[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 45952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17548]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 11, 2021.
    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 are requested regarding: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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 these information collections are best 
assured of having their full effect if received by September 16, 2021. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function
    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: Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality 
Specialty Grains Transported in Containers Under the Authority of the 
United States Grain Standards Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0306.
    Summary of Collection: The United States Grain Standards Act 
(USGSA), with few exceptions, requires official certification of export 
grain sold by grade. The regulations promulgating the USGSA require 
specific information collection and record-keeping necessary to enforce 
provisions in the statue. On July 29, 2011, Federal Grain Inspection 
Service (FGIS) published a final rule in the Federal Register (76 FR 
45397) to amend the regulations under the USGSA to make permanent a 
waiver that expired on July 31, 2012 for high quality specialty grains 
exported in containers from the mandatory inspection and weighing 
requirements of the USGSA. To ensure that exporters of high-quality 
specialty grains comply with this waiver, FGIS is asking exporters to 
maintain records generated during their normal course of business that 
pertain to these shipments and make these documents available to the 
FGIS upon request. FGIS has no other means available to monitor the 
grain industry's compliance with provisions of this waiver.
    Need and Use of the Information: To comply with the waiver of the 
mandatory inspection and weighing requirement, FGIS is asking exporters 
of high quality specialty grains transported in containers to maintain 
records generated during their normal course of business that pertain 
to these shipments and make these documents available to FGIS upon 
request. Experience has shown that the U.S. grain industry maintains 
grain contracts that specify quality parameters agreed to by buyers and 
sellers of grain. FGIS believes that grain contracts would provide 
sufficient information to determine if exporters of high-quality 
specialty grain are complying with the waiver. This information 
collection requirement is essential for FGIS to enforce provisions set 
forth in the USGSA. FGIS intends to request copies of the relevant 
documents annually to ensure compliance with this waiver. FGIS also 
will require exporters to maintain records for a 3-year period.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping.
    Total Burden Hours: 240.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-17548 Filed 8-16-21; 8:45 am]
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