70 FR 47 pgs. 12171-12172 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 47Pages: 12171 - 12172
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-4809 Filed 3-10-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 8, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the PaperworkReduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessaryfor the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information willhave practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity ofthe methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of theinformation to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information onthose who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of informationtechnology should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental ClearanceOffice, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regardingthese information collections are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30days of this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless the collection ofinformation displays a currently valid OMB control number and the agency informs potentialpersons who are to respond to the collection of information that such persons are not required torespond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Tobacco Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0004.
Summary of Collection: 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 regardto quantity of leaf tobacco in all forms in the United States and Puerto, owned by or in thepossession of dealers, manufacturers, growers' cooperative associations, and others withthe exception of the original growers of the tobacco. The information furnished under theprovisions of this Act shall be used only for statistical purposes for which it is supplied.
Need and Use of the Information: The basic purpose of the informationcollection is to ascertain the total supply of unmanufactured tobacco available to domesticmanufacturers and to calculate the amount consumed in manufactured tobacco products.This data is also used for the calculation of production quotas for individual types oftobacco and for price support calculations. Without the information USDA would not beable to disseminate marketing information as directed and authorized in the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 76.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 278.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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