Notice2021-27016
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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December 14, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71002-71003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27016]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 9, 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 January 13, 2022.
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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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: Reporting Requirements Under Regulations Governing
Inspection and Grading Services of Manufactured or Processed Dairy
Products and the Certification of Sanitary Design & Fabrication of
Equipment used in the Slaughter, Processing, and Packaging of Livestock
and Poultry Products.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0126.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), directs the Department to develop programs which
will provide for and facilitate the marketing of agricultural products.
The regulations governing the voluntary inspection and grading program
for dairy products is contained in 7 CFR part 58. The certification
regulations for livestock and poultry products are contained in 7 CFR
part 54. The Government, industry and consumer will be well served if
the Government can help ensure that dairy products are produced under
sanitary conditions and that buyers have the choice of purchasing the
quality of the product they desire. The dairy grading program is a
voluntary user fee program. For a voluntary inspection program to
perform satisfactorily with a minimum of confusion, information must be
collected to determine what services are requested.
Need and Use of the Information: The information requested is used
to identify products offered for grading; to identify a request from a
manufacturer of equipment used in dairy, meat, or poultry industries
for evaluation regarding sanitary design and construction; to identify
and contact the party responsible for payment of the inspection,
grading or equipment evaluation fee and expense; and to identify
applicants who wish to be authorized for the display of official
identification on product packaging, materials, equipment, utensils, or
on descriptive promotional materials. The Agriculture Marketing service
will use several forms to collect essential information to carry out
and administer the inspection and grading program.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 307.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (when forms
are requested).
Total Burden Hours: 1,027.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Pandemic Response and Safety Program.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0326.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA)
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) directs and authorizes USDA to administer
Federal grant programs. AMS Grant Programs are administered through the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Guidance for Grants and
Agreements based on its regulations under the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards (2 CFR part 200) (85 FR 49506; December 13, 2020). Information
collection requirements in this request are needed for AMS to
administer a new competitive grant program, in accordance with 2 CFR
part 200, entitled the Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS).
PRS is authorized pursuant to the authority of section 751 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) (Pub. L. 116-260) in
response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and worker protections in
food processing, distribution, farmers markets, and agricultural
production. The AMS Grants Division requests to collect information for
this new grant program from individuals, small businesses, and
nonprofit organizations working in food processing, distribution,
farmers markets, and agricultural production.
Need and Use of the Information: Because this is a voluntary
program, respondents request or apply for this specific competitive
grant, and in doing so, they provide information. Information collected
is used only by authorized representatives of USDA, AMS, Transportation
and Marketing Program's Grants Division to certify that grant
participants are complying with applicable program regulations, and the
data collected is the minimum information necessary to effectively
carry out program requirements. Information collection requirements in
this request are essential to carry out the intent of section 751 of
the CAA, to provide respondents the type of service they request, and
to administer the program.
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Description of Respondents: Grant applicants; or grant recipients.
Number of Respondents: 800,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (when forms
are requested).
Total Burden Hours: 916,660.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-27016 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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