[Federal Register: December 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 234)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 1, 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,
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: Regulations for Inspection of Eggs.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0113.
Summary of Collection: Congress enacted the Egg Products Inspection
Act (21 U.S.C. 1031-1056) (EPIA) to provide a mandatory inspection
program to assure egg products are processed under sanitary conditions,
are wholesome, unadulterated, and properly labeled; to control the
disposition of dirty and checked shell eggs; to control unwholesome,
adulterated, and inedible egg products and shell eggs that are unfit
for human consumption; and to control the movement and disposition of
imported shell eggs and egg products that are unwholesome and inedible.
Regulations developed under 7 CFR Part 57 provide the requirements and
guidelines for the Department and industry needed to obtain compliance.
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will collect information using
several forms. Forms used to collect information provide the method for
measuring workload, record of compliance and non compliance and a basis
to monitor the utilization of funds.
Need and Use of the Information: AMS will use the information to
assure compliance with the Act and regulations, to take administrative
and regulatory action and to develop and revise cooperative agreements
with the States, which conduct surveillance inspections of shell egg
handlers and processors. If the information is not collected, AMS would
not be able to control the processing, movement, and disposition of
restricted shell eggs and egg products and take regulatory action in
case of noncompliance.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal
Government; State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 934.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 1,659.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Regulations Governing the Inspection and Grading of
Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products--Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0110.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
directs the Department to develop programs that will provide and enable
the marketing of agricultural products. One of these programs is the
USDA voluntary inspection and grading program for dairy products where
these dairy products are graded according to U.S. grade standards by a
USDA grader. The dairy products so graded may be identified with the
USDA grade mark. Dairy processors, buyers, retailers, institutional
users, and consumers have requested that such a program be developed to
assure the uniform quality of dairy products purchased. In order for
any service program to perform satisfactorily, there must be written
guides and rules, which in this case are regulations for the provider
and user.
Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service
will collect information to ensure that the dairy inspection program
products are produced under sanitary conditions and buyers are
purchasing a quality product. The information collected through
recordkeeping is routinely reviewed and evaluated during the inspection
of the dairy plant facilities for USDA approval. Without laboratory
testing results required by recordkeeping, the inspectors would not be
able to evaluate the quality of dairy products.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 487.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping.
Total Burden Hours: 1,388.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Farmers Market Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0169.
Summary of Collection: The Transportation and Marketing (T&M)
Program, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) conducts research to find
better designs, development techniques, and operating methods for
modern farmers markets under the Agency's Wholesale and Alternative
Markets Program. Recommendations are made available to local decision-
makers interested in constructing modern farmers markets to serve area
producers and consumers. Individual studies are conducted in close
cooperation with local interested parties. The information will be
collected using form TM-6 ``Farmers' Market Questionnaire.''
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Need and Use of the Information: Conventional wisdom states that
the number and size of farmers markets has grown over the last several
years. Research has not been done to prove that point. The form
submitted for approval will serve as a survey instrument to obtain a
clearer picture of existing farmers market structure to provide a basis
for the future design of modern direct marketing facilities and will
provide a measure of growth over the last 4 years. T&M researchers will
survey by mail, with telephone follow-up, the managers of farmers
markets identified in the 2000 National Farmers Market Directory. In
addition, provision will be made for e-mail reporting. These markets
represent a varied range of sizes, geographical locations, types,
ownership, and structure. These markets will provide a valid overview
of farmers markets in the United States. Information such as the size
of markets, operating times and days, retail and wholesale sales,
management structure, and rules and regulations governing the markets
are all important questions that need to be answered in the design of a
new market. The information developed by this survey will support
better designs, development techniques, and operating methods for
modern farmers markets and outline improvements that can be applied to
revitalize existing markets.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions, Federal
Government, State, local or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 586.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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