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equity and rural development, risk 

management, and market outlook 

(including alternative products and 

production systems). 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Number of Respondents: 20,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,000. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: LP–85—Lamb Assessment 

Refund Form. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: Congress has 

delegated to the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) the responsibility 

for implementing and overseeing 

research and promotion (R&P) programs 

for a variety of commodities, including 

lamb. These programs are established 

under legislation. The enabling 

legislation for the lamb research and 

promotion program is the Commodity 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

Act of 1996 (Act) (7 U.S.C. 7411–7425 

and 7 U.S.C. 7401). 

These R&P programs carry out 

projects relating to research, consumer 

information, advertising, sales 

promotion, producer information, 

market development, and product 

research to assist, improve, or promote 

the marketing, distribution, and 

utilization of their respective 

commodities. The R&P programs are 

funded and directed by industry boards 

whose members are appointed by the 

Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary), 

who also approves the boards’ budgets, 

plans, and projects. The latter 

responsibility has been delegated to 

AMS. 

The funding for these programs is 

industry-specific, with assessments 

generating from deductions from sales 

by producers and importers. AMS’ 

objective in carrying out this 

responsibility is to assure the following: 

(1) Assessment funds are collected and 

properly accounted for; (2) expenditures 

of funds are for the purposes authorized 

by the enabling legislation; and (3) the 

boards’ administration of the programs 

conforms to legislation and USDA 

policy. AMS’ Livestock and Poultry 

Program (LP) has direct oversight of the 

lamb R&P program. The appointed 

boards are responsible for collecting 

assessments from the persons covered 

under and subject to these programs. To 

carry out their responsibilities, these 

programs require the use of forms 

covered under OMB No. 0581–0093. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Lamb Promotion, Research, and 

Information Order (Order) and 

regulations governing the lamb R&P 

program authorizes the Lamb 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

Board (also known as American Lamb 

Board (Lamb Board)) to collect and 

submit certain information as required. 

The information may be used by certain 

lamb feeders who seek a refund of their 

paid assessments. 

AMS developed a form needed to 

effectively carry out the regulatory 

action that would authorize the new 

collection procedures of their 

assessment funds to the national 

program. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 150. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03840 Filed 2–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 16, 2022. 

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 are 

requested regarding; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by March 25, 2022 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 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. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Virus-Serum-Toxin Act and 

Regulations in 9 CFR, Subchapter E, 

Parts 101–124. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0013. 

Summary of Collection: The VirusSerum-Toxin Act (U.S.C. 151–159) gives 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture, the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) the 

authority to promulgate regulations 

designed to prevent the importation, 

preparation, sale, or shipment of 

harmful veterinary biological products. 

A veterinary biological product is 

defined as all viruses, serums, toxins, 

and analogous products of natural or 

synthetic origin (such as vaccines, 

antitoxins, or the immunizing 

components of microorganisms 

intended for the diagnosis, treatment, or 

prevention of diseases in domestic 

animals). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS uses the information collected as 

a primary basis for the approval or 

acceptance of issuing licenses or 

permits to ensure veterinary biological 

products that are used in the United 

States are pure, safe, potent, and 

effective. Failure to collect this 

information in a timely manner could 

result in harmful veterinary biologics 

being distributed or used in the United 

States. Consequently, injuries to animals 

or failure to prevent disease outbreaks 

would severely undermine consumer 

confidence in the effectiveness and 

safety of these products. Further, 

catastrophic damage could be inflicted 

upon U.S. livestock industries and pet 

populations and bring great harm to the 

U.S. economy and veterinary biologics 

industry. 

Description of the Respondents: 

Businesses or other for profit, Foreign 

and State Governments, Private 

Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 478. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Third Party Disclosure; 

Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 43,072. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Animal Disease Traceability. 


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OMB Control Number: 0579–0327. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

Health Protection Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

8301–8317) is the primary Federal law 

governing the protection of animal 

health. The law gives the Secretary of 

Agriculture broad authority to detect, 

control, or eradicate pests or diseases of 

livestock or poultry. The Veterinary 

Services unit (VS) of the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

uses disease control to safeguard U.S. 

animal health. One important part of 

disease control is animal disease 

traceability. Animal disease traceability 

means being able to document the 

movement history of an animal 

throughout its life. Knowing where 

diseased and at-risk animals have been 

and are located, as well as when they 

have been there, is indispensable during 

an emergency response and important 

for ongoing disease programs. 

Traceability helps document the 

movement history of an animal 

throughout its life, including during an 

emergency response or for ongoing 

animal disease programs. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

APHIS uses the following information 

collection activities and forms to 

facilitate Animal Disease Traceability 

(ADT) and support disease control, 

eradication, and surveillance activities. 

Within the ADT framework, official 

animal identification devices give a 

nationally unique identification number 

for livestock animals that require official 

identification. The distribution and use 

of official identification devices require 

some information collection activities. If 

this information was not collected, 

APHIS’ ability to address traceability 

needs would be significantly hampered. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government; 

Businesses. 

Number of Respondents: 273,587. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,518,339. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03741 Filed 2–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Reinstatement of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Comments 

are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 Comments 

regarding these information collections 

are best assured of having their full 

effect if received by March 25, 2022. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

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: Regulations Governing the 

Inspection and Grading of Manufactured 

or Processed Dairy Products— 

Recordkeeping (Subpart B). 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0110. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) directs the 

Department to develop programs that 

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 dairy products are graded 

according to U.S. grade standards by a 

USDA grader. 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 

must be written guides and rules, which 

in this case are regulations for the 

provider and user. For the above 

reasons, these regulations were 

developed and issued under the 

authority of the Act. These regulations 

are essential to administer the program 

needed by the user and to carry out the 

purposes of the Act. 

Need and use of the Information: The 

Agricultural Marketing Service will 

collect information to ensure that the 

dairy inspection program products are 

produced under sanitary conditions and 

buyers are purchasing a quality product. 

The information collected through 

recordkeeping are routinely reviewed 

and evaluated during the inspection of 

the dairy plant facilities for USDA 

approval. Without laboratory testing 

results required by recordkeeping, the 

inspectors would not be able to evaluate 

the quality of dairy products. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profits. 

Number of Respondents: 362. 

Frequency of responses: 

Recordkeeping; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 962. 

February 17, 2022. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03843 Filed 2–22–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Comments 

are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 Comments 


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