[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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