Almonds Grown in California; Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 5660-5661 [2019-03075]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[DOC. NO. AMS–FGIS–18–0087]
Grain Export Registration Renewal
Information
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
With this publication, the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
notifies persons about annual
requirements for renewing the
Application for Registration as required
by the United States Grain Standards
Act. All persons engaged in the business
of buying grain for sale in foreign
commerce and in the business of
handling, weighing, or transporting
grain for sale in foreign commerce in
excess of 15,000 metric tons during the
preceding or current calendar year must
register annually. The realignment of
offices within the U.S. Department of
Agriculture authorized by the
Secretary’s Memorandum dated
November 14, 2017, eliminates the
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) as a
standalone agency. The grain inspection
activities formerly part of GIPSA are
now organized under AMS.
DATES: Export Registration is for the
calendar year with 2019 registrations
expiring on December 31, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Prospective registrants may
submit an Application for Registration
(FORM FGIS–945) online through
FGISONLINE, Delegations,
Designations, and Export Registration
(DDR) and make payments through
Pay.gov.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Candace A.
Hildreth by telephone at 202–720–0203
or by email to FGISQACD@usda.gov
with ‘‘2019 Application for Registration
Renewal’’ as the subject line.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Instruction on how to submit an
Application for Registration through
DDR can be found at https://
www.ams.usda.gov/services/fgis/ddrexport-registration-instructions.
Below are the applicable export
registration regulatory provisions:
(1) 7 U.S.C. 87f–1 requires registration
for all persons who are engaged in the
business of buying grain for sale in
foreign commerce and in the business of
handling, weighing, or transporting
grain for sale in foreign commerce in
excess of 15,000 metric tons during the
preceding or current calendar year.
(2) 7 CFR 800.30–39 defines foreign
commerce grain business as persons
who regularly engage in buying for sale,
handling, weighing, or transporting
grain totaling 15,000 metric tons or
more during the preceding or current
calendar year.
(3) 7 U.S.C. 87b(a)(11), Prohibited
Acts, states that no person shall violate
Section 87f–1, and if a person does
violate Section 87f–1, Section 87c (a)
states that any person who commits any
offense prohibited by section 87b shall
be guilty of a felony and shall, on
conviction thereof, be subject to
imprisonment for not more than five
years, or a fine of not more than
$20,000, or both imprisonment and fine.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 87f–1.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–03076 Filed 2–21–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–SC–19–0013; SC19–981–
2]
Almonds Grown in California; Notice of
Request for Extension and Revision of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural
Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to
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request an extension for and revision to
a currently approved information
collection for Almonds Grown in
California, Marketing Order No. 981.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 23, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice. Comments must
be sent to the Docket Clerk, Marketing
Order and Agreement Division,
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP
0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237; Fax:
(202) 720–8938; or internet:
www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the docket number and the
date and page number of this issue of
the Federal Register and will be
available for public inspection in the
Office of the Docket Clerk during regular
business hours, or can be viewed at:
www.regulations.gov. All comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be included in the record and will be
made available to the public. Please be
advised that the identity of the
individuals or entities submitting the
comments will be made available to the
public on the internet at the address
provided above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Hatch, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Specialty Crops
Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237,
Room 1406–S, Washington, DC 20250–
0237; Telephone:(202) 720–6862,
Fax:(202) 720–8938, or Email:
andrew.hatch@usda.gov.
Small businesses may request
information on this notice by contacting
Richard Lower, Assistant to the
Director, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Specialty Crops
Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237,
Room 1406–S, Washington, DC 20250–
0237; Telephone (202) 720–2491, Fax:
(202) 720–8938; or Email:
Richard.lower@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Almonds Grown in California,
Marketing Order No. 981.
OMB Number: 0581–0242.
Expiration Date of Approval: July 31,
2019.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The information collection
requirements in this request are
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essential to carry out the intent of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937 (Act), as amended (7 U.S.C.
601–674), to provide the respondents
the type of service they request, and to
administer the California almond
marketing order (7 CFR part 981), which
has been operating since 1950.
The marketing order and its rules and
regulations authorize the Almond Board
of California (Board), the agency
responsible for local administration of
the marketing order, to require handlers
and other certain entities to submit
information.
Since September 2007, the Board has
been operating a mandatory program
under the marketing order to help
reduce the potential for Salmonella in
almonds. The Board had developed
forms as a means for handlers to file
required information with the Board
relating to the treatment of almonds.
Almond handlers are required to submit
annual treatment plans to the Board and
inspection agency regarding how they
plan to treat their almonds in
compliance with the program.
Entities interested in being almond
process authorities that validate
technologies are required to submit an
application to the Board on ABC Form
No. 51, ‘‘Application for Process
Authority for Almonds.’’ Manufacturers
in the United States, Canada, and
Mexico interested in being approved to
accept untreated almonds, provided
they agree to treat the almonds
themselves under the Board’s Direct
Verifiable (DV) program, are required to
submit an application to the Board on
ABC Form No. 52, ‘‘Application for
Direct Verifiable (DV) Program for
Further Processing of Untreated
Almonds.’’ Entities interested in being
approved DV user auditors are required
to apply to the Board on ABC Form No.
