[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 90 (Friday, May 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27355-27356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09871]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intent of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection, the Livestock Slaughter Survey.
Revision to burden hours may be needed due to changes in the size of
the target population, sampling design, and/or questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 7, 2020 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0005, by any of the following methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
Efax: (855) 838-6382.
Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
David Hancock NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336A, Mail Stop 2024, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: NASS Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336A, South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin L. Barnes, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-2707. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from
David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Livestock Slaughter Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0005.
Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 2020.
Type of Request: To revise and extend a currently approved
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service
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is to prepare and issue State and national estimates of crop and
livestock production, prices, and disposition as well as economic
statistics, farm numbers, land values, on-farm pesticide usage, pest
crop management practices, as well as the Census of Agriculture.
Livestock slaughter data are used to estimate U.S. red meat production
and reconcile inventory estimates which provide producers and the rest
of the industry with current and future information on market supplies.
This data is also used in preparing production, disposition, and income
statistics which facilitate more orderly production, marketing, and
processing of livestock and livestock products. NASS compiles data from
both Federally Inspected and Non-Federally Inspected Slaughter Plants.
Authority: These data will be collected under the authority of 7
U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under this
authority are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of
1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. This
Notice is submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of
Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. NASS also
complies with OMB Implementation Guidance, ``Implementation Guidance
for Title V of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),'' Federal
Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 33362.
Estimate of Burden: The Livestock Slaughter Survey includes a
weekly survey of approximately 900 Federally Inspected (FI) slaughter
plants and a monthly survey of approximately 1,100 State Inspected (SI)
slaughter plants. Slaughter data is compiled by the Federal and State
inspectors, therefore NASS does not contact these operations. NASS
collects data only from the smaller independent plants and combines
this data with the FI and SI data to create a national report. The
smaller, independent operations (approximately 1,000 operations) are
contacted either monthly, quarterly, or annually. Public reporting
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15
minutes per response for an estimated annual burden of 1,800 hours.
(The USDA and State inspectors are not included in the calculation of
total burden, since they are performing this task as a part of their
job functions.)
Respondents: Farmers and custom/state inspected slaughter plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,800 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, technological or other forms of
information technology collection methods.
All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, April 23, 2020.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
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