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Vol. 88, No. 237 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–CN–23–0071] 

Notice of Request for an Extension and 

Revision to 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, this 

notice announces the Agricultural 

Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget, for an 

extension and revision to the currently 

approved information collection 

entitled Cotton Classing, Testing, and 

Standards. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 12, 2024 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this notice by using the electronic 

process available at https://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should reference the document number 

and the date and the page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. 

Written comments may be submitted via 

mail or hand delivery to Cotton 

Research and Promotion, Cotton and 

Tobacco Program, AMS, USDA, 100 

Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information provided, at https://

www.regulations.gov and will be 

included in the record and made 

available to the public. Please do not 

include personally identifiable 

information (such as name, address, or 

other contact information) or 

confidential business information that 

you do not want publicly disclosed. 

Comments may be submitted 

anonymously. All comments received 

will be made available for public 

inspection at Cotton and Tobacco 

Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia 22406. A copy of this document 

may be found at: https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shethir M. Riva, Director, Research and 

Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco 

Program, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia 22406, Telephone (540) 361– 

2726, Facsimile (540) 361–1199, or 

Email at CottonRP@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Cotton Classing, Testing, and 

Standards. 

OMB Number: 0581–0008. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Information solicited is used 

by the USDA to administer and 

supervise activities associated with the 

classification or grading of cotton, 

cotton linters, and cottonseed based on 

official USDA standards. The 

information requires personal data, such 

as name, type of business, address, and 

description of classification services 

requested. These programs are 

conducted under the United States 

Cotton Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 51b), the 

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of 

1927 (7 U.S.C. 473c), and the 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1622h) and regulations appear at 

7 CFR part 28. 

The information collection 

requirements in this request are 

essential to carry out the intent of the 

Acts and to provide the cotton industry 

the type of information they need to 

make sound business decisions. The 

information collected is the minimum 

required. Information is requested from 

growers, cooperatives, merchants, 

manufacturers, and other government 

agencies. 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized employees of the 

USDA, AMS. The cotton industry is the 

primary user of the compiled 

information and AMS and other 

government agencies are secondary 

users. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.08 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Cotton merchants, 

warehouses, and gins. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,858. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2.05. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,758. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 133.72. 

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 

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 sent to Shethir M. 

Riva, Director, Research and Promotion, 

Cotton and Tobacco Program, AMS, 

USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 

101, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406, 

Telephone (540) 361–2726, Facsimile 

(540) 361–1199, or Email at CottonRP@

usda.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. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27193 Filed 12–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–SC–23–0049] 

Request for Extension of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 


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