[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-06078]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 18, 2020.
    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: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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 regarding these information collections are best 
assured of having their full effect if received by April 22, 2020. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information 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: Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0008.
    Summary of Collection: The U.S. Cotton Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 51 
53 and 55, authorizes the USDA to supervise the various activities 
directly associated with the classification or grading of cotton, 
cotton linters, and cottonseed based on official USDA Standards. The 
Cotton and Tobacco Program of the Agricultural Marketing Service 
carries out this supervision and is responsible for the maintenance of 
the functions to which these forms relate. USDA is the only Federal 
agency authorized to establish and promote the use of the official 
cotton standards of the U.S. in interstate and foreign commerce and to 
supervise the various activities associated with the classification or 
grading of cotton, cotton linters, and cottonseed based on official 
USDA standards.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service 
collects the information using various forms. Form FD-210 is submitted 
by owners of cotton to request cotton classification services. The 
request contains information for USDA to ascertain proper ownership of 
the samples submitted, to distribute classification results, and bill 
for services. Information about the origin and handling of the cotton 
is necessary in order to properly evaluate and classify the samples.
    Form CN-246 is submitted by cotton gins and warehouses seeking to 
serve as licensed samplers. Licenses issued by the USDA-AMS Cotton and 
Tobacco Program authorize the warehouse/gin to draw and submit samples 
to ensure the proper application of standards in the classification of 
cotton and to prevent deception in their use.
    Form CN-383 is a package of forms designated as CN-383-a through 
CN-383-k that is submitted by cotton producers, ginners, warehousemen, 
cooperatives, manufacturers, merchants, and crushers interested in 
acquiring cotton classification standards and round testing services.
    If this information is not collected or collected less frequency, 
Federal services could not be provided as authorized by the U.S. Cotton 
Standards Act.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,041.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; on occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 184.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Cotton Classification and Market News Service.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0009.
    Summary of Collection: The Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act, 7 
U.S. Code 471-476, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to collect 
and publish annually statistics or estimates concerning the grades and 
staple lengths of stocks of cotton. In addition, Agricultural Marketing 
Service (AMS) collects, authenticates, publishes, and distributes 
timely information of the market supply, demand, location, and market 
prices for cotton (7 U.S.C. 473B). This information is needed and used 
by all segments of the cotton industry.
    Need and Use of the Information: AMS will collect information on 
the quality of cotton in the carryover stocks along with the size or 
volume of the carryover. Growers use this information in making 
decisions relative to marketing their present crop and planning for the 
next one; cotton merchants use the information in marketing decisions; 
and the mills that provide the data also use the combined data in 
planning their future purchase to cover their needs. Importers of U.S. 
cotton use the data in making their plans for purchases of U.S. cotton. 
AMS and other government agencies are users of the compiled 
information.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 696.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Weekly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 599.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-06078 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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