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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Livestock, Poultry, Grain and
Meat Market News
OMB Control Number: 0581–0033
Summary of Collection: The
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, (60
Stat. 1087–1091, as amended: 7 U.S.C.
1621–1627, (AMA) legislates that USDA
shall ‘‘collect and disseminate
marketing information . . . ’’ and ‘‘ . . .
collect, tabulate, and disseminate
statistics on marketing agricultural
products, including, but not restricted to
statistics on marketing supplies, storage,
stocks, quantity, quality, and condition
of such products in various positions in
the marketing channel, use of such
products, and shipments and unloads
thereof.’’ The mission of Market New is
to provide current unbiased, factual
information to all members of the
Nation’s agricultural industry, from
farm to retailer.
This notice announces the merger of
0581–0005 ‘‘Grain Market News,’’ and
0581–0154 ‘‘Livestock and Meat Market
News’’ into this revised renewal
submission of 0581–0033 creating a
single collection and re-titled
‘‘Livestock, Poultry, Grain and Meat
Market News’’ (LPGMN).
Need and Use of the Information:
Information is used by the private sector
to make economic decisions to establish
market values for application in
contracts or settlement value, and to
address specific concerns or issues
related to trade agreements and disputes
as well as being used by educational
institutions, specifically, agricultural
colleges and universities. Government
agencies such as the Foreign
Agricultural Service, Economic
Research Service and the National
Agricultural Statistics Service use
market news data in the performance of
their missions. LPGMN reports provide
interested segments of the market chain
and the general public with unbiased
comprehensive livestock, poultry, meat,
eggs, wool and grain market data which
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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August 7, 2013.
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments
regarding (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; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; New Executive Office
Building, 725—17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC, 20503. Commenters
are encouraged to submit their
comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax
(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602.
Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
September 12, 2013. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
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helps equalize the competitive position
of all market participants. The absence
of these data would deny primary and
secondary users information that
otherwise would be available to aid
them in their production and marketing
decisions, analyses, research and
knowledge of current market conditions.
The omission of these data could
adversely affect prices, supply, and
demand.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms
Number of Respondents: 2,668
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Weekly; Monthly
Total Burden Hours: 14,747
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting
Act of 1999
OMB Control Number: 0581–0186
Summary of Collection: The Livestock
Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (Pub.
L. 106–78; 7 U.S.C. 1635–1636h)
mandates the reporting of information
on prices and quantities of livestock and
livestock products. Under this program,
certain livestock packers, livestock
product processors and importers
meeting certain criteria, including size
as measured by annual slaughter are
required to report market information to
the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS). The information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of AMS. USDA’s market news provides
all market participants, including
producers, with the information
necessary to make intelligent and
informed marketing decisions.
AMS is merging associated burden
and form LS–89 approved under
information collection 0581–0279,
‘‘Livestock Mandatory Reporting
Program, Establishment of the Reporting
Regulations for Wholesale Pork’’ into
the 0581–0186 revised renewal
submission.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected and
recordkeeping requirements will serve
as the basis for livestock and livestock
product market news reports utilized by
the industry for marketing purposes.
The reports are used by other
Government agencies to evaluate market
conditions and calculate price levels.
