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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 72, No. 60 

Thursday, March 29, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Docket No. AMS–PY–07–0021] 

Notice of Request for an 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 intention of the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to 

request an extension of a currently 

approved information collection in 

support of customer-focused 

improvement initiatives for USDAprocured poultry, livestock, fruit, and 

vegetable products. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 29, 2007. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Interested 

persons are invited to submit written 

comments on the internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to David 

Bowden, Jr., Chief, Standardization 

Branch, Poultry Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Stop 0259, Washington, 

DC 20250–0259, (202) 690–3148. 

Comments should reference the docket 

number and the date and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register and 

will be available for public inspection in 

the Office of the Docket Clerk during 

regular business hours, or can be viewed 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Customer Service Survey for 

USDA-Donated Food Products. 

OMB Number: 0581–0182. 

Expiration Date, as approved by OMB: 

10/31/2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Starting with a 1996 pilot 

project by AMS, customers have been 

able to use the Customer Opinion 

Postcard, Form AMS–11, a 4-by 6-inch 

postcard, to voluntarily submit their 

perceptions of poultry, livestock, fruit, 

and vegetable products procured by 

USDA for school lunch program (42 

U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and other domestic 

food assistance programs. These cards 

have proven to be a quick and 

inexpensive way for AMS to learn 

customer perception of USDA 

commodities thereby helping the 

Agency make improvements to its 

products. AMS would like to continue 

the use of the customer opinion 

postcards to get voluntary customer 

feedback on various products each year 

by reapproval of the Customer Opinion 

Postcard, Form AMS–11. In this way 

AMS will be better able to meet the 

quality expectations of school food 

service personnel and the 26 million 

school children who consume these 

products daily. 

Information about customers’ 

perceptions of USDA-procured products 

is sought as a sound management 

practice to support AMS activities 

under 7 CFR part 250, regulations for 

‘‘Donation of Foods for Use in the 

United States, Its Territories and 

Possessions and Areas Under Its 

Jurisdiction.’’ The information collected 

will be used primarily by authorized 

representatives of USDA (AMS, and the 

Food and Nutrition Service) and shared 

with State government agencies and 

product suppliers. To enable customers 

to mail cards directly to the commodity 

program that is soliciting the 

information, several versions of Form 

AMS–11 will be used, each with a 

different return address. Response 

information about products produced by 

a particular supplier may be shared with 

that supplier. Similarly, response 

information from customers located in a 

particular State may be shared with 

government agencies within that State. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, which requires 

Government agencies in general to 

provide the public the option of 

submitting information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.083 hours (5 

minutes) per response. 

Respondents: State, local, and tribal 

governments, and not-for-profit 

businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,400. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 700 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

can be obtained from David Bowden, Jr., 

Chief, Standardization Branch, at (202) 

690–3148. 

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; and (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. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: March 23, 2007. 

Kenneth C. Clayton, 

Acting Administrator Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–5793 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2006–0173] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Imported Seed and Screenings 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 


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ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for importation of seed and 

screenings. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 29, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, select 

‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the 

Docket ID column, select APHIS–2006–

0173 to submit or view public 

comments and to view supporting and 

related materials available 

electronically. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’

link. 

Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. APHIS–2006–0173, 

Regulatory Analysis and Development, 

PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 

River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1238. Please state that your 

comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–

2006–0173. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: Additional 

information about APHIS and its 

programs is available on the Internet at 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on an information 

collection associated with regulations 

for importation of seed and screenings, 

contact Mr. Rodney Young, Botanist, 

Plant Protection and Quarantine, 

APHIS, Seed Examination Facility, 

Bldg. 580, BARC–E, Beltsville, MD 

20705; (301) 504–8605; ext. 254. For 

copies of more detailed information on 

the information collection, contact Mrs. 

Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (301) 734–

7477. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Imported Seed and Screenings. 

OMB Number: 0579–0124. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: Under the authority of the 

Federal Seed Act (FSA) of 1939, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 1551 et seq.), the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

regulates the importation and interstate 

movement of certain agricultural and 

vegetable seeds and screenings. Title III 

of the FSA, ‘‘Foreign Commerce,’’

requires shipments of imported 

agricultural and vegetable seeds to be 

labeled correctly and to be tested for the 

presence of the seeds of certain noxious 

weeds as a condition of entry into the 

United States. The Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s regulations 

implementing the provisions of title III 

of the FSA are found in 7 CFR part 361. 

The regulations require the use of a 

number of information collection 

activities, including declaration of 

importation, container labeling, 

notification of seed location, a seed 

return request, seed analysis certificates 

(PPQ Form 925), a compliance 

agreement (PPQ Form 519), seed 

identity maintenance, and associated 

recordkeeping. 

We are asking OMB to approve our 

use of these information collection 

activities for an additional 3 years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

information collection on those who are 

to respond, through use, as appropriate, 

of automated, electronic, mechanical, 

and other collection technologies, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.37826 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers of seed and 

screenings, seed cleaning/processing 

facility personnel, officials of the 

Canadian Food Inspection Agency 

(CFIA), and private seed laboratories 

accredited by CFIA. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 1,200. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 25. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 30,000. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 11,348 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

March 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–5780 Filed 3–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2006–0176] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Importation of Artificially Dwarfed 

Plants 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for the importation of 

artificially dwarfed plants. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before May 29, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, select 

‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service’’ from the agency drop-down 

menu, then click ‘‘Submit.’’ In the 

Docket ID column, select APHIS–2006–

0176 to submit or view public 


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