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ADDRESSES: Form LP–51–1, Soybean 

Promotion and Research Order Request 

for Referendum, may be obtained by 

mail, fax, or in person from the Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) county offices 

from May 6, 2024, to May 31, 2024. 

Form LP–51–1 may also be obtained via 

the internet at https://www.ams.usda.

gov/rules-regulations/researchpromotion/soybean during the same 

time period. Completed forms and 

supporting documentation must be 

returned to the appropriate county FSA 

office by fax or in person no later than 

close of business May 31, 2024, or if 

returned by mail, must be postmarked 

by midnight May 31, 2024, and received 

in the county FSA office by close of 

business on June 7, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Julian, Agricultural Marketing 

Specialist, Research and Promotion 

Division, Livestock and Poultry 

Program, AMS, USDA, STOP 0249, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–0249; Telephone (202) 720– 

5705; or Email to Jason.Julian@

usda.gov; or contact a local FSA Office; 

the phone numbers, fax numbers, and 

mailing addresses can be found at 

https://www.farmers.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Act (7 U.S.C. 6301– 

6311), this notice announces the dates 

when the Request for Referendum will 

be conducted and the place where 

soybean producers may request a 

referendum on the Order (7 CFR part 

1220). The Act provides that the 

Secretary, 5 years after the conduct of 

the initial referendum and every 5 years 

thereafter, shall give soybean producers 

an opportunity to request a referendum 

on the Order. The initial referendum 

was held in February 1994, and the 

results were announced on April 1, 

1994. During the initial referendum, 

85,606 valid ballots were cast, with 

46,060 (53.8 percent) in favor of 

continuing the Order and 39,546 votes 

(46.2 percent) against continuing the 

Order. The Act required approval by a 

simple majority for the Order to 

continue. 

The most recent opportunity for 

producers to request a referendum on 

the Order was in May 2019. During that 

period, 708 producers completed valid 

requests—short of the 51,501 required to 

trigger a referendum. On July 17, 2019, 

USDA announced the results of the 

Request for Referendum and that the 

requisite number of producers had not 

requested that a referendum be 

conducted. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible to participate, soybean 

producers must certify that they or the 

entity they are authorized to represent 

paid an assessment under the Soybean 

Checkoff Program at sometime between 

January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. 

They must complete and submit Form 

LP–51–1—Soybean Promotion and 

Research Order Request for Referendum, 

in person; by mail, postmarked by May 

31, 2024, and received no later than 

June 7, 2024; or by fax between May 6, 

2024, and May 31, 2024. Individual 

producers and other producer entities 

would request a referendum at the 

county FSA office where FSA maintains 

and processes the producer’s, 

corporation’s, or other entity’s 

administrative farm records. For the 

producer, corporation, or other entity 

not participating in FSA programs, the 

opportunity to request a referendum 

would be provided at the county FSA 

office serving the county where the 

producer, corporation, or other entity 

owns or rents land. Form LP–51–1 may 

also be obtained via the internet at 

https://www.ams.usda.gov/rulesregulations/research-promotion/ 

soybean. If obtained by the internet, 

Form LP–51–1 must be completed and 

returned by mail, fax, or in person with 

the supporting documentation to the 

county FSA office where FSA maintains 

and processes the producer’s, 

corporation’s, or other entity’s 

administrative farm records. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3521), the information collection 

requirements connected with the 

Request for Referendum have been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) and assigned OMB 

control number 0581–0093. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301–6311. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02136 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Economist, 

Office of Pest Management Policy, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of 

USDA’s Office of Pest Management 

Policy to request renewal of an existing 

information collection for Multiple Crop 

and Pesticide Use Surveys. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 2, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: USDA invites interested 

persons to submit comments on this 

notice. Comments may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This 

website provides the ability to type 

short comments directly into the 

comment field on this web page or 

attach a file for lengthier comments. Go 

to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions at that site for 

submitting comments. 

• Mail, including CD–ROMs, etc.: 

Send to Docket Clerk, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Office of Pest 

Management Policy, 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW, Room3871—South Building, 

Mailstop 3817, Washington, DC 20250– 

3700. 

• Hand- or courier-delivered 

submittals: Deliver to 1400 

Independence Ave. SW, Room4054— 

South Building, Washington, DC 20250– 

3700. You may also want to send 

comments to the Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Instructions: All items submitted by 

mail or electronic mail must include the 

Agency name and docket number. 

Comments received in response to this 

docket will be made available for public 

inspection and posted without change, 

including any personal information, to 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Ranville, Office of the Chief 

Economist, Office of Pest Management 

Policy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Ave. SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–3700, (202) 577– 

1980. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance to Conduct 

Multiple Crop and Pesticide Use 

Surveys. 

OMB Number: 0503–0026. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from approval date. 

Type of Request: Renewal and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Office of Pest 

Management Policy (OPMP) of the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) requests approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for generic clearance that will 

allow OPMP to collect information from 


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agricultural entities. The primary 

purpose of this information will be to 

support OPMP’s understanding of 

agricultural practices pertaining to pest 

management. OPMP is undertaking this 

effort to satisfy legislative requirements 

outlined in Title X, Section 10109 of the 

2018 Farm Bill, which mandates that 

The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

through the Office of the Chief 

Economist’s Director of OPMP, collect 

this information. 