Economists at major agricultural
colleges and universities use the reports
to make short and long-term market
projections. The information is reported
up to three times daily and once weekly
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and is only available directly from those
entities required to report under the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 422
Frequency of Responses: Reporting;
Weekly; Other (Daily)
Total Burden Hours: 23,766
Agricultural Marketing Service
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2011–0031]
Notice of Decision To Authorize the
Importation of Fresh Pitayas and
Pomegranates From Mexico Into the
Continental United States
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Title: Federal-State Marketing
Improvement Program (FSMIP)
OMB Control Number: 0581–0240
Summary of Collection: The FederalState Marketing Improvement Program
(FSMIP) operates pursuant to the
authority of the Agricultural Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621, et.seq.). Section 204(b)
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to make available funds to State
Departments of Agriculture, State
bureaus and departments of markets,
State agricultural experiment stations,
and other appropriate State agencies for
cooperative projects in marketing
service and in marketing research to
effectuate the purposes of title II of the
Agricultural Act of 1946. FSMIP
provides matching grants on a
competitive basis to enable States to
explore new market opportunities for
U.S. food and agricultural products and
to encourage research and innovation
aimed at improving the efficiency and
performance of the U.S. marketing
system.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collection requirements in
this request are needed to implement
the Federal-State Marketing
Improvement Program (FSMIP). The
information will be used by the
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to
establish the entity’s eligibility for
participation, the suitability of the
budget for the proposed project, and
compliance with applicable Federal
regulations.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government
Number of Respondents: 80
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually; Semi-annually
Total Burden Hours: 5,363
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
We are advising the public of
our decision to authorize the
importation into the continental United
States of fresh pitayas and pomegranates
from Mexico. Based on the findings of
pest risk analyses, which we made
available to the public for review and
comment through a previous notice, we
believe that the application of one or
more designated phytosanitary
measures will be sufficient to mitigate
the risks of introducing or disseminating
plant pests or noxious weeds via the
importation of fresh pitayas and
pomegranates from Mexico.
DATES: As of August 13, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Marc Phillips, Senior Regulatory Policy
Specialist, Regulations, Permits, and
Import Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700
River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD
20737–1231; (301) 851–2114.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart—
Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56–
1 through 319.56–58, referred to below
as the regulations), the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
prohibits or restricts the importation of
fruits and vegetables into the United
States from certain parts of the world to
prevent plant pests from being
introduced into and spread within the
United States.
Section 319.56–4 of the regulations
contains a performance-based process
for approving the importation of
commodities that, based on the findings
of a pest risk analysis (PRA), can be
safely imported subject to one or more
of the designated phytosanitary
measures listed in paragraph (b) of that
section. Under that process, APHIS
publishes a notice in the Federal
Register announcing the availability of
the PRA that evaluates the risks
associated with the importation of a
particular fruit or vegetable. Following
the close of the 60-day comment period,
APHIS may authorize the importation of
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the fruit or vegetable subject to the
identified designated measures if: (1) No
comments were received on the PRA; (2)
the comments on the PRA revealed that
no changes to the PRA were necessary;
or (3) changes to the PRA were made in
response to public comments, but the
changes did not affect the overall
conclusions of the analysis and the
Administrator’s determination of risk.
In accordance with that process, we
published a notice1 in the Federal
Register on August 2, 2011 (76 FR
46268–46269, Docket No. APHIS–2011–
0031), in which we announced the
availability, for review and comment, of
PRAs that evaluate the risks associated
with the importation into the
continental United States of fresh
pitayas and pomegranates from Mexico.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending on October 3, 2011.
We received three comments by that
date. They were from a State
agricultural agency, a foreign trade
association, and a foreign governmental
organization. The comments are
discussed below by topic.
One commenter who opposed the
action stated that pitayas and
pomegranates from Mexico are hosts for
several species of economically
important fruit flies, specifically
Anastrepha species and Mediterranean
fruit fly, as well as other surface-feeding
arthropods that could be an economic
threat to agriculture in the commenter’s
State. In particular, the commenter
stated that irradiation at the proposed
absorbed dose of 150 Gy does not fully
remove the possible risk of introduction
of exotic fruit flies.
Prior to approving the proposed 150
Gy dose, APHIS reviewed scientific
evidence on the effectiveness of this
dose. The importation of other
commodities treated with this dose
without the introduction or
dissemination of plant pests
demonstrates the effectiveness of the
proposed 150 Gy dose as a mitigation.
The commenter also stated that the
required proposed irradiation does not
mitigate the risk of the surface-feeding
species of arthropods. The commenter
asked that shipments not be permitted
entry into his State until the shipping
protocol has had sufficient time to
demonstrate the effectiveness of the
cited mitigation measures.
As noted in the risk management
documents (RMDs) for both pitayas and
pomegranates, the proposed mitigation
for surface feeders on these
commodities is not irradiation, but
1 To view the notice, the PRA, and the comments
we received, go to https://www.regulations.gov/#
!docketDetail;D=APHIS–2011–0031.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 7, 2013.
