[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 59865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18715]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Doc. No. AMS-LP-23-0042]


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, this 
notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention 
to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
an extension of the currently approved information collection, 
``Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News'' (OMB 0581-0033).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 30, 2023 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments concerning 
this notice by using the electronic process available at https://www.regulations.gov. All comments should reference the document number 
and the date and the page number of this issue of the Federal Register. 
Written comments may be submitted via mail 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 Ave. SW, Room 2619-S, STOP 
0252; Washington, DC 20250-0252; Telephone (202) 738-2112; or Email 
[email protected]. All comments received will be posted without 
change, including any personal information provided, at https://www.regulations.gov and will be included in the record and made 
available to the public. Please do not include personally identifiable 
information (such as name, address, or other contact information) or 
confidential business information that you do not want publicly 
disclosed. Comments may be submitted anonymously.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News.
    OMB Number: 0581-0033.
    Expiration Date of Approval: October 31, 2023.
    Type of Request: Request for extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
timely nationwide coverage of prices, supply, demands, trends, 
movement, and other pertinent information affecting the trading of 
livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, grain, and their related products, as 
well as locally produced and marketed products. The market reports 
compiled and disseminated by the Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market 
News (LPGMN) Division provide current, unbiased, and factual 
information to all stakeholders in the U.S. agricultural industry. 
Market News reports assist producers, processors, wholesalers, 
retailers, and others to make informed production, purchasing, and 
sales decisions. LPGMN reports also promote orderly marketing by 
placing buyers and sellers on a more equal negotiation basis.
    LPGMN reporters communicate with buyers and sellers of livestock, 
poultry, meat, eggs, grain, local products, and their respective 
commodities on a daily basis to accomplish the Division's mission. This 
communication and information gathering is accomplished through the use 
of telephone conversations, facsimile transmissions, face-to-face 
meetings, and email messages. The information provided by respondents 
initiates Market News reporting, which must be timely, accurate, 
unbiased, and continuous if it is to be meaningful to the industry. AMS 
collects information on price, supply, demand, trends, movement, and 
other information of livestock, poultry, meat, grain, eggs, local 
products, and their respective commodities.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .058 hours per response.
    Respondents: Business or other for-profit and farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,220.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 299,800.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 93.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 17,970.
    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 notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record.

Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18715 Filed 8-29-23; 8:45 am]
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