Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 137 / Monday, July 20, 2009 / Notices 35157 

OMB Control Number: 0581–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 as 

amended 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq. 

authorizes the Secretary to inspect and 

certify the quality of agricultural 

products and collect such fees as 

reasonable to cover the cost of services 

rendered. The Fresh Products Branch 

provides nationwide audit and 

inspection services for fresh fruits, 

vegetables, and other products to 

growers, shippers, importers, 

processors, sellers, buyers, and other 

financially interested parties on a ‘‘user 

fee’’ basis. The use of these services is 

voluntary and is made available only 

upon request. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information is needed to provide audit 

services. Agricultural Marketing Service 

will collect this information using forms 

FV–237A ‘‘Request for Audit Services’’, 

FV–651 ‘‘Agreement for Participation in 

Audit Verification Programs’’ and FV– 

652 ‘‘Logo Use Request for Audit 

Programs.’’ This information includes: 

Name and location of the person or 

company requesting the audit, the type 

and location of the product to be 

audited, the type of audit being 

requested and any information that will 

identify the product and/or the 

location(s) to be covered by the audit. 

As part of the audit process, an auditee’s 

documentation must be made available 

to the Fresh Products Branch personnel 

for review to show conformance to the 

specific audit program. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit; Not-forprofit Institutions and State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 17,080. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–17181 Filed 7–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

July 15, 2009. 

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 

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), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Egg, Chicken, and Turkey 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0004. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

function of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare 

and issue current official State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production. Thousands of farmers, 

ranchers, agribusinesses and others 

voluntarily respond to nationwide 

surveys about crops, livestock, prices, 

and other agricultural activities. 

Estimates of egg, chicken, and turkey 

production are in an integral part of this 

program. General authority for these 

data collection activities is granted 

under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. 

This statue specifies the ‘‘The Secretary 

of Agriculture shall procure and 

preserve all information concerning 

agriculture which she can obtain * * * 

by the collection of statistics * * * and 

shall distribute them among 

agriculturists’’. Information published 

from the surveys in this docket is 

needed by USDA economists and 

government policy makers to ensure the 

orderly marketing of broilers, turkeys 

and eggs. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Statistics on these poultry products 

contribute to a comprehensive program 

of keeping the government and poultry 

industry abreast of anticipated changes. 

All of the poultry reports are used by 

producers, processors, feed dealers, and 

others in the marketing and supply 

channels as a basis for their production 

and marketing decisions. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for profit. 

Number of Respondents: 6,753. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Weekly; Monthly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,512. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: List Sampling Frame Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0140. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

objective of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide 

data users with timely and reliable 

agricultural production and economic 

statistics, as well as environmental and 

specialty agricultural related statistics. 

To accomplish this objective, NASS 

relies heavily on the use of sample 

surveys statistically drawn from ‘‘List 

Sampling Frame.’’ The List Sampling 

Frame is a database of names and 

addresses, with control data, that 

contains the components values from 

which these samples can be drawn. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data from criteria surveys are used to 

provide control data for new records on 

the list sampling frame this information 

is utilized to define the size of 

operation, define sample populations 

and establish eligibility for the Census 

of Agriculture. New names and 

addresses of potential farms are 

obtained on a regular basis from growers 

associations, other government agencies 

and various outside sources. This 

information is used to develop efficient 

sample designs, which allows NASS the 

ability to draw reduced sample sizes 

from the originally large universe 

populations. 

Description of Respondents: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 500,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 96,800. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–17182 Filed 7–17–09; 8:45 am] 

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