[Federal Register: January 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 5)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 3, 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
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 burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of 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 (OMB), Pamela--Beverly--OIRA--
Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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: Reporting Requirements Under the Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification of Processed Fruits and Vegetable and
Related Products.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0123.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1622(h)) requires and directs the Department of Agriculture to
promulgate rules and regulations to carry out voluntary inspection and
grading services of processed fruits and vegetables on a fee for
service basis. The Regulations Governing Inspection and Certification
of Processed Fruit and Vegetables and Related Products (7 CFR 52)
authorizes the collection of information to assure that the products
sampled, inspected, graded and certified are actually the products
requested to be sampled and inspected.
Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) uses the data collected for grading and certification purposes
and for hiring licensed samplers. The following forms are used by AMS
for information collection: FV-159, Application for Inspection of
Unofficially Submitted Samples of Food Products, is used to determine
the purpose for which the inspection is desired for unofficially
submitted samples. FV-356, Application for Inspection and Certificate
of Sampling, is used to fill in information about the respondent, to
describe the containers, the location code marks and the number of
containers in the lot. FV-468, Application for License to Sample
Processed Foods, the information collected is used to hire prospective
employees desiring to become licensed and to certify as to the
identification, location, kinds and condition of containers of
processed products that are sampled.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,406.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,125.
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: Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674) provides that when certain
domestically produced commodities are regulated under a Federal
marketing order; imports of the commodity must meet the same or
comparable requirements. The North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) provides that imported products destined for processing or
other exempt outlets must be given no less favorable treatment than
that afforded to domestic products. 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 FV-6, Importers Exempt Commodity Form,
accompanies the shipment. The FV-7, Civil Penalty Stipulation
Agreement, 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: AMS utilizes the information to
ensure that imported goods destined for exempt outlets are given no
less favorable treatment than that afforded to domestic goods destined
for such exempt outlets. The importers wishing to import commodities
will use form FV-6, ``Importer's Exempt Commodity'', which requires a
minimum amount of information.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 536.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 915.
Sondra Blakey,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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