Pest management information is 

critical to supporting a key 

responsibility of OPMP, i.e., to ‘‘consult 

with agricultural producers that may be 

affected by pest management or 

pesticide-related activities or actions of 

the Department or other agencies,’’ as 

outlined in the Agricultural Research, 

Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

1998. The information collected under 

this approval improves OPMP’s ability 

to better understand the utilization of 

pest management tools by agricultural 

producers via input from producers and 

pest management advisors, including 

extension experts and crop consultants, 

who in addition to being advisors are 

often agricultural producers themselves. 

Data collected are intended to capture 

agricultural practices and needs to 

support federal activities that pertain to 

pest management, which are typically 

time-sensitive and necessitate the need 

for rapid data collection. 

In most cases, the turnaround time for 

these information collections will be a 

function of 60-day public comment 

periods associated with pesticide 

licensing actions, making it essential for 

OPMP to promptly administer requests 

and collect responses. Various factors 

drive what types of questions OPMP 

may ask, including the active 

ingredient, crop, region, application 

method, and specific target pest 

problems. Examples of questions 

include inquiries regarding pesticide 

usage, the availability and comparative 

utility of alternative pest management 

tactics for target pests, the feasibility of 

pesticide mitigations, and resistance 

management concerns. Further, OPMP 

often needs to understand niche pest 

situations on specific crops and/or 

regions, which typically is not 

information that is readily available 

from other sources. 

This effort does not intend to 

duplicate information collection 

activities administered by USDA’s 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) that pertain to pest 

management. When needed data are 

current and available through NASS 

collection efforts, it is OPMP’s policy to 

utilize and recognize such information 

as Best Available Data. 

These data will be collected under the 

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. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–113) and Office of Management 

and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 15 minutes per 

response. Outside of upfront 

demographic questions, no more than 

fifteen questions will be asked per 

response. 

Type of Respondents: American 

Society of Agronomy (ASA) Certified 

Crop Advisors (CCAs); crop consultants 

associated with the National Alliance of 

Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC); 

county extension agents affiliated with 

the National Association of County 

Agricultural Agents (NACAA); other 

agricultural stakeholders, such as 

farmers, ranchers, nursery operators, 

animal operations (cattle, chickens, 

catfish, etc.), foresters, beekeepers, farm 

managers, farm contractors, 

extermination and pest control 

operators, postharvest crop packing 

and/or processing activities, cotton 

ginning, etc.; university agricultural 

academics/experts (other than those 

represented through NACAA); and/or 

other specialists that work with or on 

behalf of these groups. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Given that it is impossible to predict the 

number of impactful federal actions that 

pertain to pest management in any given 

year, the entire universe of specialists 

employed in the areas outlined above 

could be considered as possible 

respondents. Realistically, however, 

only a small subset of these individuals 

is expected to respond to a request. 

Using estimates provided by the ASA, 

the NAICC, and the NACAA, as of 

November 2023 there were 10,720 CCAs 

in the United States, 604 NAICC 

independent crop consultants, and 

3,259 agricultural experts affiliated with 

the NACAA. Although some individuals 

are both CCAs and independent crop 

consultants, at most the total universe of 

crop advisors/consultants is 14,583 

respondents. OPMP adds 1,000 to this 

number to account for outreach to 

smaller stakeholder groups for 

knowledge/information on pest 

management that may not be readily 

available from crop consultants (e.g., 

pest management in packing houses, 

commercial seed treatment practices, 

etc.). On the first iteration of this ICR, 

NASS survey methodologists estimated 

a response rate of 15% should be 

expected until further empirical data is 

available. OPMP has retained this 

estimate for the revision of this ICR. 

This could lead to a maximum number 

of 2,338 total respondents per survey. 

Potential respondents will be contacted 

by email. They will have the option to 

quickly read a summary of the survey 

topic and delete the survey request if it 

is not applicable to them. OPMP 

estimates a burden of 1 minute per nonresponse, though it is likely to be even 

lower. 

Estimated Number of Responses: It is 

not possible to precisely predict the 

number of significant actions or 

activities that would necessitate OPMP 

conducting an information collection 

request. From 2016 to 2019, EPA made 

approximately 40 requests to OPMP for 

information across a total of more than 

85 crops. From 2020 to 2023, that 

number of requests was lower, 

approximately 30 requests. But EPA also 

issued roughly 200 Proposed Interim 

Decisions (PIDs) over that time period in 

addition to more than 100 Draft Risk 

Assessments (DRAs). OPMP provided 

written responses to the vast majority of 

these actions. OPMP does not need to 

seek additional information for all 

actions, and each action typically only 

applies to a subset of crops grown in the 

United States. However, for actions that 

apply broadly to multiple crops and 

regions, OPMP may want to seek broad 

input from producers of many crops. 

