[Federal Register: November 29, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 229)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 26, 2007.
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 displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Organic Handler Market Promotion Assessment Exemption.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0216.
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 fruit, vegetables, and specialty
crops, in specified production areas, to work together to solve
marketing problems that cannot be solved individually. In 2002, section
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501 of the Fair Act was amended (7 U.S.C. 7401) to exempt any person
that produces and markets solely 100 percent organic products, and that
does not produce any conventional or non-organic products, from paying
assessments under a commodity promotion law with respect to any
agricultural commodity that is produced on a certified organic farm as
defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected on form
FV-649, is necessary to assist the applicants in making their
certifications and the committees or boards to determine an applicant's
eligibility, to properly administer the assessment exemption and to
verify compliance.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms.
Number of Respondents: 103.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; reporting: On occasion;
annually.
Total Burden Hours: 52.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program:
Referendum Procedures.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0227.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has
the responsibility for the national commodity research and promotion
programs. The authority for the Lamb Promotion, Research, and
Information Order is established under the Commodity Promotion,
Research, and Information Act of 1996 (Act) (7 U.S.C. 7411 et seq.).
This Act establishes procedures to conduct a referendum among persons
subject to assessments who, during a representative period announced by
the Secretary of Agriculture, have engaged in the production, feeding,
handling, or slaughter of lamb or the exportation of lamb or lamb
products.
Need and Use of the Information: The referendum, using form LS-86,
is to determine whether the persons subject to assessments favor the
continuation, suspension, or termination of the Order. Provision is
made for voting in-person, facsimile or by mail at Farm Service Agency
county offices only during the period of the referendum.
Description of Respondents: Farms; business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 69,761.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,093.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP).
OMB Control Number: 0581-0235.
Summary of Collection: The purposes of the Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) are to increase domestic consumption of agricultural
commodities by improving and expanding, assisting in the improvement
and expansion, and to develop or aid in the development of new domestic
farmers' markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture
programs, and other direct producer-to-consumer infrastructure. The
Farmer-to-Consumer Marketing Act of 1976 (Act) directs USDA to
encourage the direct marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers
to consumers, and to promote the development and expansion of direct
marketing of agricultural commodities from farmers to consumers. The
recently authorized Farmer's Market Promotion Program (FMPP) (7 U.S.C.
3005), section 6 of 7 U.S.C. 3004 directs the Secretary of Agriculture
to ``carry out a program to make grants to eligible entities for
projects to establish, expand, and promote farmers' markets.''
Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service
will review grant application information to determine eligibility of
applicants for participation in FMPP, evaluate goals, objectives, work-
plans, expected results and budget for the project.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 400.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 3,944.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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