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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. 

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. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30546 Filed 12–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–DA–23–0064] 

Notice of Request for Approval of an 

Existing Information Collection in Use 

Without an OMB Control Number 

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) intent to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) of an 

existing information collection in use 

without an OMB control number for 

Dairy Market News pursuant to Section 

203(g) of the Agricultural Marketing Act 

of 1946, as amended. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by February 21, 2025 to be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments by using 

the electronic process available at 

https://www.regulations.gov or sent to 

Lorie Cashman, Director, Economics 

Division, AMS Dairy Program, 4600 

American Parkway, STE 106, Madison, 

WI 53718. All comments should 

reference the docket number (AMS–DA– 

23–0064), the date, and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lorie Cashman, Director, Economics 

Division, AMS Dairy Program, by 

telephone: (202) 720–4405, or by email: 

Lorie.Cashman@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dairy 

Market News (DMN) covers supply, 

demand, and pricing on a regional, 

national, and international basis for 

milk, butter, cheese, and dry and fluid 

milk products. The DMN goal is to 

provide timely and unbiased market 

insight that helps American farmers and 

businesses understand market trends 

and make informed decisions about the 

marketing, sale, and delivery of their 

products. The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) administers programs 

that provide information to facilitate 

domestic and international marketing 

opportunities for U.S. producers of food, 

fiber, and specialty crops. Within that 

AMS framework, the DMN program 

focuses on providing domestic and 

international market information on 

various dairy commodities. 

Title: Dairy Market News. 

OMB Number: 0581–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from approval date. 

Type of Request: Existing Information 

Collection in use without an OMB 

Control Number. 

Abstract: Section 203(g) of the 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq), 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

to collect and disseminate marketing 

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 by providing 

timely coverage of prices, supply, 

demands, trends, movement, and other 

pertinent information affecting the 

trading of milk and dairy products. The 

market reports compiled and 

disseminated by the AMS Dairy 

Program’s DMN provide current, 

unbiased, and factual information to all 

stakeholders in the U.S. agricultural 

industry. DMN reports assist producers, 

processors, wholesalers, retailers, and 

others to make informed production, 

purchasing, and sales decisions. DMN 

reports also promote orderly marketing 

by fostering a more equitable 

relationship between buyers and sellers. 

DMN reporters communicate with 

buyers and sellers of fluid milk and 

manufactured dairy products about their 

respective commodities generally on a 

weekly basis to accomplish the DMN 

mission. These communications are 

voluntary. Participants are members of 

dairy industry businesses and trade 

organizations with whom DMN has 

established connections. Conversations 

typically last less than 5 minutes on a 

weekly basis. This communication and 

information gathering is accomplished 

through the use of telephone 

conversations, face-to-face and/or 

virtual meetings, and email messages. 

The information provided by 

respondents facilitates DMN reporting, 

which must be timely, accurate, 

unbiased, and continuous if it is to be 

meaningful to the industry. DMN 

collects information on price, supply, 

demand, trends, movement, and other 

information of milk and dairy products 

from the respondents. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .083 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Processors, brokers, 

traders, and farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

120. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

6,240. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 52 (rounded). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 518 hours (rounded). 

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. 

AMS developed the estimates of 

burden and cost to the industry using 

publicly available listings of dairy 

manufacturers, brokers, and traders. 

Phone calls occur weekly with each 

participant and last about 5 minutes. 

Labor costs are derived from tables on 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics website 

for private industry workers’ wages as 

well as for average employer costs per 

hour for benefits. 

All comments on this notice will be 

summarized and included in the 

submission for OMB approval and will 

become a matter of public record. 


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AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies, to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

A 60-day comment period is provided 

to allow interested persons to respond 

to the notice. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. chapter 35. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30497 Filed 12–20–24; 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 and other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by January 22, 2025 

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. 

Forest Service 

Title: Special Use Administration. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0082. 

Summary of Collection: This 

information collection is used by the 

Forest Service to evaluate and ensure 

that authorized uses of National Forest 

System (NFS) lands are in the public 

interest and are compatible with the 

agency’s mission. The information helps 

the agency identify environmental and 

social impacts of special uses for 

purposes of compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and program administration. In 

addition, the agency uses the 

information to ascertain whether the 

land use fee being charged for special 

use authorizations is based on market 

value. The information is collected 

through application forms and terms 

and conditions in special use 

authorizations and operating plans. 

Ongoing uses must be monitored to 

ensure compliance with the terms of the 

corresponding authorizations. In certain 

situations, information from the 

authorization holder is the only way the 

Forest Service can verify compliance 

with the terms of an authorization. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is evaluated by 

the FS to ensure that authorized uses of 

NFS lands are in the public interest and 

are compatible with the agency’s 

mission. The information helps each 

agency identify environmental and 

social impacts of special uses for 

purposes of compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

program administration. Information is 

collected under six categories: (1) 

information required from proponents 

and applicants to evaluate proposals 

and applications to use or occupy NFS 

lands; (2) information required from 

applicants to complete special use 

authorizations; (3) annual financial 

information required from holders to 

determine land use fees; (4) information 

required from holders to prepare and 

update operating plans; (5) information 

required from holders to prepare and 

update maintenance plans; and (6) 

information required from holders to 

complete compliance reports and 

information updates. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Farms; Federal 

Government; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 80,684. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually, On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 77,653. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30622 Filed 12–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Request for Information: Child 

Nutrition Programs Tribal Pilot 

Projects 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: This is a Request for 

Information to inform the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) 

development of the Child Nutrition 

Programs Tribal Pilot Projects, as 

authorized in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2024. The Act 

authorized USDA to conduct pilot 

projects to allow one or more Tribes or 

Tribal organizations to administer one 

or more Child Nutrition Programs, 

assuming the roles and responsibilities 

typically held by State agencies. USDA 

will use comments received in response 

to this Request for Information to inform 

the application process, and eligibility 

and selection criteria, for the Child 

Nutrition Tribal Pilot Projects. USDA 

invites feedback from Tribes; Tribal 

organizations, leaders, representatives, 

and associations; State agencies that 

administer the Child Nutrition 

Programs; and others interested in 

opportunities to promote Tribal 

sovereignty in the operation of the Child 

Nutrition Programs. This notice is not a 

request for proposals and does not 

commit the Government to issue a 

solicitation, make an award, or pay any 

costs associated with responding to this 

announcement. All submitted 

information will remain with the 

Government and will not be returned. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 24, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: USDA invites the 

submission of the requested information 

through one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal 

(preferred method): Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Send written comments to the 

Child Nutrition Programs, USDA Food 

and Nutrition Service, Braddock Metro 

Center II, 1320 Braddock Place, 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

All comments submitted in response 

to this Request for Information will be 


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