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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–SC–20–0011; SC20–033–1]
Vegetable and Specialty Crop
Marketing Orders; Notice of Request
for Extension and Revision of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural
Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to
request an extension and revision to the
approved forms and information
collection for marketing orders covering
various vegetables and specialty crops.
DATES: Comments on this notice are due
by April 27, 2020 to be assured of
consideration.
SUMMARY:
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 individuals
or entities submitting the comments will
be made public on the internet at the
address provided above.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Hatch, Chief, Rulemaking
Services Branch, 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: Vegetable and Specialty Crop
Marketing Orders.
OMB Number: 0581–0178.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,
2020.
Type of Request: Extension and
Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs
provide an opportunity for producers of
fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty
crops, in specified production areas, to
work together to solve marketing
problems that cannot be solved
individually. This notice covers the
following marketing order citations: 7
CFR parts 932 (California olives), 945
(Idaho/Oregon potatoes), 946
(Washington potatoes), 948 (Colorado
potatoes), 955 (Vidalia onions), 956
(Walla Walla onions), 958 (Idaho/
Oregon onions), 959 (South Texas
onions), 966 (Florida tomatoes), 981
(California almonds), 982 (Oregon/
Washington hazelnuts), 984 (California
walnuts), 985 (Northwest spearmint oil),
987 (California dates), 989 (California
raisins), 993 (California dried prunes),
and 999 (Specialty Crop Import
Regulations).
Marketing Order 953 (North Carolina/
Virginia potatoes) has been terminated
since the last three-year renewal period
of this information collection package.
Currently, handling requirements for
Marketing Order 993 for California dried
prunes are suspended at the industry’s
request, meaning its information
collection requirements are not active.
The California dried prune industry
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maintains the committee, which works
in partnership with State programs. In
addition, the import regulation for
California dried prunes, as contained in
7 CFR 999.200—Regulation governing
the importation of prunes—is
indefinitely suspended, effective
January 17, 2009 (Federal Register, Vol.
74 No. 11).
Marketing order requirements help
ensure adequate supplies of high quality
product and adequate returns to
producers. Marketing orders are
authorized under the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act),
as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674). The
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
oversee the marketing order operations
and issue regulations recommended by
a committee of representatives from
each commodity industry.
The information collection
requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the
Act, to provide the respondents the type
of service they request, and to
administer the marketing orders. Under
the Act, marketing orders may
authorize: Production and marketing
research, including paid advertising;
volume regulation; reserves, including
pools and producer allotments;
container requirements; and quality
control. Assessments are levied on
handlers regulated under the marketing
orders. Section 8e of the Act requires
imports of 14 commodities to meet
certain standards. Included among these
commodities are some covered in this
forms package: Olives, potatoes, onions,
tomatoes, walnuts, dates, dried prunes,
and raisins.
USDA requires several forms to be
filed to enable the administration of
each marketing order. These include
forms covering the selection process for
industry members to serve on a
marketing order’s committee or board
and ballots used in referenda to amend
or continue marketing orders.
Under Federal marketing orders,
producers and handlers are nominated
by their peers to serve as representatives
on a committee or board which
administers each program. Nominees
must provide information on their
qualifications to serve on the committee
or board. Qualified nominees are then
appointed by the Secretary.
Amendments to marketing orders made
through Formal rulemaking must be
approved in referenda conducted by
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USDA and the Secretary. For the
purposes of this action, ballots are
considered information collections and
are subject to the Paperwork Reduction
Act. If a marketing order is amended,
handlers are asked to sign an agreement
indicating their willingness to abide by
the provisions of the amended
marketing order.
Some forms are required to be filed
with the committee or board. The
marketing orders authorize the
respective committee or board, the
agencies responsible for local
administration of the marketing orders,
to require handlers and producers to
submit certain information. Much of the
information is compiled in aggregate
and provided to the respective
industries to assist in marketing
decisions. The committees and boards
developed forms as a means for persons
to file required information relating to
supplies, shipments, and dispositions of
their respective commodities, and other
information needed to effectively carry
out the purpose of the Act and their
respective orders, and these forms are
utilized accordingly.
The forms covered under this
information collection require
respondents to provide the minimum
information necessary to effectively
carry out the requirements of the
marketing orders, and use of these forms
is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
Act as expressed in the marketing
orders.
The information collected is used
only by authorized employees of the
committees and authorized
representatives of the USDA, including
AMS, Specialty Crops Program’s
regional and headquarters’ staff.
Authorized committee or board
employees 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 0.32 hours per
response.
Respondents: Producers, handlers,
processors, dehydrators, cooperatives,
manufacturers, importers, and public
members.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15,481.
Estimated Number of Responses:
79,213.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 5.12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 25,438 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
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practical utility; (2) 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; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (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 should reference OMB No.
0581–0178 OMB Vegetable and
Specialty Crop Marketing Orders, and
be sent to the USDA in care of the
Docket Clerk at the address above. All
comments received will be available for
public inspection during regular
business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
AMS is committed to complying with
the E-Government Act to promote the
use of the internet and other
information technologies, to provide
increased opportunities for citizen
access to Government information and
services, and for other purposes.
A 60-day comment period is provided
to allow interested persons to respond
to the notice.
Dated: February 21, 2020.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
February 24, 2020.
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: 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
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information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques and other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by March 30, 2020
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.
Commentors 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
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Forest Service
Title: Cooperative Wildland Fire
Management and Stafford Act Response
Agreements.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0242.
