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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 29, 2008.
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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.
the provision for any group of
individuals if the Secretary determines
‘‘that the areas in which the individuals
reside has an unemployment rate of
over 10 percent or does not have a
sufficient number of jobs to provide
employment for the individuals.’’
Need and Use of the Information: The
Food and Nutrition Service use the
information provided by State food
stamp agencies to evaluate whether the
statutory requirements for a waiver of
the food stamp time limit have been met
and to determine specifically whether
the designated areas’ unemployment
rate is over ten percent or if there is a
lack of sufficient jobs available. If the
information is not collected, the State
Food Stamp agencies could not obtain
waivers of time limits contained in
Section 6(o) of the Act.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government;
Individuals or household; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion, Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,680.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Request for Extension and Revision of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice
announces our intention to request a 3year extension and revision of a
Food and Nutrition Service
currently approved information
Title: Waivers Under Section 6(o) of
collection for ‘‘Export Inspection and
the Food Stamp Act.
Weighing Waiver for High Quality
OMB Control Number: 0584–0479.
Specialty Grain Transported in
Summary of Collection: Section 824 of Containers.’’
the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by December 1, 2008.
Pub. L. 104–193 (PRWORA) establishes
a time limit for the receipt of food stamp ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. You may
benefits for certain able-bodied adults
submit comments by any of the
who are not working. The provision
following methods:
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture,
upon a State agency’s request, to waiver
• E-mail: comments.gipsa@usda.gov.
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• Mail: Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
1647–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604.
• Fax: (202) 690–2755.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Tess
Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room
1647–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604.
• Internet: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments should
make reference to the date and page
number of this issue of the Federal
Register.
Background Documents: Information
collection package and other documents
relating to this action will be available
for public inspection in the above office
during regular business hours.
Read Comments: All comments will
be available for public inspection in the
above office during regular business
hours (7 CFR 1.27 (b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding the collection of
information activities and the use of the
information, contact Tess Butler (202)
720–7486, or at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress
enacted The United States Grain
Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71–
87k) to facilitate the marketing of grain
in interstate and foreign commerce. The
USGSA, with few exceptions, requires
that all grain shipped from the United
States must be officially inspected and
officially weighed. The USGSA
authorizes the Department of
Agriculture to waive the mandatory
inspection and weighing requirements
of the USGSA in circumstances when
the objectives of the USGSA would not
be impaired.
The Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
amended section 7 CFR 800.18 of the
regulations to waive the mandatory
inspection and weighing requirements
of the USGSA for high quality specialty
grain exported in containers. GIPSA
established this waiver to facilitate the
marketing of high quality specialty grain
exported in containers. GIPSA
determined that this action was
consistent with the objectives of the
USGSA and would promote the
continuing development of the high
quality specialty grain export market.
To ensure that exporters of high
quality specialty grain complied with
this waiver, GIPSA required exporters to
maintain records generated during the
normal course of business that pertain
to these shipments and make these
documents available to GIPSA upon
request for review or copying purposes
(70 FR 73556). These records shall be
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maintained for a period of 3 years. This
information collection requirement is
essential to ensure that exporters who
ship high quality specialty grain in
containers comply with the waiver
provisions. GIPSA did not require
exporters of high quality specialty grain
to complete and submit new Federal
government record(s), form(s), or
report(s).
Title: Export Inspection and Weighing
Waiver for High Quality Specialty Grain
Transported in Containers.
OMB Number: 0580–0022.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: GIPSA amended the
regulations under the United States
Grain Standards Act (USGSA) to waive
the mandatory inspection and weighing
requirements for high quality specialty
grain exported in containers. GIPSA
established this waiver to facilitate the
marketing of high quality specialty grain
exported in containers. To ensure
compliance with this wavier, GIPSA
required these exporters to maintain
records generated during their normal
course of business that pertain to these
shipments and make these documents
available to GIPSA upon request, for
review and copying purposes.
Grain Contracts
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
and recordkeeping burden for
maintaining contract information was
estimated to average 6.0 hours per
exporter.
Respondents: Exporters of high
quality specialty grain in containers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
80.
Estimated Number of Respondents
per Request: 1.
Estimated Total Burden on
Respondents: 480 Hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(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 the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (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 forms of information
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technology. All responses to this notice
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–23260 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: International Trade
Administration.
Title: Export Trade Certificate of
Review.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0125.
