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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–SC–16–0119; SC17–996–1]
Peanut Standards Board
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.
AGENCY:
The Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill)
requires the Secretary of Agriculture
(Secretary) to establish a Peanut
Standards Board (Board) for the purpose
of advising the Secretary on quality and
handling standards for domestically
produced and imported peanuts. The
initial Board was appointed by the
Secretary and announced on December
5, 2002. USDA seeks nominations for
individuals to be considered for
selection as Board members for a term
of office ending June 30, 2020. Selected
nominees would replace three producer
and three industry representatives who
currently serve on the Board and have
terms of office that end on June 30,
2017. The Board consists of 18 members
representing producers and the
industry. In an effort to obtain diversity
among candidates, USDA encourages
the nomination of men and women of
all racial and ethnic groups and persons
with a disability.
DATES: Written nominations must be
received on or before April 17, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent
to Steven W. Kauffman of the Southeast
Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order
and Agreement Division, Specialty
Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1124 1st
Street South, Winter Haven, FL 33880;
Telephone: (863) 324–3375; Fax: (863)
291–8614; Email: Steven.Kauffman@
ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1308 of the 2002 Farm Bill requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to establish and
consult with the Board for the purpose
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of advising the Secretary regarding the
establishment of quality and handling
standards for all domestic and imported
peanuts marketed in the United States.
The 2002 Farm Bill provides that the
Board’s makeup will include three
producers and three peanut industry
representatives from States specified in
each of the following producing regions:
Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, and
Florida); Southwest (Texas, Oklahoma,
and New Mexico); and Virginia/North
Carolina.
The term ‘‘peanut industry
representatives’’ includes, but is not
limited to, representatives of shellers,
manufacturers, buying points, marketing
associations and marketing
cooperatives. The 2002 Farm Bill
exempted the appointment of the Board
from the requirements of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
USDA invites individuals,
organizations, and groups affiliated with
the categories listed above to nominate
individuals for membership on the
Board. Nominees sought by this action
would fill two positions in the
Southeast region, two positions in the
Southwest region, and two positions in
the Virginia/North Carolina region.
Nominees should complete an
Advisory Committee or Research and
Promotion Background Information
form (AD–755) and submit it to Steven
Kauffman at the address provided in the
ADDRESSES section above. Copies of this
form may be obtained at the Internet site
https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/
facas-advisory-councils/peanut-board,
or from the Southeast Marketing Field
Office. USDA seeks a diverse group of
members representing the peanut
industry.
Equal opportunity practices will be
followed in all appointments to the
Board in accordance with USDA
policies. To ensure that the
recommendations of the Board have
taken into account the needs of the
diverse groups within the peanut
industry, membership shall include, to
the extent practicable, individuals with
demonstrated abilities to represent
minorities, women, persons with
disabilities, and limited resource
agriculture producers.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7958.
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Dated: February 27, 2017.
Bruce Summers,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
February 28, 2017.
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 are
requested regarding (1) 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) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (4) 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 April 3, 2017 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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Aquaculture Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0150.
Summary of Collection: The primary
function of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service is to estimate
production and stocks of agricultural
food, fiber, and specialty commodities.
Congress has mandated the collection of
basic data for aquaculture and provides
funding for these surveys. Public Law
96–362 was passed to increase the
overall effectiveness and productivity of
federal aquaculture programs by
improving coordination and
communication among Federal agencies
involved in those programs.
Aquaculture is an alternative method to
produce a high protein, low fat product
demanded by the consumer.
Aquiculture surveys provide
information on trout and catfish
inventory, acreage and sales as well as
catfish processed.
Need and Use of the Information: The
survey results are useful in analyzing
changing trends in the number of
commercial operations and production
levels by State. The information
collected is used to demonstrate the
growing importance of aquaculture to
officials of Federal and State
government agencies who manage and
direct policy over programs in
agriculture and natural resources. The
type of information collected and
reported provides extension educators
and research scientists with data that
indicates important areas that require
special educational and/or research
efforts, such as causes for loss of fish
and pond inventories of fish of various
sizes. The data gathered from the
various reports provide information to
establish contract levels for fishing
programs and to evaluate prospective
loans to growers and processors.
This is a request for the three-year
renewal of this information collection.
In addition to the national Catfish and
Trout Production Surveys, NASS is
requesting approval to conduct three
state-specific aquaculture surveys to be
conducted under reimbursable
agreements in Florida, Hawaii, and
Pennsylvania. Also, NASS will
discontinue the Catfish Feed Deliveries
Report and the Catfish Processing
Report.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 3,655.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,030.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Confidentiality Pledge Revision.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0260.
Summary of Collection: The revision
to the confidentiality pledge made by
NASS to all respondents on all data
collection efforts under CIPSEA and
Title 7, Chapter 55, Sec, 2276, was
changed to incorporate provisions that
became law as a part of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 2016. Congress included the
Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II,
Subtitle B, Sec.223). This Act permits
and requires the Secretary of Homeland
Security to provide federal civilian
agencies’ information technology
systems with cybersecurity protection
for their Internet traffic. The technology
currently used is ‘‘Einstein 3A’’ and it
searches Internet traffic in and out of
federal civilian agencies in real time for
malware signatures.
