81 FR 26198 - Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 84 (May 2, 2016)

Page Range		26198-26199
FR Document		2016-10210

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of a currently approved information collection for the Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under Regulations Under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as amended.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-FV-16-0040]


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 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing 
Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of a currently approved 
information collection for the Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 
Under Regulations Under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 
1930, as amended.

DATES: Comments received by July 1, 2016 will be considered.
    Additional Information or Comments: You may submit written or 
electronic comments to: Natalie Worku, PACA Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Comments, AMS, Specialty Crops Program, PACA Branch, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW., Room 1510-S, Stop 0242, Washington DC 20250-0242; fax: 202-
690-4413; or Internet: http://www.regulations.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under Regulations 
(Other than Rules of Practice) Under the Perishable Agricultural 
Commodities Act, 1930.
    OMB Number: 0581-0031.
    Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2016.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The PACA was enacted by Congress in 1930 to establish a 
code of fair trading practices covering the marketing of fresh and 
frozen fruits and vegetables in interstate or foreign commerce. It 
protects growers, shippers, and distributors dealing in those 
commodities by prohibiting unfair and fraudulent trade practices.
    The law provides a forum for resolving contract disputes, and a 
mechanism for the collection of damages from anyone who fails to meet 
contractual obligations. In addition, the PACA provides for prompt 
payment to fruit and vegetable sellers and for revocation of licenses 
and sanctions against firms or principals found to have violated the 
law's standards for fair business practices. The PACA also imposes a 
statutory trust that attaches to perishable agricultural commodities 
received by regulated entities, products derived from the commodities, 
and any receivables or proceeds from the sale of the commodities. The 
trust exists for the benefit of produce suppliers, sellers, or agents 
that have not been paid, and continues until they have been paid in 
full.
    The PACA is enforced through a licensing system. All commission 
merchants, dealers, and brokers engaged in business subject to the PACA 
must be licensed. Retailers and grocery wholesalers must renew their 
licenses every three years. All other licensees renew yearly. Those who 
engage in practices prohibited by the PACA may have their licenses 
suspended or revoked.
    The information collected pursuant to OMB Number 0581-0031 is used 
to administer licensing provisions under the PACA, to adjudicate 
contract disputes, and to enforce the PACA and the regulations. The 
purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public 
concerning our information collection.
    We estimate the paperwork and time burden of the above referenced 
information collection to be as follows:
    Form FV-211, Application for License: average of .25 hours per 
application per response.
    Form FV-231-1 (or 231-1A, or 231-2, or 231-2A), Application for 
Renewal or Reinstatement of License: Average of .05 hours per 
application per response.
    Regulations Section 46.13--Letters to Notify USDA of Changes in 
Business Operations: Average of .05 hours per notice per response.
    Regulations Section 46.4--Limited Liability Company Articles of 
Organization and Operating Agreement: Average of .083 hours with 
approximately 2,968 annual responses.
    Regulations Section 46.18--Record of Produce Received: Average of 5 
hours with approximately 6,725 recordkeepers.
    Regulations Section 46.20--Records Reflecting Lot Numbers: Average 
of 8.25 hours with approximately 683 recordkeepers.
    Regulations Section 46.46(c)(2)--Waiver of Rights to Trust 
Protection: Average of .25 hours per notice with approximately 100 
principals.
    Regulations Sections 46.2(aa)(11) and 46.46(e)(1)--Copy of Written 
Agreement Reflecting Times for Payment: Average of 20 hours with 
approximately 2,343 recordkeepers.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 3 hours per response annually.
    Respondents: Commission merchants, dealers, and brokers engaged in 
the business of buying, selling, or negotiating the purchase or sale of 
commercial quantities of fresh and/or frozen fruits and vegetables in 
interstate or foreign commerce are required to be licensed under the 
PACA (7 U.S.C. 499(c)(a)).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,543.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 28,433.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 87,406.
    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

