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Notices Federal Register

4981 

Vol. 77, No. 21 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request; Republication 

January 23, 2012. 

Editorial Note: Notice document 12–01639 

appeared in error in the issue of Thursday, 

January 26, 2012. It is being reprinted in its 

entirety in today’s issue. 

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 

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 or 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), New Executive Office Building, 

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. 

DATES: Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received by 

February 27, 2012. 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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Regulations Governing the 

Inspection and Grading of Manufactured 

or Processed Dairy Products— 

Recordkeeping. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0110. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 

directs the Department to develop 

programs that will provide and enable 

the marketing of agricultural products. 

One of these programs is the USDA 

voluntary inspection and grading 

program for dairy products where these 

dairy products are graded according to 

U.S. grade standards by a USDA grader. 

The dairy products so graded 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 must be written 

guides and rules, which in this case are 

regulations for the provider and user. 

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 is 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-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 487. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,388. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Regulations for Inspection of 

Eggs. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0113. 

Summary of Collection: Congress 

enacted the Egg Products Inspection Act 

(21 U.S.C. 1031–1056) (EPIA) to provide 

a mandatory inspection program to 

assure egg products are processed under 

sanitary conditions, are wholesome, 

unadulterated, and properly labeled; to 

control the disposition of dirty and 

checked shell eggs; to control 

unwholesome, adulterated, and inedible 

egg products and shell eggs that are 

unfit for human consumption; and to 

control the movement and disposition 

of imported shell eggs and egg products 

that are unwholesome and inedible. 

Regulations developed under 7 CFR part 

57 provide the requirements and 

guidelines for the Department and 

industry needed to obtain compliance. 

The Agricultural Marketing Service 

(AMS) will collect information using 

several forms. Forms used to collect 

information provide method for 

measuring workload, record of 

compliance and non compliance and a 

basis to monitor the utilization of funds. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

AMS will use the information to assure 

compliance with the Act and 

regulations, to take administrative and 

regulatory action and to develop and 

revise cooperative agreements with the 

States, which conduct surveillance 

inspections of shell egg handlers and 

processors. If the information is not 

collected, AMS would not be able to 

control the processing, movement, and 

disposition of restricted shell eggs and 

egg products and take regulatory action 

in case of noncompliance. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Federal Government; 

State, Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 935. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

Quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,937. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

Editorial Note: Notice document 12–01639 

appeared in error in the issue of Thursday, 

January 26, 2012. It is being reprinted in its 

entirety in today’s issue. 

[FR Doc. R1–2012–1639 Filed 1–31–12; 8:45 am] 

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