Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 18 June 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 36828 |
| Record Number | 2020-13181 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 118 (Thursday, June 18, 2020)
[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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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 118 / Thursday, June 18, 2020 /
Notices
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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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