Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection, 9289 [2019-04775]
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Division, Science and Technology
Programs, Agricultural Marketing
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
801 Summit Crossing Place, Suite C,
Gastonia, North Carolina 28054–2193.
All comments received will be available
for public inspection during regular
business hours at the same address.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–LP–19–0005]
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Agricultural
Marketing Service’s (AMS) intention to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension of the currently approved
information collection, ‘‘Livestock,
Poultry, and Grain Market News’’ (OMB
0581–0033). This information collection
is used to compile and generate market
reports covering livestock, poultry,
meat, eggs, grain, and their related
products, as well as locally produced
and marketed products.
DATES: Comments received by May 13,
2019 will be considered.
Additional Information or Comments:
Interested persons are invited to submit
comments concerning this information
collection document. Comments should
be submitted online at
www.regulations.gov or sent to Sam
Jones-Ellard, 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 Ave. SW, Room
2619–S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC
20250–0252; telephone (812) 240–0694;
or email Samuel.Jones@usda.gov. All
comments should reference the docket
number (AMS–LP–19–0005), the date,
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and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. All comments
received will be posted without change,
including any personal information
provided, online at www.regulations.gov
and will be made available for public
inspection at the above physical address
during regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam
Jones-Ellard at the above physical
address, by telephone at (812) 240–
0694, or by email at Samuel.Jones@
usda.gov.
Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain
Market News.
OMB Number: 0581–0033.
Expiration Date of Approval: 10–31–
2019.
Type of Request: Request for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), as
amended, authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture to provide timely
nationwide coverage of prices, supply,
demands, trends, movement, and other
pertinent information affecting the
trading of livestock, poultry, meat, eggs,
grain, and their related products, as well
as locally produced and marketed
products. The market reports compiled
and disseminated by the Livestock,
Poultry, and Grain Market News
(LPGMN) Division provide current,
unbiased, and factual information to all
stakeholders in the U.S. agricultural
industry. Market News reports assist
producers, processors, wholesalers,
retailers, and others to make informed
production, purchasing, and sales
decisions. LPGMN reports also promote
orderly marketing by placing buyers and
sellers on a more equal negotiation
basis.
LPGMN reporters communicate with
buyers and sellers of livestock, poultry,
meat, eggs, grain, local products, and
their respective commodities on a daily
basis to accomplish the Division’s
mission. This communication and
information gathering is accomplished
through the use of telephone
conversations, facsimile transmissions,
face-to-face meetings, and email
messages. The information provided by
respondents initiates Market News
reporting, which must be timely,
accurate, unbiased, and continuous if it
is to be meaningful to the industry.
AMS collects information on price,
supply, demand, trends, movement, and
other information of livestock, poultry,
meat, grain, eggs, local products, and
their respective commodities. LPGMN
uses one OMB approved form, LPS–90:
‘‘Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks
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Report,’’ to collect inventory
information from commercially dried
egg product plants throughout the
United States. Cooperating firms
voluntarily submit this form to LPGMN
primarily via email and facsimile
transmissions. For the remaining
commodities covered under this
information collection, information
gathering is accomplished through the
use of telephone conversations,
facsimile transmissions, face-to-face
meetings, and email messages. Since the
form associated with this information
collection was last updated, the program
that oversees this collection reorganized
that resulted in a program name change.
The form associated with this
information collection reflects this
organizational change.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .058 hours per
response.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit and farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,939.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
273,219.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 93 (rounded).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 15,970 (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 notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record and
posted without change.
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–04775 Filed 3–13–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-LP-19-0005]
Notice of 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 (AMS) intention
to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
an extension of the currently approved information collection,
``Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News'' (OMB 0581-0033). This
information collection is used to compile and generate market reports
covering livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, grain, and their related
products, as well as locally produced and marketed products.
DATES: Comments received by May 13, 2019 will be considered.
Additional Information or Comments: Interested persons are invited
to submit comments concerning this information collection document.
Comments should be submitted online at www.regulations.gov or sent to
Sam Jones-Ellard, 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
Ave. SW, Room 2619-S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC 20250-0252; telephone
(812) 240-0694; or email Samuel.Jones@usda.gov. All comments should
reference the docket number (AMS-LP-19-0005), the date, and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments received will be
posted without change, including any personal information provided,
online at www.regulations.gov and will be made available for public
inspection at the above physical address during regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Jones-Ellard at the above physical
address, by telephone at (812) 240-0694, or by email at
Samuel.Jones@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News.
OMB Number: 0581-0033.
Expiration Date of Approval: 10-31-2019.
Type of Request: Request for extension of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide
timely nationwide coverage of prices, supply, demands, trends,
movement, and other pertinent information affecting the trading of
livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, grain, and their related products, as
well as locally produced and marketed products. The market reports
compiled and disseminated by the Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market
News (LPGMN) Division provide current, unbiased, and factual
information to all stakeholders in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Market News reports assist producers, processors, wholesalers,
retailers, and others to make informed production, purchasing, and
sales decisions. LPGMN reports also promote orderly marketing by
placing buyers and sellers on a more equal negotiation basis.
LPGMN reporters communicate with buyers and sellers of livestock,
poultry, meat, eggs, grain, local products, and their respective
commodities on a daily basis to accomplish the Division's mission. This
communication and information gathering is accomplished through the use
of telephone conversations, facsimile transmissions, face-to-face
meetings, and email messages. The information provided by respondents
initiates Market News reporting, which must be timely, accurate,
unbiased, and continuous if it is to be meaningful to the industry. AMS
collects information on price, supply, demand, trends, movement, and
other information of livestock, poultry, meat, grain, eggs, local
products, and their respective commodities. LPGMN uses one OMB approved
form, LPS-90: ``Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks Report,'' to collect
inventory information from commercially dried egg product plants
throughout the United States. Cooperating firms voluntarily submit this
form to LPGMN primarily via email and facsimile transmissions. For the
remaining commodities covered under this information collection,
information gathering is accomplished through the use of telephone
conversations, facsimile transmissions, face-to-face meetings, and
email messages. Since the form associated with this information
collection was last updated, the program that oversees this collection
reorganized that resulted in a program name change. The form associated
with this information collection reflects this organizational change.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .058 hours per response.
Respondents: Business or other for-profit and farms.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,939.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 273,219.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 93 (rounded).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 15,970 (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 notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record and posted without change.
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-04775 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P