigators. The 2013 FRIS will also
include a horticultural operations in a combined questionnaire that
will be directed at horticultural producers.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information from
the FRIS on acres irrigated by land use category, acres and yields of
irrigated and non-irrigated crops, quantity of water applied and method
of application to selected crops, acres irrigated and quantity of water
used by source, acres irrigated by type of water distribution systems,
and number of irrigation wells and pumps. The primary purpose of FRIS
is to provide detailed data on water management practices and water
uses in American agriculture, and to on-farm irrigation activities for
use in preparing a wide variety of water-related local programs,
economic models, legislative initiatives, market analyses, and
feasibility studies. The absence of FRIS data would certainly affect
irrigation policy decision.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 35,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 29,433.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15205 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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