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments regarding (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; (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 should
be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; New Executive Office
Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602.
Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by September 12, 2013. Copies
of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Livestock, Poultry, Grain and Meat Market News
OMB Control Number: 0581-0033
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, (60
Stat. 1087-1091, as amended: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, (AMA) legislates that
USDA shall ``collect and disseminate marketing information . . . '' and
`` . . . collect, tabulate, and disseminate statistics on marketing
agricultural products, including, but not restricted to statistics on
marketing supplies, storage, stocks, quantity, quality, and condition
of such products in various positions in the marketing channel, use of
such products, and shipments and unloads thereof.'' The mission of
Market New is to provide current unbiased, factual information to all
members of the Nation's agricultural industry, from farm to retailer.
This notice announces the merger of 0581-0005 ``Grain Market
News,'' and 0581-0154 ``Livestock and Meat Market News'' into this
revised renewal submission of 0581-0033 creating a single collection
and re-titled ``Livestock, Poultry, Grain and Meat Market News''
(LPGMN).
Need and Use of the Information: Information is used by the private
sector to make economic decisions to establish market values for
application in contracts or settlement value, and to address specific
concerns or issues related to trade agreements and disputes as well as
being used by educational institutions, specifically, agricultural
colleges and universities. Government agencies such as the Foreign
Agricultural Service, Economic Research Service and the National
Agricultural Statistics Service use market news data in the performance
of their missions. LPGMN reports provide interested segments of the
market chain and the general public with unbiased comprehensive
livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, wool and grain market data which helps
equalize the competitive position of all market participants. The
absence of these data would deny primary and secondary users
information that otherwise would be available to aid them in their
production and marketing decisions, analyses, research and knowledge of
current market conditions. The omission of these data could adversely
affect prices, supply, and demand.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms
Number of Respondents: 2,668
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly; Monthly
Total Burden Hours: 14,747
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999
OMB Control Number: 0581-0186
Summary of Collection: The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of
1999 (Pub. L. 106-78; 7 U.S.C. 1635-1636h) mandates the reporting of
information on prices and quantities of livestock and livestock
products. Under this program, certain livestock packers, livestock
product processors and importers meeting certain criteria, including
size as measured by annual slaughter are required to report market
information to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). The
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
AMS. USDA's market news provides all market participants, including
producers, with the information necessary to make intelligent and
informed marketing decisions.
AMS is merging associated burden and form LS-89 approved under
information collection 0581-0279, ``Livestock Mandatory Reporting
Program, Establishment of the Reporting Regulations for Wholesale
Pork'' into the 0581-0186 revised renewal submission.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collected and
recordkeeping requirements will serve as the basis for livestock and
livestock product market news reports utilized by the industry for
marketing purposes. The reports are used by other Government agencies
to evaluate market conditions and calculate price levels. Economists at
major agricultural colleges and universities use the reports to make
short and long-term market projections. The information is reported up
to three times daily and once weekly
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and is only available directly from those entities required to report
under the Act.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Number of Respondents: 422
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Weekly; Other (Daily)
Total Burden Hours: 23,766
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP)
OMB Control Number: 0581-0240
Summary of Collection: The Federal-State Marketing Improvement
Program (FSMIP) operates pursuant to the authority of the Agricultural
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621, et.seq.). Section 204(b) authorizes the
Secretary of Agriculture to make available funds to State Departments
of Agriculture, State bureaus and departments of markets, State
agricultural experiment stations, and other appropriate State agencies
for cooperative projects in marketing service and in marketing research
to effectuate the purposes of title II of the Agricultural Act of 1946.
FSMIP provides matching grants on a competitive basis to enable States
to explore new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural
products and to encourage research and innovation aimed at improving
the efficiency and performance of the U.S. marketing system.
Need and Use of the Information: The information collection
requirements in this request are needed to implement the Federal-State
Marketing Improvement Program (FSMIP). The information will be used by
the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to establish the entity's
eligibility for participation, the suitability of the budget for the
proposed project, and compliance with applicable Federal regulations.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government
Number of Respondents: 80
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; Semi-annually
Total Burden Hours: 5,363
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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