[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9288-9289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04778]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 50 / Thursday, March 14, 2019 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-ST-19-0016]
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, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention
to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget, for an
extension of and revision to the currently approved information
collection of the Federal Seed Act Labeling and Enforcement.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 13, 2019 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic process available at
www.regulations.gov. Written comments may also be submitted to Ernest
L. Allen, Director, Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Science and
Technology Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 801 Summit Crossing Place, Suite C, Gastonia, North
Carolina 28054-2193; telephone (704) 810-8871; Fax (704) 852-4189. All
comments should reference the docket number AMS-ST-19-0016 and note the
date and the page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All
comments received will be posted without change, including any personal
information provided, at www.regulations.gov and will be included in
the record and made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ernest L, Allen, Seed Regulatory and
Testing Division, Science and Technology Programs, Agricultural
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 801 Summit Crossing
Place, Suite C, Gastonia, North Carolina 28054-2193; telephone (704)
810-8871; Fax (704) 852-4189.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to reorganization within AMS, we have
moved from Livestock, Poultry and Seed to Science and Technology
Programs.
Title: Federal Seed Act Program.
OMB Number: 0581-0026.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: This information collection and these recordkeeping
requirements are necessary to conduct the Federal Seed Act (FSA) (7
U.S.C. 1551 et seq.) program with respect to certain testing, labeling,
and recordkeeping requirements for agricultural and vegetable seeds in
interstate commerce. Regulations under the FSA are contained in 7 CFR
part 201.
The FSA, Title II, is a truth-in-labeling law that regulates
agricultural and vegetable planting seed in interstate commerce. Seed
subject to the FSA must be labeled with certain quality information and
Title II requires that information to be truthful. The FSA prohibits
the interstate shipment of falsely advertised seed and seed containing
noxious-weed seeds that are prohibited from sale in the State into
which the seed is being shipped.
No unique forms are required for this information collection. The
FSA requires seed in interstate commerce to be tested and labeled. Once
seed enters a State, it must comply with the testing and labeling
requirements of that State's seed law. The testing and labeling
required by FSA nearly always satisfies the State's testing and
labeling requirements. The receiving sales, cleaning, testing, and
labeling records required by FSA are also records that the shipper
would normally keep in good business practice.
The information in this collection is the minimum information
necessary to effectively carry out the enforcement of FSA. With the
exception of the requirements for entering a new variety into a State
seed certification program (set forth separately below), the
information collection is entirely recordkeeping rather than reporting.
While the number of applicants has slightly increased, the number
of requests has significantly increased creating an increase in burden
hours over the previous submission.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 2.68 hours per response.
Respondents: Interstate shippers and labelers of seed.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,221.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 27,249.66.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 8.46.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 73,029.09.
Eligibility Requirements for Certification of New Varieties and
Recordkeeping
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information (eligibility for certification of new varieties) is
estimated to average 2.42 hours per response.
Respondents: Entities seeking to enter new varieties into State
seed certification programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 96.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 960.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 10.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,323.20 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed 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 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Ernest L. Allen,
Seed Regulatory and Testing
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Division, Science and Technology Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 801 Summit Crossing Place,
Suite C, Gastonia, North Carolina 28054-2193. All comments received
will be available for public inspection during regular business hours
at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-04778 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
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