Need and Use of the Information:
CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55, Section
2276; and similar confidentiality
pledges promise that respondents’ data
will be seen only by statistical agency
personnel or their sworn agents. With
the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015, it is possible
that Department of Homeland Security
personnel could see some portion of
those confidential data in the course of
examining the suspicious Internet
packets identified by the Einstein 3A
technology. NASS needs to revise their
confidentiality pledge to reflect this
process change. Without this change the
availability of NASS data could be
significantly impacted.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Individuals or
households.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–04159 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Southwestern
Crown of the Continent Collaborative
Forest Landscape Restoration Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
SUMMARY:
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Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the proposed new
information collection, Southwestern
Crown of the Continent Collaborative
Forest Landscape Restoration Project.
DATES: Comments must be received in
writing on or before May 2, 2017 to be
assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to Lindsay
Buchanan, Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Program
Coordinator, 1220 SW 3rd Ave.,
Portland, Oregon, 97204. Comments
may also be submitted by email to:
lindsaysbuchanan@fs.fed.us. The public
may inspect comments received at 1220
SW 3rd Ave., Portland, Oregon 97204,
during normal business hours. Visitors
are encouraged to call ahead to 503–
808–2810 to facilitate entry to the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsay Buchanan, 503–808–2810.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, twenty-four
hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Southwestern Crown of the
Continent Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Project.
OMB Number: 0596—NEW.
Expiration Date of Approval: Not
Applicable—new request.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP)
is a U.S. Forest Service (USFS) program
started in 2010 to encourage
collaborative groups of neighboring
landowners, to work with the Forest
Service to find common ground
pertaining to forest restoration. Such
collaborative neighboring landowners
include State, local and Tribal
government representatives, businesses,
interest groups, and non-profit
organizations. The Southwestern Crown
Collaborative (SWCC) is one of 23
Collaborative Forest Landscape
Restoration (CFLR) projects across the
nation currently. In the SWCC, partners
work with the USFS to implement
restoration work and multi-party
monitoring of landscape restoration
treatments across four counties and
three National Forests in western
Montana.
The Forest Landscape Restoration Act
(FLRA) of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303), which
enabled the CFLRP, requires monitoring
‘‘to assess the positive or negative
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 28, 2017.
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
are requested regarding (1) 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) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) 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 April 3,
2017 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
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the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Aquaculture Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0150.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service is to estimate production and stocks of
agricultural food, fiber, and specialty commodities. Congress has
mandated the collection of basic data for aquaculture and provides
funding for these surveys. Public Law 96-362 was passed to increase the
overall effectiveness and productivity of federal aquaculture programs
by improving coordination and communication among Federal agencies
involved in those programs. Aquaculture is an alternative method to
produce a high protein, low fat product demanded by the consumer.
Aquiculture surveys provide information on trout and catfish inventory,
acreage and sales as well as catfish processed.
Need and Use of the Information: The survey results are useful in
analyzing changing trends in the number of commercial operations and
production levels by State. The information collected is used to
demonstrate the growing importance of aquaculture to officials of
Federal and State government agencies who manage and direct policy over
programs in agriculture and natural resources. The type of information
collected and reported provides extension educators and research
scientists with data that indicates important areas that require
special educational and/or research efforts, such as causes for loss of
fish and pond inventories of fish of various sizes. The data gathered
from the various reports provide information to establish contract
levels for fishing programs and to evaluate prospective loans to
growers and processors.
This is a request for the three-year renewal of this information
collection. In addition to the national Catfish and Trout Production
Surveys, NASS is requesting approval to conduct three state-specific
aquaculture surveys to be conducted under reimbursable agreements in
Florida, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania. Also, NASS will discontinue the
Catfish Feed Deliveries Report and the Catfish Processing Report.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 3,655.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Semi-annually;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,030.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Confidentiality Pledge Revision.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0260.
Summary of Collection: The revision to the confidentiality pledge
made by NASS to all respondents on all data collection efforts under
CIPSEA and Title 7, Chapter 55, Sec, 2276, was changed to incorporate
provisions that became law as a part of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act for Fiscal Year 2016. Congress included the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015 (H.R. 2029, Division N, Title II, Subtitle B,
Sec.223). This Act permits and requires the Secretary of Homeland
Security to provide federal civilian agencies' information technology
systems with cybersecurity protection for their Internet traffic. The
technology currently used is ``Einstein 3A'' and it searches Internet
traffic in and out of federal civilian agencies in real time for
malware signatures.
Need and Use of the Information: CIPSEA; Title 7, Chapter 55,
Section 2276; and similar confidentiality pledges promise that
respondents' data will be seen only by statistical agency personnel or
their sworn agents. With the passage of the Federal Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2015, it is possible that Department of Homeland
Security personnel could see some portion of those confidential data in
the course of examining the suspicious Internet packets identified by
the Einstein 3A technology. NASS needs to revise their confidentiality
pledge to reflect this process change. Without this change the
availability of NASS data could be significantly impacted.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-04159 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am]
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