In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved until 2010.
The agency should continue to evaluate the program, including the
utility of collecting data more than once a day (as currently
required by statute), and seek other ways to minimize the burden of
this collection on the industry.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2010
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2008
118,092
0
135,928
21,567
0
24,429
0
0
0
The information collected is required
by statute and will serve as the basis for livestock and livestock
product market news report utilized by the industry for marketing
purposes.
US Code:
7 USC 1635-1336h Name of Law: Livestock Mandatory Reporting act
of 1999
US Code:
7 USC 1621 et seq. Name of Law: Agriculture Marketing Act of
1946
Burden is reduced by -2,862
hours. Changes made to the swine reporting requirement by the
Reauthorization Act resulted in a decrease of swine respondents.
Other changes are the result of changes to the Program that will
reduce the reporting burden on packers where possible. In other
cases AMS has deleted individual data fields from reporting forms
but since this information is submitted electronically, there is no
measureable reduction to the burden per response.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.