Notice2023-23728
Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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October 27, 2023
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Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for an extension of and revision to the currently approved information collection for report forms under the Federal milk marketing order program.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 207 (Friday, October 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23728]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-DA-23-0061]
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, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention
to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
for an extension of and revision to the currently approved information
collection for report forms under the Federal milk marketing order
program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 26, 2023 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic process available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. All comments should reference the document number
and the date and the page number of this issue of the Federal Register.
Written comments may be submitted via mail to the Office of Deputy
Administrator, Dairy Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Room 2530 South, Stop 0225, Washington, DC 20250-0225. All comments
received will be posted without change, including any personal
information provided, at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and will be
included in the record and made available for the public inspection.
Please do not include personally identifiable information (such as
name, address, or other contact information) or confidential business
information that you do not want publicly disclosed. Comments may be
submitted anonymously.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janel L. Barsi, Director, Operations
and Accountability Division, Dairy Program, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2530, South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0230: Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#713b101f141d5f331003021831040215105f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc96bdb2b9b0f29ebdaeafb59ca9afb8bdf2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Report Forms under Federal Milk Orders (From Milk Handlers
and Milk Marketing Cooperatives).
OMB Number: 0581-0032.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 29, 2024.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Federal milk marketing order regulations (7 CFR parts
1000-1199) authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), require milk handlers to report in
detail the receipts and utilization of milk and milk products handled
at each of their plants that are regulated by a Federal order. The data
are needed to administer the classified pricing system and related
requirements of each Federal order.
A Federal milk marketing order (hereinafter, Order) is a regulation
issued by the Secretary of Agriculture that places certain requirements
on the handling of milk in the area it covers. Each order is
established under the authority of the Act. The Order requires that
handlers of milk for a marketing area pay not less than certain minimum
class prices according to how the milk is used. These prices are
established under each Order after a public hearing at which evidence
is received on the supply and demand conditions for milk in the market.
An Order requires that payments for milk be pooled and paid to
individual farmers or cooperative associations of farmers on the basis
of a uniform or average price. Thus, all eligible farmers (producers)
share in the market wide use-values of milk by regulated handlers.
Milk Orders help ensure adequate supplies of milk and dairy
products for consumers and adequate returns to producers.
The Orders also provide for the public dissemination of market
statistics and other information for the benefit of producers,
handlers, and consumers.
Formal rulemaking amendments to the Orders must be approved in
referenda conducted by the Secretary.
During 2022, 23,108 dairy farmers delivered over 151.6 billion
pounds of milk to handlers regulated under the milk orders. This volume
represents 67 percent of all milk marketed in the U.S. and 68 percent
of the milk of bottling quality (Grade A) sold in the country. The
value of this milk delivered to Federal milk order handlers at minimum
order blend prices was over $35.9 billion. Producer deliveries of milk
used in Class I products (mainly fluid milk products) totaled 41.0
billion pounds, 27 percent of total producer deliveries.
Each Order is administered by a USDA market administrator. The
market administrator is authorized to levy assessments on regulated
handlers to carry out the market administrator's duties and
responsibilities under the Orders. Additional duties of the market
administrators are to prescribe reports required of each handler, to
assure that handlers pay producers and associations of producers
according to the provisions of the Order. The market administrator
employs a staff that verifies handlers' reports by examining records to
determine that the required payments are made to producers. Most
reports required from handlers are submitted monthly to the market
administrator.
The forms used by the market administrators are required by the
respective Orders that are authorized by the Act. The forms are used to
establish the quantity of milk received by handlers, the pooling status
of the handlers, the class-use of the milk used by the handler, and the
butterfat content and amounts of other components of the milk.
The forms covered under this information collection 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 and in the rules and regulations issued
under the Orders. The information collected is used only by authorized
employees of the market administrator and authorized representatives of
the USDA, including AMS Dairy Programs' headquarters staff.
Estimated of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information
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is estimated to average 0.50 hours per response.
Respondents: Milk handlers and milk marketing cooperatives.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 679.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 15,980.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 186.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 18,050 (rounded).
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 the
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
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
All comments received on this information collection will be
summarized and included in the final request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record, including any personal
information provided.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23728 Filed 10-26-23; 8:45 am]
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