[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28182-28183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11395]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 93 / Tuesday, May 14, 2013 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-FV-13-0012; FV 13-930-1]
Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Et al.; 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) intent to request an extension for and revision to a
currently approved information collection for Tart Cherries Grown in
Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wisconsin, pursuant to Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR part 930).
DATES: Comments must be received by July 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice. Comments must be sent to the Docket Clerk,
Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program,
AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC
20250-0237; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Internet: www.regulations.gov.
Comments should reference the docket number and the date and page
number of this issue of the Federal Register and will be available for
public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular
business hours, or can be viewed at: www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Weiya Zeng, Marketing Order and
Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone: (202) 690-3870, Fax: (202) 720-8938, or Email:
[email protected].
Small businesses may request information on this notice by
contacting Jeffrey Smutny, Assistant to the Director, Marketing Order
and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Room 1406-S, Washington, DC 20250-
0237; Telephone: (202) 720-9922, Fax: (202) 720-8938; or Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Tart Cherries Grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Marketing Order No. 930 (7 CFR
part 930).
OMB Number: 0581-0177.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2013.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Marketing order programs provide an opportunity for
producers of fresh fruits, vegetables, and specialty crops, in a
specified production area, to work together to solve marketing problems
that cannot be solved individually. Under the authority of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7
U.S.C. 601-674), industries may enter into marketing orders. The
Secretary of Agriculture oversees these operations and issues
regulations recommended by a committee of representatives from the
respective commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the AMAA and to administer the
program, which has operated since 1996.
The Federal marketing order for tart cherries (7 CFR part 930)
regulates the handling of tart cherries grown in Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin, hereinafter
referred to as the ``order.'' The order authorizes volume regulations
that provide for a reserve pool in times of heavy cherry supplies. The
order also provides for minimum grade and size regulations, and market
research and development projects, including paid advertising. These
provisions are not currently in use.
The order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, authorizes
the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board), the agency
responsible for local administration of the order, to require handlers
and growers to submit certain information. Much of this information is
compiled in aggregate and provided to the Board to assist in carrying
out marketing decisions.
The Board has developed forms as a means for persons to file the
required and minimum necessary reports with the Board, such as tart
cherry inventories, shipments, diversions, and background data. All the
information provided is needed to effectively carry out the
requirements of the order and fulfill the intent of the AMAA as
expressed in the order. Since this order regulates canned and frozen
forms of tart cherries, reporting requirements will be in effect all
year.
Eight U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forms are also included
in this request. Tart cherry growers and handlers nominated by their
peers to serve as representatives on the Board must submit nomination
forms to the USDA. Formal rulemaking amendments to the order must be
approved in grower referenda authorized and conducted by the USDA. In
addition, USDA may conduct a referendum to determine industry support
for continuation of the order. Finally, handlers are asked to sign an
agreement to indicate their willingness to comply with the provisions
of the order if the order is amended.
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs' regional and headquarters staff, and authorized Board
employees. Authorized Board employees and the industry are the primary
users of the information, and AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .225 hours per response.
Respondents: Tart cherry growers and for-profit businesses handling
fresh and processed tart cherries produced in Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 642.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.03.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 727 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those who respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments should reference this docket number and the appropriate
marketing order and be sent to the USDA in care of the Docket Clerk at
the address above. All comments received within the provided comment
period will be available for public inspection during regular business
hours, and summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record.
Dated: May 9, 2013.
Rex A. Barnes,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-11395 Filed 5-13-13; 8:45 am]
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