[Federal Register: July 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 136)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 11, 2006.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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 within 30 days of this notification. 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
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displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Risk Management
Title: Organic Price Project.
OMB Control Number: 0563-NEW.
Summary of Collection: This collection is in support of a
partnership agreement between the Risk Management Agency and the Rodale
Institute, as authorized under section 522(d) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act. The agreement with the Rodale Institute will address the
development and implementation of a price reporting system for
producers of selected organic commodities. Since early 2003, the Rodale
Institute has posted prices for around 40 organic products in a file
called the ``Organic Price Index''.
Need and Use of the Information: The price information will be
collected weekly by e-mail, telephone, fax, and from Web sites in
whatever form is customarily used by the distributor to post prices.
The prices are collected from wholesale distributors, sales agencies,
and cooperatives that specialize in the marketing of organic products.
This information will be disseminated and posted on an existing Web
site maintained by the Rodale Institute to assist organic producers and
allied interests in price discovery. Fruit and vegetable prices have
been collected from organic wholesalers operating in the vicinity of
the Seattle and Boston wholesale produce markets. Prices of identical
conventional products reported by Agricultural Marketing Service in
these markets are also posted for comparison. As part of this project,
prices will be collected for a wider array of organic products and in
13 additional market areas.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms;
individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 60.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly.
Total Burden Hours: 53.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-11202 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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