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Vol. 75, No. 64 

Monday, April 5, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–PY–09–0046] 

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. 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 for Voluntary 

Grading of Poultry Products and Rabbit 

Products. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 5, 2010. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Interested parties 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 for Voluntary 

Grading of Poultry Products and Rabbit 

Products—7 CFR Part 70. 

OMB Number: 0581–0127. 

Expiration Date, as approved by OMB: 

November 30, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 1087–1091, as 

amended; 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 70 

provide a voluntary program for grading 

poultry and rabbit products on the basis 

of U.S. standards and grades. AMS also 

provides other types of voluntary 

services under the regulations, e.g., 

contract and specification acceptance 

services and certification of quantity. 

All of the voluntary grading services are 

available on a resident basis or lot-fee 

basis. Respondents may request resident 

service on a continuous or temporary 

basis. The service is paid for by the user 

(user-fee). 

Because this is a voluntary program, 

respondents need to request or apply for 

the specific service they wish, and in 

doing so, they provide information. 

Since the AMA requires that the cost of 

service be assessed and collected, 

information is collected to establish the 

Agency’s cost. 

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 collected is used 

only by authorized representatives of 

the USDA (AMS, Poultry Programs’ 

national staff; regional directors and 

their staffs; Federal-State supervisors 

and their staffs; and resident FederalState graders, which includes 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 each 

authorized State agency that has a 

cooperative agreement with AMS. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.08 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: State or local 

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

small businesses or organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

370. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

23,812. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 64.36. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,862 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: March 30, 2010. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7570 Filed 4–2–10; 8:45 am] 

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