81 FR 54550 - Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 158 (August 16, 2016)
Agricultural Marketing Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 158 (August 16, 2016)
| Page Range | 54550-54551 | |
| FR Document | 2016-19530 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 16, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 54550-54551] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-19530] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 16, 2016 / Notices [[Page 54550]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service [Doc. No. AMS-DA-16-0056] Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, for an extension of and revision to the currently approved information collection for report forms under the Federal milk marketing order program. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 17, 2016 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov or to the Office of the Deputy Administrator, Dairy Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2968 South, Stop 0225, Washington, DC 20250-0225. Comments should make reference to the date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments will be posted electronically without change; including any personal information provided at http://regulations.gov. Comments will also be available for public inspection in the above office during regular business hours. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Jamison, Director, Order Operation and Accountability Division, Dairy Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2968 South, Stop 0225, Washington, DC 20250-0225. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Report Forms under Federal Milk Orders (From Milk Handlers and Milk Marketing Cooperatives). OMB Number: 0581-0032. Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2017. Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: Federal milk marketing order regulations (7 CFR parts 1000-1199) authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), require milk handlers to report in detail the receipts and utilization of milk and milk products handled at each of their plants that are regulated by a Federal order. The data are needed to administer the classified pricing system and related requirements of each Federal order. A Federal milk marketing order (hereinafter, Order) is a regulation issued by the Secretary of Agriculture that places certain requirements on the handling of milk in the area it covers. Each Order is established under the authority of the Act. The Order requires that handlers of milk for a marketing area pay not less than certain minimum class prices according to how the milk is used. These prices are established under each Order after a public hearing at which evidence is received on the supply and demand conditions for milk in the market. An Order requires that payments for milk be pooled and paid to individual farmers or cooperative associations of farmers on the basis of a uniform or average price. Thus, all eligible farmers (producers) share in the market wide use-values of milk by regulated handlers. Milk Orders help ensure adequate supplies of milk and dairy products for consumers and adequate returns to producers. The Orders also provide for the public dissemination of market statistics and other information for the benefit of producers, handlers, and consumers. Formal rulemaking amendments to the Orders must be approved in referenda conducted by the Secretary. During 2015, 35,181 dairy farmers delivered over 126 billion pounds of milk to handlers regulated under the milk orders. This volume represents 61 percent of all milk marketed in the U.S. and 61 percent of the milk of bottling quality (Grade A) sold in the country. The value of this milk delivered to Federal milk order handlers at minimum order blend prices was over $21 billion. Producer deliveries of milk used in Class I products (mainly fluid milk products) totaled 41 billion pounds--32 percent of total producer deliveries. Each Order is administered by a USDA market administrator. The market administrator is authorized to levy assessments on regulated handlers to carry out the market administrator's duties and responsibilities under the Orders. Additional duties of the market administrators are to prescribe reports required of each handler, to assure that handlers properly account for milk and milk products, and to assure that such handlers pay producers and associations of producers according to the provisions of the Order. The market administrator employs a staff that verifies handlers' reports by examining records to determine that the required payments are made to producers. Most reports required from handlers are submitted monthly to the market administrator. The Biennial Summary of Packaged Fluid Milk Sales in Federal Order Markets, by Size, Container Type and Distribution Method is a new electronic form that was added in 2015. The data from this form is collected from all regulated handlers who process and/or sell Class I fluid milk products under a Federal Milk Marketing Order. The forms used by the market administrators are required by the respective Orders that are authorized by the Act. The forms are used to establish the quantity of milk received by handlers, the pooling status of the handlers, the class-use of the milk used by the handler, and the butterfat content and amounts of other components of the milk. The forms covered under this information collection require the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements of the Orders, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the Act as expressed in the Orders and in the rules and regulations issued under the Orders. The information collected is used only by authorized employees of the market administrator and authorized [[Page 54551]] representatives of the USDA, including AMS Dairy Programs' headquarters staff. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.47 hours per response. Respondents: Milk handlers and milk marketing cooperatives. Estimated Number of Respondents: 690. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 18,591. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 27. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 27,334.05. 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. 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: August 10, 2016. Elanor Starmer, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2016-19530 Filed 8-15-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room percent of all milk marketed in the U.S.
contains documents other than rules or 2968 South, Stop 0225, Washington, DC and 61 percent of the milk of bottling
proposed rules that are applicable to the 20250–0225. quality (Grade A) sold in the country.
