[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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