[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52771-52772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25703]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 8, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV-96-901-1]
Notice of Request for Approval of a Generic Information
Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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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) intention to request approval for a generic information
collection that will combine several individual marketing order
information collections into one.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 9, 1996 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Shoshana Avrishon,
Marketing Specialist, USDA-AMS-F&V--Marketing Order Administration
Branch, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456. Tel.: (202) 720-
6467, Fax: (202) 720-5698.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Marketing Orders for Vegetables and Specialty Crops.
OMB Number: Number not assigned yet.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval.
Type of Request: Approval for a generic information collection.
Abstract: 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. Order regulations help ensure adequate
supplies of high quality products for consumers and adequate returns to
producers. Under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), industries enter into marketing
order programs. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to oversee
the order operations and issue regulations recommended by a committee
of representatives from each commodity industry.
The information collection requirements in this request are
essential to carry out the intent of the Act, to provide the
respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the
marketing order programs. Under the Act, orders may authorize the
following: production and marketing research including paid
advertising, volume regulations, reserves including pools and producer
allotments, container regulations, and quality control. Production and
marketing research activities are paid for by assessments levied on
handlers regulated under the marketing orders.
Under the marketing orders, producers and handlers are nominated by
their respective peers. These nominees then serve as representatives on
their respective committees/boards and must file nomination forms with
the Secretary.
Formal rulemaking amendments to the orders must be approved in
referenda conducted by the Secretary. Also, the Secretary may conduct a
continuance referendum to determine industry support for continuation
of these marketing order programs. Handlers are asked to sign an
agreement to indicate their willingness to abide by the provisions of
the respective orders whenever an order is amended.
This information collection will combine: OMB#0581-0069 Irish
Potatoes Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and Malheur
County, Oregon, Marketing Order 945; OMB#0581-0070 Irish Potatoes Grown
in Washington, Marketing Order 946; OMB#0581-0112 Irish Potatoes Grown
in Modoc and Siskiyou Counties, California, and in all Counties in
Oregon, except Malheur County, Marketing Order 947; OMB#0581-0111
Potatoes Grown in Colorado, Marketing Order 948; OMB#0581-0084 Irish
Potatoes Grown in Southeastern United States, Marketing Order 953;
OMB#0581-0160 Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia, Marketing Order 955;
OMB#0581-0172 Sweet Onions Grown in the Walla Walla Valley of
Southeastern Washington and Northeastern Oregon, Marketing Order 956;
OMB#0581-0087 Onions Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and
Malheur County, Oregon, Marketing Order 958; OMB#0581-0074 Onions Grown
in South Texas, Marketing Order 959; OMB#0581-0073 Tomatoes Grown in
Florida, Marketing Order 966; OMB#0581-0076 Melons Grown in South
Texas, Marketing Order 979; OMB#0581-0144 Hazelnuts Grown in Oregon and
Washington, Marketing Order 982; OMB#0581-0090 Walnuts Grown in
California, Marketing Order 984; OMB#0581-0077 Domestic Dates Produced
or Packed in Riverside County, California, Marketing Order 987;
OMB#0581-0083 Raisins Produced from Grapes Grown in California,
Marketing Order 989; and, OMB#0581-0099 Dried Prunes Produced in
California, Marketing Order 993.
The forms covered under this information collection will continue
to require the minimum information necessary to effectively carry out
the requirements of the orders, and their use is necessary to fulfill
the intent of the Act as expressed in the orders.
The information collected is used only by authorized employees of
the committees/boards and authorized representatives of the USDA,
including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable Division regional and headquarter's
staff. Authorized committee/board employees are the primary users of
the information and the AMS is the secondary user.
Estimate Burden Hours: 9,741.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,100.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondents: 8.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 40 minutes.
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
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
respond, including use of automated,
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electronic, mechanical, or other technologies.
Comments should reference this docket number and the appropriate
marketing order, and be mailed to the Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable
Division, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Room 2523-S, Washington, D.C.
20090-6456. Comments should reference the docket number and the date
and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments
received will be available for public inspection in the Office of the
Docket Clerk during regular USDA business hours at 14th and
Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, D.C., Room 2523 South Building.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments also will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: October 2, 1996.
Robert C. Keeney,
Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 96-25703 Filed 10-7-96; 8:45 am]
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