Proposed Rule2024-18825
Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets
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Published
August 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending the public comment period an additional 15 days regarding proposed revisions to the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, that promote fair and competitive markets in the livestock, meats, poultry, and live poultry markets.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18825]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 165 / Monday, August 26, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
9 CFR Part 201
[Doc. No. AMS-FTPP-21-0046]
RIN 0581-AE04
Fair and Competitive Livestock and Poultry Markets
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending the
public comment period an additional 15 days regarding proposed
revisions to the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act,
1921, that promote fair and competitive markets in the livestock,
meats, poultry, and live poultry markets.
DATES: The comment period for the notice originally published on June
28, 2024 (89 FR 53886) is extended. Comments must be submitted on or
before September 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted through the Federal e-rulemaking
portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and should reference the document
number and the date and page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. AMS strongly prefers comments be submitted electronically.
However, written comments may be submitted (i.e., delivered, not
postmarked) via mail on or before September 11, 2024, to Docket No.
AMS-FTPP-21-0046, S. Brett Offutt, Chief Legal Officer, Packers and
Stockyards Division, USDA, AMS, FTPP; Room 2097-S, Mail Stop 3601, 1400
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-3601. All comments submitted
in response to this proposed rule will be included in the record and
will be made available to the public, as submitted, including any
identifying information. Comments can be submitted anonymously by
entering ``N/A'' in the fields that would identify the commenter.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(4), a plain language summary of this
proposed rule is available on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> in the docket
for this rulemaking.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. Brett Offutt, Chief Legal Officer/
Policy Advisor, Packers and Stockyards Division, USDA AMS Fair Trade
Practices Program, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250;
Phone: (202) 690-4355; or email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#384b165a4a5d4c4c16575e5e4d4c4c784d4b5c59165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80f3aee2f2e5f4f4aeefe6e6f5f4f4c0f5f3e4e1aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule published in the Federal
Register on June 28, 2024 (89 FR 53886), would revise the regulations
under the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) at 9 CFR
part 201. Under the proposal, USDA AMS would amend the regulations
under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 (the P&S Act or the Act)
to clarify the unfair practices that the P&S Act prohibits. The
proposed rule would define unfair practices as conduct that harms
market participants and conduct that harms the market.
The notice of proposed rulemaking established a 60-day comment
period, ending August 27, 2024. During the initial comment period, AMS
received requests from several industry organizations asking for
additional time to submit comments and citing the proposed rule's
impact across different species, regions, and business models,
including possible legal and economic impacts on the business
relationships between livestock suppliers and packers, and contract
farmers and poultry integrators. AMS is extending the comment period
related to this proposed rule. Comments must be submitted on or before
September 11, 2024.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-18825 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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