Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 159 / Monday, August 18, 2014 / Notices 48721 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LPS–14–0061] 

Notice of Request for 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 notice 

announces the Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s intention to request approval 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget, for a Revision of the currently 

approved information collection used to 

compile and generate the Federally 

Inspected Estimated Daily Slaughter 

Report. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 17, 2014. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Comments should be submitted 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov. Comments may 

also be submitted to Kim Harmon, 

Assistant to the Director, Livestock, 

Poultry, and Grain Market News 

Division (LPGMN), Livestock, Poultry 

and Seed Program (LPS), Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture; STOP 0252; 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 

2619–S; Washington, DC 20250–0252. 

All comments should reference this 

publication number AMS–LPS–14–0061 

and note the date and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. 

Submitted comments will be available 

for public inspection at http://

www.regulations.gov or at the above 

address during regular business hours. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

Notice will be included in the records 

and will be made available to the 

public. All comments received will be 

posted without change, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Harmon, Assistant to the Director, 

LPGMN, AMS, USDA, by telephone at 

(202) 720–6231, or via email at 

Kim.Harmon@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Plan for Estimating Daily 

Livestock Slaughter Under Federal 

Inspection. 

OMB Number: 0581–0050. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 01–31– 

2015. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Marketing 

Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), 

section 203(g) directs and authorizes the 

collection and dissemination of 

marketing information including 

adequate outlook information, on a 

market area basis, for the purpose of 

anticipating and meeting consumer 

requirements, aiding in the maintenance 

of farm income, and to bring about a 

balance between production and 

utilization. 

Under this market news program, 

USDA issues a market news report 

estimating daily livestock slaughter 

under Federal inspection. This report is 

compiled by AMS on a voluntary basis 

in cooperation with the livestock and 

meat industry. Market news reporting 

must be timely, accurate, and 

continuous if it is to be useful to 

producers, processors, and the trade in 

general. The daily livestock slaughter 

estimates are provided at the request of 

industry and are used to make 

production and marketing decisions. 

The Daily Estimated Livestock 

Slaughter Under Federal Inspection 

Report is used by a wide range of 

industry contacts, including packers, 

processors, producers, brokers and 

retailers of meat and meat products. The 

livestock and meat industry requested 

that USDA issue slaughter estimates 

(daily and weekly), by species, for 

cattle, calves, hogs and sheep in order 

to assist them in making immediate 

production and marketing decisions and 

as a guide to the volume of meat in the 

marketing channel. The information 

requested from respondents includes 

their estimation of the current day’s 

slaughter at their plant(s) and the actual 

slaughter for the previous day. Also, the 

Government is a large purchaser of meat 

and related products and this report 

assists other Government agencies in 

providing timely information on the 

quantity of meat entering the processing 

channels. 

The information must be collected, 

compiled, and disseminated by an 

impartial third-party, in a manner 

which protects the confidentiality of the 

reporting entity. AMS is in the best 

position to provide this service. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average .0333 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, individuals or 

households, farms, and the Federal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

61. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

15,860.00. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 260. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 528 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 notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: August 12, 2014. 

Rex Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–19455 Filed 8–15–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Dixie, Fishlake, and Manti-La Sal 

National Forests; Utah; Initiation of 

Forest Plan Assessment Process 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of initiating the forest 

plan assessment process to determine 

whether a forest plan amendment is 

needed regarding livestock grazing for 

the Dixie, Fishlake, and Manti-La Sal 

National Forests. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, is 

initiating a forest plan amendment 

process pursuant to 36 CFR 219 

(‘‘Planning Rule’’) for the Forest Land 

Management Plans (forest plans) for the 

Dixie, Fishlake, and Manti-La Sal 

National Forests, beginning with an 

assessment of current forest plan 

direction for managing livestock grazing 

as it relates to specific ecological 

conditions in riparian, aquatic, and 

sagebrush-grassland ecosystems. 

Interested parties are invited to 

contribute information to be used in the 

preliminary identification of the need 

for changing the forest plans. The 

appropriate National Environmental 

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