Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 85206 [2023-26848]

Download as PDF ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 85206 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 234 / Thursday, December 7, 2023 / Notices the United States. Nonrecourse marketing assistance loans are administered by FSA on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) authorized the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP). ELAP assistance covers some species, loss conditions, and losses that are not eligible for other disaster assistance programs, including colony collapse disorder. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) authorized the use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP). ELAP provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish. It covers losses due to an eligible adverse weather or loss condition, including blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. ELAP covers losses that are not covered under other disaster assistance programs authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, such as the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). The Risk Management Agency (RMA) is now offering a pilot insurance program for apiculture. This pilot program uses rainfall and vegetation greenness indices to estimate local rainfall and plant health, allowing beekeepers to purchase insurance protection against production risks. The program will use a 5-year average honey yield at the state level and the annual average honey price at the national level, both based on NASS data, to determine insurance payments. The Pollinator Health Task Force uses data from the Honey Bee Colonies report to monitor honeybee colony losses during winter. Their goal, as laid out in the Pollinator Research Action Plan, is to reduce these losses to no more than 15 percent within 10 years. The Food and Drug Administration provided some background information on the importance of honeybees in an article they published in July 2018. ‘‘Honey bees are not native to the New World. Most crops grown in the U.S. are not New World natives either. Both the crops and the bees evolved together in other areas of the globe, and were brought here by European settlers. Information suggests that the first honeybee colonies arrived in the Colony of Virginia from England early in 1622. Today, the commercial production of more than 90 crops relies on bee pollination. Of the approximately 3,600 bee species that live in the U.S., the VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:23 Dec 06, 2023 Jkt 262001 European honeybee2 (scientific name Apis mellifera) is the most common pollinator, making it the most important bee to domestic agriculture. About onethird of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, including apples, melons, cranberries, pumpkins, squash, broccoli, and almonds, to name just a few. Without the industrious honey bee, American dinner plates would look quite bare.’’ Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profits; Farms. Number of Respondents: 12,225. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Annually. Total Burden Hours: 7,920. Levi S. Harrell, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–26894 Filed 12–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–20–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request 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 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 this information collection received by January 8, 2024 will be considered. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 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 Safety and Inspection Service Title: Egg Products HACCP and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures. OMB Control Number: 0583–0172. Summary of Collection: FSIS has been delegated the authority to exercise the functions of the Secretary (7 CFR 2.18 and 2.53), as specified in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et seq.), and the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031, et seq.). These statutes mandate that FSIS protect the public by verifying that meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled and packaged. Need and Use of the Information: FSIS requires official plants to develop and maintain HACCP and Sanitation SOP records and plans, as well as various transaction records. The egg products industry’s documentation of its processes, first in a plan and thereafter in a continuous record of process performance, is a more effective food safety approach than the sporadic generating of information by inspection program personnel. This documentation gives inspection program personnel a much broader picture of production than they can generate and provides them additional time to perform higher priority tasks. At the same time, it gives plant managers a better view of their own process and more opportunity to adjust it to prevent safety defects. To conduct the information collection less frequently will reduce the effectiveness of the egg products inspection program. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 132. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 76,280. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2023–26848 Filed 12–6–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 234 (Thursday, December 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 
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 this information collection received by January 
8, 2024 will be considered. 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.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

    Title: Egg Products HACCP and Sanitation Standard Operating 
Procedures.
    OMB Control Number: 0583-0172.
    Summary of Collection: FSIS has been delegated the authority to 
exercise the functions of the Secretary (7 CFR 2.18 and 2.53), as 
specified in the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) (21 U.S.C. 601, et 
seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA) (21 U.S.C. 451, et 
seq.), and the Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA) (21 U.S.C. 1031, et 
seq.). These statutes mandate that FSIS protect the public by verifying 
that meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly 
labeled and packaged.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSIS requires official plants to 
develop and maintain HACCP and Sanitation SOP records and plans, as 
well as various transaction records. The egg products industry's 
documentation of its processes, first in a plan and thereafter in a 
continuous record of process performance, is a more effective food 
safety approach than the sporadic generating of information by 
inspection program personnel. This documentation gives inspection 
program personnel a much broader picture of production than they can 
generate and provides them additional time to perform higher priority 
tasks. At the same time, it gives plant managers a better view of their 
own process and more opportunity to adjust it to prevent safety 
defects. To conduct the information collection less frequently will 
reduce the effectiveness of the egg products inspection program.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 132.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 76,280.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-26848 Filed 12-6-23; 8:45 am]
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