Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Published date23 March 2020
Citation85 FR 16313
Record Number2020-06078
SectionNotices
CourtAgriculture Department
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
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                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-06078]
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                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
                March 18, 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 April 22, 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: Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards.
                 OMB Control Number: 0581-0008.
                 Summary of Collection: The U.S. Cotton Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 51
                53 and 55, authorizes the USDA to supervise the various activities
                directly associated with the classification or grading of cotton,
                cotton linters, and cottonseed based on official USDA Standards. The
                Cotton and Tobacco Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service
                carries out this supervision and is responsible for the maintenance of
                the functions to which these forms relate. USDA is the only Federal
                agency authorized to establish and promote the use of the official
                cotton standards of the U.S. in interstate and foreign commerce and to
                supervise the various activities associated with the classification or
                grading of cotton, cotton linters, and cottonseed based on official
                USDA standards.
                 Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service
                collects the information using various forms. Form FD-210 is submitted
                by owners of cotton to request cotton classification services. The
                request contains information for USDA to ascertain proper ownership of
                the samples submitted, to distribute classification results, and bill
                for services. Information about the origin and handling of the cotton
                is necessary in order to properly evaluate and classify the samples.
                 Form CN-246 is submitted by cotton gins and warehouses seeking to
                serve as licensed samplers. Licenses issued by the USDA-AMS Cotton and
                Tobacco Program authorize the warehouse/gin to draw and submit samples
                to ensure the proper application of standards in the classification of
                cotton and to prevent deception in their use.
                 Form CN-383 is a package of forms designated as CN-383-a through
                CN-383-k that is submitted by cotton producers, ginners, warehousemen,
                cooperatives, manufacturers, merchants, and crushers interested in
                acquiring cotton classification standards and round testing services.
                 If this information is not collected or collected less frequency,
                Federal services could not be provided as authorized by the U.S. Cotton
                Standards Act.
                 Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
                 Number of Respondents: 1,041.
                 Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; on occasion.
                 Total Burden Hours: 184.
                Agricultural Marketing Service
                 Title: Cotton Classification and Market News Service.
                 OMB Control Number: 0581-0009.
                 Summary of Collection: The Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act, 7
                U.S. Code 471-476, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to collect
                and publish annually statistics or estimates concerning the grades and
                staple lengths of stocks of cotton. In addition, Agricultural Marketing
                Service (AMS) collects, authenticates, publishes, and distributes
                timely information of the market supply, demand, location, and market
                prices for cotton (7 U.S.C. 473B). This information is needed and used
                by all segments of the cotton industry.
                 Need and Use of the Information: AMS will collect information on
                the quality of cotton in the carryover stocks along with the size or
                volume of the carryover. Growers use this information in making
                decisions relative to marketing their present crop and planning for the
                next one; cotton merchants use the information in marketing decisions;
                and the mills that provide the data also use the combined data in
                planning their future purchase to cover their needs. Importers of U.S.
                cotton use the data in making their plans for purchases of U.S. cotton.
                AMS and other government agencies are users of the compiled
                information.
                 Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
                 Number of Respondents: 696.
                 Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Weekly; Annually.
                 Total Burden Hours: 599.
                Ruth Brown,
                Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
                [FR Doc. 2020-06078 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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