[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 54833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22281]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
October 8, 2019.
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding:
Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and 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, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; New Executive
Office Building, 725--17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Commenters
are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602.
Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by November 12, 2019. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0033.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, (60
Stat. 1087-1091, as amended: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, (AMA)) legislates that
USDA shall ``collect and disseminate marketing information . . .'' and
``. . . collect, tabulate, and disseminate statistics on marketing
agricultural products, including, but not restricted to statistics on
marketing supplies, storage, stocks, quantity, quality, and condition
of such products in various positions in the marketing channel, use of
such products, and shipments and unloads thereof.'' The mission of
Market New is to provide current unbiased, factual information to all
members of the Nation's agricultural industry, from farm to retailer.
Need and Use of the Information: Information is used by the private
sector to make economic decisions to establish market values for
application in contracts or settlement value, and to address specific
concerns or issues related to trade agreements and disputes as well as
being used by educational institutions, specifically, agricultural
colleges and universities. Government agencies such as the Foreign
Agricultural Service, Economic Research Service and the National
Agricultural Statistics Service use market news data in the performance
of their missions. LPGMN reports provide interested segments of the
market chain and the general public with unbiased comprehensive
livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, wool, grain market data which helps
equalize the competitive position of all market participants. The
absence of these data would deny primary and secondary users
information that otherwise would be available to aid them in their
production and marketing decisions, analyses, research and knowledge of
current market conditions. The omission of these data could adversely
affect prices, supply, and demand.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 2,939.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly; Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 15,970.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-22281 Filed 10-10-19; 8:45 am]
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