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Vol. 86, No. 165 

Monday, August 30, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–DA–21–0071] 

Notice of Request for Extension and 

Revision 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. chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget for an extension of and 

revision to the currently approved 

information collection, ‘‘Requirements 

Under Regulations Governing 

Inspection and Grading Services of 

Manufactured or Processed Dairy 

Products.’’ 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 29, 2021 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this notice by using the electronic 

process available at www.regulations 

gov. All comments received will be 

posted without change, including any 

personal information provided, at 

www.regulations.gov and will be 

included in the record and made 

available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Eichorst, USDA AMS Dairy 

Program, 650 East Diehl Rd., Suite 100, 

Naperville, IL 60563; Tel: (630) 437– 

5045; Fax: (630) 437–5060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Requirements Under 

Regulations Governing Inspection and 

Grading Services of Manufactured or 

Processed Dairy Products. 

OMB Number: 0581–0126. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

November 30, 2021. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

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

seq.) directs the United Stated 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to 

develop programs that provide for and 

facilitate the marketing of agricultural 

products. One of these programs is the 

USDA voluntary inspection and grading 

program for dairy products with 

regulations contained in 7 CFR part 58. 

Regulations governing the certification 

of sanitary design and fabrication of 

equipment used in the slaughter, 

processing, and packaging of livestock 

and poultry products are contained in 7 

CFR part 54. To ensure a voluntary 

inspection program performs 

satisfactorily, there must be written 

requirements and rules for both 

Government and industry. The 

information requested is used to 

identify products offered for grading; to 

identify a request from a manufacturer 

of equipment used in dairy, meat, or 

poultry industries for evaluation 

regarding sanitary design and 

construction; to identify and contact the 

party responsible for payment of the 

inspection, grading or equipment 

evaluation fee and expense; and to 

identify applicants who wish to be 

authorized for the display of official 

identification on product packaging, 

materials, equipment, utensils, or on 

descriptive promotional materials. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.170 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Dairy product 

manufacturers, consultants, installers, 

dairy equipment fabricators, and meat 

and poultry processing equipment 

fabricators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

307. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

11,389. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 37.22. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,027 hours. 

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. 

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. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18605 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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 (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden 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 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 September 29, 

2021 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/ 


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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. 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights 

Title: 7 CFR part 15 subpart D—Data 

Collection Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0503–0022. 

Summary of Collection: Under 7 CFR 

15d.4(5) The Office of Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights (OASCR) shall 

require agencies to collect the race, 

ethnicity, and gender (REG) of 

applicants and program participants, 

who choose to provide such information 

on a voluntary basis. Currently, Section 

14006 of the 2008 Farm Bill requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to annually 

compile for each county and state in the 

United States program application and 

participation rate of sociallydisadvantaged farmers or ranchers for 

each program of USDA that serves 

agricultural producers or landowners. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

requested information will help USDA 

better determine if programs and 

services are reaching the needs of the 

public, beneficiaries, recipients, 

partners, and other stakeholders and 

supports USDA’s planning, outreach, 

and compliance efforts. The uniform 

collection of REG data allows USDA to 

administer programs from a proactive 

rather than a reactive position and 

enables the Department to assess the 

accomplishments of program delivery 

mandates and objectives. Moreover, 

when allegations of disparate treatment 

or service arise, it provides USDA the 

ability to determine the validity of 

alleged discrimination complaints and 

resolve conflicts and issues in an 

expeditious manner. Failure to collect 

this information will have a negative 

impact on USDA’s outreach and 

compliance activities. 

Description of Respondents: 

Producers, applicants, and USDA 

customers. 

Number of Respondents: 1,200. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (once). 

Total Burden Hours: 40. 

Dated: August 25, 2021. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18583 Filed 8–27–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–9R–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0043] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection; 

Special Need Requests Under the Plant 

Protection Act 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) to request an extension 

of approval of an information collection 

associated with the regulations to allow 

States to impose prohibitions or 

restrictions on specific articles in 

addition to those required by APHIS to 

help protect against the introduction 

and establishment of plant pests. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before October 29, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2021–0043 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2021–0043, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at regulations.gov or in 

our reading room, which is located in 

Room 1620 of the USDA South 

Building, 14th Street and Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal 

reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 799–7039 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on special need requests 

under the Plant Protection Act, contact 

Dr. Clarissa Maroon-Lango, Director, 

Biocontrol, and Forest, Wood and 

Rangeland Pests (BFWRP) and 

Emergency Domestic Programs (EDP), 

PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 52, 

Riverdale, MD 20737; (301) 851–2328. 

For more detailed information on the 

information collection reporting 

process, contact Mr. Joseph Moxey, 

APHIS’ Paperwork Reduction Act 

Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483; 

joseph.moxey@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Special Need Requests Under 

the Plant Protection Act. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0291. 

Type of request: Extension of approval 

of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act 

(PPA, 7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to restrict 

the importation, entry, or interstate 

movement of plants, plant products, and 

other articles to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. This authority 

has been delegated to the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

which administers regulations to 

implement the PPA. Regulations 

governing the interstate movement of 

plants, plant products, and other articles 

are contained in 7 CFR part 301, 

‘‘Domestic Quarantine Notices.’’ The 

regulations in ‘‘Subpart A—Preemption 

and Special Need Requests’’ allow 

States or political subdivisions of States 

to request approval from APHIS to 

impose prohibitions or restrictions on 

the movement in interstate commerce of 

specific articles that pose a plant health 

risk that are in addition to the 

prohibitions and restrictions imposed 

by APHIS. This process requires 

information collection activities, 

including a pest data detection survey 

with a pest risk analysis showing that a 

pest is not present in a State, or if 

already present, the current distribution 

in the State, and that the pest would 

harm or injure the environment and/or 

agricultural resources of the State or 

political subdivision. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 


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