81 FR 72770 - Cotton Classification and Market News Service: Notice of Request for an Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 204 (October 21, 2016)
Agricultural Marketing Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 204 (October 21, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-25499 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 204 (Friday, October 21, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 72770-72771] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-25499] ======================================================================== 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. 204 / Friday, October 21, 2016 / Notices [[Page 72770]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service [AMS-CN-16-0096] Cotton Classification and Market News Service: Notice of Request for an 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 Cotton Classification and Market News Service. DATES: Comments received by December 20, 2016 will be considered. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the addresses specified below. All comments will be made available to the public. Please do not include personally identifiable information (such as name, address, or other contact information) or confidential business information that you do not want publically disclosed. All comments may be posted on the Internet and can be retrieved by most Internet search engines. Comments may be submitted anonymously. Comments, identified by AMS-CN-16-0095, may be submitted electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Please follow the instructions for submitting comments. In addition, comments may be submitted by mail or hand delivery to Cotton Research and Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. Comments should be submitted in triplicate. All comments received will be made available for public inspection at Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. A copy of this document may be found at: www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shethir M. Riva, Director, Research and Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406, telephone (540) 361-2726, facsimile (540) 361-1199, or email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Cotton Classification and Market News Service. OMB Number: 0581-0009. Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2017. Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection. Abstract: The Cotton Classification and Market News Service program provides market information on cotton prices, quality, stocks, demand and supply to growers, ginners, merchandisers, textile mills and the public for their use in making sound business decisions. The Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act (7 U.S.C. 471-476), authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (a) Collect and publish annually, statistics or estimates concerning the grades and staple lengths of stocks of cotton, known as the carryover, on hand on the 1st of August each year in warehouses and other establishments of every character in the continental U.S., and following such publication each year, to publish at intervals, in his/her discretion, his/her estimate of the grades and staple length of cotton of the current crop (7 U.S.C. 471) and (b) Collect, authenticate, publish and distribute by radio, mail, or otherwise, timely information of the market supply, demand, location, and market prices of cotton (7 U.S.C. 473b). The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) authorizes and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to collect and disseminate marketing information, including adequate outlook information on a market-area basis, for the purpose of anticipating and meeting consumer requirements, aiding in the maintenance of farm income, and bringing about a balance between production and utilization of agricultural products. The information collection requirements in this request are essential to carry out the intent of the Acts and to provide the cotton industry the type of information they need to make sound business decisions. The information collected is the minimum required. Information is requested from growers, cooperatives, merchants, manufacturers, and other government agencies. This includes information on cotton, cottonseed and cotton linters. The information collected is used only by authorized employees of the USDA, AMS. The cotton industry is the primary user of the compiled information and AMS and other government agencies are secondary users. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.13 hours per response. Respondents: Cotton Merchandisers, Textile Mills, Ginners. Estimated Number of Respondents: 752. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.45. Estimated Number of Responses: 4,854. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 617.75. 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 Shethir M. Riva, Director, Research and Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406, telephone (540) 361-2726, facsimile (540) 361-1199, or email at [[Page 72771]] [email protected]. 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: October 18, 2016. Elanor Starmer, Administrator. [FR Doc. 2016-25499 Filed 10-20-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. bringing about a balance between
contains documents other than rules or Comments should be submitted in production and utilization of
proposed rules that are applicable to the triplicate. All comments received will agricultural products.
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, be made available for public inspection The information collection
committee meetings, agency decisions and at Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, requirements in this request are
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite essential to carry out the intent of the
statements of organization and functions are 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. A Acts and to provide the cotton industry
examples of documents appearing in this copy of this document may be found at: the type of information they need to
section. www.regulations.gov. make sound business decisions. The
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: information collected is the minimum
Shethir M. Riva, Director, Research and required. Information is requested from
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco growers, cooperatives, merchants,
Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside manufacturers, and other government
Agricultural Marketing Service Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, agencies. This includes information on
[AMS–CN–16–0096] Virginia 22406, telephone (540) 361– cotton, cottonseed and cotton linters.
