[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75953-75954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30648]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 2, 2010.
    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: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for 7 CFR part 29.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0056.
    Summary of Collection: The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 
2004 (7 U.S.C. 518) eliminated price supports and marketing quotas for 
all tobacco beginning with the 2005 crop year. Mandatory inspection and 
grading of domestic and imported tobacco was eliminated as well as the 
mandatory pesticide testing of imported tobacco and the tobacco Market 
News Program. The Tobacco Inspection Act (U.S.C. 511) requires that all 
tobacco sold at designated auction markets in the U.S. be inspected and 
graded. Provision is also made for interested parties to request 
inspection, pesticide testing and grading services on an ``as needed'' 
basis.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information is collected through 
various forms and other documents for the inspection and certification 
process. Upon receiving request information from tobacco dealers and/or 
manufacturers, tobacco inspectors will pull samples and apply U.S. 
Standard Grades to samples to provide a Tobacco Inspection Certificate 
(TB-92). Also, samples can be submitted to a USDA laboratory for 
pesticide testing and a detailed analysis is provided to the customer.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,851.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: USDA Food Connect Web site.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0224.
    Summary of Collection: The USDA Food Connect Web site (previously 
known as the USDA Food and Commodity Connection Web site) operates 
pursuant to the authority of Section 32 of Public Law 320, Section 8 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1777) and the National 
School Lunch Program, 7 CFR part 210. It was developed to assist the 
institutional food service community across the United States. The Web 
site focuses on providing information to institutional food service 
professions, as well as providing a platform for processors, 
distributors, and brokers to post information about their processed 
USDA supplied commodities and other commercial food products available 
for institutional food service purchase. The USDA Food Connect Web site 
provides food related associations a location to provide information on 
services and materials available from the organization. The Web site is 
a public Web site and the information provided is considered as public 
information.
    Need and use of the Information: The USDA Food Connect Web site 
will collect all information electronically at one time upon 
registration. Each new user must create their individual login and 
password. There are five types of users; institutional food service 
professionals, processors, distributors, brokers and food related 
associations. The Food Connect Web site is designed as a central 
location in which institutional food service professionals, who provide 
meals in institutional settings, can locate processors who manufacture 
foods utilizing USDA provided commodities, distributors who distribute 
the manufactured food, brokers who represent the processors, and food 
related associations. No information is collected from a user when they 
access the Web site as a guest.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 850.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One Time).
    Total Burden Hours: 280.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Domestic Origin Verification System Questionnaire and 
Regulations Governing Inspection and Certification of Processed Fruits 
and Vegetables and Related Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0234.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1621-1627) directs and authorizes the Department to develop 
standards of quality, grades, grading programs, and other services to 
facilitate trading of agricultural products and assure consumers of 
quality products which are graded and identified under USDA programs. 
The voluntary inspection and grading services of processed fruits and 
vegetables are on a fee for service basis. The collection of

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information regarding the requirement for companies to ensure domestic 
origin of the products they deliver to the USDA Purchase Program is 
provided for in the ``General Terms and Conditions for Procurement of 
Agricultural Commodities of Services,'' (USDA-1). The Domestic Origin 
Verification System Program (DOVS) is a voluntary audit and 
verification user-fee service available to suppliers, processors, and 
any financially interested party. It is designed to provide validation 
of the applicant's domestic origin verification system prior to bidding 
on contracts to supply food products to the Department's Feeding 
programs, and/or may be conducted after a contract is awarded. 
Participation in DOVS does not relieve a company of its contractual 
requirements to provide only domestic origin product to the USDA.
    Need and use of the Information: the Agricultural Marketing 
Services uses various forms to collect data for grading and 
certification purposes and for hiring licensed samplers. The 
information collected is used to hire prospective employees desiring to 
become licensed to sample processed foods and to certify as to the 
identification, location, kinds and condition of containers of 
processed products that are sampled.
    An interested company requests a DOVS questionnaire, and once 
completed it contains the applicant's procedures to ensure fruit, nut 
or vegetable components or products can be traced back to their 
domestic origin; use of a segregation plan to keep all non-domestic 
components or products separate from domestic products; for taking 
corrective action on nonconformities and deficiencies; for checking the 
adequacy of their internal system of ensuring domestic origin; 
instructing employees in the domestic origin requirement and for 
maintaining records relating to the applicant's domestic origin 
verification system. These elements should be in place whether or not 
the applicant is on the DOVS program or providing a trace-back on every 
contract. DOVS assists companies to meet the domestic origin 
requirement for the USDA Purchase Program efficiently and eliminates 
the redundancy of the trace paperwork that is required for every USDA 
contract.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,160.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,192.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-30648 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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