[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61317-61318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28154]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. AMS-FV-09-0066; FV09-926-1NC]


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 of a currently 
approved information collection for Data Collection, Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements Applicable to Cranberries Not Subject to the 
Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part 926.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 25, 2010.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott, 
Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 
0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237; Tel: (202) 205-2829, Fax: (202) 720-
8938, or Internet: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments should 
reference the docket number and the date and page number of this issue 
of the Federal Register and will be made available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular business 
hours, or can be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Small business may request information on this notice by contacting 
Jay Guerber, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable 
Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0237, room 
1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-0237; telephone (202) 720-2491; Fax (202) 
720-8938, or E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Data Collection Requirements Applicable to Cranberries Not 
Subject to the Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part 926.
    OMB Number: 0581-0222.
    Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2010.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: A Federal marketing order for cranberries (M.O. 929) 
regulates the handling of cranberries grown in 10 States and is 
applicable to regulated handlers under the order. Public Law 106-78, 
enacted October 22, 1999, amended section 8(d) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674). 
If a cranberry order is in effect, the amendment authorizes the 
Secretary to require persons engaged in the handling or importation of 
cranberries and cranberry products not subject to the reporting 
requirements of the Federal cranberry marketing order to maintain 
adequate records and report information on sales, acquisitions, and 
inventory information to USDA or the Cranberry Marketing Committee 
(Committee). Such persons include handlers, producer-handlers, 
processors, brokers, and importers. The Committee collects this 
information. The data collection and reporting requirements helps the 
Committee make more informed recommendations to USDA for regulations 
authorized under the cranberry marketing order, (7 CFR Part 929).
    Although a final rule, published in the Federal Register on April 
4, 2007 (72 FR 16265) suspended the reporting requirements under 7 CFR 
Part 926, AMS is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approve a one-hour placeholder for future use of this information 
collection should the suspension be lifted and the reporting 
requirements re-implemented.
    The information collection requirements in this request are 
essential to carry out the intent of the AMAA, and to administer the 
program, which was implemented in 2005.
    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 
AMAA as expressed in the order, and the rules and regulations issued 
under the order.
    The information collected is used only by authorized 
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable 
Programs' regional and headquarters 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 .083 hours per response.
    Respondents: Cranberry importers and brokers who acquire and sell 
cranberries and cranberry products, and maintain inventories of 
cranberries and cranberry products; and handlers, producer-handlers, 
and processors not subject to the cranberry marketing order who 
produce, handle, acquire, sell and maintain beginning and ending 
inventories of cranberries and cranberry products.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1 hour.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of the information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have 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) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (4) 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 should reference OMB No. 0581-0222 and the Data Collection 
and Reporting Requirements Applicable to

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Cranberries Not Subject to the Cranberry Marketing Order, 7 CFR Part 
926, and be mailed to Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, 
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0237; 
Telephone: (202) 205-2829; Fax (202) 720-8938; or Internet: http://www.regulations.gov. Comments should reference the docket number and 
the date and page number 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 1400 
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC, room 1406-S.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Dated: November 17, 2009.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E9-28154 Filed 11-23-09; 8:45 am]
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