Form Number(s): ITA–4093.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 384.
Number of Respondents: 12.
Average Hours Per Response: 32.
Needs and Uses: Title III of the Export
Trading Company Act (Act) authorizes
the Department of Commerce, with the
concurrence of the Department of
Justice (Departments), to issue an Export
Trade Certificate of Review to any
person who establishes that their
proposed export trade, export trade
activities, and methods of operation
meet the standards set forth in the Act.
The information contained in the
application will be used by the
Departments in performing the antitrust
analysis required by the Act. The
purpose of an analysis is to make a
determination as to whether or not to
issue an Export Trade Certificate of
Review. A certificate provides its holder
and members named in the certificate:
(a) Immunity from government actions
under state and Federal antitrust laws
for the export conduct specified in the
certificate; (b) some protection from
frivolous private lawsuits by limiting
their liability in private actions to actual
damages when the challenged activities
are covered by an Export Certificate of
Review. Title III was enacted to reduce
uncertainty regarding application of
U.S. antitrust laws to export activities—
especially those involving actions by
domestic competitors.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
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institutions; state, local or tribal
government.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: $0.
OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante,
(202) 395–3647.
Copies of the above information
collection proposal can be obtained by
calling or writing Diana Hynek,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance
Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk
Officer, fax number (202) 395–7285 or
via the Internet at
Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: September 24, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; National
Immunization Survey Evaluation Study
U.S. Census Bureau.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before December 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Andrea L. Piani, Census
DATES:
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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, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces our intention to request a 3-
year extension and revision of a currently approved information
collection for ``Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality
Specialty Grain Transported in Containers.''
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by December 1, 2008.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: comments.gipsa@usda.gov.
Mail: Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 1647-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Fax: (202) 690-2755.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1647-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Internet: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting comments.
Instructions: All comments should make reference to the date and
page number of this issue of the Federal Register.
Background Documents: Information collection package and other
documents relating to this action will be available for public
inspection in the above office during regular business hours.
Read Comments: All comments will be available for public inspection
in the above office during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27 (b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the
collection of information activities and the use of the information,
contact Tess Butler (202) 720-7486, or at the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress enacted The United States Grain
Standards Act (USGSA) (7 U.S.C. 71-87k) to facilitate the marketing of
grain in interstate and foreign commerce. The USGSA, with few
exceptions, requires that all grain shipped from the United States must
be officially inspected and officially weighed. The USGSA authorizes
the Department of Agriculture to waive the mandatory inspection and
weighing requirements of the USGSA in circumstances when the objectives
of the USGSA would not be impaired.
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
amended section 7 CFR 800.18 of the regulations to waive the mandatory
inspection and weighing requirements of the USGSA for high quality
specialty grain exported in containers. GIPSA established this waiver
to facilitate the marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in
containers. GIPSA determined that this action was consistent with the
objectives of the USGSA and would promote the continuing development of
the high quality specialty grain export market.
To ensure that exporters of high quality specialty grain complied
with this waiver, GIPSA required exporters to maintain records
generated during the normal course of business that pertain to these
shipments and make these documents available to GIPSA upon request for
review or copying purposes (70 FR 73556). These records shall be
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maintained for a period of 3 years. This information collection
requirement is essential to ensure that exporters who ship high quality
specialty grain in containers comply with the waiver provisions. GIPSA
did not require exporters of high quality specialty grain to complete
and submit new Federal government record(s), form(s), or report(s).
Title: Export Inspection and Weighing Waiver for High Quality
Specialty Grain Transported in Containers.
OMB Number: 0580-0022.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2008.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: GIPSA amended the regulations under the United States
Grain Standards Act (USGSA) to waive the mandatory inspection and
weighing requirements for high quality specialty grain exported in
containers. GIPSA established this waiver to facilitate the marketing
of high quality specialty grain exported in containers. To ensure
compliance with this wavier, GIPSA required these exporters to maintain
records generated during their normal course of business that pertain
to these shipments and make these documents available to GIPSA upon
request, for review and copying purposes.
Grain Contracts
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting and recordkeeping burden for
maintaining contract information was estimated to average 6.0 hours per
exporter.
Respondents: Exporters of high quality specialty grain in
containers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80.
Estimated Number of Respondents per Request: 1.
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 480 Hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (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
forms of information technology. All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments
will also become a matter of public record.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-23260 Filed 10-1-08; 8:45 am]
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