81 FR 10205 - Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Commodities Covered by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 39 (February 29, 2016)
Agricultural Marketing Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 39 (February 29, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-04045 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 10205-10206] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-04045] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ 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. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 39 / Monday, February 29, 2016 / Notices [[Page 10205]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service [Doc. No. AMS-LPS-16-0007] Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection for Commodities Covered by the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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 and revision to the currently approved information collection used to compile and generate cattle, swine, lamb, and boxed beef market news reports under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act) (OMB 0581-0186). One new form is introduced in this collection. DATES: Comments received by April 29, 2016 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 Julie Hartley, Assistant to the Director; Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division; Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program; Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Room 2619-S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC 20250- 0252; telephone (202) 720-7316; fax (202) 690-3732; or email [email protected]. All comments should reference the docket number (AMS-LPS-16-0007), 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: Julie Hartley at the above physical address, by telephone (202) 720-7316, or by email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999. OMB Number: 0581-0186. Expiration Date of Approval: 09-30-2016. Type of Request: Request for extension of and revision to a currently approved information collection, the addition of one new form, and the revision of three forms. Abstract: The 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, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS); Livestock, Poultry, and Seed Program (LPS); 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 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); and encourage competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products. The LMR regulations (7 CFR part 59) set the requirements for certain packers or 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]. The 2006 Reauthorization Act re-established the regulatory authority for the continued operation of LMR through September 30, 2010, and separated 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]. The 2010 Reauthorization Act reauthorized LMR for an additional 5 years through September 30, 2015, and required 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 5 years through September 30, 2020, and amended certain lamb and swine reporting requirements. Furthermore, AMS received a separate request from the lamb industry to make additional amendments to the lamb reporting requirements. AMS is currently undergoing rulemaking actions to include the following amendments concerning the 2015 Reauthorization Act and lamb industry requests: (1) Add two definitions and amend three definitions affecting lamb packers, processors and importers, (2) add lamb pelts as a reporting requirement, (3) add one definition affecting swine packers and processors, and (4) add reporting requirements for swine purchase types and late afternoon swine purchases. 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. A system to monitor the collection and reporting of data therefore is needed. In order to comply with the 1999 Act's goal of encouraging competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products, Section 251 of the Act directs USDA to make available to the public information and statistics obtained from, or submitted by, respondents covered by the Act in a manner that ensures that the [[Page 10206]] confidentiality of the reporting entities is preserved. AMS is in the best position to provide this service. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection, including the additional form, and the three revised forms, is estimated to average 0.175 hours per response. Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, individuals or households, farms, and the Federal Government. Estimated Number of Respondents: 560 respondents. Estimated Number of Responses: 137,592 responses. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 246 responses. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 24,006 hours. The following is a new form to be added to this information collection: Form LS-133, Lamb Pelts Weekly Report. Title: Lamb Pelts Weekly Report (LS-133) The new lamb reporting requirements under Sec. 59.302 would require lamb packers to report weekly on the price, volume, and classification descriptors for all lamb pelts from lambs purchased on a negotiated purchase, formula marketing arrangement, or forward contract basis. Form LS-133 is completed by lamb packers. The data collected with this form is necessary to facilitate the reporting of information on lamb pelts, which provides lamb producers more accurate information on the total value of lambs marketed for slaughter. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collection of information is estimated to be 0.25 hours per electronically submitted response. Respondents: Packer processing plants required to report information on live lamb purchases to the Secretary. Estimated Number of Respondents: 6 plants. Estimated Number of Responses: 312 responses. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 52. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 78 hours. The following are three forms to be revised in this information collection: Form LS-123, Live Lamb Weekly Report; Form LS-118, Swine Prior Day Report; and Form LS-119, Swine Daily Report. Title: Live Lamb Weekly Report (Form LS-123) Form LS-123 is revised to include the volume and delivery period information for reporting lambs committed for delivery. Form LS-123 is completed by lamb packers. The information collected on this revised form will provide industry supply and demand information to market participants; improving transparency in the marketplace and enabling them to be more informed on specific types of lamb market data not available through other USDA agencies. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collection of information is estimated to be 0.25 hours per electronically submitted response. Respondents: Packer processing plants required to report information on live lamb purchases to the Secretary. Estimated Number of Respondents: 7 plants. Estimated Number of Responses: 364 responses. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 52. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 91 hours. Title: Swine Prior Day Report (Form LS-118) Form LS-118 is revised to include an additional purchase type for negotiated formula purchases of swine. Form LS-118 is completed by swine packers. The information collected on this revised form will provide market participants with more specific information about the various purchase methods used in the daily marketing of swine and with a better understanding of the marketplace concerning formulated prices and spot negotiated prices. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collection of information is estimated to be 0.25 hours per electronically submitted response. Respondents: Packer processing plants required to report information on live swine purchases to the Secretary. Estimated Number of Respondents: 47 plants. Estimated Number of Responses: 12,220 responses. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 260. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,055 hours. Title: Swine Daily Report (Form LS-119) Form LS-119 is revised to include an additional purchase type for negotiated formula purchases of swine. Form LS-119 is completed by swine packers. The information collected on this revised form will provide market participants with more specific information about the various purchase methods used in the daily marketing of swine and a better understanding of the marketplace concerning formulated prices and spot negotiated prices. Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collection of information is estimated to be 0.17 hours per electronically submitted response. Respondents: Packer processing plants required to report information on live swine purchases to the Secretary. Estimated Number of Respondents: 39 plants. Estimated Number of Responses: 20,280 responses. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 520. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,447 hours. 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 OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated: February 22, 2016. Elanor Starmer, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. 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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER number (AMS–LPS–16–0007), the date boars from barrows and gilts, among
contains documents other than rules or and page number of this issue of the other changes. On July 15, 2008, the
proposed rules that are applicable to the Federal Register. All comments LMR final rule became effective (73 FR
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, received will be posted without change, 28606, May 16, 2008).
