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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. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. Comments also 

may be sent to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address or 

through www.regulations.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20434 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[AMS–CN–13–0062] 

Tobacco Report: Notice of Request for 

an Extension and Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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, from the Office of 

Management and Budget, for an 

extension of and revision to the 

currently approved information 

collection for Tobacco Report (OMB No. 

0581–0004). 

DATES: Comments received by October 

21, 2013 will be considered. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments concerning this 

proposal to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406. 

Comments should be submitted in 

triplicate. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should reference AMS–CN–13–0062. 

All comments received will be made 

available for public inspection at 

www.regulations.gov or at the Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia, 22406, during regular business 

hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shethir M. Riva, Chief, Research and 

Promotion Staff, Cotton and Tobacco 

Programs, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia, 22406, telephone (540) 361– 

2726, facsimile (540) 361–1199, or email 

at Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Tobacco Report. 

OMB Number: 0581–0004. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2014. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection. 

Abstract: The Tobacco Statistics Act 

of 1929 (7 U.S.C. 501–508) provides for 

the collection and publication of 

statistics of tobacco by USDA with 

regard to quantity of leaf tobacco in all 

forms in the United States and Puerto 

Rico, owned by or in the possession of 

dealers, manufacturers, and others with 

the exception of the original growers of 

the tobacco. 

The statistics shall show the quantity 

of the tobacco in such detail as to types, 

as USDA shall deem to be practical and 

necessary and shall be summarized as of 

January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 

1 of each year and are due within 15 

days of the summarized dates. 

The information furnished under the 

provisions of this Act shall be used only 

for statistical purposes for which it is 

supplied. No publication shall be made 

by USDA whereby the data furnished by 

any particular establishment can be 

identified, nor shall anyone other than 

the sworn employees of USDA be 

allowed to examine the individual 

reports. 

The regulations governing the 

Tobacco Stocks and Standards Act (7 

CFR part 30) issued under the Tobacco 

Statistics Act (7 U.S.C. 501–508) 

specifically address the reporting 

requirements. Tobacco in leaf form or 

stems is reported by types of tobacco 

and whether stemmed or unstemmed. 

Tobacco in sheet form shall be 

segregated as to whether for cigar 

wrapper, cigar binder, for cigarettes, or 

for other products. 

Tobacco stocks reporting is 

mandatory. The basic purpose of the 

information collection is to ascertain the 

total supply of unmanufactured tobacco 

available to domestic manufacturers and 

to calculate the amount consumed in 

manufactured tobacco products. This 

data was also used for the calculation of 

production quotas for individual types 

of tobacco and for price support 

calculations until repealed in 2005. 

The Quarterly Report of Manufacture 

and Sales of Snuff, Smoking and 

Chewing Tobacco is voluntary. Prior to 

1965, information on the manufacture 

and sale of snuff, smoking and chewing 

tobacco products was available from 

Treasury Department publications on 

the collection of taxes. With repeal of 

the Federal tax in 1965, the industry 

requested that the collection of basic 

data be continued to maintain the 

statistical series and all major 

manufacturers agreed to furnish 

information. Federal taxes were reimposed in 1985 for snuff and chewing 

tobacco and the Treasury Department 

began reporting data on these products, 

but not in the detail desired by the 

industry. Data from this report was also 

used in calculations to determine the 

production quotas of types of tobacco 

used in these products until repealed in 

2005. 

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) directs and 

authorizes USDA to collect, tabulate and 

disseminate statistics on marketing 

agricultural products including market 

supplies, storage stocks, quantity, 

quality, and condition of such products 

in various positions in the marketing 

channel, utilization of sub-products, 

shipments, and unloads. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.87 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Primarily tobacco 

dealers and manufacturers including 

small businesses or organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

120. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 104. 

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 


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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. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. Comments also 

may be sent to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address or 

through www.regulations.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Services. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20438 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–NOP–13–0061; NOP–13–05] 

Notice of Funds Availability: 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability: 

Inviting Grant Applications from State 

Departments of Agriculture for the 

Agricultural Management Assistance 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program. 

