82 FR 40133 - Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 163 (August 24, 2017)
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 163 (August 24, 2017)
| Page Range | 40133-40134 | |
| FR Document | 2017-17887 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 40133-40134] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-17887] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: GIPSA intends to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a 3-year extension of a currently approved information collection for the ``Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) and under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA).'' This approval is required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). DATES: GIPSA will consider comments received by October 23, 2017. ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Submit Comments Using the Internet: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604. Instructions: All comments should be identified as ``FGIS Information Collection,'' and should reference the date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. The information collection package and other documents relating to this action will be available for public inspection in Room 2530-S, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604 during regular business hours. All comments will be available for public inspection in the above office during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). Please call the Management and Budget Services Staff of GIPSA at (202) 720-8479 to arrange to inspect comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Omade, 202-720-8479. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress enacted the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71-87k) and the Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) to facilitate the marketing of grain, oilseeds, pulses, rice, and related commodities. These statutes provide for the establishment of standards and terms that accurately and consistently measure the quality of grain and related products, provide for uniform official inspection and weighing, provide regulatory and service responsibilities, and furnish the framework for commodity quality improvement incentives to both domestic and foreign buyers. GIPSA's Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS) establishes policies, guidelines, and regulations to carry out the objectives of the USGSA and the AMA. Regulations appear at 7 CFR 800, 801, and 802 for the USGSA and 7 CFR 868 for the AMA. The USGSA, with few exceptions, requires official inspection of export grain sold by grade. Official services are provided, upon request, for grain in domestic commerce. The AMA authorizes similar inspection and weighing services, upon request, for rice, pulses, flour, corn meal, and certain other agricultural products. Conversely, the regulations promulgated under the USGSA and the AMA require specific information collection and recordkeeping necessary to carry out requests for official services. Applicants for official services must specify the kind and level of service, the identification of the product, the location, the amount, and other pertinent information in order that official personnel can efficiently respond to their needs. Official services under the USGSA are provided through FGIS field offices and delegated and/or designated State and private agencies. Delegated agencies are State agencies delegated authority under the USGSA to provide official inspection service, Class X or Class Y weighing services, or both, at one or more export port locations in the State. [[Page 40134]] Designated agencies are State or local governmental agencies or persons designated under the USGSA to provide official inspection services, Class X or Class Y weighing services, or both, at locations other than export port locations. State and private agencies, as a requirement for delegation and/or designation, must comply with all regulations, procedures, and instructions in accordance with provisions established under the USGSA. FGIS field offices oversee the performance of these agencies and provide technical guidance as needed. Official services under the AMA are performed, upon request, on a fee basis for domestic and export shipments either by FGIS employees, individual contractors, or cooperators. Contractors are persons who enter into a contract with FGIS to perform specified sampling and inspection services. Cooperators are agencies or departments of the Federal Government which have an interagency agreement, State agencies, or other entities which have a reimbursable agreement with FGIS. Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements (United States Grain Standards Act and Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946). OMB Number: 0580-0013. Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 2018. Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: The USGSA and the AMA authorize USDA to inspect, certify and identify the class, quality, quantity and condition of agricultural products shipped or received in interstate and foreign commerce. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting and record keeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .13 hours per response. Respondents: Grain producers, buyers, and sellers, elevator operators, grain merchandisers, and official grain inspection agencies. Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,610. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 144.30. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 158,144 hours. As required by the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) and its implementing regulations (5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)(i)), GIPSA specifically requests comments 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. Randall D. Jones, Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. [FR Doc. 2017-17887 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P
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to noninfested areas. Citrus greening, Estimated Annual Number of the Federal Register. The information
also known as Huanglongbing disease of Responses per Respondent: 73. collection package and other documents
citrus, is considered to be one of the Estimated Annual Number of relating to this action will be available
most serious citrus diseases in the Responses: 483. for public inspection in Room 2530–S,
world. Citrus greening is a bacterial Estimated Total Annual Burden on 1400 Independence Avenue SW.,
disease that attacks the vascular system Respondents: 81 hours. (Due to Washington, DC 20250–3604 during
of host plants. This bacterial pathogen averaging, the total annual burden hours regular business hours. All comments
can be transmitted by grafting and, may not equal the product of the annual will be available for public inspection in
under laboratory conditions, by number of responses multiplied by the the above office during regular business
parasitic plants. The pathogen can also reporting burden per response.) hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). Please call the
be transmitted by two insect vectors in All responses to this notice will be Management and Budget Services Staff
the family Psyllidae, one of which is summarized and included in the request of GIPSA at (202) 720–8479 to arrange
Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, ACP. ACP for OMB approval. All comments will to inspect comments.
