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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 76, No. 208 

Thursday, October 27, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 21, 2011. 

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 and 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), 

Washington, DC, 

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. 

Forest Service 

Title: Airplane Pilot Qualifications 

and Approval Record, Helicopter Pilot 

Qualifications and Approval Record, 

Airplane Data Record, and Helicopter 

Data Record. 

OMB Control Number: 0596–0015. 

Summary of Collection: The Forest 

Service (FS) is the largest owner and 

operator of aircraft in the federal 

government outside of the Department 

of Defense. In conducting the Forest 

Service Land management mission they 

use 44 owned aircraft with 315 aircraft 

on loan to 18 States for fire suppression 

activities. The majority of FS flying is in 

support of wildland fire suppression. In 

addition to the agency owned aircraft, 

the FS contracts with approximately 400 

vendors for aviation services used in 

resource protection and administrative 

projects. Contractor aircraft and pilots 

are used to place water and chemical 

retardants on fires, provide aerial 

delivery of firefighters to fires, perform 

reconnaissance, resource surveys, 

search for lost personnel, and fire 

detection. Contracts for such services 

established rigorous qualification 

requirements for pilots and specific 

condition/equipment/performance 

requirements for aircraft. The authority 

is granted under the Federal Aviation 

Administration Regulations in Title 14 

(Aeronautics and Space) of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

Need and Use of the Information: FS 

will collect information using FS forms 

to document the basis for approval of 

contract pilot and aircraft for use in 

specific FS aviation missions. The 

information collected from contract 

pilots in face to face meetings (such as 

name, age, pilots license number, 

number of hours flown in type of 

aircraft, etc.) is based on the length and 

type of contract but is usually done on 

an reoccurring annual basis. Without 

the information supplied on these 

forms, FS contracting officers and pilot/ 

aircraft inspectors cannot determine if 

pilots and aircraft meet the detailed 

qualification, equipment, and condition 

requirements essential to safe, efficient 

accomplishment of FS specified flying 

missions and which are included in 

contract specifications. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,700. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,226. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27766 Filed 10–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No.: AMS–DA–11–0087; DA–11–05] 

RIN 0581–0110 

Request for an Extension to a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection for the Regulations 

Governing the Inspection and Grading 

of Manufactured or Processed Dairy 

Products—Recordkeeping (Subpart B) 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget, for an extension of a 

revision to the currently approved 

information collection for the 

Regulations Governing the Inspection 

and Grading of Manufactured or 

Processed Dairy Products— 

Recordkeeping (Subpart B). 

DATES: Comments on this document 

must be received by December 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this information collection document. 

Comments should be submitted online 

at http://www.regulations.gov or sent to 

Evan J. Stachowicz, Dairy 

Standardization Branch, Dairy 

Programs, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 2746–South Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0230; 

Telephone: (202) 720–9385, Fax: (202) 

720–2643. All comments should 


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reference the document number (AMS– 

DA–11–0087; DA–11–08), the date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. All comments received will be 

posted without change, including any 

personal information provided, online 

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

be made available for public inspections 

at the above physical address during 

normal business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Evan J. Stachowicz, at the above 

physical address or by telephone (202) 

720–9385, by e-mail at 

Evan.Stachowicz@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Regulations Governing the Inspection 

and Grading of Manufactured or 

Processed Dairy Products— 

Recordkeeping (Subpart B). 

OMB Number: 0581–0110. 

Expiration Date of Approval: March 

31, 2012 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

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

seq.) directs the Department to develop 

programs which will provide for and 

facilitate the marketing of agricultural 

products. One of these programs is the 

USDA voluntary inspection and grading 

program for dairy products (7 CFR Part 

58) where these dairy products are 

graded according to U.S. grade 

standards by a USDA grader. The dairy 

products under the dairy program may 

be identified with the USDA grade 

mark. Dairy processors, buyers, retailers, 

institutional users, and consumers have 

requested that such a program be 

developed to assure the uniform quality 

of dairy products purchased. In order 

for any service program to perform 

satisfactorily, there are regulations for 

the provider and user. For these reasons, 

the dairy inspection and grading 

program regulations were developed 

and issued under the authority of the 

AMA. These regulations are essential to 

administering the program and meeting 

the needs of the users. 

The information collection 

requirements in this request are needed 

to ensure that dairy products are 

produced under sanitary conditions and 

buyers are purchasing a quality product. 

In order for the Regulations governing 

the Inspection and Grading of 

Manufactured or Processed Dairy 

Products to serve the government, 

industry, and the consumer, laboratory 

test results must be recorded. 

Respondents are not required to 

submit information to the agency. The 

records are to be evaluated by a USDA 

inspector at the time of an inspection. 

These records include quality tests of 

each producer, plant records of required 

tests and analysis, and starter and 

cheese make records. As an offsetting 

benefit, the records required by USDA 

are also records that are routinely used 

by the inspected facility for their own 

supervisory and quality control 

purposes. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 2.85 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Dairy products 

manufacturing facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

487. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

1388. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 2.85. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 3956. 

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 sent to Evan J. 

Stachowicz, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 2746—South, 

Washington, DC 20250–0230. All 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the same address. 

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: October 21, 2011. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27767 Filed 10–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Protocol for Access to Tissue 

Specimen Samples from the National 

Marine Mammal Tissue Bank. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0468. 

Form Number(s): NA. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a current 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Average Hours per Response: 

Applications for tissue samples and 

research reports, 2 hours; submissions 

of tissue samples, 30 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 155. 

Needs and Uses: In 1989, the National 

Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB) 

was established by the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of 

Protected Resources in collaboration 

with the National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Minerals 

Management Service (MMS), and the US 

Geological Survey/Biological Resources 

Division (USGS/BRD). The NMMTB 

provides protocols, techniques, and 

physical facilities for the long-term 

storage of tissues from marine 

mammals. Scientists can request tissues 

from this repository for retrospective 

analyses to determine environmental 

trends of contaminants and other 

substances of interest. The NMMTB 

collects, processes, and stores tissues 

from specific indicator species (e.g., 

Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic 

white sided dolphins, pilot whales, 

harbor porpoises), animals from mass 

strandings, animals that have been 

obtained incidental to commercial 

fisheries, animals taken for subsistence 

purposes, biopsies, and animals from 

unusual mortality events through two 

projects, the Marine Mammal Health 

and Stranding Response Program 

(MMHSRP) and the Alaska Marine 

Mammal Tissue Archival Project 

(AMMTAP). 

The purposes of this collection of 

information are: (1) To enable NOAA to 

allow the scientific community the 

opportunity to request tissue specimen 

samples from the NMMTB and, (2) to 

enable the Marine Mammal Health and 

Stranding Response Program 

(MMHSRP) of NOAA to assemble 

information on all specimens submitted 

to the Marine Environmental Specimen 

Bank (Marine ESB), which includes the 

NMMTB. 

A program change to this collection 

consists of a new web-based form for 

application for tissue samples; 


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