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88864 

Vol. 88, No. 246 

Tuesday, December 26, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Reinstatement 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and reinstatement 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 these information collections 

are best assured of having their full 

effect if received by January 25, 2024. 

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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Fruit Crops. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0189. 

Summary of Collection: Marketing 

orders and marketing agreements are 

authorized by the Agricultural 

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 

U.S.C. 601–674; Act). This legislation 

permits the regulation of certain 

agricultural commodities for the 

purpose of providing orderly marketing 

conditions in interstate and intrastate 

commerce and improving returns to 

producers. The Act provides in section 

608(d)(1) that information necessary to 

determine the extent to which an order 

has effectuated the declared policy of 

the Act shall be furnished at the request 

of the Secretary of Agriculture 

(Secretary). Marketing orders and 

marketing agreements become effective 

only after public hearings are held in 

accordance with formal rulemaking 

procedures specified by the Act. The 

Federal programs can authorize the 

issuance of grade, size, quality, maturity 

and inspection requirements; pack and 

container requirements; and pooling 

and volume regulations. Some provide 

authority for research and development, 

including paid advertising. Pursuant to 

section 608(e)(1) of the Act, certain 

grade and condition requirements are 

imposed on 14 commodities imported 

into the United States for which Orders 

regulate domestic production. 

Need and Use of the Information: 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 

orders. The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) requires several forms to 

be filed to enable the administration of 

each marketing order. 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 orders. If this 

information collection was not 

conducted, not only would the 

Secretary lose his ability to administer 

the marketing orders, but the respective 

committees also would have no way of 

monitoring industry compliance with 

their respective marketing order and 

agreement. They would also not be able 

to determine the assessments due from 

industry handlers and growers, which 

would negatively impact any market 

research and promotion activities. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 21,858. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting; on occasion, 

Quarterly; Biennially; Weekly; Semiannually; Monthly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,595. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28379 Filed 12–22–23; 8:45 am] 

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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 25, 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 

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 


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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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Assessment of Mobile 

Technologies for Using Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 

Benefits. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) provides monthly 

benefits to low-income households to 

reduce food insecurity and improve 

health and well-being. Benefits are 

delivered via electronic benefit transfer 

(EBT), which is accepted at more than 

250,000 authorized retailers nationwide. 

For nearly two decades, SNAP 

participants have used EBT in person at 

retailers, where they swipe their card at 

checkout using a point of sale (POS) 

terminal and enter their personal 

identification number (PIN) to pay for 

their purchases. 

The Agricultural Act of 2018 (2018 

Farm Bill) authorized the use of mobile 

payments from devices like cell phones, 

tablets, and smart watches, as an 

alternate option to a physical electronic 

benefit transfer (EBT) card to conduct a 

SNAP transaction. This authorization 

was subject to the result of five mobile 

payment pilot projects. Mobile 

payments may improve the customer 

experience; save participant and retailer 

time; reduce potential stigma of using 

EBT; reduce costs; and prevent benefit 

fraud, loss, or theft. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Mobile Payment Pilot Evaluation will 

assess the effects of the pilots, using 

information obtained from FNS, 

selected State SNAP agencies, retailers, 

and SNAP participants. The evaluation 

has four objectives: (1) assessing the 

implementation of the pilots, (2) 

examining the adoption and use of 

mobile technologies, (3) understanding 

implications for program integrity, and 

(4) assessing replicability and costs. In 

each of the five sites, the evaluation will 

conduct three rounds of semi-structured 

interviews with State SNAP agencies, 

EBT processors, retailers, and other 

partners. Interviews will occur during 

the pilot planning period and once the 

pilots are implemented, and will collect 

information about the pilot design and 

implementation. 

Description of Respondents: State and 

Local Government, Individuals and 

Households, Businesses or other ForProfit and Not-for-Profit. 

Number of Respondents: 33,746. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,726.87. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Notice of Solicitation for the 

Agricultural Policy Advisory 

Committee (APAC) and the Related 

Agricultural Technical Advisory 

Committees (ATACs) for Trade and 

Continuation of Requests for 

Nominations for the Agricultural Trade 

Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Solicit for nominations. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 135 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended, 

notice is hereby given that the Secretary 

of Agriculture (Secretary), in 

coordination with the United States 

Trade Representative (Trade 

Representative or USTR), is soliciting 

nominations for the Agricultural Policy 

Advisory Committee (APAC) and the 

related Agricultural Technical Advisory 

Committees (ATACs) for Trade to 

provide detailed policy and technical 

advice, information, and 

recommendations regarding trade 

barriers, negotiation of trade 

agreements, and implementation of 

existing trade agreements affecting food 

and agricultural products, including the 

performance of other advisory functions 

relevant to U.S. agricultural trade policy 

matters. The Foreign Agricultural 

Service (FAS) continues to welcome 

nominations for persons to serve on 

APAC and ATACs. The APAC and 

ATACs charters were renewed on June 

13, 2023, and the committees are in the 

public interest in connection with the 

duties of USDA imposed by the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended. 

DATES: We will accept nominations for 

membership on the APAC and six 

ATACs until January 31, 2024, for the 

July 2024–2028 term. New applicants 

are considered approximately every 12– 

18 months. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

nomination materials should be sent to 

ATACs@usda.gov. 

All nomination materials may also be 

mailed in a single, complete package to: 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., 

SW, Room 200A Jamie L. Whitten 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–1001, 

Attn: APAC/ATACs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darlene Maginnis, Group Federal 

Officer, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture at 202– 

868–7059; or by email at ATACs@

usda.gov. You can find additional 

information about the APAC and 

ATACs on the Foreign Agricultural 

Service website at www.fas.usda.gov/ 

atacs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to Section 135 of the Trade 

Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155 (c)) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, (5 U.S.C. 10), notice is hereby 

given that the Secretary of Agriculture 

(Secretary), in coordination with the 

United States Trade Representative 

(Trade Representative or USTR), is 

soliciting nominations for the 

Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee 

(APAC) and the related Agricultural 

Technical Advisory Committees 

(ATACs) for Trade. In 1974, Congress 

established a private-sector advisory 

committee system to ensure that U.S. 

trade policy and negotiation objectives 

adequately reflect U.S. commercial and 

economic interests. 

As provided for in the law and their 

charters, the APAC has the following 

responsibilities: 

(A) The Committee will advise, 

consult with, and make 

recommendations to the Secretary and 

Trade Representative concerning the 

trade policy of the United States and the 

matters arising in the administration of 

such policy; (B) The Committee will 

provide information and advice 

regarding the following: negotiating 

objectives and bargaining positions of 

the United States before the United 

States enters into trade agreements, the 

operation of any trade agreement once 

entered into, and matters arising in 

connection with the administration of 

the trade policy of the United States; 

and (C) The Committee will furnish 

such other advisory opinions and 

reports as the Secretary and Trade 

Representative deem necessary; and the 

ATACs have similar responsibilities: 

General Committee Information 

Each committee has a chairperson, 

who is elected from the membership of 

that committee. Committees meet as 

needed, and all committee meetings are 


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