Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 21, 2010 / Notices 80037 

registration, for designation, and for 

license. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31939 Filed 12–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–PY–10–0098] 

Poultry Programs; Notice of Request 

for an Extension and Revision of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

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. 3501–20), this notice announces 

the intention of the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) to request an 

extension for and revision to a currently 

approved information collection in 

support of the Regulations Governing 

the Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs. 

DATES: Comments received by February 

22, 2011 will be considered. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments on the Internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov or to David 

Bowden, Jr., Chief, Standards, 

Promotion, & Technology Branch; 

Poultry Programs, AMS, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture; 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0259; 

Washington, DC 20250–0259; fax (202) 

720–2930. Comments should reference 

the docket number and the date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. Comments will be available for 

public inspection at the above address 

during regular business hours, or can be 

viewed at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information provided. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Lutton, Standards, Promotion, & 

Technology Branch; Poultry Programs, 

AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 

0259; Washington, DC 20250–0259; 

phone (202) 720–0976; fax (202) 720– 

2930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Regulations Governing the 

Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs—7 CFR 

part 56. 

OMB Number: 0581–0128. 

Expiration Date, as approved by OMB: 

July 31, 2011. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) (AMA) 

directs and authorizes the Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) to develop 

standards of quality, grades, grading 

programs, and services which facilitate 

trading of agricultural products and 

assure consumers of quality products 

that are graded and identified under 

USDA programs. 

To provide programs and services, 

section 203(h) of the AMA (7 U.S.C. 

1622(h)) directs and authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to inspect, 

certify, and identify the grade, class, 

quality, quantity, and condition of 

agricultural products under such rules 

and regulations as the Secretary may 

prescribe, including assessment and 

collection of fees for the cost of service. 

The regulations in 7 CFR part 56 

provide a voluntary program for grading 

shell eggs on the basis of U.S. standards, 

grades and weight classes. In addition, 

the shell egg industry and users of the 

products have requested development 

and provision of other types of 

voluntary services under these 

regulations; e.g., contract and 

specification acceptance services and 

certification of quantity. Voluntary 

grading service is available on a resident 

basis or on an as-needed basis. The 

AMA requires Agency costs be assessed 

and collected from respondents who 

request voluntary program services. 

Information provided during the request 

is used by the Agency to determine cost 

assessments. 

The information collection 

requirements in this request are 

essential to carry out the intent of the 

AMA, to provide the respondents the 

type of service they request, and to 

administer the program. The 

information request requires personal 

data, such as name, type of business, 

address and description of service 

requested. 

The information collected is used 

only by authorized representatives of 

USDA (AMS, Poultry Programs’ national 

staff; regional directors and their staffs; 

Federal-State supervisors and their 

staffs; and resident Federal-State 

graders, which include State agencies). 

The information is used to administer 

and conduct grading services requested 

by respondents. The Agency is the 

primary user of the information. 

Information is also used by authorized 

State agencies under a cooperative 

agreement with AMS. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.227 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: State or local 

governments, businesses or other forprofits, Federal agencies or employees, 

small businesses or organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

658. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

23,145.50. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 35.18. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,254.20 hours. 

Send comments regarding, but not 

limited to, the following: (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; or (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. 

Dated: December 15, 2010. 

Robert C. Keeney, 

Acting Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31921 Filed 12–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–CN–10–0110; CN–10–007] 

Tobacco Report: Notice of Request for 

Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

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 Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval, from the Office of 

Management and Budget, for an 

extension of the currently approved 

information collection for Tobacco 

Report (OMB No. 0581–0004). 


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80038 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 21, 2010 / Notices 

DATES: Comments received by February 

22, 2011 will be considered. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Interested persons are invited to submit 

written comments concerning this 

proposal to Shethir Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion, Cotton and 

Tobacco Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Room 2635–S, 

Washington, DC 20250–0224. 