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, The value of this milk delivered to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
committee meetings, agency decisions and Federal milk order handlers at
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of Title: Report Forms under Federal
petitions and applications and agency Milk Orders (From Milk Handlers and minimum order blend prices was over
statements of organization and functions are Milk Marketing Cooperatives). $21 billion. Producer deliveries of milk
examples of documents appearing in this OMB Number: 0581–0032. used in Class I products (mainly fluid
section. Expiration Date of Approval: February milk products) totaled 41 billion
28, 2017. pounds—32 percent of total producer
Type of Request: Extension and deliveries.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE revision of a currently approved Each Order is administered by a
information collection. USDA market administrator. The market
Agricultural Marketing Service Abstract: Federal milk marketing administrator is authorized to levy
[Doc. No. AMS–DA–16–0056] order regulations (7 CFR parts 1000– assessments on regulated handlers to
1199) authorized under the Agricultural carry out the market administrator’s
Notice of Request for Extension and Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as duties and responsibilities under the
Revision of a Currently Approved amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), require Orders. Additional duties of the market
Information Collection milk handlers to report in detail the administrators are to prescribe reports
receipts and utilization of milk and milk required of each handler, to assure that
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
products handled at each of their plants handlers properly account for milk and
USDA.
that are regulated by a Federal order. milk products, and to assure that such
ACTION: Notice and request for The data are needed to administer the handlers pay producers and associations
comments. classified pricing system and related of producers according to the provisions
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of each Federal order. of the Order. The market administrator
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 A Federal milk marketing order employs a staff that verifies handlers’
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice (hereinafter, Order) is a regulation reports by examining records to
announces the Agricultural Marketing issued by the Secretary of Agriculture determine that the required payments
Service’s (AMS) intention to request that places certain requirements on the are made to producers. Most reports
approval, from the Office of handling of milk in the area it covers. required from handlers are submitted
Management and Budget, for an Each Order is established under the monthly to the market administrator.
extension of and revision to the authority of the Act. The Order requires The Biennial Summary of Packaged
currently approved information that handlers of milk for a marketing Fluid Milk Sales in Federal Order
collection for report forms under the area pay not less than certain minimum Markets, by Size, Container Type and
Federal milk marketing order program. class prices according to how the milk Distribution Method is a new electronic
is used. These prices are established form that was added in 2015. The data
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
under each Order after a public hearing from this form is collected from all
received by October 17, 2016 to be
at which evidence is received on the regulated handlers who process and/or
assured of consideration.
supply and demand conditions for milk sell Class I fluid milk products under a
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
in the market. An Order requires that Federal Milk Marketing Order.
invited to submit written comments payments for milk be pooled and paid
electronically at http:// to individual farmers or cooperative The forms used by the market
www.regulations.gov or to the Office of associations of farmers on the basis of a administrators are required by the
the Deputy Administrator, Dairy uniform or average price. Thus, all respective Orders that are authorized by
Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 eligible farmers (producers) share in the the Act. The forms are used to establish
Independence Avenue SW., Room 2968 market wide use-values of milk by the quantity of milk received by
South, Stop 0225, Washington, DC regulated handlers. handlers, the pooling status of the
20250–0225. Comments should make Milk Orders help ensure adequate handlers, the class-use of the milk used
reference to the date and page number supplies of milk and dairy products for by the handler, and the butterfat content
of this issue of the Federal Register. All consumers and adequate returns to and amounts of other components of the
comments will be posted electronically producers. milk.
without change; including any personal The Orders also provide for the public The forms covered under this
information provided at http:// dissemination of market statistics and information collection require the
regulations.gov. Comments will also be other information for the benefit of minimum information necessary to
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available for public inspection in the producers, handlers, and consumers. effectively carry out the requirements of
above office during regular business Formal rulemaking amendments to the Orders, and their use is necessary to
hours. the Orders must be approved in fulfill the intent of the Act as expressed
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: referenda conducted by the Secretary. in the Orders and in the rules and
David R. Jamison, Director, Order During 2015, 35,181 dairy farmers regulations issued under the Orders.
Operation and Accountability Division, delivered over 126 billion pounds of The information collected is used only
Dairy Program, Agricultural Marketing milk to handlers regulated under the by authorized employees of the market
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, milk orders. This volume represents 61 administrator and authorized
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representatives of the USDA, including collected information to better inform farming or agriculture. The registrant’s
AMS Dairy Programs’ headquarters staff. minority farmers about U.S. Department name, address, email, phone number,
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting of Agriculture (USDA) programs and race, ethnicity, gender, farm location,
burden for this collection of information services. and signature will be collected;
is estimated to average 1.47 hours per however, the registrant’s name, address,
DATES: We will consider comments
response. and signature are the only items
received by October 17, 2016, at 5:00
Respondents: Milk handlers and milk required to register. Providing this
p.m. EST.
marketing cooperatives. information is completely voluntary.
