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Notices Federal Register

88360 

Vol. 88, No. 244 

Thursday, December 21, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–CN–23–0072] 

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, 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 Cotton Classification and 

Market News Service. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 20, 2024 to be 

assured consideration. 

ADDRESSES: 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 Classification and 

Market News Service. 

OMB Number: 0581–0009. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2024. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection. 

Abstract: The Cotton Classification 

and Market News Service program 

provides market information on cotton 

prices, quality, stocks, demand and 

supply to growers, ginners, 

merchandisers, textile mills and the 

public for their use in making sound 

business decisions. The Cotton Statistics 

and Estimates Act (7 U.S.C. 471–476), 

authorizes and directs the Secretary of 

Agriculture to: (a) Collect and publish 

annually, statistics or estimates 

concerning the grades and staple lengths 

of stocks of cotton, known as the 

carryover, on hand on the 1st of August 

each year in warehouses and other 

establishments of every character in the 

continental U.S., and following such 

publication each year, to publish at 

intervals, in his/her discretion, his/her 

estimate of the grades and staple length 

of cotton of the current crop (7 U.S.C. 

471) and (b) Collect, authenticate, 

publish and distribute by radio, mail, or 

otherwise, timely information of the 

market supply, demand, location, and 

market prices of cotton (7 U.S.C. 473b). 

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

(7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) authorizes and 

directs the Secretary of Agriculture to 

collect and disseminate marketing 

information, including adequate outlook 

information on a market-area basis, for 

the purpose of anticipating and meeting 

consumer requirements, aiding in the 

maintenance of farm income, and 

bringing about a balance between 

production and utilization of 

agricultural products. 

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. This includes information on 

cotton, cottonseed and cotton linters. 

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 0.13 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Cotton Merchandisers, 

Textile Mills, Ginners. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

635. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 6.57. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

4,175. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 540. 

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 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 244 / Thursday, December 21, 2023 / Notices 88361 

1See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from 

Belgium, Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping 

Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 25, 2018) (Order). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 35832 (June 1, 2023). 

3See Citribel’s Letter, ‘‘Citribel N.V.’s Substantive 

Response,’’ dated July 3, 2023. 

4See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on June 1, 2023,’’ dated July 25, 2023. 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28074 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

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 clearance 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 this information 

collection received by January 22, 2024 

will be considered. 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 www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 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. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: APHIS Pest Reporting and Asian 

Longhorned Beetle Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0311. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701, et 

seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into, or their 

dissemination within, the United States. 

Plant health regulations promulgated by 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture under this authority 

specifically address control programs 

for a number of pests and diseases of 

concern, including Asian longhorned 

beetle, emerald ash borer beetle, and 

citrus greening, to name a few. The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) will collect information 

using a Plant Protection and Quarantine 

pest reporting form and Asian 

longhorned beetle unified survey form, 

and other information collection 

activities. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS relies on the public to report 

sightings of plant pests or suspicious 

signs of pest or disease damage they 

may see in their local area. This 

reporting will be done through online 

forms for reporting pests, and additional 

information collection activities such as 

cooperative agreements for inspection; 

compliance training workshops; 

contracts for inspection; homeowner 

releases or refusals to inspect; 

homeowner chemical treatment 

releases; letters of warning of litigation 

and warrant; litigations and warrants; 

homeowner releases for tree removal; 

removals and monitoring; contracts for 

treatment; removals and disposals; 

disposal and marshalling yard activities; 

and certificate or permit cancellation 

appeals. 

Failing to collect this information 

could result in APHIS not receiving 

information about where infestations 

may exist, causing them to linger 

unreported and grow. Infestations of 

high-consequence pests or diseases, 

such as Asian longhorned beetle, 

emerald ash borer beetle, citrus 

greening, and others, could lead to 

significant economic damage to crops, 

forests, and landscapes. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals; Business or other for-profit; 

State, Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 16,308. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 85,999. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28086 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–423–813] 

Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts 

From Belgium: Final Results of the 

Sunset Review of the Antidumping 

Duty Order 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On September 22, 2023, the 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) issued the preliminary 

results of the first full five-year sunset 

review of the antidumping duty (AD) 

order on citric acid and certain citrate 

salts (citric acid) from Belgium. We 

received no comment from interested 

parties in opposition to our preliminary 

results. As a result of our analysis, 

Commerce finds that revocation of the 

AD order on citric acid from Belgium 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of dumping at the levels 

indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Sunset 

Review’’ section of this notice. 

DATES: Applicable December 21, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Cohen, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4521. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 1, 2023, Commerce published 

the initiation of the sunset review of the 

AD order on citric acid from Belgium 1

in the Federal Register pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (the Act).2 As Commerce 

received a substantive response from 

Citribel nv (Citribel),3 which claimed 

interested party status under section 

771(9)(A) of the Act as a foreign 

producer and foreign exporter of citric 

acid, Commerce notified the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that it would conduct a full sunset 

review of the Order pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(2).4

On September 22, 2023, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results, 

finding that dumping was likely to 


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