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and other government agencies are users
of the compiled information.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 696.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Weekly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 599.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Reporting Forms Under Milk
Marketing Order Programs.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0032.
Summary of Collection: Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) oversees the
administration of the Federal Milk
Marketing Orders authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937, as amended. The Act is
designed to improve returns to
producers while protecting the interests
of consumers. The Federal Milk
Marketing Order regulations require
places certain requirements on the
handling of milk in the area it covers.
Currently, there are 11 milk marketing
orders regulating the handling of milk in
the respective marketing areas.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected is needed to
administer the classified pricing system
and related requirements of each
Federal Order. Forms are used for
reporting purposes and to establish the
quantity of milk received by handlers,
the pooling status of the handler, and
the class-use of the milk used by the
handler and the butterfat content and
amounts of other components of the
milk. Without the monthly information,
the market administrator would not
have the information to compute each
monthly price nor know if handlers
were paying producers on dates
prescribed in the order. Penalties are
imposed for violation of the order, such
as the failure to pay producers by the
prescribed dates.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals or households;
Farms.
Number of Respondents: 745.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 28,559.

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Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Specified Commodities
Imported Into the United States Exempt
From Import Requirements, 7 CFR part
944, 980, and 999.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0167.
Summary of Collection: Section 608e
of the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as
amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674), requires
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Agriculture issues grade, size, quality,
or maturity regulations under domestic
Federal marketing orders, the same or
comparable regulations must be used for
imported commodities. Import
regulations apply only during those
periods when domestic marketing order
regulations are in effect. No person may
import products for processing or other
exempt purposes unless an executed
Importers Exempt Commodity Form
(SC–6) accompanies the shipment. Both
the shipper and receiver are required to
register in the Compliance and
Enforcement Management System
(CEMS) to electronically file an SC–6
certificate to notify the Marketing Order
and Agreement Division (MOAD) of the
exemption activity. MOAD provides
information on its website about the
commodities imported under section 8e
of the Act and directions to the CEMS
portal. The Civil Penalty Stipulation
Agreement (SC–7) is a ‘‘volunteer’’ form
that provides the Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) with an additional tool to
obtain resolution of certain cases
without the cost of going to a hearing.
Need and Use of the Information: The
importers wishing to import
commodities will use the electronic or
paper version of form SC–6, ‘‘Importer’s
Exempt Commodity.’’ The information
collected includes information on the
imported product (type of product and
lot identification), the importer’s contact
information, the U.S. Customs entry
number, inspection date, and intended
use (processing, charity, livestock/
animal feed). In a situation where a
party is alleged to have violated the
importation regulations, AMS can use
SC–7, ‘‘Civil Penalty Stipulation
Agreement’’ form to settle the matter in
exchange for the payment of a fine.
AMS utilizes the information to ensure
that imported goods destined for exempt
outlets are given no less favorable
treatment than afforded to domestic
goods destined for such exempt outlets.
If the information is not collected, AMS
would have no way of maintaining a
safe and legal import program for fruits,
vegetables, and specialty crops, as this
is the only method of securing
compliance with section 8e of the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 79.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 581.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Organic Handler Market
Promotion Assessment Exemption
Under Federal Marketing Orders.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0216.

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Summary of Collection: Marketing
order programs provide an opportunity
for producers of fresh fruit, vegetables,
and specialty crops in specified
production areas to work together to
solve marketing problems that cannot be
solved individually. Under the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act
of 1937 as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–674),
marketing orders may authorize
production and marketing research,
including paid advertising, to promote
various commodities, which is paid for
by assessments that are levied on the
handlers who are regulated by the
Orders.
Section 10004 of the 2014 Farm Bill
expanded the organic assessment
exemption originally established by the
FAIR Act. The 2014 Farm Bill allows all
organic handlers to apply for an
exemption from assessments on
products certified as ‘‘organic’’ or ‘‘100
percent organic,’’ regardless of whether
the handler also markets conventional
or non-organic products. At the same
time, the 2014 Farm bill reduced the per
response time to complete the form from
30 minutes to 15 minutes.
Need and Use of the Information:
Handlers submit the completed SC–649
form to the appropriate committee,
board or council once a year to apply for
an assessment exemption to a certain
percentage. The information gathered on
this form is necessary to assist the
committees, boards and councils to
determine an applicant’s eligibility
assessment exemption and to verify
compliance.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 210.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 53.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2024–0003]

Notice of Request for Approval of an
Information Collection; Study To
Understand Knowledge and Beliefs
About Translocation of Wild Pigs
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.

