[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 50286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17557]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 Comments regarding these information collections are best 
assured of having their full effect if received by September 15, 2022. 
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.
    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: Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting and Tournaments.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: In accordance with the authority granted to 
the Secretary by the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 the Packers and 
Stockyards Division (PSD) is proposing regulations under the Packers 
and Stockyards Act, 1921, (P&S Act) (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) that clarify 
when certain conduct in the livestock and poultry industries represents 
the making or giving of an undue or unreasonable preference or 
advantage or subjects a person or locality to an undue or unreasonable 
prejudice or disadvantage. These proposed regulations also establish 
criteria PSD will consider in determining whether a live poultry dealer 
has provided prescribed documents to a prospective or current poultry 
grower.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collection 
requirements in this request are essential to improve transparency and 
forestall deception in the use of poultry growing arrangements, in 
accordance with the purposes of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921. 
Proposed revisions to the Packers and Stockyards regulations would 
require live poultry dealers to provide certain disclosures to poultry 
growers in advance of entering into production contracts. Under the 
proposal, dealers would have the option of using the Live Poultry 
Dealer Disclosure Form provided by AMS to meet the requirements for the 
cover page that must accompany additional dealer-generated disclosure 
documents as required. Alternatively, dealers could develop their own 
cover page to meet the requirement, as long as all the required 
information is included. Poultry growers could use the disclosure 
information to evaluate the accuracy of proposed contracts and make 
informed business decisions regarding financial investments related to 
poultry production.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 89.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 29,346.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-17557 Filed 8-15-22; 8:45 am]
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