[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 68 (Monday, April 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15125-15126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07211]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces our intention to request a 3-year extension and 
revision of a currently approved information collection for ``Export 
Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality Specialty Grain 
Transported in Containers''.
    The realignment of offices within the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture authorized by the Secretary's Memorandum dated November 14, 
2017, eliminates the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyard 
Administration (GIPSA) as a standalone agency. The grain inspection 
activities formerly part of GIPSA are now organized under AMS.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by June 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice by any of 
the following methods:
     The Federal eRulemarking portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
     Karen W. Guagliardo, Director, Quality Assurance and 
Compliance Division (QACD), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), 
USDA/AMS, STOP 3630, Room 2420-South, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-3630; [email protected]. Comments should 
reference ``High Quality Specialty Grain Exported in Containers 
Information Collection,'' and should reference the date and page number 
of this issue of the Federal Register. The information collection 
package, public comments, and other documents relating to this action 
will be available for public inspection in the above office during 
regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the 
collection of information activities and the use of the information, 
contact Candace A. Hildreth, Compliance Officer at (202) 720-0203.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress enacted The United States Grain 
Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71--87k) to facilitate the marketing of 
grain in interstate and foreign commerce. The USGSA, with few 
exceptions, requires that all grain shipped from the United States must 
be officially inspected and officially weighed. The USGSA authorizes 
the Department of Agriculture to waive the mandatory inspection and 
weighing requirements of the USGSA in circumstances when the objectives 
of the USGSA would not be impaired.
    Section 7 CFR 800.18 of the regulations waives the mandatory 
inspection and weighing requirements of the USGSA for high quality 
specialty grain exported in containers. FGIS established this waiver to 
facilitate the marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in 
containers. This action was consistent with the objectives of the USGSA 
and would promote the continuing development of the high quality 
specialty grain export market.
    To ensure that exporters of high quality specialty grain complied 
with this waiver, FGIS required exporters to maintain records generated 
during the normal course of business that pertain to these shipments 
and make these documents available upon request for review or copying 
purposes (76 FR 45397). These records shall be maintained for a period 
of 3 years. This information collection requirement is essential to 
ensure that exporters who ship high quality specialty grain in 
containers comply with the waiver provisions. FGIS does not require 
exporters of high quality specialty grain to complete and submit new 
Federal government record(s), form(s), or report(s).
    Title: Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality 
Specialty Grain Transported in Containers.
    OMB Number: 0580-0022.
    Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2018.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The regulations under the USGSA waive the mandatory 
inspection and weighing requirements for high quality specialty grain 
exported in containers. FGIS established this waiver to facilitate the 
marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in containers. To 
ensure compliance with this wavier, FGIS required these exporters to 
maintain records generated during their normal course of business that 
pertain to these shipments and make these documents available to FGIS 
upon request, for review and copying purposes.

Grain Contracts

    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting and recordkeeping burden for 
maintaining contract information averages 6.0 hours per exporter.
    Respondents: Exporters of high quality specialty grain in 
containers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Number of Respondents per Request: 1.
    Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 240 Hours.
    Estimated Total Cost: $1,780.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (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 agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (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 
forms of information technology. All responses to this notice will be 
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments 
will also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: April 4, 2018.
Greg Ibach,
Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2018-07211 Filed 4-6-18; 8:45 am]
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