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livestock dealer statutory trust? Would
seller recovery improve if the Secretary
was authorized to appoint an
independent trustee under the livestock
dealer statutory trust?
(7) Should dealers with average
annual purchases under a de minimis
threshold be exempt from being subject
to the livestock dealer statutory trust?
What purchase level should be
considered for exemption? What effect
would such an exemption have on the
effectiveness of a livestock dealer
statutory trust?
(8) How would the establishment of a
livestock dealer statutory trust affect the
treatment of sellers of livestock as
related to preferential transfers in
bankruptcy?
This notice provides for a 60-day
period for interested parties to comment
on the components of the study.
Authority: Sec. 12103, Pub. L. 115–334,
132 Stat. 4490.
Dated: April 22, 2019.
Bruce Summers,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–08350 Filed 4–24–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
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April 22, 2019.

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 (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden 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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by May 28, 2019 will
be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_

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[email protected] or fax (202)
395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR part 215—Special Milk
Program for Children.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0005.
Summary of Collection: Section 3 of
the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966
(Pub. L. 89–642, as amended; 42 U.S.C.
1772) authorizes the Special Milk
Program (SMP) for Children. It provides
for appropriation of such sums as may
be necessary to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture, under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary may deem
in the public interest, to encourage
consumption of fluid milk by children
in the United States in (1) nonprofit
schools of high school grade and under,
and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child
care centers, settlement houses, summer
camps, and similar nonprofit
institutions devoted to the care and
training of children, which do not
participate in a food service program
authorized under the CNA or the
National School Lunch Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The
SMP is administered at the State, school
food authority (SFA), and child care
institution levels. The Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) collects
information concerning the operation of
the program including the submission of
applications and agreements,
submission and payment of claims, and
the maintenance of records. Without
this information FNS would not be able
to reimburse schools and institutions in
a timely manner to allow them to
properly administer the program. In
addition, data reporting would be
delayed and the timely monitoring of
program funding and program trends
would be affected.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, and Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 3,499.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On Occasion,
Monthly, and Annually.

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Total Burden Hours: 13,325.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–08344 Filed 4–24–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0021]

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
an Information Collection; National
Animal Health Monitoring System;
Swine 2020 Study
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reinstatement of an information
collection; comment request.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request the reinstatement of an
information collection to conduct the
National Animal Health Monitoring
System’s Swine 2020 Study.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before June 24,
2019.
SUMMARY:

You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2019-0021.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2019–0021, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at http://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;
D=APHIS-2019-0021 or in our reading
room, which is located in Room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street
and Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room
hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays. To be
sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.

ADDRESSES:

For
information on the Swine 2020 Study,
contact Mr. Bill Kelley, Program
Analyst, Center for Epidemiology and
Animal Health, VS, 2150 Centre
Avenue, Building B, Fort Collins, CO
80524; (970) 494–7270. For more

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detailed information on the information
collection, contact Ms. Kimberly Hardy,
APHIS’ Information Collection
Coordinator, at (301) 851–2483.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Animal Health
Monitoring System; Swine 2020 Study.
OMB Control Number: 0579–0315.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of an
information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to protect the health of the
livestock, poultry, and aquaculture
populations in the United States by
preventing the introduction and
interstate spread of serious diseases and
pests of livestock and for eradicating
such diseases from the United States
when feasible. This authority has been
delegated to the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
In connection with this mission,
APHIS operates the National Animal
Health Monitoring System (NAHMS),
which collects, on a national basis,
statistically valid and scientifically
sound data on the prevalence and
economic importance of livestock,
poultry, and aquaculture disease risk
factors.
NAHMS’ studies have evolved into a
collaborative industry and government
initiative to help determine the most
effective means of preventing and
controlling diseases of livestock. APHIS
is the only agency responsible for
collecting data on livestock health.
Participation in any NAHMS study is
voluntary, and all data are confidential.
APHIS plans to conduct the Swine
2020 Study as part of an ongoing series
of NAHMS studies on the U.S. livestock
population. This study will support the
following objectives: (1) Describe
current U.S. large-scale swine
production practices for gestation,
farrowing, nursery, grower/finisher, and
wean-to-finish phases, specifically as
they relate to housing, productivity,
biosecurity, and morbidity and
mortality prevention; (2) Describe
current U.S. small-scale production
practices including general management
practices, housing practices,
productivity, disease prevention, and
mortality; (3) Determine the producerreported prevalence of select
respiratory, neurologic, gastrointestinal,
systemic, and foodborne pathogens
found in weaned market pigs; (4)
Describe large-scale swine production
antimicrobial-use patterns in pigs from
post-weaning to market age; (5) Evaluate
the presence of select pathogens and
characterize isolated organisms from
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in large-scale swine production; (6)
Describe trends in small-scale swine
health and disease management
practices; (7) Describe trends in smallscale swine production system
movements, marketing, and slaughter
channels; and (8) Describe potential
overlaps between small-scale swine
production system movements with
those of larger total confinement/
commercial operations.
The two components of the study will
be in-person questionnaire based
surveys for large swine operations and
computer-assisted telephone interviews
for small swine operations. The large
swine operation component will consist
of two phases. In Phase I, the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
will contact producers by telephone and
personal interviews to collect
operational level data and subordinate
swine production site (locations where
the animals are raised) contact
information. NASS data collectors will
follow up with producers at each swine
production site by telephone and
personal interviews to collect site level
data and respondent consent to be
contacted for Phase II of the study. In
Phase II, APHIS data collectors will
contact consenting respondents to
administer questionnaires and perform
biologic sampling. The small swine
operation component of the study will
consist of NASS sending producers
questionnaires and following up via
computer-assisted telephone interviews
with those who do not respond.
The information collected through the
Swine 2020 Study will be analyzed and
used to predict or detect national and
regional trends in disease emergence
and movement such as the prevalence of
clinical signs of coronavirus (i.e.,
porcine epidemic diarrhea), Seneca
Valley Virus, respiratory, and enteric
disease in pigs; provide factual
information on housing, marketing and
movement for smaller swine operations;
update national and regional production
measures (such as average farrowing
rate) for producer, veterinary, and
industry reference; provide factual
information on antimicrobial resistance
among isolates obtained from feces; and
provide assistance to researchers and
the industry in evaluating the utility
and accuracy of newer pathogen
collection methods such as ropes to test
saliva.
We are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve our use of these information
collection activities for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public (as well as
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information collection. These comments
will help us:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies; e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Estimate of burden: The public
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.61 hours per
response.
Respondents: Swine producers (large
and small operations).
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 10,205.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 2.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 18,407.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 11,168 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of
April 2019.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–08351 Filed 4–24–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Application for
Transportation, Utility Systems,
Telecommunications and Facilities on
Federal Lands and Property
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the new information

SUMMARY:

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