committee meetings, agency decisions and including any personal information On September 28, 2010, Congress
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
provided, online at www.regulations.gov passed the Mandatory Price Reporting
statements of organization and functions are and will be made available for public Act of 2010 (2010 Reauthorization Act)
examples of documents appearing in this inspection at the above physical address [Pub. L. 111–239]. The 2010
section. during regular business hours. Reauthorization Act reauthorized LMR
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie for an additional 5 years through
Hartley at the above physical address, September 30, 2015, and required the
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE by telephone (202) 720–7316, or by addition of wholesale pork through
email at Julie.Hartley@ams.usda.gov. negotiated rulemaking. On January 7,
Agricultural Marketing Service 2013, the LMR final rule became
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[Doc. No. AMS–LPS–16–0007] Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting effective (77 FR 50561, August 22,
Act of 1999. 2012).
Notice of Request for Revision to and OMB Number: 0581–0186. The Agriculture Reauthorizations Act
Extension of a Currently Approved Expiration Date of Approval: 09–30– of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization Act)
Information Collection for 2016. [Pub. L. 114–54], enacted on September
Commodities Covered by the Type of Request: Request for 30, 2015, reauthorized the LMR program
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of extension of and revision to a currently for an additional 5 years through
1999 approved information collection, the September 30, 2020, and amended
addition of one new form, and the certain lamb and swine reporting
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, revision of three forms. requirements. Furthermore, AMS
USDA. Abstract: The 1999 Act was enacted received a separate request from the
ACTION: Notice and request for into law on October 22, 1999, [Pub. L. lamb industry to make additional
comments. 106–78; 113 Stat. 1188; 7 U.S.C. 1635– amendments to the lamb reporting
1636(i)] as an amendment to the requirements. AMS is currently
SUMMARY: In accordance with the undergoing rulemaking actions to
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 include the following amendments
amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). On
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice concerning the 2015 Reauthorization
April 2, 2001, the Agricultural
announces the Agricultural Marketing Act and lamb industry requests: (1) Add
Marketing Service (AMS); Livestock,
Service’s (AMS) intention to request two definitions and amend three
Poultry, and Seed Program (LPS);
approval from the Office of Management definitions affecting lamb packers,
Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market
and Budget (OMB), for an extension of processors and importers, (2) add lamb
News Division (LPGMN) implemented
and revision to the currently approved pelts as a reporting requirement, (3) add
the Livestock Mandatory Reporting
information collection used to compile one definition affecting swine packers
(LMR) program as required by the 1999
and generate cattle, swine, lamb, and and processors, and (4) add reporting
Act. The purpose was to establish a
boxed beef market news reports under requirements for swine purchase types
program of easily understood
the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act and late afternoon swine purchases.
information regarding the marketing of
of 1999 (1999 Act) (OMB 0581–0186). The reports generated by the 1999 Act
cattle, swine, lambs, and livestock
One new form is introduced in this are used by other Government agencies
products; improve the price and supply
collection. to evaluate market conditions and
reporting services of the United States
DATES: Comments received by April 29, Department of Agriculture (USDA); and calculate price levels, including USDA’s
2016 will be considered. encourage competition in the Economic Research Service and World
Additional Information or Comments: marketplace for livestock and livestock Agricultural Outlook Board. Economists
Interested persons are invited to submit products. The LMR regulations (7 CFR at most major agricultural colleges and
comments concerning this information part 59) set the requirements for certain universities use the reports to make
collection document. Comments should packers or importers to submit purchase short and long-term market projections.
be submitted online at and sales information of livestock and Also, the Government is a large
www.regulations.gov or sent to Julie livestock products to meet this purpose. purchaser of livestock related products.
Hartley, Assistant to the Director; The statutory authority for the A system to monitor the collection and
Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market program lapsed on September 30, 2005. reporting of data therefore is needed.
