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products or services. This collection
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
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quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
AMS will only submit a collection for
approval under this generic clearance if
it meets the following conditions:
• The collection is voluntary;
• The collection is low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and is low-cost for both the
respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collection is non-controversial
and does not raise issues of concern to
other Federal agencies;
• The collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
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• Personally identifiable information
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• Information gathered is intended to
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released, AMS must indicate the
qualitative nature of the information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collection
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yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
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generalized to the overall population.
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for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
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program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: the target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential
nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding this study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, this information
collection will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
AMS currently has approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for this information collection.
This approval is for 60,000 burden
hours, based on our initial request to
OMB in April 2011. We are asking the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve our use of these
information collection activities for 3
years.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average .50 hours per
response.
Respondents: Individuals and
households; businesses and
organizations; State, local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 110,000.
Estimated Number of Responses:
110,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 60,000/(Due to averaging,
the total annual burden hours may not
equal the product of the annual number
of responses multiplied by the reporting
burden per response.)
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
the 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
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collected; and (4) 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.
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.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket number AMS–FTPP–20–0023]
Proposed Posting, and Posting of
Stockyards
Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS), USDA, is taking action
to post stockyards under the Packers
and Stockyards Act (P&S Act).
Specifically, we are proposing that 10
stockyards now operating subject to the
P&S Act be posted. We are also posting
10 stockyards that were identified
previously as operating subject to the
P&S Act.
DATES: For the proposed posting of
stockyards, we will consider comments
that we receive on or before May 29,
2020.
SUMMARY:
We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• Internet: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: (202) 690–3207.
• Mail, hand delivery, or courier:
Stuart Frank, USDA, AMS, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Room 2507–
S, Washington, DC 20250–3601.
Instructions: All comments should
refer to the date and page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. The
comments and other documents relating
to this action will be available for public
inspection during regular business
hours.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Donna A. Ash, Program
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Analyst, AMS, Packers and Stockyards
Division at (202) 720–0222 or
Donna.a.ash@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AMS
administers and enforces the P&S Act of
1921, (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). The P&S Act
prohibits unfair, deceptive, and
fraudulent practices by livestock market
agencies, dealers, stockyard owners,
meat packers, swine contractors, and
live poultry dealers in the livestock,
poultry, and meatpacking industries.
Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C.
202) defines the term ‘‘stockyard’’ as,
‘‘. . . any place, establishment, or
facility commonly known as stockyards,
conducted, operated, or managed for
profit or nonprofit as a public market for
livestock producers, feeders, market
agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens,
or other enclosures, and their
appurtenances, in which live cattle,
sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are
received, held, or kept for sale or
shipment in commerce.’’
Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to
determine which stockyards meet this
definition, and to notify the owner of
the stockyard and the public of that
determination by posting a notice in
each designated stockyard. Once the
Secretary provides notice to the
stockyard owner and the public, the
stockyard is subject to the provisions of
Title III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201–
203 and 205–217a) until the Secretary
de-posts the stockyard by public notice.
To post a stockyard, we assign the
stockyard a facility number, notify the
Proposed
facility No.
Davis Livestock Sales, Inc., Gouverneur, New York
Argyle Livestock Station, LLC, Argyle, New York
Geary Livestock Market, LLC, Geary, Oklahoma
McDaniel Livestock Exchange LLC, Valliant, Oklahoma
Mort Livestock Exchange, Canton, Texas
Amarillo West Stockyards LLC, Wildorado, Texas
Double E. Auction Service LLC, Quarryville, Pennsylvania
Triple C. Auctions Ewing, Kentucky
Cattleman’s Market of Okeechobee LLC, Okeechobee, Florida
Bismarck Livestock Auction, LLC, Bismarck, North Dakota
We are also notifying the public that
the stockyards listed in the following
table meet the P&S Act’s definition of a
stockyard, and therefore, we have
posted these stockyards. On June 7,
2019, we published a notice in the
Federal Register (Vol. 84. No. 110)
proposing to post these 10 stockyards.
Since we received no comments to our
proposal, we assigned the stockyards a
facility number and notified the owners
of the stockyard facilities. Posting
notices were sent to each stockyard
owner to display in public areas of their
stockyard. The table below reflects the
date of posting for these stockyards.
Date of
posting
Facility No.
Stockyard name and location
KS–210 ..........
KY–189 ..........
KY–190 ..........
MN–194 .........
NE–189 ..........
NM–125 .........
OK–222 ..........
OK–223 ..........
OK–225 ..........
VA–163 ..........
Hill City Commission, LLC, Hill City, Kansas ..........................................................................................................
Blue Grass Stockyards, LLC Lexington, Kentucky .................................................................................................
Franklin Livestock Market Inc., Franklin, Kentucky ................................................................................................
Heidelberger Farm Equipment, LLC, Pine City, Minnesota ....................................................................................
Chappell Livestock LLC, Chappell, Nebraska ........................................................................................................
Santa Teresa Livestock Auction LLC, Santa Teresa, New Mexico ........................................................................
Heart & Soul Horse Co., Sallisaw Oklahoma .........................................................................................................
Hinz Auction Land and Cattle, LLC, Clinton, Oklahoma ........................................................................................
C.M.S. Livestock Auction, LLC, Wanette, Oklahoma .............................................................................................
Alex Eugene Dill Hollering Hill Auction LLC, Nathalie, Virginia ..............................................................................
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202.