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technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    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: April 27, 2016.
Elanor Starmer,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Abstract: The PACA was enacted by Operations: Average of .05 hours per
contains documents other than rules or Congress in 1930 to establish a code of notice per response.
proposed rules that are applicable to the fair trading practices covering the Regulations Section 46.4—Limited
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, marketing of fresh and frozen fruits and Liability Company Articles of
committee meetings, agency decisions and vegetables in interstate or foreign Organization and Operating Agreement:
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
commerce. It protects growers, shippers, Average of .083 hours with
statements of organization and functions are and distributors dealing in those approximately 2,968 annual responses.
examples of documents appearing in this commodities by prohibiting unfair and Regulations Section 46.18—Record of
section. fraudulent trade practices. Produce Received: Average of 5 hours
The law provides a forum for with approximately 6,725
resolving contract disputes, and a recordkeepers.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE mechanism for the collection of Regulations Section 46.20—Records
damages from anyone who fails to meet Reflecting Lot Numbers: Average of 8.25
Agricultural Marketing Service contractual obligations. In addition, the hours with approximately 683
[Doc. No. AMS–FV–16–0040] PACA provides for prompt payment to recordkeepers.
fruit and vegetable sellers and for Regulations Section 46.46(c)(2)—
Notice of Request for Extension and revocation of licenses and sanctions Waiver of Rights to Trust Protection:
Revision of a Currently Approved against firms or principals found to have Average of .25 hours per notice with
Information Collection violated the law’s standards for fair approximately 100 principals.
business practices. The PACA also Regulations Sections 46.2(aa)(11) and
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, imposes a statutory trust that attaches to 46.46(e)(1)—Copy of Written Agreement
USDA. perishable agricultural commodities Reflecting Times for Payment: Average
ACTION: Notice and request for received by regulated entities, products of 20 hours with approximately 2,343
comments. derived from the commodities, and any recordkeepers.
receivables or proceeds from the sale of Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
SUMMARY: In accordance with the the commodities. The trust exists for the burden for this collection of information
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 benefit of produce suppliers, sellers, or is estimated to average 3 hours per
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice agents that have not been paid, and response annually.
announces the Agricultural Marketing continues until they have been paid in Respondents: Commission merchants,
Service’s (AMS) intention to request full. dealers, and brokers engaged in the
approval from the Office of Management The PACA is enforced through a business of buying, selling, or
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of licensing system. All commission negotiating the purchase or sale of
a currently approved information merchants, dealers, and brokers engaged commercial quantities of fresh and/or
collection for the Reporting and in business subject to the PACA must be frozen fruits and vegetables in interstate
Recordkeeping Requirements Under licensed. Retailers and grocery or foreign commerce are required to be
Regulations Under the Perishable wholesalers must renew their licenses licensed under the PACA (7 U.S.C.
Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as every three years. All other licensees 499(c)(a)).
amended. renew yearly. Those who engage in Estimated Number of Respondents:
DATES: Comments received by July 1, practices prohibited by the PACA may 13,543.
2016 will be considered. have their licenses suspended or Estimated Total Annual Responses:
Additional Information or Comments: revoked. 28,433.
You may submit written or electronic The information collected pursuant to Estimated Number of Responses per
comments to: Natalie Worku, PACA OMB Number 0581–0031 is used to Respondent: 2.
Recordkeeping and Reporting administer licensing provisions under Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Comments, AMS, Specialty Crops the PACA, to adjudicate contract Respondents: 87,406.
Program, PACA Branch, 1400 disputes, and to enforce the PACA and Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
Independence Avenue SW., Room the regulations. The purpose of this the proposed collection of information
1510–S, Stop 0242, Washington DC notice is to solicit comments from the is necessary for the proper performance
20250–0242; fax: 202–690–4413; or public concerning our information of the functions of the agency, including
Internet: http://www.regulations.gov. collection. whether the information will have
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We estimate the paperwork and time practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping burden of the above referenced agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Requirements Under Regulations (Other information collection to be as follows: proposed collection of information
than Rules of Practice) Under the Form FV–211, Application for including the validity of the
Perishable Agricultural Commodities License: average of .25 hours per methodology and assumptions used; (3)
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Act, 1930. application per response. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
OMB Number: 0581–0031. Form FV–231–1 (or 231–1A, or 231–2, clarity of the information to be
Expiration Date of Approval: or 231–2A), Application for Renewal or collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
December 31, 2016. Reinstatement of License: Average of .05 burden of the collection of information
Type of Request: Extension of a hours per application per response. on those who are to respond, including
currently approved information Regulations Section 46.13—Letters to the use of appropriate automated,
collection. Notify USDA of Changes in Business electronic, mechanical, or other

