[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65622-65623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27754]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 18, 2018.
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: (1)
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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of burden 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit their
comments to OMB via email to: [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 by January 22, 2019. 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
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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: Federal Marketing Order for Almonds.
OMB Control Number: 0581-New.
Summary of Collection: Marketing Order No. 981 (7 CFR part 81)
regulates the handling of almonds grown in California. Enabling
legislation is contained in the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; Act). The Act authorizes the
promulgation and amendment of marketing orders for certain agricultural
commodities and the issuance of regulations thereof for providing
orderly marketing conditions in interstate and intrastate commerce and
for improving returns to producers. The Act provides in section
608(d)(1) that information necessary to determine the extent to which a
marketing order has effectuated the declared policy of the Act shall be
furnished at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture. The rules of
practice and the procedure governing proceedings to formulate marketing
orders are contained in 7 CFR part 900.
Need and Use of the Information: The Board is made up of grower and
handler members and alternates who are nominated by their industry
peers and appointed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for
specified terms of office. Board staff use the four ballot forms and
one grower petition when conducting the nomination process. These new
forms require a minimum of information necessary to effectively carry
out the requirements of the marketing order, and their use is necessary
to fulfill the intent of the Act as expressed in the marketing order.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 677.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (when forms
are requested).
Total Burden Hours: 57.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-27754 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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