Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 59512 [2020-20901]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 59512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20901]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 17, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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 Comments regarding these information collections are best 
assured of having their full effect if received by October 22, 2020. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function
    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: Laboratory Approval Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0251.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act (AMA) of 
1946, as amended, provides analytical testing services that facilitate 
marketing and allow products to obtain grade designations or meet 
marketing or quality standards. Pursuant to this authority, AMS 
develops and maintains laboratory certification verification and 
approval programs as needed by the agricultural industry, to support 
domestic and international marketing of U.S. products. To ensure that a 
laboratory is capable of accurately performing the specified analyses, 
it must adhere to certain good laboratory practice and show technical 
proficiency in the required areas.
    Need and Use of the Information: Checklist and forms have been 
developed that ask the laboratory for information concerning 
procedures, the physical facility, employees, and their training. The 
laboratory must also provide Standard Operating Procedures for the 
analyses and quality assurance. The laboratory certification and 
approval programs are voluntary, fee for service, and for admission 
into one of these programs a laboratory must have a client who requires 
the specific testing. It is necessary to collect and require the 
laboratory to attest to the performance elements necessary to determine 
the credibility of the laboratory. To do less would be a disservice to 
the agricultural community.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,204.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-20901 Filed 9-21-20; 8:45 am]
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