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information regarding the requirement 

for companies to ensure domestic origin 

of the products they deliver to the 

USDA Purchase Program is provided for 

in the ‘‘General Terms and Conditions 

for Procurement of Agricultural 

Commodities of Services,’’ (USDA–1). 

The Domestic Origin Verification 

System Program (DOVS) is a voluntary 

audit and verification user-fee service 

available to suppliers, processors, and 

any financially interested party. It is 

designed to provide validation of the 

applicant’s domestic origin verification 

system prior to bidding on contracts to 

supply food products to the 

Department’s Feeding programs, and/or 

may be conducted after a contract is 

awarded. Participation in DOVS does 

not relieve a company of its contractual 

requirements to provide only domestic 

origin product to the USDA. 

Need and use of the Information: the 

Agricultural Marketing Services uses 

various forms to collect data for grading 

and certification purposes and for hiring 

licensed samplers. The information 

collected is used to hire prospective 

employees desiring to become licensed 

to sample processed foods and to certify 

as to the identification, location, kinds 

and condition of containers of processed 

products that are sampled. 

An interested company requests a 

DOVS questionnaire, and once 

completed it contains the applicant’s 

procedures to ensure fruit, nut or 

vegetable components or products can 

be traced back to their domestic origin; 

use of a segregation plan to keep all 

non-domestic components or products 

separate from domestic products; for 

taking corrective action on 

nonconformities and deficiencies; for 

checking the adequacy of their internal 

system of ensuring domestic origin; 

instructing employees in the domestic 

origin requirement and for maintaining 

records relating to the applicant’s 

domestic origin verification system. 

These elements should be in place 

whether or not the applicant is on the 

DOVS program or providing a trace-back 

on every contract. DOVS assists 

companies to meet the domestic origin 

requirement for the USDA Purchase 

Program efficiently and eliminates the 

redundancy of the trace paperwork that 

is required for every USDA contract. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 1,160. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,192. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30648 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 1, 2010. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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: Cotton Classing, Testing, and 

Standards. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0008. 

Summary of Collection: The U.S. 

Cotton Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. 51 53 

and 55, authorizes the USDA to 

supervise the various activities directly 

associated with the classification or 

grading of cotton, cotton linters, and 

cottonseed based on official USDA 

Standards. The Cotton Program of the 

Agricultural Marketing Service carries 

out this supervision and is responsible 

for the maintenance of the functions to 

which these forms relate. USDA is the 

only Federal agency authorized to 

establish and promote the use of the 

official cotton standards of the U.S. in 

interstate and foreign commerce and to 

supervise the various activities 

associated with the classification or 

grading of cotton, cotton linters, and 

cottonseed based on official USDA 

standards. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Agricultural Marketing Service uses the 

following forms to collection 

information: 

Form FD–210 is submitted by owners 

of cotton to request cotton classification 

services. The request contains 

information for USDA to ascertain 

proper ownership of the samples 

submitted, to distribute classification 

results, and bill for services. Information 

about the origin and handling of the 

cotton is necessary in order to properly 

evaluate and classify the samples. 

Form CN–246 is submitted by cotton 

gins and warehouses seeking to serve as 

licensed samplers. Licenses issued by 

the USDA–AMS Cotton Program 

authorize the warehouse/gin to draw 

and submit samples to insure the proper 

application of standards in the 

classification of cotton and to prevent 

deception in their use. 

Form CN–383 is a package of forms 

designated as CN–383–a through CN– 

383–k that is submitted by cotton 

producers, ginners, warehousemen, 

cooperatives, manufacturers, merchants, 

and crushers interested in acquiring 

cotton classification standards and 

round testing services. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 530. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually; on occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 136. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Cotton Classification and 

Market News Service. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0009. 

Summary of Collection: The Cotton 

Statistics and Estimates Act, 7 U.S. Code 

471–476, authorizes the Secretary of 

Agriculture to collect and publish 

annually statistics or estimates 

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of stocks of cotton. In addition, 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 

collects, authenticates, publishes, and 

distributes timely information of the 

market supply, demand, location, and 

market prices for cotton (7 U.S.C. 473B). 