News Division; Livestock, Poultry, and In October 2006, Congress passed the In order to comply with the 1999
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Seed Program; Agricultural Marketing Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act’s goal of encouraging competition in
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Reauthorization Act (2006 the marketplace for livestock and
1400 Independence Ave. SW., Room Reauthorization Act) [Pub. L. 109–296]. livestock products, Section 251 of the
2619–S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC The 2006 Reauthorization Act re- Act directs USDA to make available to
20250–0252; telephone (202) 720–7316; established the regulatory authority for the public information and statistics
fax (202) 690–3732; or email the continued operation of LMR through obtained from, or submitted by,
Julie.Hartley@ams.usda.gov. All September 30, 2010, and separated the respondents covered by the Act in a
comments should reference the docket reporting requirements for sows and manner that ensures that the
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confidentiality of the reporting entities delivery. Form LS–123 is completed by Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
is preserved. AMS is in the best position lamb packers. The information collected burden for collection of information is
to provide this service. on this revised form will provide estimated to be 0.17 hours per
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting industry supply and demand electronically submitted response.
burden for this collection, including the information to market participants; Respondents: Packer processing
additional form, and the three revised improving transparency in the plants required to report information on
forms, is estimated to average 0.175 marketplace and enabling them to be live swine purchases to the Secretary.
hours per response. more informed on specific types of lamb Estimated Number of Respondents: 39
Respondents: Business or other for- market data not available through other plants.
profit entities, individuals or USDA agencies. Estimated Number of Responses:
households, farms, and the Federal Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 20,280 responses.
Government. burden for collection of information is Estimated Number of Responses per
Estimated Number of Respondents: estimated to be 0.25 hours per Respondent: 520.
560 respondents. electronically submitted response. Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Estimated Number of Responses: Respondents: Packer processing Respondents: 3,447 hours.
137,592 responses. plants required to report information on Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
Estimated Number of Responses per live lamb purchases to the Secretary. the proposed collection of information
Respondent: 246 responses. Estimated Number of Respondents: 7 is necessary for the proper performance
Estimated Total Annual Burden on plants. of the functions of the agency, including
Respondents: 24,006 hours. Estimated Number of Responses: 364 whether the information will have
The following is a new form to be responses. practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
added to this information collection: Estimated Number of Responses per agency’s estimate of the burden of the
Form LS–133, Lamb Pelts Weekly Respondent: 52. proposed collection of information
Report. Estimated Total Annual Burden on including the validity of the
Respondents: 91 hours. methodology and assumptions used; (3)
Title: Lamb Pelts Weekly Report (LS– ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
133) Title: Swine Prior Day Report (Form
LS–118) clarity of the information to be
The new lamb reporting requirements collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
Form LS–118 is revised to include an burden of the collection of information
under § 59.302 would require lamb
additional purchase type for negotiated on those who are to respond, including
packers to report weekly on the price,
formula purchases of swine. Form LS– the use of appropriate automated,
volume, and classification descriptors
118 is completed by swine packers. The electronic, mechanical, or other
for all lamb pelts from lambs purchased
information collected on this revised technological collection techniques or
on a negotiated purchase, formula
form will provide market participants other forms of information technology.
marketing arrangement, or forward
with more specific information about All responses to this document will be
contract basis. Form LS–133 is
the various purchase methods used in
completed by lamb packers. The data summarized and included in the request
the daily marketing of swine and with
collected with this form is necessary to for OMB approval. All comments will
a better understanding of the
facilitate the reporting of information on become a matter of public record.
marketplace concerning formulated
lamb pelts, which provides lamb prices and spot negotiated prices. Dated: February 22, 2016.
producers more accurate information on Estimate of Burden: Public reporting Elanor Starmer,
the total value of lambs marketed for burden for collection of information is Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
slaughter. estimated to be 0.25 hours per Service.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting electronically submitted response. [FR Doc. 2016–04045 Filed 2–26–16; 8:45 am]
burden for collection of information is Respondents: Packer processing BILLING CODE 3410–02–P
estimated to be 0.25 hours per plants required to report information on
electronically submitted response. live swine purchases to the Secretary.
Respondents: Packer processing Estimated Number of Respondents: 47 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
plants required to report information on plants.
live lamb purchases to the Secretary. Estimated Number of Responses: Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6 12,220 responses. Service
plants. Estimated Number of Responses per
Estimated Number of Responses: 312 [Docket No. APHIS–2016–0014]
Respondent: 260.
responses. Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Notice of Request for Extension of
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondents: 3,055 hours.
Approval of an Information Collection;
Respondent: 52.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Title: Swine Daily Report (Form LS– Horse Protection Regulations
Respondents: 78 hours. 119)
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health
The following are three forms to be Form LS–119 is revised to include an Inspection Service, USDA.
revised in this information collection: additional purchase type for negotiated ACTION: Extension of approval of an
Form LS–123, Live Lamb Weekly formula purchases of swine. Form LS– information collection; comment
119 is completed by swine packers. The
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Report; Form LS–118, Swine Prior Day request.
Report; and Form LS–119, Swine Daily information collected on this revised
Report. form will provide market participants SUMMARY: In accordance with the
with more specific information about Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
Title: Live Lamb Weekly Report (Form the various purchase methods used in notice announces the Animal and Plant
LS–123) the daily marketing of swine and a Health Inspection Service’s intention to
Form LS–123 is revised to include the better understanding of the marketplace request an extension of approval of an
volume and delivery period information concerning formulated prices and spot information collection associated with
for reporting lambs committed for negotiated prices. the Horse Protection Program.
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