Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 50817 [2019-20923]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 50817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20923]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 23, 2019.
    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 are requested regarding: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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: 
[email protected] 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 October 28, 2019. 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: Export Fruit Regulations--Export Apple Act (7 CFR part 33) 
and Export Grape and Plum Act (7 CFR part 35).
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0143.
    Summary of Collection: Fresh apples and grapes grown in the United 
States and shipped to any foreign destination must meet minimum quality 
and other requirements established by regulations issued under the 
Export Apple Act (7 CFR part 33) and the Export Grape and Plum Act (7 
CFR part 35). These Acts were designed to promote the foreign trade of 
the United States in apples and grapes; to protect the reputation of 
these American-grown commodities; and to prevent deception or 
misrepresentation of the quality of such products moving in foreign 
commerce. Plum provisions in the marketing order were terminated in 
1991. The regulation issued under the Export Grape and Plum Act (7 CFR 
part 35) cover fresh grapes grown in the United States and shipped to 
foreign destinations, except Canada and Mexico.
    Need and Use of the Information: Each shipment must be inspected by 
Federal or Federal-State Inspection Program (FSIP) to determine if a 
lot of apples or grapes intended for export meet the applicable quality 
requirements. FSIP inspectors use the Export Form Certificate to 
certify inspection of the shipment for exports bound for non-Canadian 
destinations. The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Services uses the 
certificates for compliance purposes. The inspector records specific 
information on the certificate relating to the quality of the fruit, 
the quantity shipped, the date shipped, vessel identification, and the 
intended foreign destination of the fruit. Export carriers are required 
to keep on file for three years copies of inspection certificates for 
apples and grapes.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; On occasion, 
Monthly, Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,311.

Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-20923 Filed 9-25-19; 8:45 am]
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