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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 86 

Friday, May 4, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Docket No. AMS–FV–07–0063; 

FV07–902–1NC] 

Notice of Request for 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 an 

extension and revision to a currently 

approved generic information collection 

for marketing orders covering fruit 

crops. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 3, 2007. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott, 

Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0237, room 1406–S. Washington, DC 

20250–0237; Tel: (202) 205–2829, Fax: 

(202) 720–8938, E-mail: 

moab.docketclerk@usda.gov, or Internet: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Comments 

should reference the docket number and 

the date and page number of this issue 

of the Federal Register and will be 

made available for public inspection in 

the Office of the Docket Clerk during 

regular business hours, or can be viewed 

at: 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html. 

Small businesses may request 

information on this notice by contacting 

Jay Guerber, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 0237, 

room 1406–S, Washington, DC, 20250– 

0237; telephone (202) 720–2491, Fax: 

(202) 720–8938, or E-mail: 

Jay.Guerber@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Marketing Orders for Fruit 

Crops. 

OMB Number: 0581–0189. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

September 30, 2007. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Marketing order programs 

provide an opportunity for producers of 

fresh fruits, vegetables and specialty 

crops, in specified production areas, to 

work together to solve marketing 

problems that cannot be solved 

individually. This notice covers the 

following marketing order program 

citations 7 CFR parts 905, 906, 915, 916, 

917, 920, 922, 923, 924, 925, 927, and 

929. Marketing order No. 931, ‘‘Fresh 

Bartlett Pears Grown in Oregon and 

Washington’’, previously included in 

this information collection, has been 

consolidated into Marketing Order No. 

927, by order amendment effective May 

21, 2005, and as published in the 

Federal Register on May 20, 2005 [70 

FR 29388]. Order regulations help 

ensure adequate supplies of high quality 

product and adequate returns to 

producers. Under the Agricultural 

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act), 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674) 

industries enter into marketing order 

programs. The Secretary of Agriculture 

is authorized to oversee the order 

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 

Act, to provide the respondents the type 

of service they request, and to 

administer the marketing order 

programs. Under the Act, orders may 

authorize the following: Production and 

marketing research, including paid 

advertising; volume regulations; 

reserves, including pools and producer 

allotments; container regulations; and 

quality control. Assessments are levied 

on handlers regulated under the 

marketing orders. 

Several forms are required to be filed 

by USDA to enable its administration of 

each program. These include forms 

covering the selection process for 

industry members to serve on a 

marketing order’s committee or board 

and ballots used in referenda to amend 

or continue marketing order programs. 

Under Federal marketing orders, 

producers and handlers are nominated 

by their peers to serve as representatives 

on a committee or board which 

administers each program. Nominees 

must provide information on their 

qualifications to serve on the committee 

or board. Nominees are selected by the 

Secretary. Formal rulemaking 

amendments must be approved in 

referenda conducted by USDA and the 

Secretary. For the purposes of this 

action, ballots are considered 

information collections and are subject 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act. If an 

order is amended, handlers are asked to 

sign an agreement indicating their 

willingness to abide by the provisions of 

the amended order. 

Some forms are required to be filed 

with the committee or board. The orders 

and their rules and regulations 

authorize the respective commodities’ 

committees and boards, the agencies 

responsible for local administration of 

the orders, to require handlers and 

producers to submit certain information. 

Much of the information is compiled in 

aggregate and provided to the respective 

industries to assist in marketing 

decisions. The committees and boards 

have developed forms as a means for 

persons to file required information 

relating to supplies, shipments, and 

dispositions of their respective 

commodities, and other information 

needed to effectively carry out the 

purpose of the Act and their respective 

orders, and these forms are utilized 

accordingly. 

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 rules and regulations. 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized employees of the 

committees and authorized 

representatives of the USDA, including 

AMS, Fruit and Vegetable Programs’ 

regional and headquarters’ staff. 

Authorized committee or board 

employees are the primary users of the 

information and AMS is the secondary 

user. 


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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .28 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers, handlers, 

processors, cooperatives, and public 

members. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16,043 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

30,604 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.91 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,419 hours. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

the 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 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments should reference this 

docket number and the appropriate 

marketing order, and be mailed to the 

Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable 

Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 0237, 

room 1406–S, Washington, DC 20250– 

0237; Fax (202) 720–8938; or E-mail: 

moab.docketclerk@usda.gov or 

www.regulations.gov. 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 

inspection in the Office of the Docket 

Clerk during regular USDA business 

hours at 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

STOP 0237, Washington, DC, room 

1406–S, or can be viewed at: http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html. 

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: May 1, 2007. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–2203 Filed 5–1–07; 2:23 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Docket # AMS–2006–0111; FV–06–315] 

United States Standards for Grades of 

Summer Squash 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is withdrawing the 

notice soliciting comments on its 

proposal to amend the voluntary United 

States Standards for Grades of Summer 

Squash. After reviewing and 

considering the comments received, the 

agency has decided not to proceed with 

this action. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vincent J. Fusaro, Standardization 

Section, Fresh Products Branch, (202) 

720–2185. The United States Standards 

for Grades of Summer Squash are 

available by accessing the Fresh 

Products Branch Web site at: http:// 

www.ams.usda.gov/standards/ 

stanfrfv.htm. 

Background 

AMS had identified the United States 

Standards for Grades of Summer Squash 

for possible revisions. The standards 

were last revised on January 6, 1984. 

On August 6, 2006, AMS published a 

notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 

44607) soliciting comments on a 

possible revision to the United States 

Standards for Grades of Summer 

Squash. The comments are available by 

accessing AMS, Fresh Products Branch 

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

fv/fpbdocketlist.htm. The comment 

period ended October 7, 2006. 

During that sixty-day comment 

period, one comment was submitted 

opposing the revisions. The commentor 

stated, ‘‘the different varietal 

characteristics in each type could stop 

what would work as a ‘‘fancy’’ being 

packed for one area and put undue 

strain on the ‘‘medium’’ market because 

a particular variety of squash does not 

have the genetics to meet size criteria.’’ 

The commentor also stated, ‘‘some 

regions can only successfully grow 

certain seed varieties and with the 

characteristics of some varieties, size 

restrictions could make it prohibitive for 

some areas to produce summer squash 

all together.’’ 

After reviewing and considering the 

comments received, AMS has decided 

not to proceed with the proposed 

revisions to the standards. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: May 1, 2007. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–8574 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List Proposed Additions 

and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase from 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed Additions to and 

Deletions from Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add to the Procurement List a product 

to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities, and to 

delete products and services previously 

furnished by such agencies. 

Comments Must Be Received On Or 

Before: June 3, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia 22202. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed addition, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice for the product will be required 

to procure the product listed below from 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the product to the Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the product to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the product proposed 

for addition to the Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 


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