Notice2023-18974
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
September 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18974]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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 this information collection received by October
2, 2023 will be considered. 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.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Quality Samples Program.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0047.
Summary of Collection: The Quality Samples Program is authorized by
Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, 15 U.S.C.
714c (f), which became effective on November 15, 1999. Section 5
provides that in the fulfillment of its purposes and in carrying out
its annual budget programs submitted to and approved by the Congress
pursuant to Chapter 91 of Title 31, the Corporation is authorized to
use its general powers only to export or cause to be exported, or aid
in the development of foreign markets for, agricultural commodities
(other than tobacco), including fish and fish products, without regard
to whether such fish are harvested in aquacultural operations. By this
authority the program pays for U.S. commodity samples and shipping to
foreign ports in order to demonstrate the quality of the U.S. product
to industrial users who are unfamiliar with the product.
Need and Use of the Information: Under the USDA Quality Samples
Program, information will be gathered from applicants desiring to
receive grants under the program to determine the viability of request
for resources to implement activities in foreign countries. The
collected information will be used to develop effective grant
agreements and assure that statutory requirements and program
objectives are met.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 10.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; reporting: annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,200.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-18974 Filed 8-31-23; 8:45 am]
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