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Need and Use of the Information:
Producers, handlers, manufacturers,
wholesalers, importers, and retailers of
covered commodities are affected. This
public reporting burden is necessary to
ensure accuracy of country of origin and
method of production declarations
relied upon at the point of sale at retail.
The public reporting burden also
assures that all parties involved in
supplying covered commodities to retail
stores maintain and convey accurate
information as required.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 349,598.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 19,879,947.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–06160 Filed 3–23–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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
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 24, 2023
will be considered. 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.
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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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Borlaug Fellowship Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551–New.
Summary of Collection: The primary
purpose for this information collection
is for the Borlaug Fellowship Program
implemented by USDA’s Foreign
Agricultural Service, Global Programs,
Fellowship Programs. Since 2004, U.S.
Congress has made funds available to
USDA’s Borlaug Fellowship Program to
provide training to Fellows from
middle-income and emerging market
countries. The Borlaug Programs
provide U.S.-based scientific training
and collaborative research opportunities
to early- and mid-career scientists,
researchers, and policymakers, and can
act as market development tools to
assist in opening markets and
decreasing/eliminating trade barriers.
Authority for the program falls under 7
U.S. Code § 3319j: Borlaug International
Agricultural Science and Technology
Fellowship Program.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected by Fellowship
Programs is used to implement the
USDA FAS Borlaug Fellowship
Program. The information is collected
through the Borlaug Fellowship
Application that candidates submit to
FAS staff through an electronic
application. The Borlaug Fellowship
Program applications are collected by
Borlaug Fellowship Program staff and
are used by fellows to explain their
proposed research plans, set a
timeframe to achieve goals during and
after their program, and exhibit their
qualifications as a candidate for the
program.
The mid- and post-program
evaluation forms are used by Borlaug
Fellowship staff to assess the success of
each training program. Fellowship staff
use the evaluation forms to assess
whether programs goals were achieved
and receive feedback from participants
on how to improve future programming.
Without the Fellows applications and
evaluations, the Foreign Agricultural
Service would not be able execute the
Borlaug Fellowship Program and FAS
staff would not be able to identify if
FAS objectives and goals are being met.
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Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 227.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 715.
Title: Certificate for Quota Eligibility
(CQE).
OMB Control Number: 0551–0014.
Summary of Collection: Imports of
raw cane sugar are subject to a tariff-rate
import quota (TRQ) that is allocated on
a country-by-country basis to foreign
countries or areas. A U.S. certificate for
quota eligibility (CQE) issued by USDA
and authenticated by a certifying
authority in the foreign country permits
entry of raw cane sugar under the TRQ.
U.S. Note 5 (a)(i) of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United State
requires the Secretary to establish a TRQ
for raw-cane sugar (entered under HTS
1701.12.10 and 1701.14.10) during each
fiscal year with a minimum TRQ
amount of 1,117,195 metric tons, raw
value. In Addition 5 (b)(1) authorizes
the U.S. Trade Representative to allocate
the raw-cane sugar tariff-rate quota
among supplying countries. CQEs are
issued to the 40 countries that receive
TRQ allocations to export sugar to the
United State. The CQE is completed by
the certifying authority in the foreign
country that certifies that the sugar
being exported to the United States was
produced in the foreign country that has
the TRQ allocation. The Foreign
Agriculture will collect information
using form FAS–961 and other
collection activities.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS
will collect the following information:
(1) country of origin or area of the
eligible raw cane sugar; (2) quota period;
(3) quantity of raw cane sugar to be
exported; (4) details of the shipment
(shipper, vessel, port of loading); and (5)
additional details if available at the time
of shipment (consignee, address of
consignee, expected date of departure,
expected date of arrival in the U.S.,
expected port of arrival). The
information will help determine if the
quantity to be imported is eligible to be
entered under the TRQ. Without the
CQEs, USDA/FAS and CBP could not
administer the raw cane sugar TRQs
authorized under U.S. law.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 24.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
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Total Burden Hours: 621.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023–06039 Filed 3–23–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP):
Operating Guidelines, Forms, Waivers,
and Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this information collection. This is a
revision of a currently approved
collection that consists of several
components of State agency reporting
and/or recordkeeping: State Plan of
Operations, Puerto Rico Plan of
Operations, Territory Memorandums of
Understanding (MOUs), a budget
projection statement, a program activity
report, waiver requests submitted via
the Waiver Information Management
System (WIMS), card skimming
reporting, and other plans and
submissions such as advance planning
documents for information systems and
for electronic benefit transfer (EBT)
systems. This collection also merges the
activities under the Annual State Report
on Verification of SNAP participation,
OMB Control Number 0584–0605,
expiration date 06/30/2025 into this
collection which ensures that no person
who is deceased, or who has been
permanently disqualified from SNAP,
improperly received SNAP benefits for
the fiscal year preceding the report
submission. Section 4032 of the
Agriculture Act of 2014 is the basis for
this collection. The Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) considers an email from
each State agency to their corresponding
FNS Regional SNAP Program Director
verifying their compliance with Section
4032 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 as
the mechanism for compliance. FNS
intends to discontinue the Annual State
Report of Verification of SNAP
Participants, OMB Control Number
0584–0605 expiration date 06/30/2025
following OMB approval of this
information collection request.
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SUMMARY:
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Written comments must be
received on or before May 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Maribelle Balbes, Branch Chief, State
Administration Branch, Program
Administration and Nutrition Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, 5th Floor,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
email to SM.FN.SNAPSAB@usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Maribelle Balbes
703–605–4272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 shall 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 that were
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 use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Title: Operating Guidelines, Forms,
Waivers, and Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation.
OMB Number: 0584–0083.
