[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17783-17784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06039]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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 this information collection received by April 
24, 2023 will be considered. 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.

Foreign Agricultural Service

    Title: Borlaug Fellowship Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0551-New.
    Summary of Collection: The primary purpose for this information 
collection is for the Borlaug Fellowship Program implemented by USDA's 
Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Programs, Fellowship Programs. 
Since 2004, U.S. Congress has made funds available to USDA's Borlaug 
Fellowship Program to provide training to Fellows from middle-income 
and emerging market countries. The Borlaug Programs provide U.S.-based 
scientific training and collaborative research opportunities to early- 
and mid-career scientists, researchers, and policymakers, and can act 
as market development tools to assist in opening markets and 
decreasing/eliminating trade barriers. Authority for the program falls 
under 7 U.S. Code Sec.  3319j: Borlaug International Agricultural 
Science and Technology Fellowship Program.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected by 
Fellowship Programs is used to implement the USDA FAS Borlaug 
Fellowship Program. The information is collected through the Borlaug 
Fellowship Application that candidates submit to FAS staff through an 
electronic application. The Borlaug Fellowship Program applications are 
collected by Borlaug Fellowship Program staff and are used by fellows 
to explain their proposed research plans, set a timeframe to achieve 
goals during and after their program, and exhibit their qualifications 
as a candidate for the program.
    The mid- and post-program evaluation forms are used by Borlaug 
Fellowship staff to assess the success of each training program. 
Fellowship staff use the evaluation forms to assess whether programs 
goals were achieved and receive feedback from participants on how to 
improve future programming. Without the Fellows applications and 
evaluations, the Foreign Agricultural Service would not be able execute 
the Borlaug Fellowship Program and FAS staff would not be able to 
identify if FAS objectives and goals are being met.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 227.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 715.
    Title: Certificate for Quota Eligibility (CQE).
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0014.
    Summary of Collection: Imports of raw cane sugar are subject to a 
tariff-rate import quota (TRQ) that is allocated on a country-by-
country basis to foreign countries or areas. A U.S. certificate for 
quota eligibility (CQE) issued by USDA and authenticated by a 
certifying authority in the foreign country permits entry of raw cane 
sugar under the TRQ. U.S. Note 5 (a)(i) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United State requires the Secretary to establish a TRQ 
for raw-cane sugar (entered under HTS 1701.12.10 and 1701.14.10) during 
each fiscal year with a minimum TRQ amount of 1,117,195 metric tons, 
raw value. In Addition 5 (b)(1) authorizes the U.S. Trade 
Representative to allocate the raw-cane sugar tariff-rate quota among 
supplying countries. CQEs are issued to the 40 countries that receive 
TRQ allocations to export sugar to the United State. The CQE is 
completed by the certifying authority in the foreign country that 
certifies that the sugar being exported to the United States was 
produced in the foreign country that has the TRQ allocation. The 
Foreign Agriculture will collect information using form FAS-961 and 
other collection activities.
    Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect the following 
information: (1) country of origin or area of the eligible raw cane 
sugar; (2) quota period; (3) quantity of raw cane sugar to be exported; 
(4) details of the shipment (shipper, vessel, port of loading); and (5) 
additional details if available at the time of shipment (consignee, 
address of consignee, expected date of departure, expected date of 
arrival in the U.S., expected port of arrival). The information will 
help determine if the quantity to be imported is eligible to be entered 
under the TRQ. Without the CQEs, USDA/FAS and CBP could not administer 
the raw cane sugar TRQs authorized under U.S. law.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 24.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.

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    Total Burden Hours: 621.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-06039 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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