81 FR 87017 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 232 (December 2, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87017-87018]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28963]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 29, 2016.
    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 (1) 
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; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of burden 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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and

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Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602.
    Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by January 3, 2017. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    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: Generic Fruit Crops, Marketing Order and Agreement Division.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0189.
    Summary of Collection: Industries enter into a marketing order 
program under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act (AMAA) of 1937, 
as amended by U.S.C. 601-674. Marketing Order programs provide an 
opportunity for producers of fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty 
crops in specified production areas, to work together to solve 
marketing problems that cannot be solved individually. Order 
regulations help ensure adequate supplies of high quality product and 
adequate returns to producers. Under the market orders, producers and 
handlers are nominated by their respective peers and serve as 
representatives on their respective committees/boards.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is 
essential to provide the respondents the type of service they request. 
The committees and boards have developed forms as a means for persons 
to file required information relating to supplies, shipments, and 
dispositions of their respective commodities. The information is used 
only by the authorized committees employees and representatives of USDA 
including AMS, Specialty Crops Programs' regional and headquarters' 
staff to administer the marketing order programs.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 13,300.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; on Occasion, 
Quarterly; Biennially; Weekly; Semi-annually; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,294.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-28963 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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