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technological collection techniques or nacie@doc.gov. NACIE’s establishment talent development that leads to a
other forms of information technology. is authorized by Section 25(c) of the globally competitive workforce. To that
All responses to this notice will be Stevenson-Wydler Technology end, the Secretary seeks diversity in the
summarized and included in the request Innovation Act of 1980, as amended (15 size of organization represented and
for OMB approval. All comments will U.S.C. 3720(c)). Additional information seeks to appoint members who
become a matter of public record. regarding NACIE can be found at represent diverse geographies and
Dated: April 27, 2016. https://www.eda.gov/oie/nacie/. innovation and entrepreneurship
Elanor Starmer, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office experiences from industry, government,
of Innovation and Entrepreneurship academia, nonprofits, and non-
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service. (OIE) is accepting applications for governmental organizations.
[FR Doc. 2016–10210 Filed 4–29–16; 8:45 am] membership on the National Advisory Additional factors which may be
Council on Innovation and considered in the selection of NACIE
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Entrepreneurship (NACIE) for a two- members include each candidate’s
year term beginning on the date of proven experience in the design,
appointment. Members will be selected, creation, or improvement of innovation
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE systems; commercialization of research
in accordance with Department of
Economic Development Administration Commerce (DOC) guidelines, based on and development; entrepreneurship;
their ability to advise the Secretary of business-driven talent development that
Notice of Opportunity To Apply for Commerce (the Secretary) on matters leads to a globally competitive
Membership on the National Advisory relating to the acceleration of innovation workforce; and the creation and growth
Council on Innovation and and the support for and expansion of of innovation- and entrepreneurship-
Entrepreneurship (NACIE) entrepreneurship, including but not focused ecosystems. Members’
limited to the matters set forth in 15 affiliations may include, but are not
ACTION: Notice. U.S.C. 3720(b) and limited to, successful executive-level
• The development of policy business leaders; entrepreneurs;
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce innovators; investors; post-secondary
recommendations to support
(DOC) is currently seeking applications education leaders; directors of
entrepreneurship and innovation
for membership on the National workforce and training organizations;
across business sectors and
Advisory Council on Innovation and and other experts drawn from industry,
geographies;
Entrepreneurship (NACIE). NACIE
• insights into innovative opportunities government, academia, philanthropic
advises the Secretary of Commerce (the foundations with a demonstrated track
to increase the global competitiveness
Secretary) on matters related to record of research or support of
of both the workforce and the
accelerating innovation and innovation and entrepreneurship, and
economy;
entrepreneurship. • the exploration of opportunities to non-governmental organizations.
Table of Contents promote the role of employers in Nominees will be evaluated consistent
creating and expanding successful with factors specified in this notice and
a. Dates their ability to carry out the goals of
talent development partnerships
b. Addresses NACIE.
c. For Further Information, Contact across multiple stakeholders;
• policies that encourage the creative Self-nominations will be accepted.
d. Supplementary Information
use of technology to facilitate Appointments will be made without
DATES: Applications must be received employee recruitment, training, career regard to political affiliation.
by the Office of Innovation and and talent development, and business Membership. Members shall serve at
Entrepreneurship (OIE), Economic startups; and the discretion of the Secretary. Because
Development Administration (EDA) by • the identification and promotion of members will be appointed as experts,
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on June 1, best practices that accelerate the members will be considered special
2016, to be considered for membership commercialization of research and government employees (SGEs).
in the formation of this NACIE cohort. intellectual property. Members participating in NACIE
Applications received by June 1, 2016, NACIE will identify and recommend meetings and events will be responsible
will also be considered to fill vacancies solutions to issues critical to driving the for their travel, living, and other
up to one year after this NACIE cohort’s innovation economy, including enabling personal expenses. Meetings will be
formation. entrepreneurs and firms to successfully held regularly and not less than twice
ADDRESSES: Please submit applications access and develop a skilled, globally annually, usually in Washington, DC.
electronically to nacie@doc.gov and competitive workforce. NACIE will also Members are required to attend a
include ‘‘[NACIEApplication]’’ (without serve as a vehicle for ongoing dialogue majority of NACIE’s meetings. The first
quotation marks) in the subject line, or with the innovation, entrepreneurship, meeting for this NACIE cohort will take
by post or courier to the Office of and workforce development place October 6–7, 2016, in Washington,
Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Attn: communities, including but not limited DC. Members may be required to arrive
NACIE Membership Applications, 1401 to business and trade associations. The one day early for onboarding and
Constitution Avenue NW., Suite 78018, duties of NACIE are solely advisory, and orientation activities. Attendance is
Washington, DC 20230. Electronic it shall report to the Secretary through mandatory.
submissions are preferred. the Economic Development Eligibility. Eligibility for membership
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Administration (EDA) and the Office of is limited to U.S. citizens who are not
further information, interested parties the Secretary. full-time employees of the United States
can contact the Office of Innovation and NACIE members shall be selected in government or of a foreign government,
Entrepreneurship via post at 1401 a manner that ensures that NACIE is are not registered with the Department
Constitution Avenue NW., Suite 78018, balanced in terms of perspectives and of Justice under the Foreign Agents
Washington, DC 20230; via telephone at expertise with regard to innovation, Registration Act, and are not federally-
+1 (202) 482–8001; or via email at entrepreneurship, and business-driven registered lobbyists.

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FR Citation		81 FR 26198

81 FR 26198 - Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREAgricultural Marketing Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 84 (May 2, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service