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reference the document number (AMS–
DA–11–0087; DA–11–08), the date and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. All comments received will be
posted without change, including any
personal information provided, online
at https://www.regulations.gov and will
be made available for public inspections
at the above physical address during
normal business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Evan J. Stachowicz, at the above
physical address or by telephone (202)
720–9385, by e-mail at
Evan.Stachowicz@ams.usda.gov.
Title:
Regulations Governing the Inspection
and Grading of Manufactured or
Processed Dairy Products—
Recordkeeping (Subpart B).
OMB Number: 0581–0110.
Expiration Date of Approval: March
31, 2012
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing
Act (AMA) of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et
seq.) directs the Department to develop
programs which will provide for and
facilitate the marketing of agricultural
products. One of these programs is the
USDA voluntary inspection and grading
program for dairy products (7 CFR Part
58) where these dairy products are
graded according to U.S. grade
standards by a USDA grader. The dairy
products under the dairy program may
be identified with the USDA grade
mark. Dairy processors, buyers, retailers,
institutional users, and consumers have
requested that such a program be
developed to assure the uniform quality
of dairy products purchased. In order
for any service program to perform
satisfactorily, there are regulations for
the provider and user. For these reasons,
the dairy inspection and grading
program regulations were developed
and issued under the authority of the
AMA. These regulations are essential to
administering the program and meeting
the needs of the users.
The information collection
requirements in this request are needed
to ensure that dairy products are
produced under sanitary conditions and
buyers are purchasing a quality product.
In order for the Regulations governing
the Inspection and Grading of
Manufactured or Processed Dairy
Products to serve the government,
industry, and the consumer, laboratory
test results must be recorded.
Respondents are not required to
submit information to the agency. The
records are to be evaluated by a USDA
inspector at the time of an inspection.
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These records include quality tests of
each producer, plant records of required
tests and analysis, and starter and
cheese make records. As an offsetting
benefit, the records required by USDA
are also records that are routinely used
by the inspected facility for their own
supervisory and quality control
purposes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 2.85 hours per
response.
Respondents: Dairy products
manufacturing facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
487.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1388.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 2.85.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 3956.
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 Evan J.
Stachowicz, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 2746—South,
Washington, DC 20250–0230. 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: October 21, 2011.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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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
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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: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Protocol for Access to Tissue
Specimen Samples from the National
Marine Mammal Tissue Bank.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0468.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(revision and extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 50.
Average Hours per Response:
Applications for tissue samples and
research reports, 2 hours; submissions
of tissue samples, 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 155.
Needs and Uses: In 1989, the National
Marine Mammal Tissue Bank (NMMTB)
was established by the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of
Protected Resources in collaboration
with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Minerals
Management Service (MMS), and the US
Geological Survey/Biological Resources
Division (USGS/BRD). The NMMTB
provides protocols, techniques, and
physical facilities for the long-term
storage of tissues from marine
mammals. Scientists can request tissues
from this repository for retrospective
analyses to determine environmental
trends of contaminants and other
substances of interest. The NMMTB
collects, processes, and stores tissues
from specific indicator species (e.g.,
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic
white sided dolphins, pilot whales,
harbor porpoises), animals from mass
strandings, animals that have been
obtained incidental to commercial
fisheries, animals taken for subsistence
purposes, biopsies, and animals from
unusual mortality events through two
projects, the Marine Mammal Health
and Stranding Response Program
(MMHSRP) and the Alaska Marine
Mammal Tissue Archival Project
(AMMTAP).
The purposes of this collection of
information are: (1) To enable NOAA to
allow the scientific community the
opportunity to request tissue specimen
samples from the NMMTB and, (2) to
enable the Marine Mammal Health and
Stranding Response Program
(MMHSRP) of NOAA to assemble
information on all specimens submitted
to the Marine Environmental Specimen
Bank (Marine ESB), which includes the
NMMTB.
A program change to this collection
consists of a new web-based form for
application for tissue samples;
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previously, there was only a protocol for
application.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit
institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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 6616, 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
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 21, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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: National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST).
Title: Manufacturing Extension
Partnership (MEP) Client Impact
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0693–0021.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 2,500.
Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Average Hours per Response: 15
Minutes.
Needs and Uses: The objective of the
NIST Manufacturing Extension
Partnership Program (MEP) is to
enhance productivity, technological
performance, and strengthen the global
competitiveness of small- and mediumsized U.S.-based manufacturing firms.
