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more information on the
implementation of state labeling
regulations for maple syrup.
Question 4: How will inspectors be
trained and equipment calibrated, and
what type of lighting will be used to
grade the colors proposed in the revised
standard?
Response: AMS will train staff to
grade the product under the revised
grade standards. AMS values and relies
on trained, educated employees to
accomplish its mission. Quality training
and development programs are designed
to provide the most effective training
possible. AMS training may be provided
through classroom training, computer/
web based training, distance learning,
on-the job training, or combination of
methods. With regard to calibration of
equipment, the equipment will be
calibrated and cross checked as
appropriate, with detailed instructions
from manufacturers taken into account.
Approved lighting sources are used to
make critical color evaluations and
comparisons. USDA lighting sources are
designed to provide uniform color and
spectral quality.
Question 5: Will this change result in
more Canadian products on shelves and
add financial benefits to the United
States, or will it hurt jobs and sales?
Response: This revision is intended to
improve marketing of maple syrup in
the United States and internationally.
According to the petitioner, each mapleproducing state intends to revise its
standards to reflect Federal grade
standards. Overall, the revised grade
standards should have a positive effect
on the maple syrup industry.
Question 6: Will this change increase
the amount of interstate maple syrup
sales, and allow marketing of product
from one region as if it were from
another region?
Response: As stated previously, these
revisions will improve the marketing of
maple syrup in the United States and
internationally, (see question 5).
However, these standards do not excuse
failure to comply with provisions of
applicable Federal or state laws
including provisions to prevent
misbranding.
Question 7: Was there an economic
study conducted that proves these
changes are productive to U.S.
consumers and producers?
Response: The revised grade
standards are based on a petition from
IMSI. IMSI represents maple industry
stakeholders including maple
producers, state governments and
associations, vendors, maple equipment
manufacturers, organizations, and
others in Canada and the United States.
The purpose of the standards is to foster
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and assist in the development of new or
expanded markets, and improve the
marketing of maple syrup in the United
States and internationally. As such, the
revised grade standards should have a
positive effect on the maple syrup
industry.
Question 8: Will this revision hurt or
help existing branding such as Vermont
Fancy, and can Maine producers use
their own branding?
Response: The U.S. Standards for
Grades of Maple Sirup (Syrup) are
voluntary grade standards. States do
have the option to allow branding if
they wish. The 2014 Vermont Maple
Product Regulations allow for using
current grade terminology such as
‘‘Vermont Fancy’’ until January 1, 2017.
Refer to the ‘‘Maine Maple Regulations’’
for that state’s maple branding
requirements.
Question 9: U.S. maple production is
too small to come up on the USDA
radar.
Response: We disagree. An example
of this is reflected in the 2013 National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
report. The report states: Nationally,
maple syrup production in 2013 totaled
3.25 million gallons, up 70 percent from
2012. In 2012, prevailing high
temperatures limited sap flow. The
number of taps is estimated at 10.6
million, 8 percent above the 2012 total
of 9.77 million. Yield per tap is
estimated to be 0.308 gallons, up 58
percent from the previous season’s
revised yield. All states showed an
increase in production from the
previous year.
Question 10: Will revised USDA color
standards (maple sirup color grading
kits) be available?
Response: The revised standards
specify that ‘‘color may be determined
by spectrophotometer, or any method
that provides equivalent results.’’ The
current USDA Color Standards for
Maple Sirup permanent kit will no
longer meet the revised requirements for
color. There are no plans to revise the
USDA maple sirup grading kit. Other
entities are free to develop grading kits
in the marketplace.
Question 11: The upper brix limit for
Grade A, now set at 68.9 percent, should
be set at 70 percent brix because small
producers do not have the precision
equipment to grade to 68.9 percent brix.
Response: The upper limit in Grade A
for brix of not more than 68.9 percent
can be determined using the same
instrumentation that is currently being
used to verify the minimum brix
requirement of 66.0 percent. In response
to AMS’ inquiry on how IMSI arrived at
68.9 percent brix as the upper limit for
Grade A, the petitioner responded that
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it was a consensus decision among
maple syrup producers and packer
stakeholders to require an upper limit,
and that 68.9 percent brix is currently
the upper limit for ‘‘Brix Maple
Regulations in Vermont and New
Hampshire.’’ IMSI added that there is no
advantage to going to a higher limit and
noted that going higher would result in
a product that is uncharacteristically
thick, and would significantly increase
production costs.
The official grade of a lot of maple
syrup covered by these standards will
be determined by the procedures set
forth in the Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification of
Processed Products, Thereof, and
Certain Other Processed Food Products
(7 CFR 52.1 to 52.83).
Accordingly, no changes to the
standards were made as a result of
comments received. However, AMS has
made changes to the description of the
processing grade for clarity.
The revisions to this maple syrup
grade standard in this notice provide a
common language for trade and better
reflect the current marketing of maple
syrup. The changes are effective 30 days
after the date of publication in the
Federal Register.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Dated: January 23, 2015.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Data on
Nonresident Applicants
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is
requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a new
information collection that will be used
to determine the applicant’s citizenship.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by March 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
SUMMARY:
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• Mail: Jackie Pickens, USDA/FSA/
FMD, STOP 0581, Patriot Plaza III, 355
E. Street SW., Washington, DC 20024.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the
information collection may be requested
by contacting Jackie Pickens at the
above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jackie Pickens; (615) 277–2613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Data on Nonresident.
