[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36518-36519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15476]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Intent To Request Approval To Revise and Extend an 
Information Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intent of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently 
approved information collection, the Livestock Slaughter Survey. 
Revision to burden hours may be needed due to changes in the size of 
the target population, sampling design, and/or questionnaire length.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 22, 2011 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0005, by any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include docket number 
above in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: (202) 720-6396.
     Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to: NASS 
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336A, Mail 
Stop 2024, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, 
DC 20250-2024.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: NASS Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336A, South Building, 
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Livestock Slaughter Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0005.
    Approval Expires: November 30, 2011.
    Type of Request: To revise and extend a currently approved 
information collection for a period of three years.
    Abstract: The primary objective of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and national estimates 
of crop and livestock production, prices, and disposition as well as 
economic statistics, farm numbers, land values, on-farm pesticide 
usage, pest crop management practices, as well as the Census of 
Agriculture. Livestock slaughter data are used to estimate U.S. red 
meat production and reconcile inventory estimates which provide 
producers and the rest of the industry with current and future 
information on market supplies. This data is also used in preparing 
production, disposition, and income statistics which facilitate more 
orderly production, marketing, and processing of livestock and 
livestock products.

    Authority:  These data will be collected under the authority of 
7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under 
this authority are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act 
of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict 
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. This 
Notice is submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of 
Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.

    NASS also complies with OMB Implementation Guidance, 
``Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government Act, 
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 
2002 (CIPSEA),'' Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 
33362.
    Estimate of Burden: The Livestock Slaughter Survey includes a 
weekly survey of 900 Federally Inspected (FI) slaughter plants and 
monthly/quarterly surveys of approximately 1,950 Non-Federally 
Inspected (NFI) slaughter facilities. Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 10 to 15 minutes per 
response for an estimated annual burden of 3,335 hours. (The USDA 
inspectors are not included in the

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calculation of total burden, since they are Federal employees and are 
performing this task as a part of their job functions.)
    Respondents: Farmers, USDA inspectors, and custom/state inspected 
slaughter plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,850.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,335 hours.
    Copies of this information collection and related instructions can 
be obtained without charge from David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance 
Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at [email protected].
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) 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, technological or other forms of 
information technology collection methods.
    All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record 
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, May 23, 2011.
Joseph T. Reilly,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-15476 Filed 6-21-11; 8:45 am]
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