[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 61559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22137]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-ST-22-0060]
Information Collection for National Science Laboratories
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 (OMB),
for a new information collection ``National Science Laboratories.''
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 12, 2022 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic process available at https://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 notice will be posted without
change, including any personal information provided, at https://www.regulations.gov and will be included in the record and made
available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Simonds, National Science
Laboratories, Laboratory Approval and Testing Division, Science &
Technology Program, 801 Summit Crossing Place, Suite B, Gastonia, NC
28054; Phone: (704) 867-3873; or Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agency: USDA, AMS.
Title: National Science Laboratories.
OMB Number: 0581-NEW.
Type of Request: New Information Collection.
Abstract: This information collection is necessary to conduct
voluntary analytical testing on a fee-for-service basis. The
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627),
authorizes the Agricultural Marketing Service, AMS' National Science
Laboratories (NSL) to provide chemical, microbiological, and bio-
molecular lab analytical testing services to facilitate domestic and
international marketing of food and agricultural commodities. NSL is a
fee-for-service lab network utilized by both industry and government
and provides testing services for AMS commodity programs, other USDA
agencies, Federal and State agencies, U.S. Military, research
institutions, and private sector food and agricultural industries.
Applicants voluntarily submit samples for analytical testing and pay
testing fees. Regulations implementing the NSL program appear at 7 CFR
part 91.
The information collected is information needed to perform
analytical testing, issue a certificate/report of analytical results,
and collect payment for services requested by the applicant. This
includes information about applicant's business, sample(s) submitted,
and the required test(s). AMS will collect business information on form
ST-1, Application for Service. The information requested will be used
by the Administrative Officer to identify the applicant in the billing
system, to set up an account in the billing system and contact the
party responsible for payment of testing fee.
Applicants, when submitting samples, provide sample information
documentation needed to conduct analytical laboratory testing. This
information can be submitted using documentation provided by the
applicant or on form FRM-12, provided by NSL. Such information
includes: Applicant contact information; Product description; Number of
containers; Lot number or production date; Analyses requested; Any
other information required by the applicant to be on the analytical
certificate/report of analytical results. Information collection
requirements in this request are essential to provide applicants with
the service requested and administer the program.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.254 hours per response.
Respondents: Food and Agricultural Businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,279.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 10,279.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.0.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2613.25 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 completion of analyses
related documentation; (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.
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.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-22137 Filed 10-11-22; 8:45 am]
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