[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 178 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48119-48120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23402]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 178 / Thursday, September 12, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 6, 1996.
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 these information collections are best assured of having
their full effect if received within 30 days of this notification.
Comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Washington, D.C. 20503 and to Department Clearance Officer,
USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, D.C. 20250-7630. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-6204 or (202) 720-
6746.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR 1789, Use of Consultants Funded by Borrowers.
Summary: Section 18(c) of the RE Act (7 U.S.C. 918(c)) authorizes
RUS to use consultants voluntarily funded by borrowers for financial,
legal, engineering, and other technical services. The consultants may
be used to facilitate timely action on applications by borrowers for
financial assistance and for approvals required by RUS pursuant to the
terms of outstanding loan or security instruments or otherwise.
Need and Use of the Information: The information will be used by
RUS to determine whether it is appropriate to use a consultant
voluntarily funded by the borrower to expedite a particular borrower
application.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 6.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 12.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Title: Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Point (HACCP) Systems.
Summary: FSIS is establishing requirements applicable to meat and
poultry establishments designed to reduce the occupance and numbers of
pathogenic microorganisms on meat and poultry products, reduce the
incidence of foodborne illness associated with the consumption of those
products, and provide a new framework for modernization of the current
system of meat and poultry inspection.
Need and Use of the Information: The HACCP process will help reduce
or eliminate the presence of pathogenic microorganisms in meat and
poultry products.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 9,079.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Daily.
Total Burden Hours: 7,904,222.
Forest Service
Title: State and Private Forestry Accomplishment Reporting.
Summary: USDA Forest Service through its State and Private Forestry
Branch conducts a number of cooperative programs within State agencies.
These cooperative programs in Forest Management, Watershed Management,
Insect and Disease Control, Forest Fire Control, Rural Community Fire
Protection, and Resource Conservation and Development operate in all 50
states, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Need and Use of the Information: Information is utilized for
management reviews and audits of grant recipients and to determine that
funds are being expended in a non-discriminatory manner.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 524.
Farm Service Agency
Title: Annual Certification Requirements (7 CFR Parts 12 and 718),
Assignment of Payments (7 CFR Part 1404, and Power of Attorney 7 CFR
Part 720)--Addendum II.
Summary: These are new requirements enacted under the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.
Need and use of the Information: The information is needed in order
for the county and state committee to determine benefits available to
the producer(s).
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 1,400,250.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 2,779,710.
Food and Consumer Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 220--School Breakfast Program.
Summary: The School Breakfast Program provides for the
appropriation of ``such sums as are necessary to enable the Secretary
of Agriculture to carry out a program to assist in initiating,
maintaining or expanding nonprofit breakfast programs in all schools
which make application for assistance and agree to carry out a
nonprofit breakfast program in accordance with this Act.''
Need and Use of the Information: Serious legal and accountability
questions would be raised if this collection was not conducted.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government
Number of Respondents: 66,272.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; Monthly;
Quarterly; Semi-annually; Annually; Daily.
Total Burden Hours: 3,667,170.
Food and Consumer Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 210--National School Lunch Program.
Summary: The National School Lunch Program provides for
safeguarding the health and well-being of the Nation's children and to
encourage the domestic consumption of nutritious agricultural
commodities and other food, by assisting the States in providing an
adequate supply of food and other facilities for the establishment,
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maintenance, operation , and expansion of nonprofit school lunch
programs.
Need and Use of the Information: Serious legal and accountability
questions would be raised if the collection of information was not
collected.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government;
Individuals or households; Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 114,169.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually; Biennially; Daily.
Total Burden Hours: 9,136,382.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS).
Summary: Data will be collected from individuals and organizations
involved in the dairy, beef, poultry, aquaculture, sheep, and equine
industries, as well as from individuals or groups with knowledge of the
scope, causes, and public health and/or economic consequences of new
and emerging animal health issues.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected will be
used to identify baseline trends; to determine risks and consequences
of new and emerging animal health issues; and to determine the economic
consequences of animal diseases management and environmental practices.
Description of Respondents: Farms; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 7,240.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Monthly; Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 5,280.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements under Regulations
(other than Rules of Practice) Under the Perishable Agricultural
Commodities Act, 1930.
Summary: The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act establishes a
code of fair trading practices covering the marketing of fresh and
frozen fruits and vegetables. It protects growers, shippers, and
distributors by prohibiting unfair practices.
Need and Use of the Information: The Perishable Agricultural
Commodities Act requires nearly all commission merchants, dealers, and
brokers buying or selling fruits and/or vegetables in interstate or
foreign commerce to be licensed. The information collected is used to
administer licensing provisions under the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households; Farms;
Number of Respondents: 15,550.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 118,476.
Forest Service
Title: Visitor Permit and Visitor Registration Card
Summary: The visitor permit is used only where public use levels
must be managed to prevent resource damage, preserve quality of the
experience, or for public safety. The visitor registration card is for
use as mandated by management plans.
Need and Use of the Information: Not having the permit and
registration card could cause overuse and site deterioration in some
environmentally sensitive areas. Not having the registration card would
mean special studies to collect use data or management decisions based
on little data.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 329,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 16,500.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: 1997 Census of Agriculture
Summary: The Census of Agriculture is conducted every 5 years. It
covers all agricultural operations in each state, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands that meet the farm definition. Detailed
benchmark data are provided every 5 years for the agricultural sector
of the economy.
Need and Use of the Information: The Census of Agriculture provides
the only source of periodic, comparable, detailed county data
descriptive of the structure of the agricultural production sectors of
the United States and its territories.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 3,586,880.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Every 5 years.
Total Burden Hours: 1,319,438.
Larry K. Roberson,
Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.
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