Notice2022-12389
Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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June 9, 2022
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an extension of the currently approved information collection used to compile and generate cattle, swine, lamb, boxed beef, and wholesale pork Market News reports under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35153-35154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12389]
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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 111 / Thursday, June 9, 2022 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-LP-22-0031]
Request for 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, this
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's intention to
request approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an
extension of the currently approved information collection used to
compile and generate cattle, swine, lamb, boxed beef, and wholesale
pork Market News reports under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of
1999.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 8, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning
this notice by using the electronic process available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>. Written comments may be submitted to Russell
Avalos, Assistant to the Director; Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market
News Division; Livestock and Poultry Program; Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Room 2619-S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC 20250-0252. All comments should
reference the docket number (AMS-LP-22-0031), the date, and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments will be posted
without change, including any personal information provided, online at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> and will be made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Avalos, Assistant to the
Director; Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division; (202)
738-2112: or by email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83d1f6f0f0e6efefadc2f5e2efecf0c3f6f0e7e2ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92c0e7e1e1f7fefebcd3e4f3fefde1d2e7e1f6f3bcf5fde4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agency: USDA, AMS.
Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999.
OMB Number: 0581-0186.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2022.
Type of Request: Request for extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act)
was enacted into law on October 22, 1999, [Pub. L. 106-78; 113 Stat.
1188; 7 U.S.C. 1635-1636(i)] as an amendment to the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). On April 2,
2001, Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS); Livestock and Poultry
Program (LP); Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division
(LPGMN) implemented the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program as
required by the 1999 Act. The purpose was to establish a program of
easily understood information regarding the marketing of cattle, swine,
lambs, and livestock products; improve the price and supply reporting
services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); and encourage
competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products.
The LMR regulations (7 CFR part 59) established the requirements for
certain packers and importers to submit purchase and sales information
of livestock and livestock products to meet this purpose.
The statutory authority for the program lapsed on September 30,
2005. In October 2006, Congress passed the Livestock Mandatory
Reporting Reauthorization Act (2006 Reauthorization Act) [Pub. L. 109-
296] to re-establish regulatory authority for the continued operation
of LMR through September 30, 2010, and separate the reporting
requirements for sows and boars from barrows and gilts, among other
changes. On July 15, 2008, the LMR final rule became effective (73 FR
28606, May 16, 2008).
On September 28, 2010, Congress passed the Mandatory Price
Reporting Act of 2010 (2010 Reauthorization Act) [Pub. L. 111-239] to
reauthorize LMR for an additional five years through September 30,
2015, and require the addition of wholesale pork through negotiated
rulemaking. On January 7, 2013, the LMR final rule became effective (77
FR 50561, August 22, 2012).
The Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization
Act) [Pub. L. 114-54], enacted on September 30, 2015, reauthorized the
LMR program for an additional five years through September 30, 2020,
and amended certain lamb and swine reporting requirements.
For lamb, the definitions of a packer and importer were modified to
lower the reporting thresholds of each, from a processing average of
75,000 lambs to 35,000 lambs, and from an import average of at least
2,500 metric tons of lamb meat products to an average of 1,000 metric
tons of lamb meat. On May 31, 2016, a direct final rule to implement
these reporting changes became effective (81 FR 10057, February 29,
2016). For swine, the 2015 Reauthorization Act added a definition and
reporting requirements for negotiated formula and late day purchases.
On October 11, 2016, a final rule became effective (81 FR 52969, August
11, 2016) to implement these changes as well as a lamb reporting change
requested by industry stakeholders amending the term ``packer-owned
lambs'' and requiring packers to report lambs owned by a packer for at
least 28 days immediately before slaughter.
The reports generated by the 1999 Act are used by other Government
agencies to evaluate market conditions and calculate price levels,
including USDA's Economic Research Service and World Agricultural
Outlook Board. Economists at most major agricultural colleges and
universities use the reports to make short and long-term market
projections. Also, the Government is a large purchaser of livestock
related products, therefore a system to monitor the collection and
reporting of data therefore was needed.
In order to comply with the 1999 Act's goal of encouraging
competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products,
Section 251 directs USDA to make available to the public information
and statistics obtained from, or submitted by, respondents covered by
the 1999 Act in a manner that ensures that the confidentiality of the
reporting entities is preserved. AMS
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is in the best position to provide this service.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection is
estimated to average 0.16 hours per response.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, individuals or
households, farms, and the Federal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 110 respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses: 144,664 responses.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1,315 responses
(rounded).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 23,035 hours
(rounded).
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.
All responses to this document will be summarized and included in
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments
will become a matter of public record, including any personal
information provided.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-12389 Filed 6-8-22; 8:45 am]
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