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Vol. 87, No. 69 

Monday, April 11, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–FTPP–22–0013] 

Information Collection for USDA/DOJ 

Complaint Portal: FarmerFairness.gov 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces the 

Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) 

intention to request approval, from the 

Office of Management and Budget, for 

an information collection package for 

the web form to be used for the 

collection of complaints and tips from 

the public through the 

FarmerFairness.gov web portal. The 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

and the Department of Justice (DOJ) 

launched a web portal to allow farmers, 

ranchers and interested persons to 

report a complaint or submit 

information regarding potential 

violations of the Packers and Stockyards 

(P&S) Act or other federal anti-trust 

laws. USDA and DOJ will assess 

information collected to determine 

appropriate jurisdiction and any follow 

up actions. The joint USDA/DOJ web 

portal, FarmerFairness.gov, is subject to 

the reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements under the P&S Act. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by June 10, 2022 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 page number of this 

issue of the Federal Register. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: S. 

Brett Offutt, Chief Legal Officer/Policy 

Advisor, Packers and Stockyards 

Division, USDA AMS Fair Trade 

Practices Program, 1400 Independence 

Ave. SW, stop 3601, Washington, DC 

20250; Phone: (202) 690–4355; or Email: 

s.brett.offutt@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agency: AMS, USDA. 

Title: FarmerFairness.gov USDA/DOJ 

Complaint Web Portal. 

OMB Number: 0581–0333. 

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 

2022. 

Type of Request: Extension and 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The P&S Act and the 

regulations issued under the P&S Act 

authorize the collection of information 

for the purpose of enforcing the P&S Act 

and regulations and for conducting 

studies requested by Congress. The laws 

and regulations relating to competition 

in the meat and poultry industries 

confer separate and overlapping 

jurisdiction to the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture and the U.S. Department of 

Justice. Farmers, ranchers, and other 

interested persons may not be aware of 

this and may not know to whom or how 

to file a complaint or tip if they suspect 

a violation of those laws or regulations. 

This joint complaint portal allows those 

farmers, ranchers and interested persons 

to go to one website to submit 

information and USDA and DOJ will 

determine the appropriate jurisdiction 

and any follow up actions. This 

information collection is necessary for 

PSD and DOJ to monitor and examine 

complaints regarding financial, 

competitive, and trade practices in the 

livestock, meat packing and poultry 

industries. The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit comments from the public 

concerning PSD’s information 

collection. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 1.5 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Livestock auction 

markets, livestock dealers, packer 

buyers, meat packers, live poultry 

dealers, Livestock and poultry 

organizations, farmers, ranchers, and 

other interested persons. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1.5 hours. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 165 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. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07629 Filed 4–8–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 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 


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