[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 192 (Thursday, October 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57319-57320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23260]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, 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 announces our intention to request a 3-
year extension and revision of a currently approved information
collection for ``Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality
Specialty Grain Transported in Containers.''
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by December 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: [email protected].
Mail: Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 1647-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Fax: (202) 690-2755.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1647-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Internet: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments should make reference to the date and
page number of this issue of the Federal Register.
Background Documents: Information collection package and other
documents relating to this action will be available for public
inspection in the above office during regular business hours.
Read Comments: All comments will be available for public inspection
in the above office during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27 (b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the
collection of information activities and the use of the information,
contact Tess Butler (202) 720-7486, or at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress enacted The United States Grain
Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71-87k) to facilitate the marketing of
grain in interstate and foreign commerce. The USGSA, with few
exceptions, requires that all grain shipped from the United States must
be officially inspected and officially weighed. The USGSA authorizes
the Department of Agriculture to waive the mandatory inspection and
weighing requirements of the USGSA in circumstances when the objectives
of the USGSA would not be impaired.
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
amended section 7 CFR 800.18 of the regulations to waive the mandatory
inspection and weighing requirements of the USGSA for high quality
specialty grain exported in containers. GIPSA established this waiver
to facilitate the marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in
containers. GIPSA determined that this action was consistent with the
objectives of the USGSA and would promote the continuing development of
the high quality specialty grain export market.
To ensure that exporters of high quality specialty grain complied
with this waiver, GIPSA required exporters to maintain records
generated during the normal course of business that pertain to these
shipments and make these documents available to GIPSA upon request for
review or copying purposes (70 FR 73556). These records shall be
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maintained for a period of 3 years. This information collection
requirement is essential to ensure that exporters who ship high quality
specialty grain in containers comply with the waiver provisions. GIPSA
did not require exporters of high quality specialty grain to complete
and submit new Federal government record(s), form(s), or report(s).
Title: Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality
Specialty Grain Transported in Containers.
OMB Number: 0580-0022.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: GIPSA amended the regulations under the United States
Grain Standards Act (USGSA) to waive the mandatory inspection and
weighing requirements for high quality specialty grain exported in
containers. GIPSA established this waiver to facilitate the marketing
of high quality specialty grain exported in containers. To ensure
compliance with this wavier, GIPSA required these exporters to maintain
records generated during their normal course of business that pertain
to these shipments and make these documents available to GIPSA upon
request, for review and copying purposes.
Grain Contracts
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting and recordkeeping burden for
maintaining contract information was estimated to average 6.0 hours per
exporter.
Respondents: Exporters of high quality specialty grain in
containers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80.
Estimated Number of Respondents per Request: 1.
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 480 Hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (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
forms of information technology. All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments
will also become a matter of public record.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-23260 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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