[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13824-13825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05998]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 11, 2015.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. 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), New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC, New Executive Office 
Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[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 by April 16, 2015. 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 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

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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.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-05998 Filed 3-16-15; 8:45 am]
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