2726, facsimile (540) 361–1199, or email The information collected is used
Cotton Classification and Market News at Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. only by authorized employees of the
Service: Notice of Request for an SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USDA, AMS. The cotton industry is the
Extension and Revision of a Currently Title: Cotton Classification and primary user of the compiled
Approved Information Collection Market News Service. information and AMS and other
OMB Number: 0581–0009. government agencies are secondary
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, Expiration Date of Approval: February users.
USDA 28, 2017. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
Notice and request for
ACTION: Type of Request: Extension and burden for this collection of information
comments. Revision of a Currently Approved is estimated to average 0.13 hours per
Information Collection. response.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Abstract: The Cotton Classification Respondents: Cotton Merchandisers,
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 and Market News Service program Textile Mills, Ginners.
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice provides market information on cotton Estimated Number of Respondents:
announces the Agricultural Marketing prices, quality, stocks, demand and 752.
Service’s (AMS) intention to request supply to growers, ginners, Estimated Number of Responses per
approval from the Office of Management merchandisers, textile mills and the Respondent: 6.45.
and Budget for an extension of and public for their use in making sound Estimated Number of Responses:
revision to the currently approved business decisions. The Cotton Statistics 4,854.
information collection Cotton and Estimates Act (7 U.S.C. 471–476), Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Classification and Market News Service. authorizes and directs the Secretary of Respondents: 617.75.
DATES: Comments received by December Agriculture to: (a) Collect and publish Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
20, 2016 will be considered. annually, statistics or estimates the proposed collection of information
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be concerning the grades and staple lengths is necessary for the proper performance
submitted to the addresses specified of stocks of cotton, known as the of the functions of the agency, including
below. All comments will be made carryover, on hand on the 1st of August whether the information will have
available to the public. Please do not each year in warehouses and other practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
include personally identifiable establishments of every character in the agency’s estimate of the burden of the
information (such as name, address, or continental U.S., and following such proposed collection of information
other contact information) or publication each year, to publish at including the validity of the
confidential business information that intervals, in his/her discretion, his/her methodology and assumptions used; (3)
you do not want publically disclosed. estimate of the grades and staple length ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
All comments may be posted on the of cotton of the current crop (7 U.S.C. clarity of the information to be
Internet and can be retrieved by most 471) and (b) Collect, authenticate, collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
Internet search engines. Comments may publish and distribute by radio, mail, or burden of the collection of information
be submitted anonymously. otherwise, timely information of the on those who are to respond, including
Comments, identified by AMS–CN– market supply, demand, location, and the use of appropriate automated,
16–0095, may be submitted market prices of cotton (7 U.S.C. 473b). electronic, mechanical, or other
electronically through the Federal The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 technological collection techniques or
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
eRulemaking Portal at http:// (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) authorizes and other forms of information technology.
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the directs the Secretary of Agriculture to Comments may be sent to Shethir M.
instructions for submitting comments. collect and disseminate marketing Riva, Director, Research and Promotion,
In addition, comments may be information, including adequate outlook Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS,
submitted by mail or hand delivery to information on a market-area basis, for USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite
Cotton Research and Promotion, Cotton the purpose of anticipating and meeting 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406,
and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 consumer requirements, aiding in the telephone (540) 361–2726, facsimile
Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, maintenance of farm income, and (540) 361–1199, or email at
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Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. All and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Estimated Number of Respondents:
responses to this notice will be Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 50.
summarized and included in the request Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406. Estimated Number of Responses per
for OMB approval. All comments will Comments should be submitted in Respondent: 48.
become a matter of public record. triplicate. All comments received will Estimated Number of Responses:
Dated: October 18, 2016. be made available for public inspection 2,415.
at Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Elanor Starmer,
USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite Respondents: 3,851.
Administrator.
101, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406. A Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
[FR Doc. 2016–25499 Filed 10–20–16; 8:45 am] copy of this document may be found at: the proposed collection of information
BILLING CODE 3410–02–P www.regulations.gov. is necessary for the proper performance
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of the functions of the agency, including
Shethir M. Riva, Director, Research and whether the information will have
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Agricultural Marketing Service Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, proposed collection of information
[AMS–CN–16–0098] Virginia, 22406, telephone (540) 361– including the validity of the
2726, facsimile (540) 361–1199, or email methodology and assumptions used; (3)
Tobacco Inspection and Grading at Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
Services: Notice of Request for an clarity of the information to be
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Extension of a Currently Approved Title: Reporting and Recording collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
Information Collection Requirements for 7 CFR part 29. burden of the collection of information
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, OMB Number: 0581–0056. on those who are to respond, including
USDA. Expiration Date of Approval: February the use of appropriate automated,
28, 2017. electronic, mechanical, or other
ACTION: Notice and request for
Type of Request: Extension of a technological collection techniques or
comments. currently approved information other forms of information technology.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the collection. Comments may be sent to Shethir M.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 Abstract: The Tobacco Inspection Act Riva, Director, Research and Promotion,
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice (7 U.S.C. 511–511s) requires that all Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS,
announces the Agricultural Marketing tobacco sold at designated auction USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite
Service’s (AMS) intention to request markets in the U.S. be inspected and 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406,
approval from the Office of Management graded. The Appropriations Act (7 telephone (540) 361–2726, facsimile
and Budget, for an extension to the U.S.C. 511s note) requires that all (540) 361–1199, or email at
currently approved information tobacco eligible for price support in the Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. All
collection in support of the Fair and U.S. be inspected and graded. The Fair responses to this notice will be
Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of summarized and included in the request
(U.S.C. Chapter 518), the Rural 2004 (7 U.S.C. 518–519a) eliminated
for OMB approval. All comments will
Development, Food and Drug price supports and marketing quotas for
become a matter of public record. All
Administrative, and Related Agencies all tobacco beginning with the 2005
responses to this notice will be
Appropriations Act for 2002 crop year. Mandatory inspection and
summarized and included in the request
(Appropriations Act), and the Tobacco grading of domestic and imported
for OMB approval. All comments will
tobacco was eliminated as well as the
Inspection Act and Regulations become a matter of public record.
mandatory pesticide testing of imported
Governing the Tobacco Standards. Dated: October 18, 2016.
tobacco and the tobacco market news
DATES: Comments received by December program. The Tobacco Inspection Act Elanor Starmer,
20, 2016 will be considered. also provides for interested parties to Administrator.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be request inspection, pesticide testing, [FR Doc. 2016–25502 Filed 10–20–16; 8:45 am]
submitted to the addresses specified and grading services on a permissive BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
below. All comments will be made basis. The information collection
available to the public. Please do not requirements authorized for the
include personally identifiable programs under the Tobacco Inspection DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
information (such as name, address, or Act and the Appropriations Act include:
other contact information) or Application for inspection of tobacco, Agricultural Marketing Service
confidential business information that application and other information used
you do not want publically disclosed. [Document No. AMS–ST–16–0099]
in the approval of new auction markets
All comments may be posted on the or the extension of services to Plant Variety Protection Board; Open
Internet and can be retrieved by most designated tobacco markets, and the Meeting
Internet search engines. Comments may information required to be provided in
be submitted anonymously. connection with auction and AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
Comments, identified by AMS–CN– USDA.
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
nonauction sales.
16–0098, may be submitted Estimate of Burden: Public reporting ACTION: Notice of meeting.
electronically through the Federal burden for this collection of information
eRulemaking Portal at http:// is estimated to average 1.60 hours per SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the response. Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the
instructions for submitting comments. Respondents: Primarily tobacco Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is
In addition, comments may be companies, tobacco manufacturers, announcing a meeting of the Plant
submitted by mail or hand delivery to import inspectors, and small businesses Variety Protection Board (Board). The
Cotton Research and Promotion, Cotton or organizations. meeting is being held to discuss a
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| Contact | Shethir M. Riva, Director, Research and Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406, telephone (540) 361-2726, facsimile (540) 361-1199, or email at [email protected] | |
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