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Vol. 87, No. 111 

Thursday, June 9, 2022 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. AMS–LP–22–0031] 

Request for Extension 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, this 

notice announces the Agricultural 

Marketing Service’s intention to request 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget for an extension of the 

currently approved information 

collection used to compile and generate 

cattle, swine, lamb, boxed beef, and 

wholesale pork Market News reports 

under the Livestock Mandatory 

Reporting Act of 1999. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

August 8, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments concerning 

this notice by using the electronic 

process available at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Written 

comments may be submitted 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 Avenue SW, Room 

2619–S, STOP 0252; Washington, DC 

20250–0252. All comments should 

reference the docket number (AMS–LP– 

22–0031), the date, and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. All 

comments will be posted without 

change, including any personal 

information provided, online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov/ and will be made 

available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Avalos, Assistant to the 

Director; Livestock, Poultry, and Grain 

Market News Division; (202) 738–2112: 

or by email Russell.Avalos@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agency: USDA, AMS. 

Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting 

Act of 1999. 

OMB Number: 0581–0186. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2022. 

Type of Request: Request for 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Livestock Mandatory 

Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act) was 

enacted into law on October 22, 1999, 

[Pub. L. 106–78; 113 Stat. 1188; 7 U.S.C. 

1635–1636(i)] as an amendment to the 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). On 

April 2, 2001, Agricultural Marketing 

Service’s (AMS); Livestock and Poultry 

Program (LP); Livestock, Poultry, and 

Grain Market News Division (LPGMN) 

implemented the Livestock Mandatory 

Reporting (LMR) program as required by 

the 1999 Act. The purpose was to 

establish a program of easily understood 

information regarding the marketing of 

cattle, swine, lambs, and livestock 

products; improve the price and supply 

reporting services of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA); and 

encourage competition in the 

marketplace for livestock and livestock 

products. The LMR regulations (7 CFR 

part 59) established the requirements for 

certain packers and importers to submit 

purchase and sales information of 

livestock and livestock products to meet 

this purpose. 

The statutory authority for the 

program lapsed on September 30, 2005. 

In October 2006, Congress passed the 

Livestock Mandatory Reporting 

Reauthorization Act (2006 

Reauthorization Act) [Pub. L. 109–296] 

to re-establish regulatory authority for 

the continued operation of LMR through 

September 30, 2010, and separate the 

reporting requirements for sows and 

boars from barrows and gilts, among 

other changes. On July 15, 2008, the 

LMR final rule became effective (73 FR 

28606, May 16, 2008). 

On September 28, 2010, Congress 

passed the Mandatory Price Reporting 

Act of 2010 (2010 Reauthorization Act) 

[Pub. L. 111–239] to reauthorize LMR 

for an additional five years through 

September 30, 2015, and require the 

addition of wholesale pork through 

negotiated rulemaking. On January 7, 

2013, the LMR final rule became 

effective (77 FR 50561, August 22, 

2012). 

The Agriculture Reauthorizations Act 

of 2015 (2015 Reauthorization Act) 

[Pub. L. 114–54], enacted on September 

30, 2015, reauthorized the LMR program 

for an additional five years through 

September 30, 2020, and amended 

certain lamb and swine reporting 

requirements. 

For lamb, the definitions of a packer 

and importer were modified to lower 

the reporting thresholds of each, from a 

processing average of 75,000 lambs to 

35,000 lambs, and from an import 

average of at least 2,500 metric tons of 

lamb meat products to an average of 

1,000 metric tons of lamb meat. On May 

31, 2016, a direct final rule to 

implement these reporting changes 

became effective (81 FR 10057, February 

29, 2016). For swine, the 2015 

Reauthorization Act added a definition 

and reporting requirements for 

negotiated formula and late day 

purchases. On October 11, 2016, a final 

rule became effective (81 FR 52969, 

August 11, 2016) to implement these 

changes as well as a lamb reporting 

change requested by industry 

stakeholders amending the term 

‘‘packer-owned lambs’’ and requiring 

packers to report lambs owned by a 

packer for at least 28 days immediately 

before slaughter. 

The reports generated by the 1999 Act 

are used by other Government agencies 

to evaluate market conditions and 

calculate price levels, including USDA’s 

Economic Research Service and World 

Agricultural Outlook Board. Economists 

at most major agricultural colleges and 

universities use the reports to make 

short and long-term market projections. 

