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Vol. 78, No. 103 

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LPS–13–0021] 

Poultry Market News Reports; Request 

for Extension and Revision of the 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection and To Merge the 

Collections of Livestock, Poultry, Meat, 

Grain, and Their Related Products 

Used as Market News Information 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this document 

announces Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) intention to revise three 

previously approved collections by 

merging them into a single information 

collection. AMS recently merged its 

Livestock and Grain Market News 

Division with the Poultry Market News 

Division, creating the Livestock, Poultry 

and Grain Market News Division 

(LPGMN). Due to this organizational 

merger, AMS intends to combine the 

following collections, 0581–0033 

‘‘Poultry Market News Reports’’, 0581– 

0005 ‘‘Grain Market News’’, and 0581– 

0154 ‘‘Livestock and Meat Market 

News.’’ These collections will be 

combined into a single collection retitled 0581–0033 ‘‘Livestock, Poultry, 

Meat, and Grain Market News Reports.’’ 

Finally, this document announces AMS 

intention to request approval for an 

extension to the re-titled collection 

0581–0033 ‘‘Livestock, Poultry, Meat, 

and Grain Market News Reports.’’ 

LPGMN provides a timely exchange of 

accurate and unbiased information on 

current marketing conditions affecting 

trade in livestock, poultry, eggs, meats, 

grain, and wool. 

DATES: Comments on this document 

must be received by July 29, 2013 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this information collection document. 

Comments should be submitted online 

at www.regulations.gov or sent to Kim 

Harmon, Assistant to the Director, 

Livestock, Poultry and Grain Market 

News Division, Livestock, Poultry and 

Seed Program, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Ave. S. W., Room 

2619–S Washington, DC, 20250–0252, 

or by facsimile to (202) 690–3732. All 

comments should reference the 

document number (AMS–LPS–13– 

0021), the date, and the page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information provided, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will be made 

available for public inspection at the 

above physical address during regular 

business hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Harmon at the above physical address, 

by telephone (202) 720–8054, or by 

email at Kim.Harmon@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Poultry Market News Reports. 

OMB Number: 0581–0033. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2013. 

Type of Request: Revision and 

Extension of approval of an information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) as 

amended authorizes AMS, Market News 

Divisions to provide up-to-the-minute 

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. AMS 

recently merged the Livestock and Seed 

Program with the Poultry Programs. The 

newly combined program is called the 

Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program. 

Subsequently, the two respective market 

news divisions were also merged to 

form the LPGMN Division. The market 

reports compiled and disseminated by 

the LPGMN Division provide current, 

unbiased, and factual information to all 

members of the Nation’s agricultural 

industry. Market news reports assist 

producers, processors, wholesalers, 

retailers, and others in making 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, and their respective 

commodities on a daily basis in order to 

accomplish the Program’s mission. This 

communication and information 

gathering is accomplished through the 

use of telephone conversations, 

facsimile transmissions, face to face 

meetings, and electronic mail 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 will collect information on price, 

supply, demand, trends, movement, and 

other information of livestock, poultry, 

meat, grain, eggs, and their respective 

commodities. LPGMN uses one OMB 

approved form, PY–90: ‘‘Monthly Dried 

Egg Solids Stocks Report’’, to collect 

inventory information from commercial 

dried egg products plants throughout 

the United States. Cooperating firms 

voluntarily submit this form to LPGMN 

primarily via electronic mail and 

facsimile transmissions. 

With this revision, LPGMN is 

including information collection 

requirements currently approved by 

OMB control number 0581–0033 

‘‘Poultry Market News Reports’’ (Expires 

12/31/2013), 0581–0005 ‘‘Grain Market 

News’’ (Expires 09/30/2014), and 0581– 

0154 ‘‘Livestock and Meat Market 

News’’ (Expires 06/30/2014) into one 

collection. After OMB approves and 

combines the burden for the collection 

under a single collection retitled 

‘‘Livestock, Poultry, Meat, and Grain 

Market News Reports’’ (0581–0033), the 

Department will retire numbers 0581– 

0005 and 0581–0154. Merging the 

collections will enable the division to 

more efficiently manage the collection 

and prevent duplication of burden. 