Through this client impact survey, the
MEP will collect data necessary for
program accountability; analysis and
research into the effectiveness of the
MEP program; reports to stakeholders;
Government Performance and Results
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improvement efforts; knowledge sharing
across the MEP system; and
identification of best practices.
Collection of this data is needed in
order to comply with the MEP charter,
as mandated by Congress.
The survey will be revised to reflect
NIST’s ‘‘Next Generation Strategy.’’ This
new strategy focuses on growth and
innovation for manufacturers. The
information will inform management
and stakeholders of the strategy’s
effectiveness.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra,
(202) 395–3123.
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 6616, 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, Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk
Officer, FAX Number (202) 395–5167, or
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 21, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 67–2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 29—Louisville, KY,
Application for Subzone; North
American Stainless (Stainless Steel);
Ghent, KY
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Louisville & Jefferson
County Riverport Authority, grantee of
FTZ 29, requesting special-purpose
subzone status for the stainless steel
mill of North American Stainless (NAS),
located in Ghent, Kentucky. The
application was submitted pursuant to
the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–
81u), and the regulations of the Board
(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed
on October 21, 2011.
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The NAS facility (1,800 employees,
1,327 acres, 1.4 million metric ton
melting capacity) is located at 6870 U.S.
Highway 42 East, Ghent, Kentucky. The
facility is used for the manufacturing of
flat and long stainless steel products.
Components and materials sourced from
abroad (representing up to 30% of the
value of the finished product) include:
fluorospar, molybdenum oxide,
ferromanganese, ferrosilicon,
ferrosilicon manganese, charge chrome,
ferrochrome, ferrochrome silicon,
ferronickel, ferromolybdenum,
ferroniobium, ferroboron, stainless steel
scrap, semifinished iron or non-alloy
steel products, semifinished stainless
steel products, copper spent anodes,
nickel, unwrought nickel alloys,
aluminum, zinc, zinc alloys, manganese
metal, titanium waste and scrap,
unwrought molybdenum and
unwrought titanium (duty rate ranges
from duty-free to 15%). NAS has
indicated that they will accept a
restriction requiring all foreign status
ferrosilicon, molybdenum and titanium
(HTSUS 7202.21, 8102.94, 8108.20 and
8108.90) to be admitted to the proposed
subzone in privileged foreign (PF) status
(19 CFR 146.41).
FTZ procedures could exempt NAS
from customs duty payments on the
foreign components used in export
production. The company anticipates
that some 20–30 percent of the plant’s
shipments will be exported. On its
domestic sales, NAS would be able to
choose the duty rates during customs
entry procedures that apply to finished
and semifinished stainless steel
products (duty-free) for the foreign
inputs noted above. FTZ designation
would further allow NAS to realize
logistical benefits through the use of
weekly customs entry procedures.
Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign status
production equipment. The request
indicates that the savings from FTZ
procedures would help improve the
plant’s international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman of the
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to
evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application
and case record and to report findings
and recommendations to the Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions (original
and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the
Board’s Executive Secretary at the
address below. The closing period for
their receipt is December 27, 2011.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
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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: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Protocol for Access to Tissue Specimen Samples from the
National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0468.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a
current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 50.
Average Hours per Response: Applications for tissue samples and
research reports, 2 hours; submissions of tissue samples, 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 155.
Needs and Uses: In 1989, the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank
(NMMTB) was established by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Office of Protected Resources in collaboration with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Minerals Management
Service (MMS), and the US Geological Survey/Biological Resources
Division (USGS/BRD). The NMMTB provides protocols, techniques, and
physical facilities for the long-term storage of tissues from marine
mammals. Scientists can request tissues from this repository for
retrospective analyses to determine environmental trends of
contaminants and other substances of interest. The NMMTB collects,
processes, and stores tissues from specific indicator species (e.g.,
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic white sided dolphins, pilot
whales, harbor porpoises), animals from mass strandings, animals that
have been obtained incidental to commercial fisheries, animals taken
for subsistence purposes, biopsies, and animals from unusual mortality
events through two projects, the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding
Response Program (MMHSRP) and the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival
Project (AMMTAP).
The purposes of this collection of information are: (1) To enable
NOAA to allow the scientific community the opportunity to request
tissue specimen samples from the NMMTB and, (2) to enable the Marine
Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program (MMHSRP) of NOAA to
assemble information on all specimens submitted to the Marine
Environmental Specimen Bank (Marine ESB), which includes the NMMTB.
A program change to this collection consists of a new web-based
form for application for tissue samples;
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previously, there was only a protocol for application.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
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 6616, 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 OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Dated: October 21, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-27763 Filed 10-26-11; 8:45 am]
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