[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44036-44037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21784]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. PY-96-005]


Notice of Request for Extension and 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 announces the Agricultural Marketing 
Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension for and revision to a 
currently approved information collection in support of the shell egg 
surveillance portion of the Regulations for the Inspection of Eggs and 
Egg Products--7 CFR 59.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 28, 1996.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact Shields Jones, Standardization Branch, 
Poultry Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, P.O. Box 96456, Room 3944-S, Washington, DC 20090-6456, 
(202) 720-3506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Regulations for the Inspection of Eggs and Egg Products (Egg 
Products Inspection Act).
    OMB Number: 0581-0113.
    Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 1997.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.

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    Abstract: Congress enacted the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 1031-1056) (EPIA) to provide, in part, a mandatory inspection 
program 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.
    The Act requires and directs the Department to develop and issue 
regulations to carry out the purposes or provisions of the Act and to 
be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Act, 
except as otherwise provided. The regulations, 7 CFR 59, were developed 
under rulemaking procedures for these purposes. The regulations also 
provide requirements, guidelines, and rules, for both the provider 
(USDA) and the user (industry) to use as the basis for common 
understanding.
    The information collection and record keeping requirements in this 
request are essential to carry out the intent of Congress, to 
administer the mandatory inspection program, and to take regulatory 
action, in accordance with the regulations and the Act.
    The information collected is used only by authorized 
representatives of the USDA (AMS, Poultry Division's national staff; 
regional directors and their staffs; Federal-State supervisors and 
their staffs; and resident Federal-State graders, which includes State 
agencies). The information is used to assure compliance with the Act 
and the regulations and to take administrative and regulatory action. 
The Agency is the primary user of the information, and the secondary 
user is each authorized State agency which has a cooperative agreement 
with AMS.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 0.30 hours per response.
    Respondents: State or local governments, businesses or other for-
profit, Federal agencies or employees, small businesses or 
organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1268.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.17.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,330 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Shields 
Jones, Standardization Branch, at (202) 720-3506.
    Send comments regarding the accuracy of the burden estimate, ways 
to minimize the burden, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, to:
    Douglas C. Bailey, Chief, Standardization Branch, Poultry Division, 
Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, P.O. 
Box 96456, Room 3944-S, Washington, DC 20090-6456.
    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.

    Dated: August 21, 1996.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-21784 Filed 8-26-96; 8:45 am]
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