Information Collection Request; Volunteer Program
| Citation | 85 FR 68285 |
| Record Number | 2020-23783 |
| Published date | 28 October 2020 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Farm Service Agency |
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Notices Federal Register
68285
Vol. 85, No. 209
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Document Number AMS–SC–19–0103, SC–
20–326]
Termination of U.S. Consumer
Standards
AGENCY
: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) of the Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposes to
terminate the following 10 U.S.
Consumer Standards: The U.S.
Consumer Standards for Italian
Sprouting Broccoli, U.S. Consumer
Standards for Fresh Carrots, U.S.
Consumer Standards for Celery Stalks,
U.S. Consumer Standards for Husked
Corn on the Cob, U.S. Consumer
Standards for Fresh Kale, U.S.
Consumer Standards for Fresh Spinach
Leaves, U.S. Consumer Standards for
Brussels Sprouts, U.S. Consumer
Standards for Fresh Parsnips, U.S.
Consumer Standards for Fresh Turnips,
and U.S. Consumer Standards for Beet
Greens. This proposed action is part of
USDA’s work to eliminate regulations
that are outdated, unnecessary,
ineffective, or impose costs that exceed
benefits.
DATES
: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
the USDA, Specialty Crops Inspection
Division, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite
101, Fredericksburg, VA 22406; fax:
(540) 361–1199; or at
www.regulations.gov. Comments should
reference the date and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register.
Comments will be posted without
change, including any personal
information provided. All comments
received within the comment period
will become part of the public record
maintained by the Agency and will be
made available to the public via
www.regulations.gov. Comments will be
made available for public inspection at
the above address during regular
business hours or can be viewed at:
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
David G. Horner at the address above,
by phone (540) 361–1120; fax (540) 361–
1199; or, email Dave.Horner@usda.gov.
Copies of these 10 U.S. consumer
standards are available at http://
www.regulations.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Section
203(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) as
amended, directs and authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture ‘‘to develop and
improve standards of quality, condition,
quantity, grade, and packaging, and
recommend and demonstrate such
standards in order to encourage
uniformity and consistency in
commercial practices.’’
AMS is committed to carrying out this
authority in a manner that facilitates the
marketing of agricultural commodities
and makes copies of official standards
available upon request. The U.S.
Standards for Grades of Fruits and
Vegetables that no longer appear in the
Code of Federal Regulations are
maintained by AMS at: http://
www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards.
AMS is proposing to terminate these 10
U.S. consumer standards using the
procedures that appear in part 36 of
Title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (7 CFR part 36).
Background
AMS continually reviews all fruit and
vegetable grade standards to ensure
their usefulness to the industry,
modernize language, and remove
duplicative terminology. On February
24, 2017, President Trump signed
Executive Order (E.O.) 13777, Enforcing
the Regulatory Reform Agenda, which
established a Federal policy to alleviate
unnecessary regulatory burdens on the
American people. Section 3 of the E.O.
directs Federal agencies to establish a
Regulatory Reform Task Force to (1)
evaluate existing regulations and
recommend their repeal, replacement,
or modification to the USDA Secretary,
and (2) identify regulations that are
outdated, unnecessary, ineffective, or
whose costs exceed their benefits.
The consumer standards were
originally developed for re-packers and
were never fully adopted by industry,
which instead uses U.S. grade standards
intended for wholesale use, which are
revised regularly to reflect current
industry practices. AMS identified 10
U.S. consumer standards that are not
related to a current, active marketing
order, import regulation, or export act
and which are obsolete. These consumer
standards continue to cause confusion
within the industry due to conflicting
and outmoded grades and terminology.
They are ineffective, unnecessary, and
have become a burden to the U.S. and
global produce industry.
Therefore, AMS proposes to terminate
the following 10 U.S. consumer
standards: U.S. Consumer Standards for
Italian Sprouting Broccoli, U.S.
Consumer Standards for Fresh Carrots,
U.S. Consumer Standards for Celery
Stalks, U.S. Consumer Standards for
Husked Corn on the Cob, U.S. Consumer
Standards for Fresh Kale, U.S.
