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government agencies are secondary 

users. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.07 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Cotton merchants, 

warehouses, and gins 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

993 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.91 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

1,893 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 141.30 

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, Chief, Research and Promotion 

Staff, Cotton and Tobacco Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside Parkway, 

Suite 101, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 

22406, or email at Shethir.Riva@

ams.usda.gov. All comments received 

will be available for public inspection 

during regular business hours at the 

same address or at www.regulations.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. 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20436 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[AMS–CN–13–0045] 

Cotton Classification and Market News 

Service: 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 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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 received by October 

21, 2013 will be considered. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments concerning this 

proposal to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. 

Comments should be submitted in 

triplicate. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should reference AMS–CN–13–0045. 

All comments received will be made 

available for public inspection at 

www.regulations.gov or at the Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia 22406, during regular business 

hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shethir M. Riva, Chief, Research and 

Promotion Staff, Cotton and Tobacco 

Programs, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia 22406, telephone (540) 361– 

2726, facsimile (540) 361–1199, or email 

at Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Cotton Classification and 

Market News Service. 

OMB Number: 0581–0009. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2014. 

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 0.12 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Cotton Merchandisers, 

Textile Mills, Ginners. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

826 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 6.37. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

5,260 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 652.72 

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 


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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 submitted 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. Comments also 

may be sent to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia 22406. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address or 

through www.regulations.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. 

Dated: August 16, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20434 Filed 8–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[AMS–CN–13–0062] 

Tobacco Report: 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 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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 for Tobacco Report (OMB No. 

0581–0004). 

DATES: Comments received by October 

21, 2013 will be considered. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments concerning this 

proposal to Shethir M. Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion Staff, Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, AMS, USDA, 

100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 101, 

Fredericksburg, Virginia, 22406. 

Comments should be submitted in 

triplicate. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should reference AMS–CN–13–0062. 

All comments received will be made 

available for public inspection at 

www.regulations.gov or at the Cotton 

and Tobacco Programs, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia, 22406, during regular business 

hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shethir M. Riva, Chief, Research and 

Promotion Staff, Cotton and Tobacco 

Programs, AMS, USDA, 100 Riverside 

Parkway, Suite 101, Fredericksburg, 

Virginia, 22406, telephone (540) 361– 

2726, facsimile (540) 361–1199, or email 

at Shethir.Riva@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Tobacco Report. 

OMB Number: 0581–0004. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2014. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection. 

Abstract: The Tobacco Statistics Act 

of 1929 (7 U.S.C. 501–508) provides for 

the collection and publication of 

statistics of tobacco by USDA with 

regard to quantity of leaf tobacco in all 

forms in the United States and Puerto 

Rico, owned by or in the possession of 

dealers, manufacturers, and others with 

the exception of the original growers of 

the tobacco. 

The statistics shall show the quantity 

of the tobacco in such detail as to types, 

as USDA shall deem to be practical and 

necessary and shall be summarized as of 

January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 

1 of each year and are due within 15 

days of the summarized dates. 

The information furnished under the 

provisions of this Act shall be used only 

for statistical purposes for which it is 

supplied. No publication shall be made 

by USDA whereby the data furnished by 

any particular establishment can be 

identified, nor shall anyone other than 

the sworn employees of USDA be 

allowed to examine the individual 

reports. 

The regulations governing the 

Tobacco Stocks and Standards Act (7 

CFR part 30) issued under the Tobacco 

Statistics Act (7 U.S.C. 501–508) 

specifically address the reporting 

requirements. Tobacco in leaf form or 

stems is reported by types of tobacco 

and whether stemmed or unstemmed. 

Tobacco in sheet form shall be 

segregated as to whether for cigar 

wrapper, cigar binder, for cigarettes, or 

for other products. 

Tobacco stocks reporting is 

mandatory. The basic purpose of the 

information collection is to ascertain the 

total supply of unmanufactured tobacco 

available to domestic manufacturers and 

to calculate the amount consumed in 

manufactured tobacco products. This 

data was also used for the calculation of 

production quotas for individual types 

of tobacco and for price support 

calculations until repealed in 2005. 

The Quarterly Report of Manufacture 

and Sales of Snuff, Smoking and 

Chewing Tobacco is voluntary. Prior to 

1965, information on the manufacture 

and sale of snuff, smoking and chewing 

tobacco products was available from 

Treasury Department publications on 

the collection of taxes. With repeal of 

the Federal tax in 1965, the industry 

requested that the collection of basic 

data be continued to maintain the 

statistical series and all major 

manufacturers agreed to furnish 

information. Federal taxes were reimposed in 1985 for snuff and chewing 

tobacco and the Treasury Department 

began reporting data on these products, 

but not in the detail desired by the 

industry. Data from this report was also 

used in calculations to determine the 

production quotas of types of tobacco 

used in these products until repealed in 

2005. 

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) directs and 

authorizes USDA to collect, tabulate and 

disseminate statistics on marketing 

agricultural products including market 

supplies, storage stocks, quantity, 

quality, and condition of such products 

in various positions in the marketing 

channel, utilization of sub-products, 

shipments, and unloads. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.87 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Primarily tobacco 

dealers and manufacturers including 

small businesses or organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

120. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 104. 

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 


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