[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 111 (Thursday, June 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35153-35154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12389]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-LP-22-0031]


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, this 
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's intention to 
request approval from the Office of Management and Budget for an 
extension of the currently approved information collection used to 
compile and generate cattle, swine, lamb, boxed beef, and wholesale 
pork Market News reports under the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 
1999.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 8, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning 
this notice by using the electronic process available at https://www.regulations.gov/. Written comments may be submitted to Russell 
Avalos, Assistant to the Director; Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market 
News Division; Livestock and Poultry Program; Agricultural Marketing 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, 
Room 2619-S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC 20250-0252. All comments should 
reference the docket number (AMS-LP-22-0031), the date, and page number 
of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments will be posted 
without change, including any personal information provided, online at 
https://www.regulations.gov/ and will be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russell Avalos, Assistant to the 
Director; Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division; (202) 
738-2112: or by email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agency: USDA, AMS.
    Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999.
    OMB Number: 0581-0186.
    Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2022.
    Type of Request: Request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act) 
was enacted into law on October 22, 1999, [Pub. L. 106-78; 113 Stat. 
1188; 7 U.S.C. 1635-1636(i)] as an amendment to the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). On April 2, 
2001, Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS); Livestock and Poultry 
Program (LP); Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division 
(LPGMN) implemented the Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) program as 
required by the 1999 Act. The purpose was to establish a program of 
easily understood information regarding the marketing of cattle, swine, 
lambs, and livestock products; improve the price and supply reporting 
services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); and encourage 
competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products. 
The LMR regulations (7 CFR part 59) established the requirements for 
certain packers and importers to submit purchase and sales information 
of livestock and livestock products to meet this purpose.
    The statutory authority for the program lapsed on September 30, 
2005. In October 2006, Congress passed the Livestock Mandatory 
Reporting Reauthorization Act (2006 Reauthorization Act) [Pub. L. 109-
296] to re-establish regulatory authority for the continued operation 
of LMR through September 30, 2010, and separate the reporting 
requirements for sows and boars from barrows and gilts, among other 
changes. On July 15, 2008, the LMR final rule became effective (73 FR 
28606, May 16, 2008).
    On September 28, 2010, Congress passed the Mandatory Price 
Reporting Act of 2010 (2010 Reauthorization Act) [Pub. L. 111-239] to 
reauthorize LMR for an additional five years through September 30, 
2015, and require the addition of wholesale pork through negotiated 
rulemaking. On January 7, 2013, the LMR final rule became effective (77 
FR 50561, August 22, 2012).
    The Agriculture Reauthorizations Act of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization 
Act) [Pub. L. 114-54], enacted on September 30, 2015, reauthorized the 
LMR program for an additional five years through September 30, 2020, 
and amended certain lamb and swine reporting requirements.
    For lamb, the definitions of a packer and importer were modified to 
lower the reporting thresholds of each, from a processing average of 
75,000 lambs to 35,000 lambs, and from an import average of at least 
2,500 metric tons of lamb meat products to an average of 1,000 metric 
tons of lamb meat. On May 31, 2016, a direct final rule to implement 
these reporting changes became effective (81 FR 10057, February 29, 
2016). For swine, the 2015 Reauthorization Act added a definition and 
reporting requirements for negotiated formula and late day purchases. 
On October 11, 2016, a final rule became effective (81 FR 52969, August 
11, 2016) to implement these changes as well as a lamb reporting change 
requested by industry stakeholders amending the term ``packer-owned 
lambs'' and requiring packers to report lambs owned by a packer for at 
least 28 days immediately before slaughter.
    The reports generated by the 1999 Act are used by other Government 
agencies to evaluate market conditions and calculate price levels, 
including USDA's Economic Research Service and World Agricultural 
Outlook Board. Economists at most major agricultural colleges and 
universities use the reports to make short and long-term market 
projections. Also, the Government is a large purchaser of livestock 
related products, therefore a system to monitor the collection and 
reporting of data therefore was needed.
    In order to comply with the 1999 Act's goal of encouraging 
competition in the marketplace for livestock and livestock products, 
Section 251 directs USDA to make available to the public information 
and statistics obtained from, or submitted by, respondents covered by 
the 1999 Act in a manner that ensures that the confidentiality of the 
reporting entities is preserved. AMS

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is in the best position to provide this service.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 0.16 hours per response.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit entities, individuals or 
households, farms, and the Federal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 110 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 144,664 responses.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1,315 responses 
(rounded).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 23,035 hours 
(rounded).
    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.
    All responses to this document will be summarized and included in 
the request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments 
will become a matter of public record, including any personal 
information provided.

Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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