Notice2022-09078
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection
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Published
April 28, 2022
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 82 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 25215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09078]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement of a
Previously Approved Information Collection
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 May 31, 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: National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0315.
Summary of Collection: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
administers the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (Title II of the Act
of August 14, 1946). Public Law 114-216 amended the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946, directing the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (7 CFR
66) for disclosing certain foods that are bioengineered or contain
bioengineered ingredients. The final rule (National Bioengineered Food
Disclosure Standard [7 CFR 66]) fulfils USDA's need to establish
requirements and procedures to carry out the new standard. Public Law
114-216 also addressed Federal preemption of State and local genetic
engineering labeling requirements and specifies that certification of
food under USDA's National Organic Program (7 CFR 205) were considered
sufficient to make claims about the absence of bioengineering in the
food. AMS gathered industry input and conducted rulemaking on the
National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standards.
Need and Use of the Information: The audit process involves access
to records at the entity's place of business. AMS would examine the
records during normal business hours to verify compliance with the
standard's disclosure requirements. Under Sec. 66.304(c), if an entity
fails to provide AMS access to records, AMS would determine that the
entity did not comply and would make the determination public.
Companies would know the requirements through a list that AMS will
maintain containing bioengineered crops and foods that may be produced
in other countries. As set forth in Sec. 66.300, recordkeeping applies
to records for food on the list of bioengineered foods. As set forth in
Sec. 66.302(a)(3), records would have to be maintained for at least
two years after the food's distribution for retail sale.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 155,098.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 353,952.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-09078 Filed 4-27-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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