For Poultry Market News Reports 

0581–0033 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.083 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers, processors, 

brokers, distributors, retailers, and 

commercial dried egg products plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

411 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

50,471 responses. 


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Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 122.80 responses. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 4,189 hours. 

For Grain Market News 0581–0005 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .033 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, individuals or 

households, farms, and Federal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,737 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

153,168 responses. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 88.18 responses. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,100 hours. 

For Livestock and Meat Market News 

0581–0154 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .083 per 

response. 

Respondents: Producers, processors, 

brokers, distributors, retailers, and 

wholesalers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

520 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

65,520 responses. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 126 responses. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,458 hours. 

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 OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: May 21, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–12656 Filed 5–28–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–13–0033] 

Perishable Agricultural Commodities 

Act; Request for Extension and 

Revision of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this document 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS) intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection for the Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements Under 

Regulations Under the Perishable 

Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as 

amended. 

DATES: Comments on this document 

must be received by July 29, 2013 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written or 

electronic comments to: Natalie Worku, 

PACA Division, Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Comments, AMS, F&V 

Program, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Room 1510–S, Stop 0242, 

Washington DC 20250–0242; or faxed 

to: 202–690–4413; or Internet: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

received will be posted without change, 

including any personal information 

provided, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and will be made 

available for public inspection at the 

above physical address during regular 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements Under Regulations (Other 

than Rules of Practice) Under the 

Perishable Agricultural Commodities 

Act, 1930. 

OMB Number: 0581–0031. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2014. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The PACA was enacted by 

Congress in 1930 to establish a code of 

fair trading practices covering the 

marketing of fresh and frozen fruits and 

vegetables in interstate or foreign 

commerce. It protects growers, shippers, 

and distributors dealing in those 

commodities by prohibiting unfair and 

fraudulent trade practices. 

The law provides a forum for 

resolving contract disputes, and a 

mechanism for the collection of 

damages from anyone who fails to meet 

contractual obligations. In addition, the 

PACA provides for prompt payment to 

fruit and vegetable sellers and for 

revocation of licenses and sanctions 

against firms and principals found to 

have violated the law’s standards for fair 

business practices. The PACA also 

imposes a statutory trust that attaches to 

perishable agricultural commodities 

received by regulated entities, products 

derived from the commodities, and any 

receivables or proceeds from the sale of 

the commodities. The trust exists for the 

benefit of produce suppliers, sellers, or 

agents that have not been paid, and 

continues until they have been paid in 

full. 

The PACA is enforced through a 

licensing system. All commission 

merchants, dealers, and brokers engaged 

in business subject to the PACA must be 

licensed. Retailers and grocery 

wholesalers must renew their licenses 

every three years. All other licensees 

must renew annually. Those who 

engage in practices prohibited by the 

PACA may have their licenses 

suspended or revoked. 

The information collected pursuant to 

OMB Number 0581–0031 is used to 

administer licensing provisions under 

the PACA, to adjudicate contract 

disputes, and to enforce the PACA and 

the regulations. The purpose of this 

document is to solicit comments from 

the public concerning our information 

collection. 

We estimate the paperwork and time 

burden of the above referenced 

information collection to be as follows: 

Form FV–211, Application for 

License: average of .25 hours per 

application per response. 

Form FV–231–1 (or 231–1A, or 231–2, 

or 231–2A), Application for Renewal or 

Reinstatement of License: Average of .05 

hours per application per response. 

Regulations Section 46.13—Letters to 

Notify USDA of Changes in Business 

Operations: Average of .05 hours per 

notice per response. 

Regulations Section 46.4—Limited 

Liability Company Articles of 

Organization and Operating Agreement: 

Average of .083 hours with 

approximately 2,473 annual responses. 

Regulations Section 46.18—Record of 

Produce Received: Average of 5 hours 


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