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Vol. 79, No. 114
Friday, June 13, 2014
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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June 10, 2014.
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; 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.
Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
July 14, 2014. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
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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 Marketing Service
Title: Christmas Tree Promotion,
Research, and Information Order.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0268.
Action: Reinstatement without
Change of a Previously Approved
Collection for which approval has
expired.
Summary of Collection: A Christmas
Tree Promotion, Research and
Information Order created under the
Commodity Promotion, Research, and
Information Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–
127, 110 Stat. 1032, April 4, 1996, 7
U.S.C. 744–7425) requires collection of
information to carry out the program.
The program includes projects relating
to research, information, advertising,
sales promotion, market development
and production research to assist,
improve, or promote the marketing,
distribution, competitive position and
stimulate sales of Christmas trees.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Christmas tree program will be
administered by the Christmas Tree
Promotion Board appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture and financed by
a mandatory assessment on producers
and importers of fresh cut Christmas
trees. The program will provide for an
exemption for producers and importers
that cut and sell or import fewer than
500 Christmas trees annually. The forms
covered under this collection require
the minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of
the program, and their use is essential
to carry out the intent of the Order.
Description of Respondents:
Producers and Importers.
Number of Respondents: 12,455.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually; recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 10,701.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Generic Information Collection
and Clearance of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0269.
Summary of Collection: Executive
Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to
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provide service to the public that
matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector.
Improving Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) programs requires
ongoing assessment of service delivery,
by which we mean systematic review of
the operation of a program compared to
a set of explicit or implicit standards, as
a means of contributing to the
continuous improvement of the
program.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collection activity will
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
AMS and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: The
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
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that were or will be undertaken prior
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
business or other for-profit; not-forprofit institutions and State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 120,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 60,000.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food Safety and Inspection Service
[Docket No. FSIS–2014–0003]
International Standard-Setting
Activities
Office of Food Safety, USDA.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice informs the public
of the sanitary and phytosanitary
standard-setting activities of the Codex
Alimentarius Commission (Codex), in
accordance with section 491 of the
Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as
amended, and the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act. This notice also
provides a list of other standard-setting
activities of Codex, including
commodity standards, guidelines, codes
of practice, and revised texts. This
notice, which covers the time periods
from June 1, 2013, to May 31, 2014, and
June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2015, seeks
comments on standards under
consideration and recommendations for
new standards.
ADDRESSES: FSIS invites interested
persons to submit comments on this
notice. Comments may be submitted by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
Web site provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field on this Web page or
attach a file for lengthier comments. Go
to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the on-line instructions at that site for
submitting comments.
• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.:
Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Food Safety and
Inspection Service, Docket Clerk,
Patriots Plaza 3, 1400 Independence
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Avenue SW., Mailstop 3782, Room 8–
163A, Washington, DC 20250–3700.
• Hand- or courier-delivered
submittals: Deliver to Patriots Plaza 3,
355 E Street SW., Room 8–163A,
Washington, DC 20250–3700.
Instructions: All items submitted by
mail or electronic mail must include the
Agency name and docket number FSIS–
2014–0003. Comments received in
response to this docket will be made
available for public inspection and
posted without change, including any
personal information, to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to background
documents or comments received, go to
the FSIS Docket Room at Patriots Plaza
3, 355 E Street SW., Room 8–163A,
Washington, DC 20250–3700, between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Please state that your comments refer
to Codex and, if your comments relate
to specific Codex committees, please
identify those committees in your
comments and submit a copy of your
comments to the delegate from that
particular committee.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Frances Lowe, United States
Manager for Codex, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Office of Food Safety,
Room 4861, South Agriculture Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3700; telephone:
(202) 205–7760; fax: (202) 720–3157;
email: USCodex@fsis.usda.gov.
