[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75387-75388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32167]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

9 CFR Parts 201 and 203


Update Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this technical 
amendment revises the control numbers assigned by the Office of 
Management and Budget approving our information collection activities. 
The purpose of this action is to update the control numbers in the Code 
of Federal Regulations. This amendment brings the regulations up to 
date with the current control numbers.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tess Butler, Regulatory Specialist, 
USDA GIPSA, (202) 720-7486, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 1647-S, 
Washington, DC 20250-3604, or via e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the Packers and 
Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229) 
(P&S Act). 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.
    The P&S Act authorizes information collection for the purpose of 
enforcing the P&S Act and regulations and to conduct studies as 
requested by Congress. The information is needed for us to carry out 
our responsibilities under the P&S Act. The information is necessary to 
monitor and examine financial, competitive, and trade practices in the 
livestock, meat packing, and poultry industries.
    This amendment corrects the displayed control numbers, as required 
by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) and the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) regulations (5 CFR part 1320). OMB 
regulations provide options for the display of control numbers to show 
the OMB approval of information collection activities; we will continue 
to use the option of displaying the OMB control numbers at the end of 
each regulation that requires recordkeeping, reporting, or other 
information collection activity.
    The information collection activities approved under OMB control 
number 0580-0015, are the reporting, recordkeeping, and other 
information collection requirements in 9 CFR part 201, Regulations 
Under the Packers and Stockyards Act, and in 9 CFR part 203, Statements 
of General Policy Under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Formerly, these 
activities were approved under OMB control number 0590-0001 for the 
Packers and Stockyards Administration. After GIPSA was established, OMB 
assigned the new control number. Therefore, occurrences of 0590-0001 in 
the CFR need to be revised to 0580-0015 to reflect the current OMB 
control number. In addition, we need to add the current OMB control 
number at the end of section 201.108-1 of the regulations.
    There will be no changes to the regulatory text or any information 
collection change as a result of this technical amendment. Therefore, 
we find that it is unnecessary to request comments and believe that 
there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553 (d)(3), to make this amendment 
to parts 201 and 203 final upon publication in the Federal Register.

Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated this technical 
amendment as not significant for the purposes of Executive Order 12866. 
This technical amendment updates the OMB control numbers published at 
the end of specific regulations and statements of general policy in the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in 9 CFR parts 201 and 203. The 
information collection requirements approved by OMB under control 
number 0580-0015 have been previously approved. The current approval 
expires on September 30, 2004. This technical amendment does not change 
the information collection requirements.
    There will be neither costs imposed by nor benefits resulting from 
this technical amendment. There are no potential economic effects on 
small entities. This technical amendment does not make any changes to 
the projected reporting or recordkeeping burden imposed on small 
entities. Therefore, as the GIPSA Administrator, I certify that this 
technical amendment will not significantly impact a substantial number 
of small entities, as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 601-612).

Executive Order 12988

    This technical amendment has been reviewed under E.O. 12988, Civil 
Justice Reform, and is not intended to have retroactive effect. This 
technical amendment will not pre-empt State or local laws, regulations, 
or policies unless they present an irreconcilable conflict with this 
rule. There are no administrative procedures that must be exhausted 
prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this technical 
amendment.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), the information collection or recordkeeping requirements 
included in this technical amendment have been approved by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control number 0580-0018.

GPEA Compliance

    GIPSA is committed to compliance with the Government Paperwork 
Elimination Act (GPEA), which requires Government agencies, in general, 
to provide the public option of submitting information or transacting 
business electronically to the maximum extent possible.

List of Subjects

9 CFR Part 201

    Confidential business information, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Stockyards, Surety bonds, Trade practices.

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9 CFR Part 203

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Stockyards.

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For the reasons set forth above, GIPSA amends 9 CFR Parts 201 and 203 
as follows:

PART 201--REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT

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1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 222 and 228; 7 CFR 2.22 and 2.81.


Sec. Sec.  201.10, 201.17, 201.27, 201.28, 201.34, 201.42, 201.43, 
201.44, 201.45, 201.56, 201.61, 201.73-1, 201.86, 201.94, 201.95, 
201.97, 201.99, 201.100, and 201.200  [Amended]

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2. Amend Sec. Sec.  201.10, 201.17, 201.27, 201.28, 201.34, 201.42, 
201.43, 201.44, 201.45, 201.56, 201.61, 201.73-1, 201.86, 201.94, 
201.95, 201.97, 201.99, 201.100, and 201.200 by revising the OMB 
control number citation to read as follows:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0580-0015)''

Sec.  201.108-1  [Amended]

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3. Amend Sec.  201.108-1 by adding at the end of the section the 
following:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0580-0015)''

PART 203--STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY UNDER THE PACKERS AND 
STOCKYARDS ACT

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4. Revise the authority citation for part 203 to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 CFR 2.22 and 2.81.

Sec. Sec.  203.4, 203.14, 203.15, 203.16, 203.17, 203.18, and 
203.19  [Amended]

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5. Amend Sec. Sec.  203.4, 203.14, 203.15, 203.16, 203.17, 203.18, and 
203.19 by revising the OMB control number citation to read as follows:

``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control 
number 0580-0015)''

JoAnn Waterfield,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-32167 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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