AGENCY:

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Agriculture is authorized to conduct
activities to control nuisance mammals
and birds (except for urban rodent
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
control) and those mammals and bird
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
species that are reservoirs for zoonotic
notice announces the Animal and Plant
disease. This authority has been
Health Inspection Service’s intention to delegated to the Animal and Plant
request approval of a new information
Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
collection associated with a study to
Wildlife Services (WS). Two
understand knowledge and beliefs about responsibilities of the Deputy
translocation and release of wild pigs.
Administrator of WS are to assist
DATES: We will consider all comments
Federal, State, local, and foreign
that we receive on or before April 26,
agencies and individuals with regard to
2024.
wildlife damage and control and
conduct research to develop wildlife
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
damage management methods (7 CFR
by either of the following methods:
371.6).
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
As part of WS, the mission of the
www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS–
National
Feral Swine Damage
2024–0003 in the Search field. Select
Management Program is to protect
the Documents tab, then select the
agricultural and natural resources,
Comment button in the list of
property, animal health, and human
documents.
health and safety by managing damage
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
caused by wild pigs (Sus scrofa), also
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2024–0003, Regulatory Analysis known as feral swine, feral hogs, wild
hogs, and wild boar, in the United
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
States and its territories. Wild pigs are
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
an invasive species in the United States
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
and are present in at least 35 States. The
Supporting documents and any
control of wild pig populations has
comments we receive on this docket
become a State and national priority due
may be viewed at regulations.gov or in
to their propensity to damage
our reading room, which is located in
agricultural commodities and
Room 1620 of the USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence infrastructure, transmit disease, affect
ecological processes, and compete with
Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal
native wildlife for resources. However,
reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30
each State varies in its policy and
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
management approaches to control wild
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
pig populations based on numerous
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
considerations, including its resource
before coming.
appropriations and stakeholder
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
interests. Most States have issued
information on this wild pig study,
restrictions on transporting and
contact Dr. Keith Carlisle, Supervisory
releasing wild pigs, an activity that may
Social Scientist/Human Dimensions
be undertaken to establish new
Unit Leader, National Wildlife Research populations for sport hunting purposes
Center, WS, APHIS, USDA, 4101 La
and has contributed to the expansion of
Porte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521; (970) wild pig populations over the last
266–6047; email: keith.m.carlisle@
several decades. However, resources for
usda.gov. For more information on the
enforcement in many States may be
information collection process, contact
limited, and it is unclear whether
Mr. Joseph Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork
hunters and members of the public are
Reduction Act Coordinator, at (301)
aware of these restrictions. It is therefore
851–2533.
uncertain whether State law restrictions
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
on wild pig translocation are having the
Title: Study to Understand Knowledge intended effect.
Through the APHIS WS National
and Beliefs about Translocation of Wild
Wildlife Research Center, a Federal
Pigs.
institution devoted to resolving humanOMB Control Number: 0579–XXXX.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
wildlife conflict, APHIS would like to
information collection.
conduct an online survey of hunters and
Abstract: Under The Act of March 2,
members of the public in five
1931 (7 U.S.C. 8351), the Secretary of
southeastern States that would measure
Agriculture is authorized to conduct a
knowledge and beliefs about the
program of wildlife services with
transportation and release of wild pigs.
respect to injurious animal species and
Current information on knowledge and
beliefs about the transportation and
take any action the Secretary considers
release of wild pigs is critical to identify
necessary in conducting the program.
potential conflicts and barriers to future
Additionally, the Secretary of
New information collection;
comment request.

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management efforts of wild pig
populations. APHIS anticipates that,
among other things, results of the study
may inform State efforts to provide
targeted information where needed
about State law restrictions on the
translocation of wild pigs.
The information collection activity
associated with the study consists of a
multi-item questionnaire administered
to both hunters and members of the
public with primary residence in the
State of Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, or Tennessee.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of this information
collection activity for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
affected agencies) concerning our
information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.40 hours per
response.
Respondents: Hunters and members
of the public whose primary residence
is in the State of Mississippi, Missouri,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, or
Tennessee.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 6,667.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.0.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 6,667.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 2,667 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.

