[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 197 (Friday, October 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58647-58648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25673]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. PY-03-004]


Notice of Request for Extension of and Revision to 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 (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 for and revision to a 
currently approved information collection for Poultry Market News 
Programs.

DATES: Comments received by December 9, 2003 will be considered.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Interested parties are invited to 
submit written comments concerning this notice. Comments must be sent 
to Michael E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry Market News Branch, Poultry 
Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, STOP 0262, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-0262, or fax (202-720-2403), or e-mail [email protected]. 
Comments should make reference to the date and page number of this 
issue of the Federal Register and will be made available for public 
inspection in the above office during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry 
Market News Branch, 202-720-6911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This notice contains submission requirements subject to public 
comment and review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). In 
accordance with 5 CFR Part 1320, a description of the submission 
requirements and an estimate of the resulting burden on applicants is 
included.
    Title: Poultry Market News Reports.
    OMB Number: 0581-0033.
    Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2004.
    Type of Request: Extension of and revision to a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), the Poultry Market News Branch provides up-to-
the-minute nationwide coverage of prices, supply, demand, trends, 
movement, and other pertinent information affecting the trading of 
poultry and eggs, and their respective products. The market reports 
compiled and disseminated by Market News provide current, unbiased, 
factual information to all members of the Nation's agricultural 
industry, from farm to retailer. These market reports assist producers, 
processors, wholesalers, retailers, and others in making informed 
production, purchasing, and sales decisions and promote orderly 
marketing by placing buyers and sellers on a more equal negotiating 
basis.
    Market news reporters communicate with buyers and sellers of egg 
and poultry commodities on a daily basis in order to accomplish the 
Program's mission. This communication and information gathering is 
accomplished through the use of telephone conversations, facsimile 
transmissions, and electronic mail messages. Market News uses one OMB 
approved form, PY-90: Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks Report, to 
collect inventory information monthly from commercial dried egg 
products plants throughout the U.S. Cooperating firms submit this form 
to Market News primarily via facsimile transmissions.
    AMS is committed to implementation of the Government Paperwork 
Elimination Act, which provides for the use of information resources to 
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental operations, 
including providing the public with the option of submitting 
information or transacting business electronically to the extent 
possible.
    (1) Collection of Market Information.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 0.083 hours per response.
    Respondents: Producers, processors, brokers, distributors, and 
retailers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,700.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 212,500.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 125.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 17,637.5 hours.
    (2) Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks Form PY-90.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 0.083 hours per response.
    Respondents: Commercial domestic dried egg products plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 120.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10 hours.
    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 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.
    Comments should reference OMB No. 0581-0033 and be sent to Michael 
E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry Market News Branch, Poultry Programs, 
Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP 
0262, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0262, or fax 
(202-720-2403), or e-mail [email protected]. All comments will be 
available for public inspection in the above office during regular 
business hours.

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    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: October 6, 2003.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25673 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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