OMB Number: 0560–NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: FSA is using the FSA–500
Data on Nonresident Applicants, to
verify each applicant’s citizenship, if
applications for payments are filed by or
for applicants who reside outside the
United States, its territories or
possessions, even if the application is
filed by an agent of the applicant whose
address is in the United States. County
office employees provide the FSA–500
to the nonresident applicants or agents
to complete the form. The FSA–500
request the applicant’s name, address,
United States citizenship and signature
of applicant or authorized agent. The
completed returned form will be filed at
the County office. The data collected on
the FSA–500 will assist with ensuring
foreign taxes are collected and reported
to the IRS.
The formula used to calculate the
total burden hour is estimated average
time per responses hours times total
annual responses.
Estimate of Respondent Burden:
Public reporting burden for this
information collection is estimated to
average 0.0833 hours per response. The
average travel time, which is included
in the total burden, is estimated to be 1
hour per respondent.
Respondents: Individuals or
households, businesses or other for
profit farms.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 55.
Estimated Number of Reponses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
55.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 1.0833.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 60.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
FSA, including whether the information
will have practical utility;
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(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the FSA’s
estimate of burden including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(4) 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.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Signed on January 23, 2015.
Val Dolcini,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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businesses to create well-paying
manufacturing jobs in regions across the
country.
DATES: The deadline for receipt of
applications is April 1, 2015 at 11:59
p.m. Eastern Time. Applications
received after this deadline will not be
reviewed or considered. Applicants are
advised to carefully read the application
and submission information provided in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.
ADDRESSES: Applications will be
accepted in electronic form only. To
begin the application process,
applicants should use the following
link: https://www.eda.gov/challenges/
imcp/applications/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Hedgepeth and/or Julie Wenah,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Economic Development Administration,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Suite
78006, Washington, DC 20230 or via
email at IMCP@eda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Overview
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Announcement of Federal Interagency
Competition, Fiscal Year 2015
Investing in Manufacturing
Communities Partnership
Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Authority: The Public Works and
Economic Development Act of 1965, as
amended (PWEDA) (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.).
This notice outlines a
competition to designate up to 12
communities as manufacturing
communities (Manufacturing
Communities) through the Investing in
Manufacturing Communities
Partnership (IMCP), including proposal
submission requirements and
instructions, and eligibility and
selection criteria that will be used to
evaluate proposals. Manufacturing
Communities will receive preference for
a range of future Federal economic
development funding and technical
assistance offered by IMCP participating
agencies. Some Manufacturing
Communities, as discussed in the
Supplementary Information section of
this notice and subject to the availability
of funds, may receive financial
assistance awards from IMCP
participating agencies to assist in
cultivating an environment for
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The Investing in Manufacturing
Communities Partnership (IMCP) is a
government-wide initiative to help
communities cultivate an environment
for businesses to create well-paying
manufacturing jobs in regions across the
country and thereby accelerate the
resurgence of manufacturing. The IMCP
is designed to reward communities that
demonstrate best practices in attracting
and expanding manufacturing by
bringing together key local stakeholders
and using long-term planning that
integrates targeted public and private
investments across a community’s
industrial ecosystem to create broadbased prosperity. Research has shown
that vibrant ecosystems may create a
virtuous cycle of development for a key
technology or supply chain through
integrated investments and linkages
among the following elements:
• Workforce and training;
• Supplier network;
• Research and innovation;
• Infrastructure/site development or
redevelopment;
• Trade and international investment;
and
• Operational improvement and
capital access.
Interactions within and between these
elements create ‘‘public goods,’’ or
assets upon which many firms can draw
and that are fundamental in promoting
an industry’s development but are not
adequately provided by the private
sector. Thus, well-designed public
investment is a key part of developing
a self-sustaining ecosystem that attracts
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Data on Nonresident Applicants
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a new information collection that will
be used to determine the applicant's citizenship.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by March 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
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Mail: Jackie Pickens, USDA/FSA/FMD, STOP 0581, Patriot
Plaza III, 355 E. Street SW., Washington, DC 20024.
You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the information collection may
be requested by contacting Jackie Pickens at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jackie Pickens; (615) 277-2613.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Data on Nonresident.
OMB Number: 0560-NEW.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: FSA is using the FSA-500 Data on Nonresident Applicants,
to verify each applicant's citizenship, if applications for payments
are filed by or for applicants who reside outside the United States,
its territories or possessions, even if the application is filed by an
agent of the applicant whose address is in the United States. County
office employees provide the FSA-500 to the nonresident applicants or
agents to complete the form. The FSA-500 request the applicant's name,
address, United States citizenship and signature of applicant or
authorized agent. The completed returned form will be filed at the
County office. The data collected on the FSA-500 will assist with
ensuring foreign taxes are collected and reported to the IRS.
The formula used to calculate the total burden hour is estimated
average time per responses hours times total annual responses.
Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this
information collection is estimated to average 0.0833 hours per
response. The average travel time, which is included in the total
burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other for
profit farms.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 55.
Estimated Number of Reponses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 55.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 1.0833.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 60.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the FSA, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the FSA's estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(4) 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.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget approval.
Signed on January 23, 2015.
Val Dolcini,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2015-01651 Filed 1-28-15; 8:45 am]
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