Far West Spearmint & CA Olives Justification for Change

Justification of Change Worksheet

Generic OMB Vegetable and Specialty Crops

OMB No. 0581-0178

Far West Spearmint Oil- Marketing Order No. 985 (7 CFR Part 985)

California Olives- Marketing Order No. 932 (7 CFR Part 932)

May 2016

This change worksheet modifies four forms related to the Generic Vegetable Package OMB 0581-0178; two forms related to the Federal marketing order for Far West Spearmint Oil and two forms related to the Federal marketing order for California Olives.

Far West Spearmint Oil- Marketing Order No. 985 (7 CFR Part 985)

L-1 Application for New Allotment Base Class 1 (Scotch)

L-3 Application for New Allotment Base Class 3 (Native)

The L-1 Application for New Allotment Base Class 1 (Scotch) and L-3 Class 3 (Native) are used by the Far West Spearmint Oil Committee (Committee) for farmers to receive new allotment bases for planting spearmint.

All changes to L-1 and L-3 are merely cosmetic. The information to complete these forms remains readily available to the respondents, and the time to complete remains unchanged. As a result, the burden does not change. Below are explanations of the changes.

Form L-1 Application for New Allotment Base Class 1 (Scotch):

For L-1, the Committee wants to add an EMAIL line and change “Telephone No.” to “CELL PHONE #”. The form has been updated with the correct non-discrimination and burden statements. The Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee logo has been added to the top of page one.

Form L-3 Application for New Allotment Base Class 3 (Native):

The changes for L-3 are the exact same, the Committee wants to add an EMAIL line and change “Telephone No.” to “CELL PHONE #”. The form has been updated with the correct non-discrimination and burden statements. The Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee logo has been added to the top of page one.

California Olives- Marketing Order No. 932 (7 CFR Part 932)

COC- 3c Weight and Grade Report
COC-5 Report of Limited and Undersize and Cull Olives Inspection and Disposition

The Weight and Grade Report (COC-3c) and the Report of Limited and Undersize and Cull Olives Inspection and Disposition (COC-5) are used by the California Olive Committee (Committee) as inspection certificates for handlers to input weight and grade information. Both require the inspection service to certify the sizes of incoming olives and limited-use style sizes. Since this rule suspends the incoming size-grading requirements, there is no need for the inspection service to certify size or issue an inspection certificate.

Modifications to the COC-3c and COC-5 form are necessary to make the forms usable. There is no change to the burden.

Form COC-3c:

Currently the COC-3c form is signed by handler authorized officials. It will be used by handlers to report the incoming weights and size distribution to the Committee. The content on this page has been changed to remove the block titled, “Cert No;” delete the words, “inspection certification” from the block titled, “California Olive Committee;” delete the statement, “This lot was weighed, sampled, and size-graded under the direct supervision of the Federal State Inspection Service” and the block and signature line associated with that statement; and remove the words, “OFFICAL INSPECTION CERTIFICATE” and add the words, “Handler use only.”

Form COC-5:

The COC-5 will continue to be used by handlers to certify limited, undersize, and cull olive disposition. The changes include changing, “(5) Request for Inspection” to “(5) DISPOSITION;” and removing “(7) INSPECTOR CERTIFICATION: The olives inspected conform to the information listed above,” along with the signature and date lines. In addition, references to inspection have been removed from the instructions.