Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 1408 [05-303]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 1408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-303]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 3, 2005.
    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), Pamela--Beverly--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.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Reporting Requirements Under the Regulations Governing 
Inspection and Certification of Processed Fruits and Vegetable and 
Related Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0123.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1622(h)) requires and directs the Department of Agriculture to 
promulgate rules and regulations to carry out voluntary inspection and 
grading services of processed fruits and vegetables on a fee for 
service basis. The Regulations Governing Inspection and Certification 
of Processed Fruit and Vegetables and Related Products (7 CFR 52) 
authorizes the collection of information to assure that the products 
sampled, inspected, graded and certified are actually the products 
requested to be sampled and inspected.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Agricultural Marketing Service 
(AMS) uses the data collected for grading and certification purposes 
and for hiring licensed samplers. The following forms are used by AMS 
for information collection: FV-159, Application for Inspection of 
Unofficially Submitted Samples of Food Products, is used to determine 
the purpose for which the inspection is desired for unofficially 
submitted samples. FV-356, Application for Inspection and Certificate 
of Sampling, is used to fill in information about the respondent, to 
describe the containers, the location code marks and the number of 
containers in the lot. FV-468, Application for License to Sample 
Processed Foods, the information collected is used to hire prospective 
employees desiring to become licensed and to certify as to the 
identification, location, kinds and condition of containers of 
processed products that are sampled.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,406.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,125.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Specified Commodities Imported into the United States Exempt 
from Import Requirements, 7 CFR part 944, 980, and 999.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0167.
    Summary of Collection: Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 
(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674) provides that when certain 
domestically produced commodities are regulated under a Federal 
marketing order; imports of the commodity must meet the same or 
comparable requirements. The North American Free Trade Agreement 
(NAFTA) provides that imported products destined for processing or 
other exempt outlets must be given no less favorable treatment than 
that afforded to domestic products. Import regulations apply only 
during those periods when domestic marketing order regulations are in 
effect. No person may import products for processing or other exempt 
purposes unless an executed FV-6, Importers Exempt Commodity Form, 
accompanies the shipment. The FV-7, Civil Penalty Stipulation 
Agreement, is a ``volunteer'' form that provides the Agricultural 
Marketing Service (AMS) with an additional tool to obtain resolution of 
certain cases without the cost of going to a hearing.
    Need and Use of the Information: AMS utilizes the information to 
ensure that imported goods destined for exempt outlets are given no 
less favorable treatment than that afforded to domestic goods destined 
for such exempt outlets. The importers wishing to import commodities 
will use form FV-6, ``Importer's Exempt Commodity'', which requires a 
minimum amount of information.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 536.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 915.

Sondra Blakey,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-303 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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