[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28182-28183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11395]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-FV-13-0012; FV 13-930-1]


Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Et al.; Notice of 
Request for Extension and Revision 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) intent to request an extension for and revision to a 
currently approved information collection for Tart Cherries Grown in 
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 
Wisconsin, pursuant to Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR part 930).

DATES: Comments must be received by July 15, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
concerning this notice. Comments must be sent to the Docket Clerk, 
Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 
AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC 
20250-0237; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Internet: www.regulations.gov. 
Comments should reference the docket number and the date and page 
number of this issue of the Federal Register and will be available for 
public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular 
business hours, or can be viewed at: www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Weiya Zeng, Marketing Order and 
Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone: (202) 690-3870, Fax: (202) 720-8938, or Email: 
[email protected].
    Small businesses may request information on this notice by 
contacting Jeffrey Smutny, Assistant to the Director, Marketing Order 
and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone: (202) 720-9922, Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR 
part 930).
    OMB Number: 0581-0177.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2013.
    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. Under the authority of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7 
U.S.C. 601-674), industries may enter into marketing orders. The 
Secretary of Agriculture oversees these operations and issues 
regulations recommended by a committee of representatives from the 
respective commodity industry.
    The information collection requirements in this request are 
essential to carry out the intent of the AMAA and to administer the 
program, which has operated since 1996.
    The Federal marketing order for tart cherries (7 CFR part 930) 
regulates the handling of tart cherries grown in Michigan, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin, hereinafter 
referred to as the ``order.'' The order authorizes volume regulations 
that provide for a reserve pool in times of heavy cherry supplies. The 
order also provides for minimum grade and size regulations, and market 
research and development projects, including paid advertising. These 
provisions are not currently in use.
    The order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, authorizes 
the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board), 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 Board to assist in carrying 
out marketing decisions.
    The Board has developed forms as a means for persons to file the 
required and minimum necessary reports with the Board, such as tart 
cherry inventories, shipments, diversions, and background data. All the 
information provided is needed to effectively carry out the 
requirements of the order and fulfill the intent of the AMAA as 
expressed in the order. Since this order regulates canned and frozen 
forms of tart cherries, reporting requirements will be in effect all 
year.
    Eight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forms are also included 
in this request. Tart cherry growers and handlers nominated by their 
peers to serve as representatives on the Board must submit nomination 
forms to the USDA. Formal rulemaking amendments to the order must be 
approved in grower referenda authorized and conducted by the USDA. In 
addition, USDA may conduct a referendum to determine industry support 
for continuation of the order. Finally, handlers are asked to sign an 
agreement to indicate their willingness to comply with the provisions 
of the order if the order is amended.
    The information collected is used only by authorized 
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable 
Programs' regional and headquarters staff, and authorized Board 
employees. Authorized Board 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 .225 hours per response.
    Respondents: Tart cherry growers and for-profit businesses handling 
fresh and processed tart cherries produced in Michigan, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 642.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.03.

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    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 727 hours.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether this collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 
(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 
the collection of information on those who respond, including through 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments should reference this docket number and the appropriate 
marketing order and be sent to the USDA in care of the Docket Clerk at 
the address above. All comments received within the provided comment 
period will be available for public inspection during regular business 
hours, and summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All 
comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: May 9, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-11395 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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