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commodities after harvest and before 

shipping to the consumer. Information 

from these data collection efforts is used 

extensively by government agencies in 

planning, farm policy analysis, 

scientific research, and program 

administration. NASS will suspend 

Fruit Chemical Use and Postharvest 

Chemical Use data collection as of May 

2, 2007. NASS will not publish the two 

associated reports: The Agricultural 

Chemical Usage Postharvest 

Applications report previously 

scheduled for March 26, 2008 and the 

Agricultural Chemical Usage 2007 Fruit 

Summary report scheduled for July 30, 

2008. The Agriculture Resource 

Management surveys portion of the 

information collection will continue 

unaffected. 

Authority: These data are collected under 

authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually 

identifiable data collected under this 

authority are governed by Section 1770 of the 

Food Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, 

which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. 

Estimate of Burden: There will be no 

further reporting burden for the annual 

collection of Postharvest Chemical Use 

or the biennial collection of Fruit 

Chemical Use data. 

Signed at Washington, DC, April 4, 2007. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–8382 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of re-establishment of the 

Advisory Committee for Agriculture 

Statistics. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) has re-established 

the Advisory Committee for Agriculture 

Statistics. Effective October 1, 1996, 

responsibility for the census of 

agriculture program was transferred to 

the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS) at USDA from the 

Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department 

of Commerce. Effective February 2, 

1997, NASS also received the 

transferred program positions and staff 

from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. responsibility 

for the Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics, which is a 

discretionary committee, was 

transferred, along with its allocated slot, 

to USDA with the census of agriculture 

program. 

The Advisory Committee on 

Agriculture Statistics has provided 

input and direction to the census of 

agriculture program since the committee 

was first established on July 16, 1962. It 

has been particularly critical to have the 

committee as a valuable resource to 

USDA during the transfer of the census 

from the U.S. Department of Commerce. 

The purpose of the committee is to 

make recommendations on census of 

agriculture operations including 

questionnaire design and content, 

publicity, publication plans, and data 

dissemination. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact R. Ronald Bosecker, 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Telephone: 202–720–2707; 

Fax: 202–720–9013; or e-mail: 

rbosecker@nall.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C. Appendix II), notice is hereby 

given that the Secretary of Agriculture 

has re-established the charter for the 

Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics, hereafter referred to as 

Committee. The purpose of the 

Committee is to advise the Secretary of 

Agriculture on the conduct of the 

periodic censuses and surveys of 

agriculture, other related surveys, and 

the types of agricultural information to 

obtain from respondents. The committee 

also prepares recommendations 

regarding the content of agriculture 

reports, and presents the views and 

needs for data of major suppliers and 

users of agriculture statistics. 

The Secretary of Agriculture has 

determined that the work of the 

Committee is in the public interest and 

relevant to the duties of USDA. No other 

advisory committee or agency of USDA 

is performing the tasks that will be 

assigned to the Committee. 

The Committee, appointed by the 

Secretary of Agriculture, shall consist of 

25 members representing a broad range 

of disciplines and interests, including, 

but not limited to, agricultural 

economists, rural sociologists, farm 

policy analysts, educators, State 

agriculture representatives, and 

agriculture-related business and 

marketing experts. 

Representatives of the Bureau of the 

Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

and Economic Research Service, USDA, 

serve as ex-officio members of the 

Committee. 

The Committee draws on the 

experience and expertise of its members 

to form a collective judgment 

concerning agriculture data collected 

and the statistics issued by NASS. This 

input is vital to keep current with 

shifting data needs in the rapidly 

changing agricultural environment and 

keep NASS informed of emerging 

developments and issues in the food 

and fiber sector that can affect 

agriculture statistics activities. 

Equal opportunity practices, in line 

with USDA policies, will be followed in 

all membership appointments to the 

Committee. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Committee 

have taken into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by USDA, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Signed at Washington, DC, March 14, 2007. 

R. Ronald Bosecker, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–8367 Filed 5–1–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Appointment to the Advisory 

Committee on Agriculture Statistics 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notification of appointment to 

the Advisory Committee on Agriculture 

Statistics. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

Agriculture announces members 

appointed to the Advisory Committee 

on Agriculture Statistics, in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Reilly, Executive Director, Advisory 

Committee on Agriculture Statistics, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service. 

Telephone: 202–720–4333, Fax: 202– 

720–9013, or e-mail: 

jreilly@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

appointment for the twenty-five member 

committee, which has representation 

across seven categories which covers a 

broad range of agricultural disciplines 

and interests, was signed on December 

19, 2006. Appointed members, by their 

associated category are: Consumer and 

Information Organizations—John Baugh, 

West Lafayette, IN; Janice Gengenbach, 

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