Also, the Government is a large 

purchaser of livestock related products, 

therefore a system to monitor the 

collection and reporting of data 

therefore was needed. 

In order to comply with the 1999 

Act’s goal of encouraging competition in 

the marketplace for livestock and 

livestock products, Section 251 directs 

USDA to make available to the public 

information and statistics obtained 

from, or submitted by, respondents 

covered by the 1999 Act in a manner 

that ensures that the confidentiality of 

the reporting entities is preserved. AMS 


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is in the best position to provide this 

service. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average 0.16 hours per response. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, individuals or 

households, farms, and the Federal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110 respondents. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

144,664 responses. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1,315 responses (rounded). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 23,035 hours (rounded). 

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 Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Melissa Bailey, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12389 Filed 6–8–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2022–0010] 

Elimination of Deadline for Partial 

Refunds of Overtime and Holiday 

Inspection Fees for Small and Very 

Small Establishments 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On July 15, 2021, the Food 

Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 

announced in the Federal Register that, 

while funding is available, it will reduce 

overtime and holiday inspection fees for 

small and very small establishments. In 

the notice, FSIS stated that small and 

very small establishments need to 

submit an Overtime/Holiday Rate 

Reduction form to request an overtime 

or holiday inspection fee reduction. 

FSIS also explained that establishments 

that submit their forms by March 11, 

2022, and that qualify for a fee 

reduction, would receive a partial 

refund for overtime and holiday 

inspection fees paid since October 11, 

2020, i.e., the first day of the pay period 

after the beginning of Fiscal Year 2021. 

FSIS is eliminating the March 11, 2022, 

deadline for partial refunds. Therefore, 

all establishments that qualify and 

submit their forms will be eligible to 

receive the partial refund for overtime 

and holiday fees paid since October 11, 

2020, while funding is available. 

ADDRESSES: Small and very small 

establishments should submit their 

completed forms to the FSIS inspection 

personnel assigned to their 

establishment or, alternatively, email 

the completed form to the appropriate 

FSIS District Office, ‘‘Attention Grant 

Curator.’’ Contact information for the 

FSIS District Offices, including email 

addresses, is available at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/contactus/fsisoffices/office-field-operations-ofo. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Edelstein, Assistant 

Administrator, Office of Policy and 

Program Development by telephone at 

(202) 205–0495. 

For billing issues and to request 

refunds contact the Financial Service 

Center Customer Contact Center: (515) 

334–2000 option 1 or email at 

fsis.billing@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Pub. 

L. 117–2, 135 Stat. 242), Congress 

provided FSIS with $100 million in 

budget authority to reduce the costs of 

overtime inspection for federallyinspected small and very small meat, 

poultry, and egg products 

establishments. Congress provided a 

period of availability up until fiscal year 

2030, which ends September 30, 2030. 

On July 15, 2021, FSIS announced in 

the Federal Register that it 

implemented this provision by reducing 

overtime and holiday inspection fees for 

small establishments by 30 percent and 

very small establishments by 75 percent 

(86 FR 37276). FSIS also announced that 

it developed an Overtime/Holiday Rate 

Reduction form that official 

establishments must submit to request 

an overtime or holiday inspection fee 

reduction (86 FR 37276). The form is 

available on FSIS’ website at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ 

2021-07/FSIS-5200-16-OvertimeHoliday

RateReductionForm_v6-4re508.pdf. 

While in the July 15 Federal Register 

notice (86 FR 37276), FSIS stated that 

establishments must submit their forms 

by March 11, 2022, to receive a partial 

refund back to October 11, 2020, the 

Agency has decided to eliminate the 

deadline for establishments to submit 

their forms to qualify for a partial refund 

for overtime and holiday inspection fees 

paid since October 11, 2020. Therefore, 

all establishments that qualify and 

submit their forms will be eligible to 

receive the partial refund for overtime 

and holiday fees paid since October 11, 

2020, while funding is available. 

Small and very small establishments 

should submit their completed forms to 

the FSIS inspection personnel assigned 

to their establishment or, alternatively, 

email the completed form to the 

appropriate FSIS District Office, 

‘‘Attention Grant Curator.’’ 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

web page located at: https://

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 

FSIS will also announce and provide 

a link to this Federal Register 

publication through the FSIS 

Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, and other types of information 

that could affect or would be of interest 

to our constituents and stakeholders. 

The Constituent Update is available on 

the FSIS web page. Through the web 

page, FSIS can provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 


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