SUMMARY: This Notice invites the 

following 16 eligible States: 

Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, 

Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New 

Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, 

Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, 

to submit a Grant Application 

(Application for Federal Assistance 

Standard Form 424) to the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) for organic 

certification cost-share funds. A total of 

$1,352,850 is available to the 16 

designated States for this program in 

Fiscal Year 2013. Funds will provide 

cost-share assistance to organic crop and 

livestock producers certified under the 

USDA Organic Standards (7 CFR 205). 

Eligible States interested in obtaining 

cost-share funds for their organic 

producers must submit a grant 

application via http://www.grants.gov. 

DATES: Grant applications must be 

received by the National Organic 

Program (NOP) no later than Friday, 

August 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be 

submitted via Grants.Gov. Paper 

applications will not be accepted. 

Instructions and additional information 

are available on the National Organic 

Program’s Web site at http://

www.ams.usda.gov/NOPCostSharing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

Meade, Cost Share Coordinator, 

National Organic Program, USDA/AMS/ 

NOP, Room 2648-South, Ag Stop 0268, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0268; 

Telephone: (202) 720–3252. Email: 

Rita.Meade@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program is part of the Agricultural 

Management Assistance (AMA) Program 

authorized under the Federal Crop 

Insurance Act (FCIA), as amended, (7 

U.S.C. 1524). Under the applicable FCIA 

provisions, the Department is 

authorized to provide cost-share 

assistance to organic producers in the 

States of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 

New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 

Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and 

Wyoming. The AMS has allocated 

$1,352,850 for this organic certification 

cost-share program in Fiscal Year 2013. 

This program provides financial 

assistance to organic producers certified 

under the USDA Organic Regulations (7 

CFR part 205), which were authorized 

under the Organic Foods Production Act 

of 1990, as amended (7 U.S.C. 6501 et 

seq.). 

To participate in the program, eligible 

States, through their State Departments 

of Agriculture, must complete an 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424). State Department 

of Agriculture refers to agencies, 

commissions, or departments of State 

government responsible for 

implementing regulation, policy or 

programs on agriculture within their 

State. The program will provide costshare assistance, through participating 

States, to organic crop and livestock 

producers receiving certification or 

incurring expenses for the continuation 

of certification by a USDA accredited 

certifying agent during the period of 

October 1, 2013 through September 30, 

2014. The Department has determined 

that payments will be limited to 75% 

(seventy-five percent) of an individual 

producer’s certification costs, up to a 

maximum of $750 (seven-hundred and 

fifty dollars). 

To receive cost-share assistance, 

organic producers in participating States 

should contact their State agencies. 

Procedures for applying are outlined in 

the cost share policies and procedures at 

http://1.usa.gov/OrganicCostShare. The 

total amount of cost-share payments 

provided to any eligible producer under 

all AMA programs cannot exceed 

$50,000. 

How to Submit Applications: To 

receive fund allocations to provide costshare assistance, a State Department of 

Agriculture must complete an 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424), and enter into a 

grant agreement with the AMS. 

Interested States must submit the 

Application for Federal Assistance 

(Standard Form 424) electronically via 

Grants.gov, the Federal grants Web site, 

at http://www.grants.gov. For 

information on how to use Grants.Gov, 

please consult http://www.grants.gov/

GetRegistered. Applications must be 

filed by Friday, August 30, 2013. Grant 

agreements will be sent by the AMS to 

participating State Departments of 

Agriculture via express mail. The grant 

agreement must be signed by an official 

who has authority to apply for Federal 

assistance, and must be returned to the 

NOP at the address above by September 

30, 2013. 

The AMA Organic Certification CostShare Program is listed in the ‘‘Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under 

number 10.171. Subject agencies must 

adhere to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964, which bars discrimination in 

all Federally-assisted programs. 

Additional information on the AMA 

Organic Certification Cost-Share 

Program can be found on the NOP’s 

Web site at http://www.ams.usda.gov/

NOPCostSharing. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1524 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20484 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. Number AMS–FV–13–0018] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Creole Onions 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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