[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 2010)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-PY-10-0009]


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 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the intention of Agricultural 
Marketing Service (AMS) to request an extension from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), for a currently approved information 
collection in support of Poultry Market News Programs.

DATES: Comments received by June 4, 2010 will be considered.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on 
the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov or to: Sara Lutton, 
Standards, Promotion, & Technology Branch; Poultry Programs, AMS, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0259; 
Washington, DC 20250-0259; fax (202) 720-2930. Comments should 
reference the docket number and the date and page number of this issue 
of the Federal Register. Comments will be available for public 
inspection at the above address during regular business hours, or can 
be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments received will be 
posted without change, including any personal information provided. The 
identity of anyone submitting comments will also be made public.
    Additional Information: Additional information regarding this 
notice is available by contacting Sara Lutton, Standards, Promotion, & 
Technology Branch; Poultry Programs, AMS, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0259; Washington, DC 
20250-0259; fax (202) 720-2930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Poultry Market News Reports.
    OMB Number: 0581-0033.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2010.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), the Poultry Market News and Analysis 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 from commercial dried egg products plants 
throughout the U.S. Cooperating firms voluntarily submit this form to 
Market News primarily via electronic mail and facsimile transmissions.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 0.083 hours (5 minutes) per 
response.
    Respondents: Producers, processors, brokers, distributors, 
retailers and commercial dried egg products plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,743.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 216,858.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 137.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 17,999 hours.
    Copies of this information collection may be obtained from Sara 
Lutton, Standards, Promotion, & Technology Branch, at (202) 720-0976.
    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.
    Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the 
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov or to: Sara Lutton, Standards, 
Promotion, & Technology Branch; Poultry Programs, AMS, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0259; Washington, 
DC 20250-0259; fax (202) 720-2930. All comments received will be 
available for public inspection during regular business hours at the 
above address, or can be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 30, 2010.
Rayne Pegg,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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