[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 217 (Friday, November 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66212-66213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26611]


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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), [email protected] 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.
 [FR Doc. E8-26611 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
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