Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 29282 [2024-08544]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 29282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08544]


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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 approval 
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 these 
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if 
received by May 22, 2024. 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: Marketing Order No. 984 for Walnuts Grown in California.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Marketing Order No. 984 (7 CFR part 984) 
regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California and emanates from 
enabling legislation (the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, 
secs. 1-19, 48 Stat. 31, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 601-674). This 
legislation, hereinafter referred to as the Act, was designed to permit 
regulation of certain agricultural commodities for the purpose of 
providing orderly marketing conditions in interstate commerce and to 
improve returns to growers. Section 608 (d)(1) of the Act provides the 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the authority to request from the 
regulated handlers such information as is deemed necessary to determine 
the extent to which a marketing order has effectuated the declared 
policy of the Act.
    Marketing Order No. 984 became effective in 1948, following public 
hearings in accordance with formal rulemaking procedures specified 
under the Act, and is locally administered by the California Walnut 
Board (Board). Growers approved the marketing order in referendum, as 
specified by the Act. The marketing order authorizes quality 
regulations and research and promotion programs for walnuts grown in 
California.
    Need and Use of the Information: Under the program, handler 
assessment obligations are incurred at the time of certification, and 
provisions under Sec.  984.67 exempt certain walnut sales from 
assessments and quality regulations. Therefore, walnuts considered 
exempt are not inspected, certified, and assessed. Under the new 
mechanism of determining and collecting assessments, handler 
assessments would be based on walnuts received rather than walnuts 
certified. Accordingly, effective September 20, 2023, walnut receipts 
for deliveries that previously would have been exempt, as those walnuts 
would not be inspected and certified, may now be subject to assessment. 
To ensure that those walnuts continue to be exempt from assessment and/
or that handlers can receive a refund against their current year 
assessments for walnut deliveries exempt under Sec.  984.67, the Board 
recommended the establishment of the new information collection form 
described below. The form designated as OMB No. 0581-NEW is voluntary 
and is titled (CWB Form No. 2) Report of Walnuts Exempt from 
Assessments. Depending on when handlers submit the form, submission 
would either ensure that walnuts that are exempt from assessment are 
not assessed or if they are assessed, handlers would be able to receive 
a refund.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 14.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08544 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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