[Federal Register: February 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 37)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS-LS-08-0012]
Request for Revision of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
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announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to
request a revision to the currently approved collections for 7 CFR Part
54--Meats, Prepared Meats, and Meat Products (Grading, Certification,
and Standards), which includes Form LS-313, ``Application for
Service,'' Form LS-315, and ``Application for Commitment Grading or
Certification Service''.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 25,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments. Comments
must be posted online at www.regulations.gov or sent to Larry R.
Meadows, Chief; USDA, AMS, LS, MGC; 13952 Denver West Parkway Building
53, Suite 350, Lakewood, Colorado 80401. Comments will be available for
public inspection at the above address during regular business hours or
via the Internet at www.regulations.gov. All comments should reference
the docket number (Docket No. AMS-LS-08-0012), the date, and the page
number of this issue of the Federal Register. All responses to this
notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Title: 7 CFR Part 54--Meats, Prepared Meats, and Meat Products
(Grading, Certification, and Standards).
OMB Number: 0581-0124.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2008.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection of
information.
Abstract: The application for meat grading and certification
services requests the Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees to
perform such services in the requesting establishment. The information
contained on the applications constitutes an agreement between USDA and
the requesting establishment.
The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to provide voluntary Federal meat grading and
certification services that facilitate the marketing of meat and meat
products. The Meat Grading and Certification (MGC) Branch provides
these services pursuant to 7 CFR Part 54--Meats, Prepared Meats, and
Meat Products (Grading, Certification, and Standards).
Due to the voluntary nature of grading and certification services,
7 CFR Part 54 contains provisions for the collection of fees from users
of MGC Branch services that equal the cost of providing the requested
services to the closest extent possible. Applicants (individual or
businesses with financial interest in the product) may request MGC
Branch services through either submission of Form LS-313 or Form LS-
315.
Congress did not specifically authorize this collection of
information, but completion and submission of Form LS-313 or Form LS-
315 serves as an agreement by the requester to pay for services
provided.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .21 hours per response.
Respondents: Livestock and meat industry or other for-profit
businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 951 respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses: 6,666 responses.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 7 responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,391 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry R. Meadows, Chief, Meat Grading
and Certification Branch, telephone (720) 497-2550, facsimile (720)
497-0569, or e-mail at Larry.Meadows@usda.gov.
Dated: February 19, 2008.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E8-3496 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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