Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Importation of Mangoes From India Into the Continental United States, 36860-36861 [2016-13567]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2016–0036]
Notice of Request for Revision to and
Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of
Mangoes From India Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection;
comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request a revision to and extension of
approval of an information collection
associated with the regulations for the
importation of mangoes from India into
the continental United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before August 8,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docket
Detail;D=APHIS-2016-0036.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2016–0036, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://www.
regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
APHIS-2016-0036 or in our reading
room, which is located in Room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street
and Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
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through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
For
information on the importation of
mangoes from India, contact Dr. Nicole
Russo, Assistant Director, Regulatory
Coordination and Compliance, PHP,
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156,
Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2159.
For copies of more detailed information
on the information collection, contact
Ms. Kimberly Hardy, APHIS’
Information Collection Coordinator, at
(301) 851–2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Mangoes From
India Into the Continental United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0312.
Type of Request: Revision to and
extension of approval of an information
collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act
(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict
the importation, entry, or interstate
movement of plants, plant products, and
other articles to prevent the
introduction of plant pests into the
United States or their dissemination
within the United States. As authorized
by the PPA, the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
regulates the importation of fruits and
vegetables into the United States from
certain parts of the world as provided in
‘‘Subpart—Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7
CFR 319.56–1 through 319.56–75).
Under § 319.56–46 of the regulations,
APHIS allows the importation of
mangoes from India into the continental
United States under certain conditions
to prevent the introduction of plant
pests into the United States. These
conditions involve the use of
information collection activities, one of
which is a phytosanitary certificate. As
a condition of entry, the mangoes must
undergo irradiation treatment and be
accompanied by a phytosanitary
certificate with additional declaration
statements providing specific
information regarding the treatment and
inspection of the mangoes and the
orchards in which they are grown. The
additional information collection
activities include a preclearance
workplan, trust fund agreement,
compliance agreement, monitoring of
inspections, and recordkeeping.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Since the last approval of this
collection by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), we have added
activities that were previously not
accounted for, such as an orchard
inspection agreement between APHIS
and the national plant protection
organization (NPPO) of India, package
labeling identifying the treatment
facility and date of treatment, treatment
certification, and denial/withdrawal of
facility certification. We have also
revised the estimates of burden
associated with this information
collection.
We are asking OMB to approve our
use of these information collection
activities, as described, for an additional
3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average
0.016 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers of mangoes
and the NPPO of India.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 76.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1,233.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 93,713.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,509 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
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for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of
June 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA);
Cotton Ginning Cost-Share (CGCS)
Program Payments to Cotton
Producers
Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This NOFA announces the
availability of cost-share funds to
certain cotton producers of the United
States, specifically for the 2015 cotton
crop. Eligible CGCS participants will
receive a one-time payment, calculated
based on a cost-share not to exceed 40
percent of calculated ginning costs by
region, the number of cotton acres that
were planted, including failed acreage,
for the 2015 crop year, and the
percentage of share the participant had
in the cotton. Similar to other
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
programs, certain eligibility
requirements apply, such as a $40,000
per individual or entity payment limit
and a requirement that each
participant’s 3-year average adjusted
gross income (AGI) be $900,000 or less.
CGCS Program payments will be made
to help the domestic cotton industry
find new and improved ways to market
cotton.
DATES: Application period: June 20,
2016 through August 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Hereth, (202) 720–0448.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Background
U.S. upland and extra-long staple
(ELS) cotton producers are required to
gin and bale cotton before either of the
components of cotton (lint or seed) can
be marketed, as there is no commerce in
un-ginned bales. Approximately 13
million bales were ginned for the 2015
cotton crop year. There exists, however,
2014 cotton production carryover
(ginned cotton inventory that has not
yet been sold), as well as the 2015
cotton crop production some which has
not been marketed. While the payments
are based on ginning costs, the intended
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effect of the CGCS Program is to aid the
broader marketing chain associated with
cotton. For example, there is a direct
cost to cotton producers associated with
ginning for improved bale packing and
storage to meet the ever increasing
quality demands of the fiber industry,
and there is a large domestic market for
the cotton seed extracted during the
ginning process.
The state of the market has limited the
ability of cotton producers to expand
domestic markets, develop new and
additional markets, maintain existing
markets that would have otherwise
shrunk and marketing facilities, and
increase the uses for cotton. The
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter
Act (15 U.S.C. 714c(e)) includes
authority for CCC to use its general
powers to increase the domestic
consumption of agricultural
commodities (other than tobacco) by
expanding or aiding in the expansion of
domestic markets or by developing or
aiding in the development of new and
additional markets, marketing facilities,
and uses for such commodities.
The ginning of cotton is necessary
prior to marketing the lint for fiber or
the seed for oil or feed; therefore CCC
is using its general authority to aid in
the expansion and maintenance of
domestic markets for cotton. Increased
domestic consumption and uses for
cotton as a result of the CGCS Program
payments to cotton producers, based on
cotton ginning costs, will aid more than
just the farmers; as the cotton gins,
cooperatives, marketers, cottonseed
crushers, and other marketing facilities
will indirectly benefit also.