Consumer Standards for Fresh Spinach
Leaves, U.S. Consumer Standards for
Brussels Sprouts, U.S. Consumer
Standards for Fresh Parsnips, U.S.
Consumer Standards for Fresh Turnips,
and U.S. Consumer Standards for Beet
Greens.
The elimination of these U.S.
consumer standards would reduce
obsolete information, lessen confusion
in interpreting grade standards, and
promote consistency within the
industry.
A 60-day comment period is provided
for interested persons to submit
comments on the proposal to terminate
these 10 U.S. consumer standards.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
[Docket ID FSA–2020–0009]
Information Collection Request;
Volunteer Program
AGENCY
: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION
: Notice; request for comments.
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68286
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 28, 2020 / Notices
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is
requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an
extension with a revision of a currently
approved information collection
associated with the Volunteer Program.
DATES
: We will consider comments that
we receive by December 28, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comment, include the volume, date, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
•Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to:
www.regulations.gov and search for
Docket ID FSA–2020–0009. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
•Mail, Hand-Delivery, or Courier:
Ms. Jennifer Moffit, USDA, FPAC–BC,
Legislative and Stakeholder Relations,
FPAC National Volunteer Program, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington,
DC 20024.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. Comments will
be available for inspection online at
http://www.regulations.gov.
Copies of the information collection
may be requested by contacting Jennifer
Moffit at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, contact Ms. Jennifer Moffit at
(202) 827–5191 (voice); or, by email at:
Jennifer.Moffit@usda.gov. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative
means for communication should
contact the USDA Target Center at (202)
720–2600 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Title: Volunteer Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0232.
OMB Expiration Date for Approval:
February 28, 2021.
Type of Request: Extension.
Abstract: Section 1526 of the
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7
U.S.C. 2272) authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to establish a program (‘‘the
Volunteer Program’’) to use volunteers
to perform a wide range of activities to
carry out the programs of the
Department of Agriculture. In addition,
5 U.S.C. 3111 grants agencies the
authority to establish programs designed
to provide educationally-related work
assignments for students, in non-pay
status. For FSA’s volunteer program,
each volunteer must follow the same
responsibilities and guidelines for
conduct that Federal government
employees are expected to follow. The
volunteers, who are mainly students
participating in the sponsored volunteer
program, must complete a service
agreement, attendance records, and
other forms, and provide the required
supporting documents to FSA. The
information will allow FSA to
effectively recruit, train, and accept
volunteers to carry out programs
supported by the Department of
Agriculture, thereby benefitting
volunteers, the Department of
Agriculture, and the general public.
Without the information, FSA will be
unable to document the services
provided by the volunteers. FSA will
report the collected information to
offices within the Department of
Agriculture and the Office of Personnel
Management that request information
on the Volunteer Program.
FSA continues to use forms AD–2022,
AD–2023, AD–2024, and AD–2025 in
the Volunteer Program. The burden
hours decreased by 10 due to the
removal of travel times. The
respondents go to the county offices to
do regular and customary business with
FSA; this means no travel times is
required specifically for the information
collection and therefore, it is no longer
included in the burden hour reporting.
For the following estimated total annual
burden on respondents, the formula
used to calculate the total burden hours
is the estimated average time per
response multiplied by the estimated
total annual responses.
Estimate of Average Time to Respond:
Public reporting burden for collecting
information under this notice is
estimated to average 15 minutes (0.25)
per response for each of the 4 forms,
including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
Therefore, the public reporting burden
would be an average 0.25 hours per
response in this collection.
Type of Respondents: Any
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.
Estimated Total Annual Reponses: 80.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 0.25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 20 hours.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Evaluate the quality, ability and
clarity of the information technology;
and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who
respond through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget Approval.
Steve Peterson,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; 2021 New York City Housing
and Vacancy Survey
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 13,
2020 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Due to the COVID–19 pandemic, the
start of the New York City Housing and
Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS) collection
was delayed from November 2020 to
February 2021 and the estimated
number of respondents was reduced
from 30,000 to 12,000. As a result of
these changes, the survey reference year
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