[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 3754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01434]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-FTPP-21-0075]


Notice of Request for Reinstatement With Revision of Previously 
Approved Information Collection--United States Warehouse Act

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 the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention 
to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget, for a 
reinstatement with revision to the previously approved information 
collection under the United States Warehouse Act (USWA).

DATES: Comments must be received by March 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
concerning this proposal. Comments must be submitted via the internet 
at: http://www.regulations.gov. All comments 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 proposed 
rule will be included in the record and the identity of the individuals 
or entities submitting the comments will be made public on the internet 
at the address provided above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Schofer, Warehouse and Commodity 
Management Division, Fair Trade Practices Program, Agricultural 
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2055, South 
Building, STOP 3601, Washington, DC 20250-3601; Telephone: 202-720-
0219; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: United States Warehouse Act (USWA).
    OMB Number: 0581-0305.
    Expiration Date of Approval: October 31, 2021.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement with Revision of previously approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: AMS is responsible, as required by the USWA, 7 U.S.C. 869 
et seq., to license public warehouse operators that are in the business 
of storing agricultural products, to examine such federally licensed 
warehouses and to license qualified persons to sample, inspect, weigh, 
and classify agricultural products. AMS licenses under the USWA cover 
approximately half of all commercial grain and cotton warehouse 
capacities in the United States. The regulations that implement the 
USWA govern the establishment and maintenance of systems under which 
documents, including documents of title on shipment, payment, and 
financing, may be issued, or transferred for agricultural products. 
Some of these systems and documents issued may be electronic. The 
regulations are found at 7 CFR 869 et seq.
    This information collection allows AMS to effectively administer 
the regulations, licensing, and electronic provider agreements and 
related reporting and recordkeeping requirements as specified in the 
USWA.
    The forms in this information collection are used to provide those 
charged with issuing licenses under the USWA a basis to determine 
whether the warehouse and the warehouse operator meet application 
requirements to receive a license, and to determine compliance once the 
license is issued.
    For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the 
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated 
average time per response multiplied by the estimated total annual 
responses.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 0.46 hours per response, including 
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing 
the collections of information.
    Respondents: Warehouse operators and electronic providers 
participating in the USWA program.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 19,011.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.337.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 40,587 hours.
    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 Dan Schofer at the 
previously mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section. All comments received will be posted without change, including 
any personal information provided, at www.regulations.gov and will be 
included in the record and made available to the public. Furthermore, a 
summary of all comments received will be included in the request for 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval.

Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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