Notice2024-03043
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
February 14, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11247-11248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03043]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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
are requested regarding; 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by March
15, 2024 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function. 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0044.
Summary of Collection: Section 12602 of the Agricultural Act of
2014 (Pub. L. 113-79) (The Act), as amended by the Agricultural
Improvement Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-334), authorizes distributions out
of the Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund (``Pima Cotton Trust Fund'')
in each of calendar years 2018 through 2023, payable to qualifying
claimants. Eligible claimants are directed to submit a notarized
affidavit, following the statutory procedures specified in section
12314(c) or (d) of the Act.
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Need and Use of the Information: Distributions out of the Trust
Fund is payable to (1) One or more nationally recognized associations
established for the promotion of pima cotton for use in textile and
apparel goods; (2) certain yarn spinners of pima cotton that produced
ring spun cotton yarns in the United States from pima cotton during the
prior calendar year; and (3) manufacturers who cut and sew cotton
shirts in the United States who certify that they used imported cotton
fabric during the prior calendar year. Eligible claimants for a
distribution from the Pima Cotton Trust Fund are directed to submit a
notarized affidavit. The Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) will use the
information provided in the affidavits to certify the claimants'
eligibility and to authorize payment from the Pima Cotton Trust Fund.
If eligible claimants do not submit an affidavit with the required
information they will not be entitled to a distribution from the Pima
Cotton Trust Fund.
Description of Respondents: Business or other-for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 9.
Frequency of Responses: Record keeping, Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 3.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-03043 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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