Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 36828-36829 [2020-13181]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 118 (Thursday, June 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36828-36829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13181]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 15, 2020.
    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. Comments regarding these information collections are best 
assured of having their full effect if received by July 20, 2020. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.
    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: Tobacco Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0004.
    Summary of Collection: Authority for the mandatory collection of 
information on form TB-26 ``Tobacco Stocks Report'' is the Tobacco 
Statistics Act of 1929 (7 U.S.C. 501-508). The Act provides for the 
collection and publication of statistics of tobacco by USDA with regard 
to quantity of leaf tobacco in all forms in the United States and 
Puerto, owned by or in the possession of dealers, manufacturers, 
growers' cooperative associations, and others with the exception of the 
original growers of the tobacco. The information furnished under the 
provisions of this Act is used only for statistical purposes for which 
it is supplied.
    The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) directs 
and authorizes USDA to collect, tabulate, and disseminate statistics on 
marketing agricultural products including market supplies, storage 
stocks, quantity, quality and condition of such products in various 
positions in the marketing channel, utilization of sub-products, 
shipment, and unloads.
    Need and Use of the Information: The basic purpose of the 
information collection is to ascertain the total supply of 
unmanufactured tobacco available to domestic manufacturers and to 
calculate the amount consumed in manufactured tobacco products. This 
data is also used for the calculation of production quotas for 
individual types of tobacco and for price support calculations.
    Without the information, USDA would not be able to disseminate 
marketing information as directed and authorized in the Act.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 47.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 166.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona and New Mexico.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0215.
    Summary of Collection: The Pistachio Marketing Order, (7 CFR part 
983), covering pistachios grown in California, Arizona and New Mexico 
is established and regulated under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 
Act of 1937, Secs. 1-19, 48 Stat. 31, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 601-674), 
herein referred to as the Act. The Act authorizes the formation of 
marketing orders for certain agricultural commodities to provide 
orderly marketing conditions in interstate and intrastate commerce and 
to improve producer returns. The order regulates the handling of 
pistachios, authorizes grade and size requirements, as well as a 
requirement for aflatoxin testing on domestic shipments only. The 
Secretary is authorized to oversee the order operations and issue 
regulations recommended by representatives from the Pistachio 
Committee.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service 
has developed forms as a convenience for handlers and producers who are 
required to file certain information with the Committee relating to 
pistachio supplies, shipments, dispositions, and other information 
needed to effectively implement the requirements of the order and carry 
out the purposes of the Act. If the information collection herein was 
not collected, the Secretary could not ascertain the support level for 
the order, nor in fact, carry out obligations required by the Act. Use 
of the forms is required by regulations governing marketing order 
administration. Collecting data less frequently would also eliminate 
the Secretary's ability to administer the order.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 1,200.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Weekly; Monthly; 
Quarterly; Biennially; Semi-annually; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 541.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0268.
    Summary of Collection: A Christmas Tree Promotion, Research and 
Information Order created under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and 
Information Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-127, 110 Stat. 1032, April 4, 
1996, 7 U.S.C. 744-7425) requires collection of information to carry 
out the program. This legislation is hereinafter referred to as the 
1996 Act. Under the enabling legislation, Congress has delegated the

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Department of Agriculture (USDA) the responsibility of establishing and 
overseeing agricultural commodity research and promotion orders, which 
may include a combination of promotion, research, industry information, 
and consumer information activities funded by mandatory assessments.
    The program includes projects relating to research, information, 
advertising, sales promotion, market development and production 
research to assist, improve, or promote the marketing, distribution, 
competitive position and stimulate sales of Christmas trees.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Christmas tree program will be 
administered by the Christmas Tree Promotion Board appointed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture and financed by a mandatory assessment on 
producers and importers of fresh cut Christmas trees. The program will 
provide for an exemption for producers and importers that cut and sell 
or import fewer than 500 Christmas trees annually. The forms covered 
under this collection require the minimum information necessary to 
effectively carry out the requirements of the program, and their use is 
essential to carry out the intent of the Order. If the information 
collection herein were not collected, the Board could not carry out the 
coordinated research, promotion, consumer education, and industry 
information program on Christmas trees, ensure compliance with the 
mandatory program or ensure proper assessment collection. Collecting 
data less frequently also would limit the Secretary's ability to 
oversee the Order.
    Description of Respondents: Producers and Importers.
    Number of Respondents: 7,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; Recordkeeping.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,106.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Information Collection for the Domestic Hemp Production 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0318.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 
(2018 Farm Bill) amended the Agricultural Marketing Agreement of 1946 
and was signed into law December 20, 2018, as Public Law 115-334. Sec. 
10113 of the 2018 Farm Bill amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) by adding Subtitle G--Hemp Production. The 
law required U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promulgate 
regulations and guidelines to develop and oversee a program for the 
production of hemp in the United States. The 2018 Farm Bill directs 
that this will include state and tribal plans, and a USDA plan for 
those States, including territories of Indian tribes, that choose not 
to submit their own plan. The proposed information collection and 
reporting requirements will facilitate the effective administration and 
oversight of the Domestic Hemp Production Program.
    Need and Use of the Information: This Program requires licensed 
producers and approved State and Tribal governments to maintain 
information on the land where hemp is produced, hemp testing results 
for delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, and disposal of plants not meeting 
necessary requirements. Additionally, all licensed producers must 
report hemp crop acreage to the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA). The 
information on all reports must be kept for a minimum of three years. 
This new information collection created seven new reporting forms and 
one already existing form. The information reported for data collected 
under State and Tribal plans incorporates the burden to producers 
licensed under State and Tribal plans associated with providing the 
required information.
    The State and Tribal Hemp Producer Report, State and Tribal Hemp 
Disposal Report and the State and Tribal Hemp Annual Report forms will 
require States and Tribes to provide USDA with contact information, a 
legal description of land, the disposal information for any non-
compliant hemp and harvest information for each producer.
    Producers under the USDA program complete the USDA Hemp Plan 
Producer License Application, the USDA Hemp Plan Producer Disposal 
Form, and the USDA Hemp Plan Producer Annual Report. Every producer 
under a State, Tribal or the USDA program completes the Report of 
Acreage. Laboratory personnel complete the Laboratory Test Results 
Report.
    The Agricultural Marketing Service will use the information from 
these forms to ensure that each producer and approved State and Tribe 
is properly complying with the regulations. If the information 
collection herein was not collected, the Secretary could not adequately 
administrate the Domestic Hemp Production Program.
    Description of Respondents: Hemp producers, States and Tribal 
governments with approved hemp production plans; Laboratory personnel.
    Number of Respondents: 9,100.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 17,363.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-13181 Filed 6-17-20; 8:45 am]
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