[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 115 (Thursday, June 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32244-32245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12758]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comments Requested

June 14, 2021.
    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 July 19, 2021. 
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 for the Inspection of Eggs.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0113.
    Summary of Collection: Congress enacted the Egg Products Inspection 
Act

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(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: 805.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion; 
Quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,942.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-12758 Filed 6-16-21; 8:45 am]
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