Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection
| Published date | 25 May 2021 |
| Record Number | 2021-11025 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agricultural Marketing Service,Agriculture Department |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28055-28056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11025]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc No. AMS-FGIS-21-0035]
Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing 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: Comments must be received by July 26, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through the Federal e-rulemaking
portal at http://www.regulations.gov and should reference the document
number and the date and page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. All comments submitted in response to this notice will
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be included in the record and made available to the public. Please be
advised the identity of individuals or entities submitting comments
will be made public on the internet at the address provided above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Dreier, Compliance Officer,
Quality Assurance and Compliance Division, Federal Grain Inspection
Service, AMS, USDA; email: [email protected].
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 all grain shipped from the United States to be
officially inspected and weighed. The USGSA authorizes the Department
of Agriculture to waive the mandatory inspection and weighing
requirements in circumstances when the objectives of the USGSA would
not be impaired.
Section 7 CFR 800.18 of the regulations waives the mandatory
inspection and weighing requirements of the USGSA for high quality
specialty grain exported in containers. This waiver was established to
facilitate the marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in
containers. This action is consistent with the objectives of the USGSA
and promotes the continuing development of the high quality specialty
grain export market.
FGIS requires exporters to maintain records pertaining to these
shipments and to make them available upon request for review or copying
purposes (76 FR 45397). These records shall be maintained for a period
of 3 years. This information collection requirement is essential to
ensure exporters who ship high quality specialty grain in containers
comply with the waiver provisions. FGIS does 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 Grains Transported in Containers.
OMB Number: 0581-0306.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2021.
Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The regulations under the USGSA waive the mandatory
inspection and weighing requirements for high quality specialty grain
exported in containers. FGIS established this waiver to facilitate the
marketing of high quality specialty grain exported in containers. To
ensure compliance with this waiver, FGIS required these exporters to
maintain records generated during their normal course of business that
pertain to these shipments and make these documents available to FGIS
upon request, for review and copying purposes.
Grain Contracts
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting and recordkeeping burden for
maintaining contract information is estimated to average 6 hours per
exporter.
Respondents: Exporters of high quality specialty grain in
containers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 40.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 240.
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 Jessica Dreier at
[email protected].
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.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-11025 Filed 5-24-21; 8:45 am]
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