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criteria should APHIS consider to assure 

its independence, determine whether 

the scope of its services support and 

align with the AWA, and mitigate 

potential conflicts of interest and other 

potential risks? In addition, what 

information should a regulated facility 

provide so APHIS may verify its use of 

a third-party program? 

5. Aside from recognizing the use of 

qualified, third-party programs, what 

are other methods APHIS could use to 

encourage facilities to achieve and 

sustain compliance with the AWA? 

Also, where do you see the greatest 

opportunity for APHIS to improve the 

consistency and effectiveness of its 

AWA program? 

Registration instructions for the 

listening session are available by 

contacting the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or by 

following the instructions available via 

the APHIS website at: https://

www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/

animalwelfare/sa_animal_welfare_

news/third-party-inspectioncertification-programs. 

If you require special 

accommodations, such as a sign 

language interpreter, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Done in Washington, DC, on January 16, 

2018. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Revise and Extend a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Agricultural 

Resources Management Survey and 

Chemical Use Surveys. A revision to 

burden hours will be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by March 23, 2018 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0218, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• eFax: (855) 838–6382. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. Copies of 

this information collection and related 

instructions can be obtained without 

charge from David Hancock, NASS— 

OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Resources 

Management Survey and Chemical Use 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0218. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

July 31, 2018. 

Type of Request: Intent to revise and 

extend a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Resource 

Management Survey(s) (ARMS) are the 

primary source of information for the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture on a 

broad range of issues related to: 

Production practices, costs and returns, 

pest management, chemical usage, and 

contractor expenses. Data is collected on 

both a whole farm level and on selected 

commodities. 

ARMS is the only source of 

information available for objective 

evaluation of many critical issues 

related to agriculture and the rural 

economy, such as: Whole farm finance 

data, including data sufficient to 

construct estimates of income for farms 

by: Type of operation, loan 

commodities, income for operator 

households, credit, structure, and 

organization; marketing information; 

and other economic data on input usage, 

production practices, and crop 

substitution possibilities. 

Data from ARMS are used to produce 

estimates of net farm income by type of 

commercial producer as required in 7 

U.S.C. 7998 as amended and estimates 

of enterprise production costs as 

required in 7 U.S.C. 1441(a) as 

amended. Data from ARMS are also 

used as weights in the development of 

the Prices Paid Index, a component of 

the Parity Index referred to in the 

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as 

amended. These indexes are used to 

calculate the annual federal grazing fee 

rates as described in the Public 

Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 

and Executive Order 12548 and as 

promulgated in regulations found at 36 

CFR 222.51, as amended. 

In addition, ARMS is used to produce 

estimates of sector-wide production 

expenditures and other components of 

income that are used in constructing the 

estimates of income and value-added 

which are transmitted to the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, by the USDA 

Economic Research Service (ERS) for 

use in constructing economy-wide 

estimates of Gross Domestic Product. 

This transmittal of data, prepared using 

the ARMS, is undertaken to satisfy a 

1956 agreement between the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Departments of Agriculture and 

Commerce that a single set of estimates 

be published on farm income. 

Chemical Use Surveys: Congress has 

mandated that NASS and ERS build 

nationally coordinated databases on 

agricultural chemical use and related 

farm practices; these databases are the 

primary vehicles used to produce 

specified environmental and economic 

estimates. The surveys will help provide 

the knowledge and technical means for 

producers and researchers to address 

on-farm environmental concerns in a 

manner that maintains agricultural 

productivity. 

In this approval request, there is only 

one significant program change. The 

annual Microbial Food Safety 

Practices—Packer Survey will be 

discontinued. 

The commodities that are scheduled 

to be included in this approval are in 

the following table. 

Year Survey Target 

commodity 

2018 ..... ARMS Phase II 

(PPCR).

Soybeans. 

ARMS Phase II 

(PPR).

Corn and Peanuts. 

Chemical Use .. Vegetables. 

ARMS Phase III Soybeans and 

Cow-Calf. 

2019 ..... ARMS Phase II 

(PPCR).

Cotton, Barley 

and Sorghum. 

ARMS Phase II 

(PPR).

Wheat. 


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Year Survey Target 

commodity 

Chemical Use .. Fruit. 

ARMS Phase III Cotton, Barley 

and Sorghum. 

2020 ..... ARMS Phase II 

(PPCR).

Corn and Rice. 

ARMS Phase II 

(PPR).

Soybeans. 

Chemical Use .. Vegetables. 

ARMS Phase III Corn, Rice and 

Hogs. 

2021 ..... ARMS Phase II 

(PPCR).

Wheat and Peanuts. 

ARMS Phase II 

(PPR).

Cotton. 

Chemical Use .. Fruit. 

ARMS Phase III Wheat, Peanuts 

and Dairy. 

PPCR—Production Practices and Costs Report. 

PPR—Production Practices Report. 

ARMS Phase III—Costs and Returns 

Report. 

Authority: 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, which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (at 44 U.S.C. 3501, et 

seq.) and Office of Management and Budget 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA).’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average approximately 

45 minutes per survey. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm 

managers, farm contractors, and farm 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 115,000 respondents 

will be sampled each year. Over half of 

these respondents will be contacted 

more than one time in a single year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 96,000 

hours per year. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) 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; 

(b) 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; 

(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 are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, January 11, 

2018. 

Kevin L. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01005 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meetings of the Texas 

Advisory Committee; Correction 

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Commission on Civil 

Rights published a notice in the Federal 

Register of December 22, 2017, 

concerning meetings of the Texas 

Advisory Committee. The date and time 

for the second meeting listed has been 

changed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ana 

Victoria Fortes, (213) 894–3437. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of December 

22, 2017, in FR Doc. 2017–27632, on 

page 60702, in the first column, correct 

the ‘‘Dates’’ caption to read: 

The meetings will be held on Friday, 

January 12, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. Central 

Time and Friday, February 2, 2018, at 

2:00 p.m. Central Time. 

Dated: January 16, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs 

Coordination Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00946 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–59–2017] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 47—Boone 

County, Kentucky; Authorization of 

Production Activity; Valeo North 

America, Inc.; (Automotive Clutch and 

Compressor Assemblies); Winchester, 

Kentucky 

On September 19, 2017, Valeo North 

America, Inc. submitted a notification of 

proposed production activity to the FTZ 

Board for its facility within Subzone 

47D, in Winchester, Kentucky. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (82 FR 45262, 

September 28, 2017). On January 17, 

2018, the applicant was notified of the 

FTZ Board’s decision that no further 

review of the activity is warranted at 

this time. The production activity 

described in the notification was 

authorized, subject to the FTZ Act and 

the FTZ Board’s regulations, including 

Section 400.14. 

Dated: January 17, 2018. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–01030 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–150–2017] 

Approval of Subzone Status; Valeo 

North America, Inc.; Winchester, 

Kentucky 

On September 25, 2017, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the Greater Cincinnati 

FTZ, Inc., grantee of FTZ 47, requesting 

subzone status subject to the existing 

activation limit of FTZ 47, on behalf of 

Valeo North America, Inc., in 

Winchester, Kentucky. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (82 FR 45263, September 28, 

2017). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR Sec. 

400.36(f)), the application to establish 

Subzone 47D was approved on 

November 20, 2017, subject to the FTZ 

Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.13, and further 

subject to FTZ 47’s 2,000-acre activation 

limit. 

Dated: January 17, 2018. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

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