[Federal Register: December 31, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 250)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
9 CFR Parts 201 and 203
Update Office of Management and Budget Control Numbers
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this technical
amendment revises the control numbers assigned by the Office of
Management and Budget approving our information collection activities.
The purpose of this action is to update the control numbers in the Code
of Federal Regulations. This amendment brings the regulations up to
date with the current control numbers.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tess Butler, Regulatory Specialist,
USDA GIPSA, (202) 720-7486, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 1647-S,
Washington, DC 20250-3604, or via e-mail at h.tess.butler@usda.gov <mailto:h.tess.butler@usda.gov>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the Packers and
Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229)
(P&S Act). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent
practices by livestock market agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat
packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers in the livestock,
poultry, and meatpacking industries.
The P&S Act authorizes information collection for the purpose of
enforcing the P&S Act and regulations and to conduct studies as
requested by Congress. The information is needed for us to carry out
our responsibilities under the P&S Act. The information is necessary to
monitor and examine financial, competitive, and trade practices in the
livestock, meat packing, and poultry industries.
This amendment corrects the displayed control numbers, as required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) and the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) regulations (5 CFR part 1320). OMB
regulations provide options for the display of control numbers to show
the OMB approval of information collection activities; we will continue
to use the option of displaying the OMB control numbers at the end of
each regulation that requires recordkeeping, reporting, or other
information collection activity.
The information collection activities approved under OMB control
number 0580-0015, are the reporting, recordkeeping, and other
information collection requirements in 9 CFR part 201, Regulations
Under the Packers and Stockyards Act, and in 9 CFR part 203, Statements
of General Policy Under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Formerly, these
activities were approved under OMB control number 0590-0001 for the
Packers and Stockyards Administration. After GIPSA was established, OMB
assigned the new control number. Therefore, occurrences of 0590-0001 in
the CFR need to be revised to 0580-0015 to reflect the current OMB
control number. In addition, we need to add the current OMB control
number at the end of section 201.108-1 of the regulations.
There will be no changes to the regulatory text or any information
collection change as a result of this technical amendment. Therefore,
we find that it is unnecessary to request comments and believe that
there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553 (d)(3), to make this amendment
to parts 201 and 203 final upon publication in the Federal Register.
Executive Order 12866 and Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) designated this technical
amendment as not significant for the purposes of Executive Order 12866.
This technical amendment updates the OMB control numbers published at
the end of specific regulations and statements of general policy in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) in 9 CFR parts 201 and 203. The
information collection requirements approved by OMB under control
number 0580-0015 have been previously approved. The current approval
expires on September 30, 2004. This technical amendment does not change
the information collection requirements.
There will be neither costs imposed by nor benefits resulting from
this technical amendment. There are no potential economic effects on
small entities. This technical amendment does not make any changes to
the projected reporting or recordkeeping burden imposed on small
entities. Therefore, as the GIPSA Administrator, I certify that this
technical amendment will not significantly impact a substantial number
of small entities, as required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601-612).
Executive Order 12988
This technical amendment has been reviewed under E.O. 12988, Civil
Justice Reform, and is not intended to have retroactive effect. This
technical amendment will not pre-empt State or local laws, regulations,
or policies unless they present an irreconcilable conflict with this
rule. There are no administrative procedures that must be exhausted
prior to any judicial challenge to the provisions of this technical
amendment.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501-3520), the information collection or recordkeeping requirements
included in this technical amendment have been approved by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) under OMB control number 0580-0018.
GPEA Compliance
GIPSA is committed to compliance with the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act (GPEA), which requires Government agencies, in general,
to provide the public option of submitting information or transacting
business electronically to the maximum extent possible.
List of Subjects
9 CFR Part 201
Confidential business information, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Stockyards, Surety bonds, Trade practices.
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9 CFR Part 203
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Stockyards.
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For the reasons set forth above, GIPSA amends 9 CFR Parts 201 and 203
as follows:
PART 201--REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT
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1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 222 and 228; 7 CFR 2.22 and 2.81.
Sec. Sec. 201.10, 201.17, 201.27, 201.28, 201.34, 201.42, 201.43,
201.44, 201.45, 201.56, 201.61, 201.73-1, 201.86, 201.94, 201.95,
201.97, 201.99, 201.100, and 201.200 [Amended]
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2. Amend Sec. Sec. 201.10, 201.17, 201.27, 201.28, 201.34, 201.42,
201.43, 201.44, 201.45, 201.56, 201.61, 201.73-1, 201.86, 201.94,
201.95, 201.97, 201.99, 201.100, and 201.200 by revising the OMB
control number citation to read as follows:
``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control
number 0580-0015)''
Sec. 201.108-1 [Amended]
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3. Amend Sec. 201.108-1 by adding at the end of the section the
following:
``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control
number 0580-0015)''
PART 203--STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY UNDER THE PACKERS AND
STOCKYARDS ACT
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4. Revise the authority citation for part 203 to read as follows:
Authority: 7 CFR 2.22 and 2.81.
Sec. Sec. 203.4, 203.14, 203.15, 203.16, 203.17, 203.18, and
203.19 [Amended]
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5. Amend Sec. Sec. 203.4, 203.14, 203.15, 203.16, 203.17, 203.18, and
203.19 by revising the OMB control number citation to read as follows:
``(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control
number 0580-0015)''
JoAnn Waterfield,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-32167 Filed 12-30-03; 8:45 am]
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