[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40677-40678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17254]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Farm Service Agency

Information Collection; United States Warehouse Act (USWA)

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested 
individuals and organizations on an extension with a revision of a 
currently approved information collection process associated with the 
regulations, licensing, and electronic provider agreements issued as 
specified in the United States Warehouse Act (USWA).

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by September 9, 2011.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this Notice. In your 
comment, include volume, date and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
    Mail: Judy Fry, Agricultural Marketing Specialist, Commodity 
Operations Division, Farm Service Agency (FSA), United States 
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-0553.
    Fax: (202) 690-3123.
    E-mail: Send comments to: [email protected].
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Fry, phone: (202) 720-3822. 
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for 
communication of regulatory information (Braille, large print, 
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 
(voice and TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: United States Warehouse Act (USWA).
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0120.
    Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2011.
    Type of Request: Extension with a revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The Secretary of Agriculture authorizes FSA as specified 
in the USWA to license public warehouse operators that are in the 
business of storing agricultural products; to examine such federally-
licensed warehouses and to license qualified persons to sample, 
inspect, weigh, and classify agricultural products. The FSA licenses 
under the USWA over half of all commercial grain and cotton warehouse 
capacities in the United States. The regulations as issued govern the 
establishment and maintenance of electronic systems under which 
electronic documents including title documents on shipment, payment and 
financing that may be issued or transferred for any agricultural 
product.
    This information collection allows the FSA to effectively 
administer the regulations, licensing, and electronic provider 
agreements and related reporting and recordkeeping requirements as 
specified in the USWA.
    The forms in this information collection are used to provide those 
charged with issuing licenses under the USWA a basis to determine 
whether the warehouse and the warehouse operator meet application 
requirements to receive a license, and to determine compliance once the 
license is issued.
    This information collection package is being revised to reflect the 
addition of two new forms and the deletion of several forms that were 
previously developed and cleared, but were never utilized and therefore 
determined to be unnecessary.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average 0.41 hours per response.
    Respondents: Warehouse operators and electronic providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 22,890.

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    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 9,488 hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the collection of information including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    (3) Evaluate the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
technology;
    (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who 
are to respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be made a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval of the information collection.

    Signed: July 1, 2011.
Bruce Nelson,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2011-17254 Filed 7-8-11; 8:45 am]
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