EPA actions are typically posted to the 

docket in quarterly batches. Thus, 

OPMP may be able to combine 

questions across multiple crops, active 

ingredients, practices, etc., into one 

survey. For this collection request, the 

crop consultant groups (total 14,583) 

could be contacted up to eight times 

annually. Up to 15 percent of those may 

provide responses to questionnaires, or 

17,500 responses per year. In addition, 

other niche groups, up to 1,000 

respondents total across groups, may be 

contacted up to two times annually for 

an additional 300 responses. This 

amounts to approximately 17,800 

responses per year maximum. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Respondents will be 

contacted no more than eight times 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6,131 burden hours 

annually, or 18,393 hours over the 

three-year life of the ICR. 

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 


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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 United States 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW, Room 4054, 

Washington, DC 20250–9810. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address. 

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. 

Cynthia Nickerson, 

Deputy Chief Economist, United States 

Department of Agriculture. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program 

Education (SNAP-Ed) Intervention 

Submission Form and Scoring Tool 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed revision to the currently 

approved information collection for the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) FNS–885, ‘‘SNAP 

Education (SNAP-Ed) Intervention 

Scoring Tool’’ and the FNS–886, ‘‘SNAP 

Education (SNAP-Ed) Intervention 

Submission Form.’’ This revision to 

forms FNS–885 and FNS–886 will 

provide an improved user experience by 

simplifying scoring criteria and 

clarifying the information requested for 

certain fields. These updates will also 

align with the new SNAP-Ed National 

Program Evaluation and Reporting 

System (N–PEARS), to ensure 

consistency with SNAP-Ed specific 

terms. More information on changes to 

these forms is in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before April 2, 2024 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to 

Aurora Calvillo Buffington, Food and 

Nutrition Service, Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program, Program 

Administration and Nutrition Division, 

1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, 

Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may 

also be submitted via email to SNAPEd@usda.gov or through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Divyani Pendleton 

at 703–305–2031 or Divyani.Pendleton@

usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of agency 

functions, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and the assumptions 

used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who respond, 

including use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technology. 

Title: SNAP-Ed Intervention Scoring 

Tool and SNAP-Ed Intervention 

Submission Form. 

Form Number: FNS–885 and FNS– 

886. 

OMB Number: 0584–0639. 

Expiration Date: 9/30/2024. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008, as amended (the Act) 

§ 28(c)(3)(A) states that State agencies 

‘‘may use funds provided under this 

section for any evidence-based 

allowable use of funds’’ including ‘‘(i) 

individual and group-based nutrition 

education, health promotion, and 

intervention strategies; (ii) 

comprehensive, multilevel interventions 

at multiple complementary 

organizational and institutional levels; 

and (iii) community and public health 

approaches to improve nutrition.’’ 7 

CFR 272.2(d)(2)(vii)(D) states ‘‘SNAP-Ed 

activities must include evidence-based 

activities using two or more of these 

approaches: individual or group-based 

nutrition education, health promotion, 

and intervention strategies; 

comprehensive, multi-level 

interventions at multiple 

complementary organizational and 

institutional levels; community and 

public health approaches to improve 

nutrition and physical activity.’’ 

The SNAP-Ed Strategies and 

Interventions: An Obesity Prevention 

Toolkit for States (SNAP-Ed Toolkit) 

was developed collaboratively by FNS 

National and Regional Office SNAP-Ed 

staff, the National Collaborative on 

Childhood Obesity Reduction (NCCOR), 

and the Association of SNAP Nutrition 

Education Administrators (ASNNA). 

Currently, more than 150 interventions 

are available on the SNAP-Ed Toolkit 

website https://snapedtoolkit.org/. State 

agencies use the SNAP-Ed Toolkit to 

locate evidence-based interventions for 

their implementation of SNAP-Ed 

programming. 

The SNAP-Ed Intervention 

Submission Form, FNS–886, and the 

SNAP-Ed Intervention Scoring Tool, 

FNS–885, provide a uniform and 

transparent method for submission, 

review, and scoring of nutrition 

education, physical activity promotion, 

and obesity prevention interventions for 

inclusion in the SNAP-Ed Toolkit. 

SNAP-Ed State and implementing 

agencies, nutrition education and public 

health agencies, and other organizations 

use these voluntary forms to submit 

interventions for consideration. The 

SNAP-Ed Intervention Submission Form 

and Scoring Tool make it possible for 

SNAP-Ed implementers and the review 

committee to determine if the 

intervention submitted for inclusion in 

the SNAP-Ed Toolkit is evidence-based 

and uses one or more of the required 

approaches. These forms support FNS 

efforts to increase the selection of 

interventions available in the SNAP-Ed 

Toolkit, improve innovation in service 

delivery using interventions which 

reflect the latest research, and respond 

directly to entities submitting 

interventions (submitters) for the SNAPEd Toolkit. 

The collection of this information for 

the submission, review, and scoring of 

nutrition education, physical activity 

promotion, and obesity prevention 

interventions for inclusion in the SNAPEd Toolkit is necessary to: 


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