[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12788-12789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6784]
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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 52 / Tuesday, March 18, 1997 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV97-925-1 NC]
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) intention to request an extension for and revision to a
currently approved information collection for Grapes Grown in a
Designated Area of Southeastern California, Marketing Order No. 925.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 19, 1997 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Charles L. Rush, Marketing
Order Administration Branch, F & V, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, room
2523-S, Washington, D.C., 20090-6456, or FAX (202) 720-5698; or Rose M.
Aguayo, California Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, F&V, AMS, USDA, 2202 Monterey Street, suite
102B, Fresno, California 93721; telephone: (209) 487-5901, Fax # (209)
487-5906.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern
California, Marketing Order 925.
OMB Number: 0581-0109.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 1997.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of 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. Order regulations help ensure
adequate supplies of high quality product and adequate returns to
producers. Under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), industries enter into marketing
order programs. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to oversee
the order's 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 AMAA, to provide the
respondents the type of service they request, and to administer the
table grape marketing order program, which has been operating since
1984.
The table grape marketing order authorizes the issuance of quality
regulations and inspection requirements. Regulatory provisions apply to
table grapes shipped within and outside of the production area, except
those specifically exempt. The order also has authority for production
and marketing research and development projects.
The order, and rules and regulations issued thereunder, authorize
the California Desert Grape Administrative Committee (Committee), 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 industry to
assist in marketing decisions.
The Committee has developed forms as a means for persons to file
required information with the Committee relating to table grape
supplies, shipments, dispositions, and other information needed to
effectively carry out the purpose of the Act and order. Table grapes
may be shipped beginning in April and ending in August, and these forms
are utilized accordingly. A USDA form is used to allow growers to vote
on amendments to or continuance of the marketing order. In addition,
table grape growers and handlers who are nominated by their peers to
serve as representatives on the Committee must file nomination forms
with the Secretary.
The forms covered under this information collection require the
minimum information necessary to effectively carry out the requirements
of the order, and their use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the
Act as expressed in the order.
The information collected is used only by authorized
representatives of the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and Vegetable
Division regional and headquarter's staff, and authorized employees of
the Committee. Authorized Committee 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 0.078 hours per response.
Respondents: Table grape growers and handlers in the designated
production area in California.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 274.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.850.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 39.58 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functioning
of the table grape marketing order program, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
collection burden estimate and the validity of methodology and
assumptions used in estimating the burden of respondents; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of collection of
information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments should reference OMB No. 0581-0109 and Grapes Grown in a
Designated Area of Southeastern California Marketing Order No. 925, and
be mailed to USDA in care of Charles L. Rush at the above address.
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
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inspection during regular business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: March 12, 1997.
Robert C. Keeney,
Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 97-6784 Filed 3-17-97; 8:45 am]
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