[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23429-23430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11108]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV-97-928-1NC]
Papayas Grown in Hawaii; Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for a currently-
approved information collection for Papayas Grown in Hawaii, Marketing
Order No. 928.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by June 30, 1997 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Terry Vawter, California
Marketing Field Office, F & V Division, AMS, USDA, 2202 Monterey
Street, Suite 102B, Fresno, CA, 93721, telephone (209) 487-5901 or
facsimile (209) 487-5906 or Charles L. Rush, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, F & V, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, room 2525-S,
Washington, DC (202) 720-5053 or Fax # (202) 720-5698.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Papaya Grown in Hawaii, Marketing Order No. 928.
OMB Number: 0581-0102.
Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 1997.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs provide an opportunity for
producers of fresh fruits, vegetables, and specialty crops, in a
specified production area, to work together to solve marketing problems
that cannot be solved individually. Order regulations help ensure
adequate supplies of high quality product and adequate returns to
producers. Under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(Act), as amended (7 USC 601-674), industries enter into marketing
order programs. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to oversee
the order's operations and issue regulations recommended by a committee
of representatives from each commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the Act, to provide the
respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the
papaya marketing order program, which has been in operation since 1971.
The order authorizes production and marketing research and
development projects, including paid advertising. The research and
promotion activities are paid for by assessments on handlers of papaya.
The order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, authorize
the Papaya Administrative Committee (committee), the agency responsible
for local administration of the order, to require handlers and growers
to submit certain information. Much of this information is compiled in
aggregate and provided to the industry to assist in marketing
decisions.
The committee has developed forms as a means for persons to file
required information with the committee relating to papaya supplies,
shipments, dispositions, and other information needed to effectively
carry out the purpose of the Act and order. Papayas may be shipped
year-round and these forms are utilized accordingly. A USDA form is
used to allow growers to vote on amendments to or continuance of the
marketing order. In addition, papaya growers and grower/handlers who
are nominated by their peers to serve as representatives on the
committee must file nomination forms with the Secretary.
The forms covered under this information collection require the
minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements
of the order, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
Act as expressed in the order.
Shipments of Hawaiian papayas have decreased in recent years due to
an infestation of Papaya Ringspot Virus. However, there has been little
change in the number of growers and handlers. The committee estimates
that there are approximately 400 producers and 60 handlers of papaya
currently operating in the production area.
The committee added three new forms to its information collection.
The committee added the Handler Information/Update Form which asks
handlers to provide information such as their current address. A
Transgenic Seed Distribution Registration Form is used to determine how
many handlers will need to plant transgenic seeds which are resistant
to papaya ringspot virus. The committee also approved the use of a Crop
Report which will ask handlers how many acres are planted and
harvested. Use of these forms is authorized under Sec. 928.60 of the
order. The addition of these forms to the current information request
will increase the burden.
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable
Division regional and headquarter's staff, and authorized employees of
the committee. Authorized committee employees and the industry are the
primary users of the information and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .319 per response.
Respondents: Hawaiian papaya growers and handlers and two public
members in the production area of Hawaii.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 51.6.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1153.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have a practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
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ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden, including use of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. Comments should reference OMB No. 0581-0102 and Hawaiian
Papaya Marketing Order No. 928, and be mailed to the Docket Clerk,
Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, PO Box 96456, room 2523-S,
Washington, DC, 20090-6456. Comments should reference the docket number
and the date and page of this issue of the Federal Register. All
comments received will be available for public inspection in the Office
of the Docket Clerk during regular USDA business hours at 14th and
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC, Room 22523 South Building.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments also will become a matter of the
public record.
Dated: April 24, 1997.
Sharon Bomer Lauritsen,
Deputy Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 97-11108 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am]
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