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Vol. 82, No. 176 

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 8, 2017. 

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 

required regarding (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 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 October 13, 2017 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Copies of the submission(s) may 

be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Transfer of Farm Records 

between Counties. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0253. 

Summary of Collection: Most Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) programs are 

administered on the basis of ‘‘farm’’. For 

program purposes, a farm is a collection 

of tracts of land that have the same 

owner and the same operator. Land with 

different owners may be considered to 

be a farm if all the land is operated by 

one person and additional criteria are 

met. A farm is typically administered in 

the FSA county office where the farm is 

physically located. A farm can be 

transferred from the physical location 

county office if the principal dwelling of 

the farm operator has changed, a change 

has occurred in the operation of the 

land, or there has been a change that 

would cause the receiving 

administrative county office to be more 

accessible. FSA–179, ‘‘Transfer of Farm 

Record between Counties,’’ is used as 

the request for a farm transfer from one 

county to another initiated by the 

producer. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected on the FSA–179 is 

collected only if a farm transfer is being 

requested and is collected in a face-toface setting with county office 

personnel. The information is used by 

county office employees to document 

which farm is being transferred, what 

county it is being transferred to, and 

why it is being transferred. The FSA– 

179 assists county committees in 

determining why the farm transfer is 

being requested and that it is not being 

requested for the purpose of increased 

program benefits, avoiding payment 

reductions, establishing eligibility to 

transfer base acres, or for circumventing 

any other programs provision. Without 

the information county offices will be 

unable to determine whether the 

producer desires to transfer a farm. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 21,240. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 24,780. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19392 Filed 9–12–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import 

Licenses for the 2018 Tariff-Rate 

Import Quota Year 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of 

$300 to be charged for the 2018 tariffrate quota (TRQ) year for each license 

issued to a person or firm by the 

Department of Agriculture authorizing 

the importation of certain dairy articles, 

which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set 

forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(HTS) of the United States. 

DATES: September 13, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abdelsalam El-Farra, Dairy Import 

Licensing Program, Import Policies and 

Export Reporting Division, STOP 1021, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1021 or 

telephone at (202) 720–9439. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy 

Tariff-Rate Quota Import Licensing 

Regulation promulgated by the 

Department of Agriculture and codified 

at 7 CFR 6.20–6.36 provides for the 

issuance of licenses to import certain 

dairy articles that are subject to TRQs 

set forth in the HTS. Those dairy articles 

may only be entered into the United 

States at the in-quota TRQ tariff-rates by 

or for the account of a person or firm to 

whom such licenses have been issued 

and only in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the regulation. 

Licenses are issued on a calendar year 

basis, and each license authorizes the 

license holder to import a specified 

quantity and type of dairy article from 

a specified country of origin. The use of 

such licenses is monitored by the Dairy 

Import Licensing Program, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, and U.S. 


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