For information pertaining to
particular committees, the delegate of
that committee may be contacted. (A
complete list of U.S. delegates and
alternate delegates can be found in
Attachment 2 of this notice.) Documents
pertaining to Codex and specific
committee agendas are accessible via
the Internet at https://www.
codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/. The U.S. Codex Office also
maintains a Web site at https://
www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/
topics/international-affairs/us-codexalimentarius.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
was established on January 1, 1995, as
the common international institutional
framework for the conduct of trade
relations among its members in matters
related to the Uruguay Round Trade
Agreements. The WTO is the successor
organization to the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). U.S.
membership in the WTO was approved
and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
was signed into law by the President on
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December 8, 1994. The Uruguay Round
Agreements became effective, with
respect to the United States, on January
1, 1995. Pursuant to section 491 of the
Trade Agreements Act of 1979, as
amended, the President is required to
designate an agency to be ‘‘responsible
for informing the public of the sanitary
and phytosanitary (SPS) standardsetting activities of each international
standard-setting organization.’’ The
main organizations are Codex, the
World Organisation for Animal Health,
and the International Plant Protection
Convention. The President, pursuant to
Proclamation No. 6780 of March 23,
1995 (60 FR 15845), designated the U.S.
Department of Agriculture as the agency
responsible for informing the public of
the SPS standard-setting activities of
each international standard-setting
organization. The Secretary of
Agriculture has delegated to the Office
of Food Safety the responsibility to
inform the public of the SPS standardsetting activities of Codex. The Office of
Food Safety has, in turn, assigned the
responsibility for informing the public
of the SPS standard-setting activities of
Codex to the U.S. Codex Office.
Codex was created in 1963 by two
United Nations organizations, the Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and
the World Health Organization (WHO).
Codex is the principal international
organization for establishing standards
for food. Through adoption of food
standards, codes of practice, and other
guidelines developed by its committees
and by promoting their adoption and
implementation by governments, Codex
seeks to protect the health of consumers,
ensure fair practices in the food trade,
and promote coordination of food
standards work undertaken by
international governmental and
nongovernmental organizations. In the
United States, U.S. Codex activities are
managed and carried out by the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA); the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS); the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC); and the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
As the agency responsible for
informing the public of the SPS
standard-setting activities of Codex, the
Office of Food Safety publishes this
notice in the Federal Register annually.
Attachment 1 (Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Activities of Codex) sets
forth the following information:
1. The SPS standards under
consideration or planned for
consideration; and
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Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 10, 2014.
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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), New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; 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.
Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by July 14, 2014. 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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0268.
Action: Reinstatement without Change of a Previously Approved
Collection for which approval has expired.
Summary of Collection: A Christmas Tree Promotion, Research and
Information Order created under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and
Information Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-127, 110 Stat. 1032, April 4,
1996, 7 U.S.C. 744-7425) requires collection of information to carry
out the program. The program includes projects relating to research,
information, advertising, sales promotion, market development and
production research to assist, improve, or promote the marketing,
distribution, competitive position and stimulate sales of Christmas
trees.
Need and Use of the Information: The Christmas tree program will be
administered by the Christmas Tree Promotion Board appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture and financed by a mandatory assessment on
producers and importers of fresh cut Christmas trees. The program will
provide for an exemption for producers and importers that cut and sell
or import fewer than 500 Christmas trees annually. The forms covered
under this collection require the minimum information necessary to
effectively carry out the requirements of the program, and their use is
essential to carry out the intent of the Order.
Description of Respondents: Producers and Importers.
Number of Respondents: 12,455.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 10,701.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Generic Information Collection and Clearance of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0269.
Summary of Collection: Executive Order 12862 directs Federal
agencies to provide service to the public that matches or exceeds the
best service available in the private sector. Improving Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) programs requires ongoing assessment of service
delivery, by which we mean systematic review of the operation of a
program compared to a set of explicit or implicit standards, as a means
of contributing to the continuous improvement of the program.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's
commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative
results that can be generalized to the population of study. This
feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication,
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between AMS and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures
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that were or will be undertaken prior fielding the study. Depending on
the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such
collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.
Description of Respondents: Farms; business or other for-profit;
not-for-profit institutions and State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 120,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 60,000.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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