[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73720-73721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23947]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 7, 2005.
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
regarding (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for
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 burden including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the 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 should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OBM), [email protected] or fax (202)
395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop
7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information
collections are best assured of having their full effect if received
within 30 days 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 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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Domestic Origin Verification System Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: O581-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1622(h)) requires and directs the Department to promulgate rules
and regulations to carry out voluntary
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inspection and grading services on a fee for service basis. The
collection of information regarding the requirement for companies to
ensure domestic origin of the products they deliver to the USDA
Purchase Program is provided for in the ``General Terms and Conditions
for Procurement of Agricultural Commodities of Services,'' (USDA-1).
The Domestic Origin Verification System Program (DOVS) is a voluntary
audit and verification user-fee service available to supplies,
processors, and any financially interested party. It is designed to
provide validation of the applicant's domestic origin verification
system prior to bidding on contracts to supply food products to the
Department's Feeding programs, and/or may be conducted after a contract
is awarded. Participation in DOVS does not relieve a company of its
contractual requirements to provide only domestic origin product to the
USDA.
Need and Use of the Information: An interested company requests a
DOVS questionnaire, and once completed it contains the applicants
procedures to ensure fruit, nut or vegetable components or products can
be traced back to their domestic origin; use of a segregation plan to
keep all non-domestic components or products separate from domestic
products; for taking corrective action on nonconformities and
deficiencies; for checking the adequacy of their internal system of
ensuring domestic origin; instructing employees in the domestic origin
requirement and for maintaining records relating to the applicant's
domestic origin verification system. These elements should be place
whether or not the applicant is on the DOVS program or providing a
trace-back on every contract. DOVS assists companies to meet the
domestic origin requirement for the USDA Purchase Program efficiently
and eliminates the redundancy of the trace paperwork that is required
for every USDA contract.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 225.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-23947 Filed 12-12-05; 8:45 am]
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