Comments should be submitted in 

triplicate. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should reference the docket number and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. All comments received will be 

made available for public inspection at 

http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Cotton and Tobacco Programs, AMS, 

USDA, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Room 2635–S, Washington, DC 20250 

during regular business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shethir Riva, Chief, Research and 

Promotion, Cotton and Tobacco 

Programs, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Ave., SW., Room 2635–S, Washington, 

DC 20250–0224, telephone (202) 720– 

3193, facsimile (202) 690–1718, or 

e-mail at Shethir.riva@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Tobacco Report. 

OMB Number: 0581–0004. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 06/30/ 

2011. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Tobacco Statistics Act 

of 1929 (7 U.S.C. 501–508) provides for 

the collection and publication of 

statistics of tobacco by USDA with 

regard to quantity of leaf tobacco in all 

forms in the United States and Puerto 

Rico, owned by or in the possession of 

dealers, manufacturers, and others with 

the exception of the original growers of 

the tobacco. 

The statistics shall show the quantity 

of the tobacco in such detail as to types, 

as USDA shall deem to be practical and 

necessary and shall be summarized as of 

January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 

1 of each year and are due within 15 

days of the summarized dates. 

The information furnished under the 

provisions of this Act shall be used only 

for statistical purposes for which it is 

supplied. No publication shall be made 

by USDA whereby the data furnished by 

any particular establishment can be 

identified, nor shall anyone other than 

the sworn employees of USDA be 

allowed to examine the individual 

reports. 

The regulations governing the 

Tobacco Stocks and Standards Act (7 

CFR part 30) issued under the Tobacco 

Statistics Act (7 U.S.C. 501–508) 

specifically address the reporting 

requirements. Tobacco in leaf form or 

stems is reported by types of tobacco 

and whether stemmed or unstemmed. 

Tobacco in sheet form shall be 

segregated as to whether for cigar 

wrapper, cigar binder, for cigarettes, or 

for other products. 

Tobacco stocks reporting is 

mandatory. The basic purpose of the 

information collection is to ascertain the 

total supply of unmanufactured tobacco 

available to domestic manufacturers and 

to calculate the amount consumed in 

manufactured tobacco products. This 

data was also used for the calculation of 

production quotas for individual types 

of tobacco and for price support 

calculations until repealed in 2005. 

The Quarterly Report of Manufacture 

and Sales of Snuff, Smoking and 

Chewing Tobacco is voluntary. Prior to 

1965, information on the manufacture 

and sale of snuff, smoking and chewing 

tobacco products was available from 

Treasury Department publications on 

the collection of taxes. With repeal of 

the Federal tax in 1965, the industry 

requested that the collection of basic 

data be continued to maintain the 

statistical series and all major 

manufacturers agreed to furnish 

information. Federal taxes were reimposed in 1985 for snuff and chewing 

tobacco and the Treasury Department 

began reporting data on these products, 

but not in the detail desired by the 

industry. Data from this report was also 

used in calculations to determine the 

production quotas of types of tobacco 

used in these products until repealed in 

2005. 

The Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) directs and 

authorizes USDA to collect, tabulate and 

disseminate statistics on marketing 

agricultural products including market 

supplies, storage stocks, quantity, 

quality, and condition of such products 

in various positions in the marketing 

channel, utilization of sub-products, 

shipments, and unloads. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.90 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Primarily tobacco 

dealers and manufacturers including 

small businesses or organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

57. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

228. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 4. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 204. 

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 the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (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. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Comments also 

may be sent to Shethir Riva, Chief, 

Research and Promotion, Cotton and 

Tobacco Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, USDA, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Room 2635–S, 

Washington, DC 20250–0224. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address or 

through http://www.regulations.gov. 

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. 

Dated: December 15, 2010. 

Robert C. Keeney, 

Acting Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31922 Filed 12–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Notice of Meetings of the Agricultural 

Policy Advisory Committee for Trade 

and the Agricultural Technical 

Advisory Committees for Trade 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of a closed meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Agricultural Policy Advisory 

Committee for Trade (APAC) and the 

Agricultural Technical Advisory 

Committees for Trade (ATAC) will hold 

closed meetings on January 13, 2011. 

The advisory committees are 

administered by USDA and the Office of 

the United States Trade Representative 

(USTR). The meetings are closed to the 

public in accordance with the Trade Act 


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