[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5397]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

 March 13, 2008
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or 
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these 
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if 
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the 
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    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: The Tobacco Statistics Act of 1929 (7 U.S.C. 
501-508) 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 Rico, 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 shall be used 
only for statistical purposes for which it is supplied.
    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: 57.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours: 204.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-5397 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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