[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58313-58314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23085]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Information Collection; United States Warehouse Act (USWA)

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on an extension with a revision of a 
currently approved information collection process associated with the 
regulations, licensing, and electronic provider agreements issued as 
specified in the United States Warehouse Act (USWA).

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by November 28, 2014

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this Notice. In your 
comment, include volume, date and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Judy Fry, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, 
Commodity Operations Division, Farm Service Agency (FSA), United States 
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-0553.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Washington, DC 
20503. Copies of the information collection may be requested by 
contacting Judy Fry as provided below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Fry, telephone (202) 720-3822. 
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for 
communication of regulatory information (Braille, large print, 
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 
(voice).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: United States Warehouse Act (USWA).
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0120.
    Expiration Date of Approval: March 31, 2015
    Type of Request: Extension with a revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The Secretary of Agriculture authorizes FSA as specified 
in the USWA to license public warehouse operators that are in the 
business of storing agricultural products; to examine such federally-
licensed warehouses and to license qualified

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persons to sample, inspect, weigh, and classify agricultural products. 
The FSA licenses under the USWA cover approximately half of all 
commercial grain and cotton warehouse capacities in the United States. 
The regulations that implement the USWA govern the establishment and 
maintenance of systems under which documents, including title documents 
on shipment, payment and financing, may be issued or transferred for 
agricultural products. Some of these systems and documents issued may 
be electronic.
    This information collection allows the FSA to effectively 
administer the regulations, licensing, and electronic provider 
agreements and related reporting and recordkeeping requirements as 
specified in the USWA.
    The forms in this information collection are used to provide those 
charged with issuing licenses under the USWA a basis to determine 
whether the warehouse and the warehouse operator meet application 
requirements to receive a license, and to determine compliance once the 
license is issued.
    This information collection package is being revised to reflect a 
decrease in the reporting burden hours. This reduction is the result of 
warehouse operators continuing to consolidate warehouse licenses, which 
reduces the number of documents needed for continued operation of the 
warehouse facilities.
    The formula used to calculate the total burden hour is estimated 
average time per responses hours times total annual responses.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average 0.46 hours per response.
    Respondents: Warehouse operators and electronic providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 5.96.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 17,872.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.46.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 8,238 Hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
technology; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who 
are to respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be made a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval of the information collection.

    Signed on September 18, 2014.
Val Dolcini,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2014-23085 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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