can also cause economic damage to also become a matter of public record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
citrus in groves and nurseries by direct Done in Washington, DC, this 17th day of Irene Omade, 202–720–8479.
feeding. Both adults and nymphs feed August 2017. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress
on young foliage, depleting the sap and Michael C. Gregoire, enacted the United States Grain
causing galling or curling of leaves. Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71–
High populations feeding on a citrus Health Inspection Service. 87k) and the Agricultural Marketing Act
shoot can kill the growing tip. [FR Doc. 2017–17876 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am] (AMA) (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) to facilitate
APHIS issued a Federal Order to BILLING CODE 3410–34–P the marketing of grain, oilseeds, pulses,
allow the interstate movement of fresh, rice, and related commodities. These
mature Kaffir lime, curry, and bael statutes provide for the establishment of
leaves intended for consumption if the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE standards and terms that accurately and
listed requirements are followed. The consistently measure the quality of grain
requirements include information Grain Inspection, Packers and and related products, provide for
collection activities, such as compliance Stockyards Administration uniform official inspection and
agreements (including a protocol weighing, provide regulatory and
document), limited permits, Federal Request for Extension and Revision of
a Currently Approved Information service responsibilities, and furnish the
certificates, inspections, and labeling framework for commodity quality
requirements. Collection
improvement incentives to both
We are asking the Office of AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and domestic and foreign buyers. GIPSA’s
Management and Budget to approve our Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)
use of these information collection USDA. establishes policies, guidelines, and
activities for 3 years. ACTION: Notice and request for regulations to carry out the objectives of
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments. the USGSA and the AMA. Regulations
comments from the public (as well as appear at 7 CFR 800, 801, and 802 for
affected agencies) concerning our SUMMARY: GIPSA intends to request that the USGSA and 7 CFR 868 for the AMA.
information collection. These comments the Office of Management and Budget The USGSA, with few exceptions,
will help us: (OMB) approve a 3-year extension of a requires official inspection of export
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of currently approved information grain sold by grade. Official services are
information is necessary for the proper collection for the ‘‘Reporting and provided, upon request, for grain in
performance of the functions of the Recordkeeping Requirements under the domestic commerce. The AMA
Agency, including whether the United States Grain Standards Act authorizes similar inspection and
information will have practical utility; (USGSA) and under the Agricultural weighing services, upon request, for
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA).’’ This rice, pulses, flour, corn meal, and
estimate of the burden of the collection approval is required under the certain other agricultural products.
of information, including the validity of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Conversely, the regulations promulgated
the methodology and assumptions used; (PRA). under the USGSA and the AMA require
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and DATES: GIPSA will consider comments specific information collection and
clarity of the information to be received by October 23, 2017. recordkeeping necessary to carry out
collected; and ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit requests for official services. Applicants
(4) Minimize the burden of the comments on this notice. You may for official services must specify the
collection of information on those who submit comments by any of the kind and level of service, the
are to respond, through use, as following methods: identification of the product, the
appropriate, of automated, electronic, • Submit Comments Using the location, the amount, and other
mechanical, and other collection Internet: Go to http:// pertinent information in order that
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic www.regulations.gov and follow the on- official personnel can efficiently
submission of responses. line instructions for submitting respond to their needs.
Estimate of burden: The public comments. Official services under the USGSA are
burden for this collection of information • Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: provided through FGIS field offices and
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is estimated to average 0.18 hours per Irene Omade, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 delegated and/or designated State and
response. Independence Avenue SW., Room private agencies. Delegated agencies are
Respondents: U.S. producers, packers, 2530–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604. State agencies delegated authority under
and distributors of fresh, mature Kaffir Instructions: All comments should be the USGSA to provide official
lime, curry, and bael leaves. identified as ‘‘FGIS Information inspection service, Class X or Class Y
Estimated annual number of Collection,’’ and should reference the weighing services, or both, at one or
respondents: 6. date and page number of this issue of more export port locations in the State.
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Designated agencies are State or local of information including the validity of www.reginfo.gov/public/. Follow the
governmental agencies or persons the methodology and assumptions used; instructions to view Department of
designated under the USGSA to provide (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, Commerce collections currently under
official inspection services, Class X or and clarity of the information to be review by OMB.
