[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28055-28056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11025]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc No. AMS-FGIS-21-0035]


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, the 
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing 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''.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 26, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through the Federal e-rulemaking 
portal at http://www.regulations.gov and should reference the document 
number and the date and page number of this issue of the Federal 
Register. All comments submitted in response to this notice will

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be included in the record and made available to the public. Please be 
advised the identity of individuals or entities submitting comments 
will be made public on the internet at the address provided above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Dreier, Compliance Officer, 
Quality Assurance and Compliance Division, Federal Grain Inspection 
Service, AMS, USDA; email: [email protected].

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 all grain shipped from the United States to be 
officially inspected and weighed. The USGSA authorizes the Department 
of Agriculture to waive the mandatory inspection and weighing 
requirements 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. This waiver was established to 
facilitate the marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in 
containers. This action is consistent with the objectives of the USGSA 
and promotes the continuing development of the high quality specialty 
grain export market.
    FGIS requires exporters to maintain records pertaining to these 
shipments and to make them 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 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 Grains Transported in Containers.
    OMB Number: 0581-0306.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2021.
    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 waiver, 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 is estimated to average 6 hours per 
exporter.
    Respondents: Exporters of high quality specialty grain in 
containers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 40.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 240.
    Comments are invited on: (1) 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) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology. Comments may be sent to Jessica Dreier at 
[email protected].
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record.

Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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