[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11217-11218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03829]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 19, 2021.
    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 March 26, 2021. 
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

[[Page 11218]]

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: Regulations and Related Reporting and Recording 
Requirements--FTPP, Packers and Stockyards Division.
    OMB Control Number: 0580-0015.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 
administers the provisions of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 
(Act), as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229c). The Act is 
designed to protect the financial interests of livestock and poultry 
producers engaged in commerce of livestock and live poultry sold for 
slaughter. It also protects members of the livestock and poultry 
marketing, processing, and merchandising industries from unfair, 
unjustly discriminatory, deceptive, or anti-competitive practices in 
the livestock, meat, and poultry industries. AMS will collect 
information using several forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: AMS requires regulated entities in 
the livestock, meat packing, and poultry industries to keep records, 
submit information to AMS, and provide information to third parties. 
AMS will collect information to monitor and examine financial, 
competitive and trade practices in the livestock, meatpacking, and 
poultry industries. Also, the information will help assure that the 
regulated entities do not engage in unfair, unjustly discriminatory, or 
deceptive trade practices or anti-competitive behavior.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 15,371.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Third party disclosure; 
Reporting: On occasion; Semi-annually; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 26,137.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-03829 Filed 2-23-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P