Class Y weighing services, or both, at collected; and (4) ways to minimize the Written comments and
locations other than export port burden of the collection of information recommendations for the proposed
locations. State and private agencies, as on those who are to respond, including information collection should be sent
a requirement for delegation and/or the use of appropriate automated, within 30 days of publication of this
designation, must comply with all electronic, mechanical, or other notice to OIRA_Submission@
regulations, procedures, and technological collection techniques or omb.eop.gov.
instructions in accordance with other forms of information technology. Sheleen Dumas,
provisions established under the All responses to this notice will be
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
USGSA. FGIS field offices oversee the summarized and included in the request Information Officer.
performance of these agencies and for OMB approval. All comments will
[FR Doc. 2017–17972 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am]
provide technical guidance as needed. become a matter of public record.
Official services under the AMA are BILLING CODE 3510–33–P
Randall D. Jones,
performed, upon request, on a fee basis
for domestic and export shipments Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
either by FGIS employees, individual
contractors, or cooperators. Contractors [FR Doc. 2017–17887 Filed 8–23–17; 8:45 am]
Proposed Information Collection;
are persons who enter into a contract BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P
Comment Request; the Reporting
with FGIS to perform specified Process for Complaint of Employment
sampling and inspection services. Discrimination Used by Permanent
Cooperators are agencies or departments DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Employees and Applicants for
of the Federal Government which have Employment at the Department of
an interagency agreement, State Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request Commerce
agencies, or other entities which have a
reimbursable agreement with FGIS. The Department of Commerce will AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office
Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping submit to the Office of Management and of Civil Rights, Commerce.
Requirements (United States Grain Budget (OMB) for clearance the ACTION: Notice.
Standards Act and Agricultural following proposal for collection of
Marketing Act of 1946). SUMMARY: The Department of
information under the provisions of the Commerce, as part of its continuing
OMB Number: 0580–0013. Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Expiration Date of Approval: January effort to reduce paperwork and
Chapter 35). respondent burden, invites the general
31, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension and Agency: Bureau of Industry and public and other Federal agencies to
revision of a currently approved Security. take this opportunity to comment on
information collection. Title: Procedures for Acceptance or proposed and/or continuing information
Abstract: The USGSA and the AMA Rejection of a Rated Order. collections, as required by the
authorize USDA to inspect, certify and Form Number(s): N/A. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
identify the class, quality, quantity and OMB Control Number: 0694–0092.
DATES: Written comments must be
condition of agricultural products Type of Review: Regular submission.
submitted on or before October 23,
shipped or received in interstate and Estimated Total Annual Burden
2017.
foreign commerce. Hours: 21,380.
Estimated Number of Respondents: ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
and record keeping burden for this 734,650. to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
collection of information is estimated to Estimated Time per Response: 1 to 15 Paperwork Clearance Officer,
average .13 hours per response. minutes. Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
Respondents: Grain producers, Needs and Uses: This collection 14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
buyers, and sellers, elevator operators, involves the exchange of rated order Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
grain merchandisers, and official grain information between customers and Internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
inspection agencies. suppliers. Recordkeeping is necessary FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Estimated Number of Respondents: for administration and enforcement of Requests for additional information or
8,610. delegated authority under the Defense copies of the information collection
Estimated Number of Responses per Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 instrument(s) and instructions should
Respondent: 144.30. U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.) and the be directed to Kathryn Anderson, 202–
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Selective Service Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 482–3680, or KAnderson@doc.gov.
Respondents: 158,144 hours. App. 468). Any person (supplier) who SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
As required by the PRA (44 U.S.C. receives a priority rated order under
3506(c)(2)(A)) and its implementing DPAS regulation (15 CFR 700) must I. Abstract
regulations (5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)(i)), notify the customer of acceptance or The Equal Employment Opportunity
GIPSA specifically requests comments rejection of that order within a specified Commission (EEOC) regulations at 29
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on: (1) Whether the proposed collection period of time. CFR 1614.106 require that a Federal
of information is necessary for the Affected Public: Business or other for- employee or applicant for Federal
proper performance of the functions of profit organizations. employment alleging discrimination
the agency, including whether the Frequency: On Occasion. based on race, color, sex, national
information will have practical utility; Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. origin, religion, age, disability, or
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate This information collection request reprisal for protected activity must
of the burden of the proposed collection may be viewed at reginfo.gov http:// submit a signed statement that is
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice and request for comments. | |
| Dates | GIPSA will consider comments received by October 23, 2017. | |
| Contact | Irene Omade, 202-720-8479. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 40133 |
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