[Federal Register: November 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 217)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
November 4, 2008.
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), 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: 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 an
USDA grader. The dairy products so graded
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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 are 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: 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 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 used 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: 864.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 1,530.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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