[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31042-31043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14031]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 29, 2017.
    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 
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by August 
4, 2017 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 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. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    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.

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Office of Procurement and Property Management

    Title: Voluntary Labeling Program for Biobased Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0503-0020.
    Summary of Collection: Section 9002(h) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act (FSRIA) of 2002, as amended by the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008 and the Agricultural Act of 
2014, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to implement a voluntary 
labeling program that would enable qualifying biobased products to be 
certified with a ``USDA Certified Biobased Product'' label. The 
voluntary labeling program is required to be consistent, where 
possible, with the guidelines implementing the preferred procurement of 
biobased products by Federal agencies (referred to hereafter as the 
preferred procurement program), which is also authorized under section 
9002 of FSRIA. Under the preferred procurement program, Federal 
agencies are required to purchase with certain exceptions, biobased 
products that are identified, by rulemaking, for preferred procurement. 
The BioPreferred Program is implemented by USDA's Office of Procurement 
and Property Management (OPPM).
    Need and Use of the Information: Under the voluntary labeling 
program, manufacturers and vendors must complete an application for 
each stand-alone biobased product or biobased product family for which 
they wish to use the label. The application process is electronic and 
is accessible through the voluntary labeling program Web site. In 
addition manufacturers and vendors whose applications have been 
conditionally approved must provide to OPPM certain information for 
posting by OPPM on the voluntary labeling program Web site. For each 
product approved by the Agency for use of the label, the manufacturer 
or vendor must keep that information for each certified product up-to-
date. The information requested for inclusion in the application are: 
(1) Contact information (of the manufacturer or vendor and preparer of 
application) and (2) product identification information, including 
brand name(s), the applicable designated item category or categories or 
equivalent, and the biobased content of the product.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 150.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Other (once).
    Total Burden Hours: 1,350.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-14031 Filed 7-3-17; 8:45 am]
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