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United States. The Web site focuses on
providing information to institutional
food service professions, as well as
providing a platform for processors,
distributors, and brokers to post
information about their processed
USDA supplied commodities and other
commercial food products available for
institutional food service purchase. The
USDA Food and Commodity
Connection Website provides food
related associations a location to
provide information on services and
materials available from the
organization. The Web site is a public
Web site and the information provided
is considered as public information.
Need and Use of the Information: The
USDA Food and Commodity
Connection Web site will collect all
information electronically at one time
upon registration. Each new user must
create their individual login and
password. There are five types of users;
institutional food service professionals,
processors, distributors, brokers and
food related associations. The Food and
Commodity Connection Web site is
designed as a central location in which
institutional food service professionals,
who provide meals in institutional
settings, can locate processors who
manufacture foods utilizing USDA
provided commodities, distributors who
distribute the manufactured food,
brokers who represent the processors,
and food related associations. No
information is collected from a user
when they access the Web site as a
guest.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; farms.
Number of Respondents: 850.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (one time).
Total Burden Hours: 280.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Domestic Origin Verification
System Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 0581–0234.
Summary of Collection: The
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1622(h)) requires and directs the
Department to promulgate rules and
regulations to carry out voluntary
inspection and grading services on a fee
for service basis. The collection of
information regarding the requirement
for companies to ensure domestic origin
of the products they deliver to the
USDA Purchase Program is provided for
in the ‘‘General Terms and Conditions
for Procurement of Agricultural
Commodities of Services,’’ (USDA–1).
The Domestic Origin Verification
System Program (DOVS) is a voluntary
audit and verification user-fee service
available to suppliers, processors, and
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any financially interested party. It is
designed to provide validation of the
applicant’s domestic origin verification
system prior to bidding on contracts to
supply food products to the
Department’s Feeding programs, and/or
may be conducted after a contract is
awarded. Participation in DOVS does
not relieve a company of its contractual
requirements to provide only domestic
origin product to the USDA.
Need and Use of the Information: An
interested company requests a DOVS
questionnaire, and once completed it
contains the applicants procedures to
ensure fruit, nut or vegetable
components or products can be traced
back to their domestic origin; use of a
segregation plan to keep all nondomestic components or products
separate from domestic products; for
taking corrective action on
nonconformities and deficiencies; for
checking the adequacy of their internal
system of ensuring domestic origin;
instructing employees in the domestic
origin requirement and for maintaining
records relating to the applicant’s
domestic origin verification system.
These elements should be in place
whether or not the applicant is on the
DOVS program or providing a trace-back
on every contract. DOVS assists
companies to meet the domestic origin
requirement for the USDA Purchase
Program efficiently and eliminates the
redundancy of the trace paperwork that
is required for every USDA contract.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 100.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 27, 2007.
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
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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) 720–8958.
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.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Direct Verification Evaluation
Study.
OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Child
Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act
of 2004 (Public Law 108–265) expanded
authorization for local education
agencies to directly verify eligibility for
the National School Lunch Program
(NSLP) without contacting households,
using data from other means-tested
programs such as the Food Stamp
Program, Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families, Food Distribution
Program on Indian Reservations,
Medicaid, and the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program. Direct
verification is intended to reduce
burden on households and Local
education agencies (LEAs), improve
program operations, and reduce the
number of children losing NSLP
benefits due to household nonresponse
to verification requests.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will
collect information to understand the
methods of direct verification and their
effectiveness, the Direct Verification
Pilot Study will systematically collect
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data from eight states. FNS proposes to
conduct four data collection activities:
Interviews with State CN and Medicaid
agencies; survey of LEAs; administrative
data collection from LEAs and State
agencies; and telephone interviews with
LEAs. Without the data FNS will not be
able to assess the effectiveness of NSLP
direct verification, and FNS will not be
able to disseminate information about
DV–M implementation to assist agencies
that do not currently use DV–M.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 364.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Report: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 379.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. AMS–FV–07–0120; FV–07–331]
Notice of Request for Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces the intention of the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to
request an extension for and revision to
a currently approved information
collection in support of the Regulations
Governing Inspection and Certification
of Processed Fruits and Vegetables and
Related Products.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on
or before December 3, 2007.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:
Contact Terry B. Bane, Processed
Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
STOP 0247, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0247; fax (202) 690–1527; or e-mail
‘‘terry.bane@usda.gov’’.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: ‘‘Regulations Governing
Inspection and Certification of
Processed Fruits and Vegetables and
Related Products—7 CFR 52’’.
OMB Number: 0581–0123.
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Expiration Date of Approval: February
29, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621—et seq.)
(AMA) directs and authorizes the
Department to develop standards of
quality, grades, grading programs, and
other services to facilitate trading of
agricultural products and assure
consumers of quality products which
are graded and identified under USDA
programs. Section 203(h) of the AMA
specifically directs and authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to inspect,
certify, and identify the grade, class,
quality, quantity, and condition of
agricultural products under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, including assessment and
collection of fees for the cost of the
service. The regulations for such
services for processed fruits and
vegetables and related products may be
found at 7 CFR Part 52.
AMS also provides other types of
voluntary services under the same
regulations, e.g., contract and
specification acceptance services,
facility assessment services and
certifications of quantity and quality.
Grading services are available on a
resident basis or a lot-fee basis.
Respondents may request resident
service on a continuous basis or on an
as-needed basis. The service is paid for
by the user (user-fee). The AMA and
these regulations do not mandate the
use of these services; they are provided
only to those entities that request or
apply for a specific service.
In order for the Agency to satisfy
those requests for service, the Agency
must request certain information from
those who apply for service. The
information collected is used only by
Agency personnel and is used to
administer services requested by the
respondents. The information request
requires personal data, such as, name of
the product, name and address of the
packer or plant, location of the product,
type and size of containers, and
designation of services requested.
Affected public may include any
partnership, association, business trust,
corporation, organized group, and State,
County or Municipal government, and
any authorized agent that has a financial
interest in the commodity involved and
requests service.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.05 hours per
response (1124 total hours divided by
21,068 total annual responses).
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Respondents: Applicants who are
applying for grading and inspection
services.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,437.
Estimated Number of Responses:
21,068.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 0.07.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,124.
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.
Comments may be sent to Mr. Terry B.
Bane, Processed Products Branch, Fruit
and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 0247, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0247; fax (202)
690–1527; or e-mail
‘‘terry.bane@usda.gov’’.
All comments received will be
available for public inspection during
regular business hours at the same
address.
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.
Dated: September 27, 2007.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 27, 2007.
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) 720-8958.
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.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Direct Verification Evaluation Study.
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization
Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-265) expanded authorization for local
education agencies to directly verify eligibility for the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP) without contacting households, using data
from other means-tested programs such as the Food Stamp Program,
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health
Insurance Program. Direct verification is intended to reduce burden on
households and Local education agencies (LEAs), improve program
operations, and reduce the number of children losing NSLP benefits due
to household nonresponse to verification requests.
Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) will collect information to understand the methods of direct
verification and their effectiveness, the Direct Verification Pilot
Study will systematically collect
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data from eight states. FNS proposes to conduct four data collection
activities: Interviews with State CN and Medicaid agencies; survey of
LEAs; administrative data collection from LEAs and State agencies; and
telephone interviews with LEAs. Without the data FNS will not be able
to assess the effectiveness of NSLP direct verification, and FNS will
not be able to disseminate information about DV-M implementation to
assist agencies that do not currently use DV-M.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 364.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Report: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 379.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-19439 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am]
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