53, ‘‘Application for Direct Verifiable
(DV) Program Auditors.’’ To ensure
compliance with the mandatory
program, entities are required to use
either an on-site or audit-based
verification program and annually
submit a treatment plan to the Board on
ABC Form No. 54, ‘‘Handler Treatment
Plan.’’
The information collected is used
only by authorized representatives of
USDA, including AMS, Specialty Crops
Program’s regional and headquarters’
staff, and authorized employees and
agents of the Board. Authorized Board
employees, agents, and the industry are
the primary users of the information,
and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 1.5 hours per
response.
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Respondents: Almond handlers;
persons or organizations that would like
to qualify to be Board-approved process
authorities that validate treatments and
technologies; manufacturers who would
like to qualify to participate in the
Board’s DV program; and entities that
would like to qualify as auditors under
the DV program.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
175.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.00.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,200 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who respond, including through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–03075 Filed 2–21–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
Information Collection Activity;
Comment Request
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites
comments on this information
collection for the Distance Learning and
Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program,
which it intends to request approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by April 23, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas P. Dickson, Rural Development
Innovation Center—Regulatory Team 2,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
STOP 1522, Room 5164, South
Building, Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email
Thomas.dickson@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB)
regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) requires
that interested members of the public
and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection that
RUS is submitting to OMB for
extension.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed 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 the burden of
the proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (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 may be sent by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Thomas P. Dickson, Rural
Development Innovation Center, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522,
Room 5164, South Building,
Washington, DC 20250–1522.
Telephone: (202) 690–4492. Email:
Thomas.Dickson@wdc.usda.gov.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Title: Distance Learning and
Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0096.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection package.
Abstract: The Rural Utilities Service’s
(RUS) Distance Learning and
Telemedicine (DLT) Loan and Grant
program provides loans and grants for
advanced telecommunications services
to improve rural areas’ access to
educational and medical services. The
various forms and narrative statements
required are collected from the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS-SC-19-0013; SC19-981-2]
Almonds Grown in California; Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention
to request an extension for and revision to a currently approved
information collection for Almonds Grown in California, Marketing Order
No. 981.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 23, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice. Comments must be sent to the Docket Clerk,
Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS,
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or internet: www.regulations.gov. Comments
should reference the docket number and the date and page number of this
issue of the Federal Register and will be available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular business
hours, or can be viewed at: www.regulations.gov. All comments submitted
in response to this notice will be included in the record and will be
made available to the public. Please be advised that the identity of
the individuals or entities submitting the comments will be made
available to the public on the internet at the address provided above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Hatch, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone:(202) 720-6862, Fax:(202) 720-8938, or Email:
andrew.hatch@usda.gov.
Small businesses may request information on this notice by
contacting Richard Lower, Assistant to the Director, Marketing Order
and Agreement Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone (202) 720-2491, Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Email:
Richard.lower@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Almonds Grown in California, Marketing Order No. 981.
OMB Number: 0581-0242.
Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The information collection requirements in this request
are
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essential to carry out the intent of the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 (Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), to provide
the respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the
California almond marketing order (7 CFR part 981), which has been
operating since 1950.
The marketing order and its rules and regulations authorize the
Almond Board of California (Board), the agency responsible for local
administration of the marketing order, to require handlers and other
certain entities to submit information.
Since September 2007, the Board has been operating a mandatory
program under the marketing order to help reduce the potential for
Salmonella in almonds. The Board had developed forms as a means for
handlers to file required information with the Board relating to the
treatment of almonds. Almond handlers are required to submit annual
treatment plans to the Board and inspection agency regarding how they
plan to treat their almonds in compliance with the program.
Entities interested in being almond process authorities that
validate technologies are required to submit an application to the
Board on ABC Form No. 51, ``Application for Process Authority for
Almonds.'' Manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico
interested in being approved to accept untreated almonds, provided they
agree to treat the almonds themselves under the Board's Direct
Verifiable (DV) program, are required to submit an application to the
Board on ABC Form No. 52, ``Application for Direct Verifiable (DV)
Program for Further Processing of Untreated Almonds.'' Entities
interested in being approved DV user auditors are required to apply to
the Board on ABC Form No. 53, ``Application for Direct Verifiable (DV)
Program Auditors.'' To ensure compliance with the mandatory program,
entities are required to use either an on-site or audit-based
verification program and annually submit a treatment plan to the Board
on ABC Form No. 54, ``Handler Treatment Plan.''
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of USDA, including AMS, Specialty Crops Program's
regional and headquarters' staff, and authorized employees and agents
of the Board. Authorized Board employees, agents, and the industry are
the primary users of the information, and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response.
Respondents: Almond handlers; persons or organizations that would
like to qualify to be Board-approved process authorities that validate
treatments and technologies; manufacturers who would like to qualify to
participate in the Board's DV program; and entities that would like to
qualify as auditors under the DV program.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 175.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.00.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,200 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information has practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-03075 Filed 2-21-19; 8:45 am]
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