Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 130 / Thursday, July 7, 2016 / Notices
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments also
will become a matter of public record.
FAS is committed to complying with
the Government Paperwork Elimination
Act which requires Government
agencies, to the maximum extent
feasible, to provide the public the
option of electronically submitting
information collection. CQEs permit
exporters to ship raw cane sugar to the
United States at the U.S. sugar price,
which is ordinarily higher than the
world sugar price. Therefore, in contrast
to most information collection
documents, CQEs have a monetary
value equivalent to the substantial
benefits to exporters. CQEs have always
been carefully handled as secure
documents and distributed only to
foreign government-approved Certifying
Authorities.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 21,
2016.
Philip C. Karsting,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–16047 Filed 7–6–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Notice of a Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
announces the Department’s intention
to request an extension for a currently
approved information collection in
support of the Export Sales Reporting
program.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
no later than September 6, 2016 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments as requested in this
document. In your comment, include
the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN)
and volume, date, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail, hand delivery, or courier:
Peter W. Burr, Branch Chief, Export
Sales Reporting Branch, Import Policies

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and Export Reporting Division, Office of
Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021,
STOP 1021; or by email at Pete.Burr@
fas.usda.gov; or by telephone at (202)
720–3274; or fax to (202) 720–0876.
Comments will be available for
inspection online at http://
www.regulations.gov and at the mail
address listed above between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays.
Persons with disabilities who require
an alternative means for communication
of information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s
Target Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice
and TDD).
Confidentiality: All submitted
comments and attachments are part of
the public record and subject to
disclosure. Do not enclose any material
in your comments that you consider to
be confidential or that is inappropriate
for public disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter W. Burr, Branch Chief, Export
Sales Reporting, STOP 1025, Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1025; or by
telephone (202) 720–9209; or by email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Export Sales (Reporting
Program) of U.S. Agricultural
Commodities.
OMB Number: 0551–0007.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 20,
2017.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Section 602 of the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as
amended, (7 U.S.C. 5712) requires the
reporting of information pertaining to
contracts for export sale of certain
specified agricultural commodities and
other commodities that may be
designated by the Secretary. In
accordance with Sec. 602, individual
weekly reports submitted shall remain
confidential and shall be compiled and
published in compilation form each
week following the week of reporting.
Any person who knowingly fails to
report shall be fined not more than
$25,000 or imprisoned for not more than
1 year, or both. Regulations at 7 CFR
part 20 implement the reporting
requirements, and prescribe a system for
reporting information pertaining to
contracts for export sales.
USDA’s Export Sales Reporting
System was created after the large
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corn by the Soviet Union in 1972. To
make sure that all parties involved in
the production and export of U.S. grain
have access to up-to-date export
information, the U.S. Congress
mandated an export sales reporting
requirement in 1973. Prior to the
establishment of the Export Sales
Reporting System, it was difficult for the
public to obtain information on export
sales activity until the actual shipments
had taken place. This frequently
resulted in considerable delay in the
availability of information.
Under the Export Sales Reporting
System, U.S. exporters are required to
report all large sales of certain
designated commodities by 3:00 p.m.
(Eastern Time) on the next business day
after the sale is made. The designated
commodities for these daily reports are
wheat (by class), barley, corn, grain
sorghum, oats, soybeans, soybean cake
and meal, and soybean oil. Large sales
for all reportable commodities except
soybean oil are defined as 100,000
metric tons or more of one commodity
in 1 day to a single destination or
200,000 tons or more of one commodity
during the weekly reporting period.
Large sales for soybean oil are 20,000
tons and 40,000 tons, respectively.
Weekly reports are also required,
regardless of the size of the sales
transaction, for all of these
commodities, as well as wheat products,
rye, flaxseed, linseed oil, sunflowerseed
oil, cotton (by staple length), cottonseed,
cottonseed cake and meal, cottonseed
oil, rice (by class), cattle hides and skins
(cattle, calf, and kip), beef and pork. The
reporting week for the export sales
reporting system is Friday–Thursday.
The Secretary of Agriculture has the
authority to add other commodities to
this list.
U.S. exporters provide information on
the quantity of their sales transactions,
the type and class of commodity, the
marketing year of shipment, and the
destination. They also report any
changes in previously reported
information, such as cancellations and
changes in destinations.
The estimated total annual burden of
47,907 hours in the OMB inventory for
the currently approved information
collection remains unchanged.
Estimate of Burden: The average
burden, including the time for
reviewing instructions, gathering data
needed, completing forms, and record
keeping is estimated to be 30 minutes.
Respondents: All exporters of wheat
and wheat flour, feed grains, oilseeds,
cotton, rice, cattle hides and skins, beef,
pork, and any products thereof, and
other commodities that the Secretary

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may designate as produced in the
United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
380.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 252.
Requests for Comments: Send
comments regarding (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; (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, including
through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Government Paperwork Elimination
Act: FAS is committed to compliance
with the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act, which requires
Government agencies, in general, to
provide the public the option of
submitting information or transacting
business electronically to the maximum
extent possible.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 21,
2016.
Philip C. Karsting,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–16048 Filed 7–6–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Siskiyou County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Siskiyou County
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet in Yreka, California. The
committee is authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. RAC information can be found
at the following Web site: http://
cloudapps-usda-gov.force.com/FSSRS/
RAC_Meeting_
Page?id=a2zt00000004CyPAAU.

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The meeting will be held July 18,
2016, at 5:00 p.m.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.

Dated: June 27, 2016.
Patricia A. Gratham,
Forest Supervisor.

The meeting will be held at
the Klamath National Forest (NF)
Supervisor’s Office, Conference Room,
1711 South Main Street, Yreka,
California.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at Klamath NF
Supervior’s Office. Please call ahead to
facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Natalie Stovall, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at 530–841–4411 or via email at
[email protected].
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Approve prior meeting notes,
2. Update on ongoing projects,
3. Public comment period,
4. Review meeting schedule,
5. Proposal reviews,
6. Vote on proposals, and
7. Schedule meeting for August.
The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda will include time for people
to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. Anyone who would like to bring
related matters to the attention of the
committee may file written statements
with the committee staff before or after
the meeting. Written comments may be
sent to Natalie Stovall, RAC
Coordinator, 1711 S. Main Street, Yreka,
California 96097; by email to nstovall@
fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 530–841–
4571.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

DATES:

ADDRESSES:

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International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) has received
requests to conduct administrative
reviews of various antidumping and
countervailing duty orders and findings
with May anniversary dates. In
accordance with the Department’s
regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
DATES: Effective Date: July 7, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Waters, Office of AD/CVD
Operations, Customs Liaison Unit,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202)
482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Background
The Department has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various antidumping and countervailing
duty orders and findings with May
anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
the Department discussed below refer to
the number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (‘‘POR’’), it must notify the
Department within 30 days of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. All submissions must be filed
electronically at http://access.trade.gov
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.1
1 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).

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