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Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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stockyard owner, and send an official
posting notice to the stockyard owner to
display in a public area of the stockyard.
This process is referred to as ‘‘posting.’’
The date of posting is the date that the
posting notices are physically displayed
at the stockyard. A facility that does not
meet the definition of a stockyard is not
subject to the P&S Act and therefore
cannot be posted. A posted stockyard
can be ‘‘de-posted,’’ which occurs when
the facility is no longer used as a
stockyard.
We are hereby notifying stockyard
owners and the public that the
following 10 stockyards meet the
definition of a stockyard and that we
propose to designate these stockyards as
posted stockyards.
Stockyard name and location
NY–178 ...........
NY–179 ...........
OK–266 ...........
OK–227 ...........
TX–358 ...........
TX–359 ...........
PA–164 ...........
KY–190 ...........
FL–141 ............
ND–134 ...........
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket number AMS-FTPP-20-0023]
Proposed Posting, and Posting of Stockyards
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA, is taking
action to post stockyards under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S
Act). Specifically, we are proposing that 10 stockyards now operating
subject to the P&S Act be posted. We are also posting 10 stockyards
that were identified previously as operating subject to the P&S Act.
DATES: For the proposed posting of stockyards, we will consider
comments that we receive on or before May 29, 2020.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the following methods:
Internet: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: (202) 690-3207.
Mail, hand delivery, or courier: Stuart Frank, USDA, AMS,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 2507-S, Washington, DC 20250-3601.
Instructions: All comments should refer to the date and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. The comments and other documents
relating to this action will be available for public inspection during
regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Donna A. Ash, Program
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Analyst, AMS, Packers and Stockyards Division at (202) 720-0222 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AMS administers and enforces the P&S Act of
1921, (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, deceptive,
and fraudulent practices by livestock market agencies, dealers,
stockyard owners, meat packers, swine contractors, and live poultry
dealers in the livestock, poultry, and meatpacking industries.
Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term
``stockyard'' as, ``. . . any place, establishment, or facility
commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for
profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers,
feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other
enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep,
swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or
shipment in commerce.''
Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to determine which stockyards meet this definition, and to
notify the owner of the stockyard and the public of that determination
by posting a notice in each designated stockyard. Once the Secretary
provides notice to the stockyard owner and the public, the stockyard is
subject to the provisions of Title III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203
and 205-217a) until the Secretary de-posts the stockyard by public
notice. To post a stockyard, we assign the stockyard a facility number,
notify the stockyard owner, and send an official posting notice to the
stockyard owner to display in a public area of the stockyard. This
process is referred to as ``posting.'' The date of posting is the date
that the posting notices are physically displayed at the stockyard. A
facility that does not meet the definition of a stockyard is not
subject to the P&S Act and therefore cannot be posted. A posted
stockyard can be ``de-posted,'' which occurs when the facility is no
longer used as a stockyard.
We are hereby notifying stockyard owners and the public that the
following 10 stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard and that we
propose to designate these stockyards as posted stockyards.
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Proposed facility No. Stockyard name and location
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NY-178....................... Davis Livestock Sales, Inc., Gouverneur,
New York
NY-179....................... Argyle Livestock Station, LLC, Argyle,
New York
OK-266....................... Geary Livestock Market, LLC, Geary,
Oklahoma
OK-227....................... McDaniel Livestock Exchange LLC,
Valliant, Oklahoma
TX-358....................... Mort Livestock Exchange, Canton, Texas
TX-359....................... Amarillo West Stockyards LLC, Wildorado,
Texas
PA-164....................... Double E. Auction Service LLC,
Quarryville, Pennsylvania
KY-190....................... Triple C. Auctions Ewing, Kentucky
FL-141....................... Cattleman's Market of Okeechobee LLC,
Okeechobee, Florida
ND-134....................... Bismarck Livestock Auction, LLC,
Bismarck, North Dakota
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We are also notifying the public that the stockyards listed in the
following table meet the P&S Act's definition of a stockyard, and
therefore, we have posted these stockyards. On June 7, 2019, we
published a notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 84. No. 110) proposing
to post these 10 stockyards. Since we received no comments to our
proposal, we assigned the stockyards a facility number and notified the
owners of the stockyard facilities. Posting notices were sent to each
stockyard owner to display in public areas of their stockyard. The
table below reflects the date of posting for these stockyards.
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Date of
Facility No. Stockyard name and location posting
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KS-210............... Hill City Commission, LLC, Hill 07/15/2019
City, Kansas.
KY-189............... Blue Grass Stockyards, LLC 07/15/2019
Lexington, Kentucky.
KY-190............... Franklin Livestock Market Inc., 07/15/2019
Franklin, Kentucky.
MN-194............... Heidelberger Farm Equipment, LLC, 07/15/2019
Pine City, Minnesota.
NE-189............... Chappell Livestock LLC, Chappell, 07/16/2019
Nebraska.
NM-125............... Santa Teresa Livestock Auction 12/07/2019
LLC, Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
OK-222............... Heart & Soul Horse Co., Sallisaw 07/16/2019
Oklahoma.
OK-223............... Hinz Auction Land and Cattle, 07/17/2019
LLC, Clinton, Oklahoma.
OK-225............... C.M.S. Livestock Auction, LLC, 12/03/2019
Wanette, Oklahoma.
VA-163............... Alex Eugene Dill Hollering Hill 07/15/2019
Auction LLC, Nathalie, Virginia.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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