This information is needed and used by 

all segments of the cotton industry. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

AMS will collect information on the 

quality of cotton in the carryover stocks 

along with the size or volume of the 

carryover. Growers use this information 

in making decisions relative to 

marketing their present crop and 

planning for the next one; cotton 

merchants use the information in 

marketing decisions; and the mills that 

provide the data also use the combined 

data in planning their future purchase to 

cover their needs. Importers of U.S. 

cotton use the data in making their 

plans for purchases of U.S. cotton. AMS 

and other government agencies are users 

of the compiled information. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 725. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Weekly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 770. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements Under Regulations (Other 

than Rules of Practice) Under the 

Perishable Agricultural Commodities 

Act, 1930. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0031. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Perishable Agricultural Commodities 

Act (PACA) establishes a code of fair 

trading practices covering the marketing 

of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables 

in interstate or foreign commerce. It 

protects growers, shippers and 

distributors by prohibiting unfair 

practices. PACA requires nearly all 

persons who operate as commission 

merchants, dealers and brokers buying 

or selling fruit and or vegetables in 

interstate or foreign commerce to be 

licensed. The license for retailers and 

grocery wholesalers is effective for three 

years and for all other licensees up to 

three years, unless withdrawn. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Using various forms, AMS will collect 

information from the applicant to 

administer licensing provisions under 

the Act, to adjudicate contract disputes, 

and for the purpose of enforcing the 

PACA and its regulations. If this 

information were unavailable, it would 

be impossible to identify and regulate 

those individuals or firms that are 

restricted due to sanctions imposed 

because of the reparation or 

administrative actions. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 14,492. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 87,328. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Reporting Forms under Milk 

Marketing Order Programs. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0032. 

Summary Of Collection: Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) oversees the 

administration of the Federal Milk 

Marketing Orders authorized by the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as amended. The Act is 

designed to improve returns to 

producers while protecting the interests 

of consumers. The Federal Milk 

Marketing Order regulations require 

places certain requirements on the 

handling of milk in the area it covers. 

Currently, there are 10 milk marketing 

orders regulating the handling of milk in 

the respective marketing areas. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is needed to 

administer the classified pricing system 

and related requirements of each 

Federal Order. Forms are used for 

reporting purposes and to establish the 

quantity of milk received by handlers, 

the pooling status of the handler, and 

the class-use of the milk used by the 

handler and the butterfat content and 

amounts of other components of the 

milk. Without the monthly information, 

the market administrator would not 

have the information to compute each 

monthly price nor know if handlers 

were paying producers on dates 

prescribed in the order. Penalties are 

imposed for violation of the order, such 

as the failure to pay producers by the 

prescribed dates. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Individuals or households; 

Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 740. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Quarterly; Monthly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 22,315. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30531 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–10–0108] 

Notice of Request for Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection for Regulations 

Governing Inspection and Certification 

of Processed Fruits and Vegetables 

and Related Products 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the intention of the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to 

request an extension and revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection that will combine a number 

of forms issued under inspection and 

grading services under the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946 and section 8e of 

the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 

Act of 1937. AMS is combining all 

burden hours with submission. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before February 7, 2011. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

comments. Comments must be sent to 

Myron Betts, Processed Products 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, STOP 0247, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0247; Phone 

(202) 720–9906; fax (202) 690–1527; or 

can be submitted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

make reference to the date and page 

number of this issue of the Federal 

Register and will be made available for 

public inspection at the above office 

during regular business hours. Please be 

advised that all comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be included 

in the record and will be made available 

to the public on the Internet via http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Also, the identity 

of the individuals or entities submitting 

the comments will be made public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: ‘‘Regulations Governing 

Inspection and Certification of 

Processed Fruits and Vegetables and 

Related Products—7 CFR Part 52’’. 

OMB Number: 0581–0123. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval. 

Type of Request: Request for 

extension and revision of currently 

approved information collection, the 


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