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Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
February 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–03790 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0075]

Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Ugu Leaves (Telfairia
occidentalis Hook.f.) From Nigeria Into
the Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

We are advising the public of
our decision to authorize the
importation of fresh Ugu leaves
(Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f.) from
Nigeria into the continental United
States. Based on findings of a pest risk
analysis, which we made available to
the public for review and comment
through a previous notice, we have
determined that the application of one
or more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of fresh Ugu leaves from
Nigeria.

SUMMARY:

Imports may be authorized
beginning February 26, 2024.

DATES:

Ms.
Gina Stiltner, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and
Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737–
1231; (518) 760–2468; Gina.L.Stiltner@
USDA.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L–
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
1 through 319.56–12, referred to below
as the regulations), the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into or disseminated within
the United States.
Section 319.56–4 contains a
performance-based process for
approving the importation of
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imported subject to one or more of the
designated phytosanitary measures
listed in paragraph (b) of that section.
Under that process, APHIS proposes to
authorize the importation of a fruit or
vegetable into the United States if, based
on findings of a pest risk analysis, we
determine that the measures can
mitigate the plant pest risk associated
with the importation of that fruit or
vegetable. APHIS then publishes a
notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of the pest
risk analysis that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following
the close of the 60-day comment period,
APHIS will issue a subsequent Federal
Register notice announcing whether or
not we will authorize the importation of
the fruit or vegetable subject to the
phytosanitary measures specified in the
notice.
In accordance with that process, we
published a notice 1 in the Federal
Register on August 28, 2023 (88 FR
58542–58543, Docket No. APHIS–2021–
0075) in which we announced the
availability, for review and comment, of
a pest risk analysis that evaluated the
risks associated with the importation of
fresh Ugu leaves (Telfairia occidentalis
Hook.f.) from Nigeria into the
continental United States. The pest risk
analysis consisted of a risk assessment
identifying pests of quarantine
significance that could follow the
pathway of the importation of fresh Ugu
leaves (Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f.)
from Nigeria into the continental United
States and a risk management document
(RMD) identifying phytosanitary
measures to be applied to that
commodity to mitigate the pest risk.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days, ending on October 27, 2023.
We received no comments by that date.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 319.56–4(c)(3)(iii), we are announcing
our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United
States of fresh Ugu leaves from Nigeria
subject to the phytosanitary measures
identified in the RMD that accompanied
the initial notice.
These conditions will be listed in the
USDA, APHIS Agricultural Commodity
Import Requirements (ACIR) database
(https://acir.aphis.usda.gov/s/).2 In
addition to these specific measures,
each shipment must be subject to the
general requirements listed in § 319.56–
1 To view the notice and the supporting
documents, go to www.regulations.gov. Enter
APHIS–2021–0075 in the Search field.
2 On September 30, 2022, the APHIS Fruits and
Vegetables Import Requirements (FAVIR) database
was replaced by the ACIR database.

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3 that are applicable to the importation
of all fruits and vegetables.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), the recordkeeping and burden
requirements associated with this action
are included under the Office of
Management and Budget control
number 0579–0049.
E-Government Act Compliance
The Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is committed to
compliance 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. For information pertinent to
E-Government Act compliance related
to this notice, please contact Mr. Joseph
Moxey, APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction
Act Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
Congressional Review Act
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this action as not a major
rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772,
and 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a;
7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 20th day of
February 2024.
Michael Watson,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–03789 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Utilities Service
[Docket Number: RUS–23–Telecom–0022]

Amended Notice of Funding
Opportunity for the Rural
eConnectivity Program for Fiscal Year
2024; Extension of Submission
Deadline
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
Notice, extension of submission
deadline.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Rural Utilities Service
(RUS, Agency), a Rural Development
(RD) agency of the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
announced its acceptance of
applications under the Rural
eConnectivity (ReConnect) program for
fiscal year (FY) 2024 in the Federal
Register on February 21, 2024. This

SUMMARY:

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