[Federal Register: October 10, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 197)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. PY-03-004]
Notice of Request for Extension of and Revision to a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing
Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), for an extension for and revision to a
currently approved information collection for Poultry Market News
Programs.
DATES: Comments received by December 9, 2003 will be considered.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Interested parties are invited to
submit written comments concerning this notice. Comments must be sent
to Michael E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry Market News Branch, Poultry
Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 0262, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0262, or fax (202-720-2403), or e-mail Michael.Sheats@usda.gov.
Comments should make reference to the date and page number of this
issue of the Federal Register and will be made available for public
inspection in the above office during regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry
Market News Branch, 202-720-6911.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Paperwork Reduction Act
This notice contains submission requirements subject to public
comment and review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). In
accordance with 5 CFR Part 1320, a description of the submission
requirements and an estimate of the resulting burden on applicants is
included.
Title: Poultry Market News Reports.
OMB Number: 0581-0033.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2004.
Type of Request: Extension of and revision to a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), the Poultry Market News Branch provides up-to-
the-minute nationwide coverage of prices, supply, demand, trends,
movement, and other pertinent information affecting the trading of
poultry and eggs, and their respective products. The market reports
compiled and disseminated by Market News provide current, unbiased,
factual information to all members of the Nation's agricultural
industry, from farm to retailer. These market reports assist producers,
processors, wholesalers, retailers, and others in making informed
production, purchasing, and sales decisions and promote orderly
marketing by placing buyers and sellers on a more equal negotiating
basis.
Market news reporters communicate with buyers and sellers of egg
and poultry 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, and electronic mail messages. Market News uses one OMB
approved form, PY-90: Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks Report, to
collect inventory information monthly from commercial dried egg
products plants throughout the U.S. Cooperating firms submit this form
to Market News primarily via facsimile transmissions.
AMS is committed to implementation of the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act, which provides for the use of information resources to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of governmental operations,
including providing the public with the option of submitting
information or transacting business electronically to the extent
possible.
(1) Collection of Market Information.
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, and
retailers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,700.
Estimated Number of Responses: 212,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 125.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 17,637.5 hours.
(2) Monthly Dried Egg Solids Stocks Form PY-90.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 0.083 hours per response.
Respondents: Commercial domestic dried egg products plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.
Estimated Number of Responses: 120.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10 hours.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of the
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.
Comments should reference OMB No. 0581-0033 and be sent to Michael
E. Sheats, Chief, Poultry Market News Branch, Poultry Programs,
Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP
0262, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0262, or fax (202-720-2403), or e-mail Michael.Sheats@usda.gov. All comments will be
available for public inspection in the above office during regular
business hours.
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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: October 6, 2003.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 03-25673 Filed 10-9-03; 8:45 am]
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