CGCS is being done as a NOFA, as
opposed to a regulation, because it is a
one-time payment to aid expansion and
creation of new markets for cotton. Also,
CGCS is based upon 2015 cotton crop
acres which are already known to FSA
through previously submitted acreage
reports. Accordingly, there is no benefit
for public comment on CGCS.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will
administer the CGCS Program on behalf
of CCC, using CCC funds.
CGCS Description
CGCS is a one-time payment to cotton
producers. CGCS will be available to
producers of upland and extra-long
staple (ELS) cotton. CGCS payments
will be available to those cotton
producers who had a share in the 2015
cotton acres that were planted,
including failed cotton acreage, and
reported to FSA, including landowners
who had a share interest and risk in the
cotton crop and incurred ginning costs
for the 2015 cotton crop.
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FSA will make approximately $300
million in CGCS payments to cotton
producers. The maximum aggregate
payment amount a person or legal entity
is eligible for under CGCS is $40,000.
The funds announced in this NOFA are
not subject to sequestration.
Most 2015 cotton crop producers have
already submitted the required form
FSA–578, ‘‘Report of Acreage’’, to FSA,
as part of their participation in various
FSA and CCC programs. The regulation
in 7 CFR part 718 requires producers to
report for various commodities,
including the number of cotton acres
that were planted, including failed
acres, in the United States for their 2015
cotton crop and their percentage share
of the reported 2015 cotton crop
acreage. Accordingly, FSA has already
acquired this information as previously
reported to FSA on a FSA–578 or a crop
acreage report to their crop insurance
agent (both reports are referred to in this
NOFA as the acreage report). If there
were any errors in the previously
submitted acreage report, the producer
may go through the established FSA
process to correct the reported
information. Any such requests for
correction are subject to review and
require approval by FSA through the
established process before they are
accepted. Because FSA already
possesses 2015 cotton acreage report
data, we know who is potentially
eligible to apply for the CGCS Program
and will mail the application to such
applicants. Applicants may also apply
through an FSA county office.
Payment Limits, Eligible Persons, and
Legal Entities
CGCS payments are limited to
$40,000 per person or legal entity.
A person or legal entity is ineligible
for payments if the person’s or legal
entity’s AGI for the applicable
compliance program year is more than
$900,000. If a person with an indirect
interest in a legal entity has AGI of more
than $900,000, the CGCS payments
subject to AGI compliance provisions to
the legal entity will be reduced as
calculated based on the percent interest
of the person in the legal entity
receiving the payment. The relevant
years used to calculate AGI for CGCS are
the 2011, 2012, and 2013 tax years. As
with other FSA and CCC programs, AGI
will be calculated based on the average
income for the 3 taxable years preceding
the most immediately preceding
complete taxable year for which benefits
are requested.
In addition to having a share in cotton
planted in 2015, to be eligible for a
CGCS Program payment, each applicant
is required to be a person or legal entity
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2016-0036]
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an
Information Collection; Importation of Mangoes From India Into the
Continental United States
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Revision to and extension of approval of an information
collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
intention to request a revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection associated with the regulations for the
importation of mangoes from India into the continental United States.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
August 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-0036.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2016-0036, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2016-
0036 or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the importation of
mangoes from India, contact Dr. Nicole Russo, Assistant Director,
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PHP, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851-2159. For copies of more
detailed information on the information collection, contact Ms.
Kimberly Hardy, APHIS' Information Collection Coordinator, at (301)
851-2727.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Importation of Mangoes From India Into the Continental
United States.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0312.
Type of Request: Revision to and extension of approval of an
information collection.
Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict the importation,
entry, or interstate movement of plants, plant products, and other
articles to prevent the introduction of plant pests into the United
States or their dissemination within the United States. As authorized
by the PPA, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
regulates the importation of fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world as provided in ``Subpart--Fruits
and Vegetables'' (7 CFR 319.56-1 through 319.56-75).
Under Sec. 319.56-46 of the regulations, APHIS allows the
importation of mangoes from India into the continental United States
under certain conditions to prevent the introduction of plant pests
into the United States. These conditions involve the use of information
collection activities, one of which is a phytosanitary certificate. As
a condition of entry, the mangoes must undergo irradiation treatment
and be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with additional
declaration statements providing specific information regarding the
treatment and inspection of the mangoes and the orchards in which they
are grown. The additional information collection activities include a
preclearance workplan, trust fund agreement, compliance agreement,
monitoring of inspections, and recordkeeping.
Since the last approval of this collection by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), we have added activities that were
previously not accounted for, such as an orchard inspection agreement
between APHIS and the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of
India, package labeling identifying the treatment facility and date of
treatment, treatment certification, and denial/withdrawal of facility
certification. We have also revised the estimates of burden associated
with this information collection.
We are asking OMB to approve our use of these information
collection activities, as described, for an additional 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
(as well as affected agencies) concerning our information collection.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies; e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 0.016 hours per response.
Respondents: Importers of mangoes and the NPPO of India.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 76.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1,233.
Estimated annual number of responses: 93,713.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents: 1,509 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours may not equal the product of
the annual number of responses multiplied by the reporting burden per
response.)
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request
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for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public
record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of June 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-13567 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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