Summary of Collection: The primary
authorities allowing for the agreements
are the reciprocal Fire Protection Act, 42
U.S.C. 1856, and the Stafford Act, 42
U.S.C. 5121. The Forest Service (FS) is
charged with the duty of providing fire
protection for any property of the
United States and is authorized to enter
into a reciprocal agreement, with any
fire organization maintaining fire
protection facilities in the vicinity of
such property, for mutual aid in
furnishing fire protection for such
property and for other property for
which such organization normally
provides fire protection.
Need and Use of the Information: To
negotiate, develop, and administer
Cooperative Wildland Fire Management
and Stafford Act Response Agreements,
the USDA FS, Department of Interior
(DOI) Bureau of Land Management; Fish
and Wildlife Service; National Park
Service; and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DOI must collect information from
willing State, local, and Tribal
governments from the pre-agreement to
the closeout stage via telephone calls,
emails, postal mail, and person-to-
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-SC-20-0011; SC20-033-1]
Vegetable and Specialty Crop Marketing Orders; Notice of Request
for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention
to request an extension and revision to the approved forms and
information collection for marketing orders covering various vegetables
and specialty crops.
DATES: Comments on this notice are due by April 27, 2020 to be assured
of consideration.
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
individuals or entities submitting the comments will be made public on
the internet at the address provided above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Hatch, Chief, Rulemaking
Services Branch, 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: [email protected].
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:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Vegetable and Specialty Crop Marketing Orders.
OMB Number: 0581-0178.
Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2020.
Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs provide an opportunity for
producers of fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty crops, in specified
production areas, to work together to solve marketing problems that
cannot be solved individually. This notice covers the following
marketing order citations: 7 CFR parts 932 (California olives), 945
(Idaho/Oregon potatoes), 946 (Washington potatoes), 948 (Colorado
potatoes), 955 (Vidalia onions), 956 (Walla Walla onions), 958 (Idaho/
Oregon onions), 959 (South Texas onions), 966 (Florida tomatoes), 981
(California almonds), 982 (Oregon/Washington hazelnuts), 984
(California walnuts), 985 (Northwest spearmint oil), 987 (California
dates), 989 (California raisins), 993 (California dried prunes), and
999 (Specialty Crop Import Regulations).
Marketing Order 953 (North Carolina/Virginia potatoes) has been
terminated since the last three-year renewal period of this information
collection package. Currently, handling requirements for Marketing
Order 993 for California dried prunes are suspended at the industry's
request, meaning its information collection requirements are not
active. The California dried prune industry maintains the committee,
which works in partnership with State programs. In addition, the import
regulation for California dried prunes, as contained in 7 CFR 999.200--
Regulation governing the importation of prunes--is indefinitely
suspended, effective January 17, 2009 (Federal Register, Vol. 74 No.
11).
Marketing order requirements help ensure adequate supplies of high
quality product and adequate returns to producers. Marketing orders are
authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674). The Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to oversee the marketing order operations and issue
regulations recommended by a committee of representatives from each
commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the Act, to provide the
respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the
marketing orders. Under the Act, marketing orders may authorize:
Production and marketing research, including paid advertising; volume
regulation; reserves, including pools and producer allotments;
container requirements; and quality control. Assessments are levied on
handlers regulated under the marketing orders. Section 8e of the Act
requires imports of 14 commodities to meet certain standards. Included
among these commodities are some covered in this forms package: Olives,
potatoes, onions, tomatoes, walnuts, dates, dried prunes, and raisins.
USDA requires several forms to be filed to enable the
administration of each marketing order. These include forms covering
the selection process for industry members to serve on a marketing
order's committee or board and ballots used in referenda to amend or
continue marketing orders.
Under Federal marketing orders, producers and handlers are
nominated by their peers to serve as representatives on a committee or
board which administers each program. Nominees must provide information
on their qualifications to serve on the committee or board. Qualified
nominees are then appointed by the Secretary. Amendments to marketing
orders made through Formal rulemaking must be approved in referenda
conducted by
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USDA and the Secretary. For the purposes of this action, ballots are
considered information collections and are subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act. If a marketing order is amended, handlers are asked to
sign an agreement indicating their willingness to abide by the
provisions of the amended marketing order.
Some forms are required to be filed with the committee or board.
The marketing orders authorize the respective committee or board, the
agencies responsible for local administration of the marketing orders,
to require handlers and producers to submit certain information. Much
of the information is compiled in aggregate and provided to the
respective industries to assist in marketing decisions. The committees
and boards developed forms as a means for persons to file required
information relating to supplies, shipments, and dispositions of their
respective commodities, and other information needed to effectively
carry out the purpose of the Act and their respective orders, and these
forms are utilized accordingly.
The forms covered under this information collection require
respondents to provide the minimum information necessary to effectively
carry out the requirements of the marketing orders, and use of these
forms is necessary to fulfill the intent of the Act as expressed in the
marketing orders.
The information collected is used only by authorized employees of
the committees and authorized representatives of the USDA, including
AMS, Specialty Crops Program's regional and headquarters' staff.
Authorized committee or board employees 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 0.32 hours per response.
Respondents: Producers, handlers, processors, dehydrators,
cooperatives, manufacturers, importers, and public members.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,481.
Estimated Number of Responses: 79,213.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 25,438 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (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 should reference OMB No. 0581-0178 OMB Vegetable and
Specialty Crop Marketing Orders, and be sent to the USDA in care of the
Docket Clerk at the address above. All comments received will be
available for public inspection during regular business hours at the
same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
AMS is committed to complying with the E-Government Act to promote
the use of the internet and other information technologies, to provide
increased opportunities for citizen access to Government information
and services, and for other purposes.
A 60-day comment period is provided to allow interested persons to
respond to the notice.
Dated: February 21, 2020.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-03894 Filed 2-26-20; 8:45 am]
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