Forms: FNS–366A; FNS–366B; FNS–
388; FNS–388A; SF–425/FNS–778
Recordkeeping Only.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2023.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 16(a) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the Act)
authorizes 50 percent Federal
reimbursement for State agency costs to
administer the program. 7 CFR 272.2(a)
of SNAP regulations states that State
agencies shall periodically plan and
budget program operations and establish
objectives for the next year. The basic
components of the State Plan of
Operation are the Federal/State
DATES:
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Agreement, the Budget Projection
Statement (FNS–366A), the Program
Activity Statement (FNS–366B) (7 CFR
272.2(a)(2)), and a new requirement for
State plans for the replacement of stolen
SNAP benefits using Federal funds as
required by statute under section 501(b)
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2023. Under 7 CFR 272.2(c), the State
agency shall annually submit to FNS for
approval a Budget Projection Statement
(FNS–366A) which shall contain
projections for each quarter of the next
Federal Fiscal Year and a narrative
justification document explaining the
assumptions used to arrive at the
projections. The State agency shall also
submit quarterly a Program Activity
Statement (FNS–366B) soliciting a
summary of Program activity for the
State agency’s operations during the
preceding reporting period.
Additionally, State agencies and
territories will submit a monthly report
of benefit issuance and participation
data using the FNS–388, and a semiannual report of benefit and
participation data by project area using
the FNS–388A. The FNS–366A, the
FNS–366B, FNS–388 and FNS 388A are
submitted via the Food Programs
Reporting System (FPRS), OMB Control
Number 0584–0594 expiration date 07/
31/2023, at https://fprs.fns.usda.gov.
State agencies must also submit
annually a State plan for the
replacement of benefits stolen via card
skimming, card cloning, and other
similar fraudulent methods, which
allows States to replace stolen benefits
with Federal funds. All State Plans of
Operation are submitted to FNS via the
FNS PartnerWeb at https://
partnerweb.usda.gov/. Additionally,
State agencies must submit quarterly
data reports on card skimming via
WIMS. Certain attachments to the plan
are to be submitted, as applicable. State
agencies must provide FNS with
changes to these attachments as they
occur. Consequently, these attachments
are considered State plan updates.
Puerto Rico submits a State Plan of
Operations while American Samoa and
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) submit an MOU that
functions as a State Plan of Operations,
each of these documents are submitted
via email. While working on this
revision, FNS became aware that the
agency has been collecting this
information from American Samoa,
Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI);
this information was not previously
accounted for in this information
collection, in violation of the Paperwork
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-06039]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 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
24, 2023 will be considered. 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Borlaug Fellowship Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551-New.
Summary of Collection: The primary purpose for this information
collection is for the Borlaug Fellowship Program implemented by USDA's
Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, Fellowship Programs.
Since 2004, U.S. Congress has made funds available to USDA's Borlaug
Fellowship Program to provide training to Fellows from middle-income
and emerging market countries. The Borlaug Programs provide U.S.-based
scientific training and collaborative research opportunities to early-
and mid-career scientists, researchers, and policymakers, and can act
as market development tools to assist in opening markets and
decreasing/eliminating trade barriers. Authority for the program falls
under 7 U.S. Code Sec. 3319j: Borlaug International Agricultural
Science and Technology Fellowship Program.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected by
Fellowship Programs is used to implement the USDA FAS Borlaug
Fellowship Program. The information is collected through the Borlaug
Fellowship Application that candidates submit to FAS staff through an
electronic application. The Borlaug Fellowship Program applications are
collected by Borlaug Fellowship Program staff and are used by fellows
to explain their proposed research plans, set a timeframe to achieve
goals during and after their program, and exhibit their qualifications
as a candidate for the program.
The mid- and post-program evaluation forms are used by Borlaug
Fellowship staff to assess the success of each training program.
Fellowship staff use the evaluation forms to assess whether programs
goals were achieved and receive feedback from participants on how to
improve future programming. Without the Fellows applications and
evaluations, the Foreign Agricultural Service would not be able execute
the Borlaug Fellowship Program and FAS staff would not be able to
identify if FAS objectives and goals are being met.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 227.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 715.
Title: Certificate for Quota Eligibility (CQE).
OMB Control Number: 0551-0014.
Summary of Collection: Imports of raw cane sugar are subject to a
tariff-rate import quota (TRQ) that is allocated on a country-by-
country basis to foreign countries or areas. A U.S. certificate for
quota eligibility (CQE) issued by USDA and authenticated by a
certifying authority in the foreign country permits entry of raw cane
sugar under the TRQ. U.S. Note 5 (a)(i) of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United State requires the Secretary to establish a TRQ
for raw-cane sugar (entered under HTS 1701.12.10 and 1701.14.10) during
each fiscal year with a minimum TRQ amount of 1,117,195 metric tons,
raw value. In Addition 5 (b)(1) authorizes the U.S. Trade
Representative to allocate the raw-cane sugar tariff-rate quota among
supplying countries. CQEs are issued to the 40 countries that receive
TRQ allocations to export sugar to the United State. The CQE is
completed by the certifying authority in the foreign country that
certifies that the sugar being exported to the United States was
produced in the foreign country that has the TRQ allocation. The
Foreign Agriculture will collect information using form FAS-961 and
other collection activities.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect the following
information: (1) country of origin or area of the eligible raw cane
sugar; (2) quota period; (3) quantity of raw cane sugar to be exported;
(4) details of the shipment (shipper, vessel, port of loading); and (5)
additional details if available at the time of shipment (consignee,
address of consignee, expected date of departure, expected date of
arrival in the U.S., expected port of arrival). The information will
help determine if the quantity to be imported is eligible to be entered
under the TRQ. Without the CQEs, USDA/FAS and CBP could not administer
the raw cane sugar TRQs authorized under U.S. law.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 24.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
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Total Burden Hours: 621.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-06039 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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