80 FR 12423 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 45 (March 9, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12423]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05397]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 4, 2015.
    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; New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] 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 by April 8, 2015. 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 for the 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: 818.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,909.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Dairy Products Mandatory Sales Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0274.
    Summary of Collection: The Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010 
amended Sec.  273(d) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an electronic 
reporting system for certain manufacturers of dairy products to report 
sales information under 7 CFR part 1170, the mandatory Dairy Product 
Mandatory Reporting Program. Data collection for cheddar cheese, 
butter, dry whey, or nonfat dry milk sales is limited to manufacturing 
plants producing annually 1 million pounds or more of one of the 
surveyed commodities specified in the program.
    Need and Use of the Information: Persons engaged in manufacturing 
dairy products are required to provide the Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) certain information, including the price, quantity, and moisture 
content, where applicable, of dairy products sold by the manufacturer. 
Various manufacturer reports are filed electronically on a weekly 
basis. Additional paper forms are filed by manufacturers on an annual 
basis to validate participation in the mandatory reporting program. 
Manufacturers and other persons storing dairy products must also report 
information on the quantity of dairy products stored. USDA publishes 
composites of the information obtained to help industry members make 
informed marketing decisions regarding dairy products. The information 
is also used to establish minimum prices for Class III and Class IV 
milk under Federal milk marketing orders. Without this information USDA 
would not be able to verify compliance with applicable regulations.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses--Cheddar Cheese, 40 lb. 
Blocks.
    Number of Respondents: 181.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Weekly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,331.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-05397 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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