Notice2024-08544
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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April 22, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 78 (Monday, April 22, 2024)]
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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: 2024-08544]
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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 approval
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 these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received by May 22, 2024. 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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Marketing Order No. 984 for Walnuts Grown in California.
OMB Control Number: 0581-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Marketing Order No. 984 (7 CFR part 984)
regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California and emanates from
enabling legislation (the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937,
secs. 1-19, 48 Stat. 31, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 601-674). This
legislation, hereinafter referred to as the Act, was designed to permit
regulation of certain agricultural commodities for the purpose of
providing orderly marketing conditions in interstate commerce and to
improve returns to growers. Section 608 (d)(1) of the Act provides the
Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the authority to request from the
regulated handlers such information as is deemed necessary to determine
the extent to which a marketing order has effectuated the declared
policy of the Act.
Marketing Order No. 984 became effective in 1948, following public
hearings in accordance with formal rulemaking procedures specified
under the Act, and is locally administered by the California Walnut
Board (Board). Growers approved the marketing order in referendum, as
specified by the Act. The marketing order authorizes quality
regulations and research and promotion programs for walnuts grown in
California.
Need and Use of the Information: Under the program, handler
assessment obligations are incurred at the time of certification, and
provisions under Sec. 984.67 exempt certain walnut sales from
assessments and quality regulations. Therefore, walnuts considered
exempt are not inspected, certified, and assessed. Under the new
mechanism of determining and collecting assessments, handler
assessments would be based on walnuts received rather than walnuts
certified. Accordingly, effective September 20, 2023, walnut receipts
for deliveries that previously would have been exempt, as those walnuts
would not be inspected and certified, may now be subject to assessment.
To ensure that those walnuts continue to be exempt from assessment and/
or that handlers can receive a refund against their current year
assessments for walnut deliveries exempt under Sec. 984.67, the Board
recommended the establishment of the new information collection form
described below. The form designated as OMB No. 0581-NEW is voluntary
and is titled (CWB Form No. 2) Report of Walnuts Exempt from
Assessments. Depending on when handlers submit the form, submission
would either ensure that walnuts that are exempt from assessment are
not assessed or if they are assessed, handlers would be able to receive
a refund.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 14.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08544 Filed 4-19-24; 8:45 am]
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