Estimated Number of Respondents: ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
USDA’s OAO will use this information
690. comments on this notice. In your to help inform minority farmers and
Estimated Total Annual Responses: comments, include date, volume, and ranchers about programs and services
18,591. page number of this issue of the Federal provided by USDA agencies. The
Estimated Number of Responses per Register. You may submit comments by Minority Farm Register is maintained by
Respondent: 27. any of the following methods: (1) OAO. Because USDA partners with
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to community-based organizations,
Respondents: 27,334.05. http://regulations.gov and follow the minority-serving educational
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether online instructions for submitting institutions, and other groups to
the proposed collection of information comments; (2) Mail: U.S. Department of communicate USDA’s programs and
is necessary for the proper performance Agriculture, Office of Advocacy and services, the OAO may share
of the functions of the agency, including Outreach, Attn: Kenya Nicholas, information collected with these
whether the information will have Program Director, Whitten Building organizations for outreach purposes.
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Room 520–A, Mail Stop 0601, 1400 The race, ethnicity, and gender of
agency’s estimate of the burden of the Independence Avenue SW., registrants may be used to provide
proposed collection of information Washington, DC 20250; and (3) Fax: information about programs and
including the validity of the (202) 720–7704. services that are designed for these
methodology and assumptions used; (3) How to File a Complaint of particular groups. Information about the
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Discrimination: To file a complaint of Minority Farm Register is available on
clarity of the information to be discrimination, complete the USDA the Internet to ensure that the program
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the Program Discrimination Complaint is widely publicized and accessible to
burden of the collection of information Form, which may be accessed online at: all.
on those who are to respond, including http://www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/
the use of appropriate automated, files/docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_ Respondents: Individuals and
electronic, mechanical, or other 8_12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you households.
technological collection techniques or or your authorized representative. Send Estimated Number of Respondents:
other forms of information technology. your completed complaint form or letter 5000.
All responses to this notice will be to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Estimated Average Number of
summarized and included in the request Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Responses per Respondent: 1.
for OMB approval. All comments will Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Estimated Total Annual Number of
become a matter of public record. Independence Avenue SW., Responses: 5000.
Dated: August 10, 2016. Washington, DC 20250–9410. Estimated average time to respond: 5
Elanor Starmer, Fax: (202) 690–7442. minutes (0.083 hours) and 1 hour
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Email: program.intake@usda.gov. traveling time. Estimated Total Annual
Service. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Burden on all Respondents: 4667 hours.
[FR Doc. 2016–19530 Filed 8–15–16; 8:45 am] Agency Contact: U.S. Department of We are requesting comments on all
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P Agriculture, Office of Advocacy and aspects of this information collection to
Outreach, Attention: Kenya Nicholas, help us to: (1) Evaluate whether the
Program Director, Whitten Building collection of information is necessary
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Room 520–A, Mail Stop 0601, 1400 for the proper performance of the
Independence Avenue SW., functions of OAO, including whether
Notice of Request for Approval of an Washington, DC 20250, Phone: (202) the information will have practical
Information Collection 720–6350, Fax: (202) 720–7704, Email: utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of
AGENCY: Office of Advocacy and kenya.nicholas@osec.usda.gov. OAO’s estimate of burden including the
Outreach, Department of Agriculture. Persons with Disabilities: Persons who validity of the methodology and
require alternative means for assumptions used; (3) Enhance the
ACTION: Notice and request for
communication (Braille, large print, quality, utility, and clarity of the
comments.
audiotape, etc.), should contact USDA’s information to be collected; (4)
SUMMARY: This notice announces the TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 Minimize the burden of the collection of
intent, in accordance with the (voice and TDD). information on those who are to
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: respond, including through the use of
Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) Title: USDA Minority Farm Register. appropriate automated, electronic,
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
to request an extension/revision of a Office of Management and Budget mechanical, or other technological
currently approved information (OMB) Number: 0560–0231. collection techniques or other forms of
collection to the Minority Farm Register. Expiration Date: October 31, 2016. information technology. All responses
The Minority Farm Register is a Type of Request: Extension/Revision. to this notice, including name and
voluntary register of minority farm and Abstract: The Minority Farm Register addresses when provided, will be
ranch operators, landowners, tenants, is a voluntary register of minority farm summarized and included in the request
and others with an interest in farming and ranch operators, landowners, for OMB approval. All comments will
or agriculture. The OAO uses the tenants, and others with an interest in also become a matter of public record.
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| Dates | Comments on this notice must be received by October 17, 2016 to be assured of consideration. | |
| Contact | David R. Jamison, Director, Order Operation and Accountability Division, Dairy Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2968 South, Stop 0225, Washington, DC 20250-0225. | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 54550 |
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