[Federal Register: May 7, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 88)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. PY-01-006]
Notice of Request for an Extension 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 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the intention of the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to request an extension of a
currently approved information collection in support of customer-
focused improvement initiatives for USDA-procured poultry, livestock,
fruit, and vegetable products.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 6, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact David Bowden, Jr.,
Standardization Branch, Poultry Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Stop 0259, Washington, DC 20250-0259, (202) 720-3506.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Customer Service Survey for USDA-Donated Food Products
OMB Number: 0581-0182.
Expiration Date, as approved by OMB: 12/31/2001.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Starting with a 1996 pilot project by AMS, customers have
been able to use the Customer Opinion Postcard, Form AMS-11, a 4- by 6-
inch postcard to voluntarily submit their perceptions of poultry,
livestock, fruit, and vegetable products procured by USDA for school
lunch and other domestic food programs. These cards have proven to be a
quick and inexpensive way for AMS to learn customer perception of USDA
commodities; helping the Agency make improvements to its products. AMS
would like to continue the use of the customer opinion postcards to get
voluntary customer feedback on various products each year by reapproval
of the Customer Opinion Postcard, Form AMS-11. In this way AMS will be
better able to meet the quality expectations of school food service
personnel and the 26 million school children who consume these products
daily.
Information about customers' perceptions of USDA-procured products
is sought as a sound management practice to support AMS activities
under 7 CFR 250, regulations for ``Donation of Foods for Use in the
United States, Its Territories and Possessions and Areas Under Its
Jurisdiction.'' The information collected will be used primarily by
authorized representatives of USDA (AMS, and the Food and Nutrition
Service) and shared with State government agencies and product
suppliers. To enable customers to mail cards directly to the commodity
program that is soliciting the information, several versions of Form
AMS-11 will be used, each with a different return address. Response
information about products produced by a particular supplier may be
shared with that supplier. Similarly, response information from
customers located in a particular State may be shared with government
agencies within that State.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.083 hours (5 minutes) per
response.
Respondents: State, local, and tribal governments, and not-for-
profit businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,400.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 700 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from David
Bowden, Jr., Standardization Branch, at (202) 720-3506.
Send comments regarding, but not limited to, the following: (a)
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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of burden, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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 should be sent to:
David Bowden, Jr., Chief, Standardization Branch, Poultry Programs,
Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Ave., SW., Stop 0259, Washington, DC 20250-0259.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Dated: May 1, 2001.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 01-11430 Filed 5-4-01; 8:45 am]
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