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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 22, 2021 / Rules and Regulations the collection and remittance process, at an estimated cost of $500 per respondent that will be paid for by the Board. Thus, lessening the burden on the markets. Additionally, the Board has provided an estimate to AMS that a large majority of the 250 seasonal market agencies currently perform their information collection and billing process utilizing computer software programs. Due to seasonal sales and low sheep volume sales per respondent, AMS anticipates that the seasonal markets will be able to utilize existing computer software systems or existing hard-copy tracking procedures for the new collection and remittance process.
Once this final rule is implemented, the Board will perform educational outreach to the seasonal market agencies to educate them on the new collection and remittance process. The outreach efforts will consist of mailed educational materials and training webinars to limit the burden on auction managers to train personnel, which is estimated will cost $5 per respondent.
Once the computer software is installed and the outreach efforts have been completed, the physical submission of the assessments to the Board will be the only burden on market agencies, which is considered a minor burden. However, the option to electronically remit the owed assessments to the Board is available, which will further reduce the burden. AMS considered the economic effect of this action on small entities and has determined that this final rule, while imposing new administrative burdens on market agencies and some feeder farms, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

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Paperwork Reduction Act The information collection and recordkeeping requirements that are imposed by the Order have been approved previously under OMB
control number 05810093. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, subchapter I.
The existing form LP81 will be amended to require data for the total lambs sold/slaughtered, to effectively carry out the requirements of the program, and its use is necessary to fulfill the intent of the Act. The Board will supply such information for data processing software and/or technical expertise to train market agency staff on how to complete the information collection and remittance process. The lamb information collection and remittance form will be simple, easy to understand, and will place as small a
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burden as possible on the person required to file the information.
The timing and frequency of collecting the revised information are intended to meet the needs of the industry while minimizing the amount of work necessary to fill out the required reports. In addition, the information that will be included on this form is not available from other sources because such information relates specifically to individual market agencies who are reporting information subject to the provisions of the Act. There is no practical method for collecting the required information without the use of these forms.
Information collection requirements that are in this proposal include:
Title: LP81Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Board Remittance Report form.
OMB Number: 05810093.
Type of Request: Amended collection.
Abstract: The information collection requirements are essential to carry out this rule.
The Order authorizes the collection of assessments from lamb producers, feeders, seedstock producers, and first handlers. Under this final rule, market agencies are required to collect and remit assessments, while the collection and remittance process remains unchanged for lamb sales independent of market agencies. This final rule requires assessment-related records, including the Remittance Report form, be retained for at least 2 years beyond the fiscal year of their applicability.
This is consistent with the current recordkeeping requirements of the program. Two hundred fifty of the 300
market agency respondents operate on a seasonal basis. It is estimated that these market agencies will complete three responses per respondent, as assessments are submitted monthly and a typical season consists of 3 months.
The additional 50 market agency respondents operate on a full-time basis.
These market agencies will complete an estimated 12 responses per year per respondent, as assessments are submitted monthly.
The design of this form has been carefully reviewed and every effort has been made to minimize any unnecessary recordkeeping costs or requirements, including efforts to utilize information already submitted under other lamb programs administered by USDA. The form will be available through the Board or USDA. The information collection will be used only by authorized Board employees and representatives of USDA, including AMS staff.
1 The request for approval of the amended information collection is as
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follows: Form LP81, Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Board Remittance Report form.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per lamb sale or purchase via market agency.
Respondents: Lamb Market Agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
800 includes 300 new respondents50
monthly and 250 seasonal.
Estimated Number of Responses per new Respondent per year: 12 monthly respondents 12 550 = 6,600 responses;
and seasonal respondents 1 250 = 250
responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6,850 hours includes 850
new burden hours annually.
The total annual estimated cost for market agencies in providing the information to the Board is $125,150
Increase in response total 850 $18.27
= $15,529.50; grand total is 6,850
$18.27 = $125,149.50. This total has been estimated by multiplying 850 total burden hours by $18.27, the estimated wage rate of respondents. AMS used the hourly wage of farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquaculture animals as obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, published May 2018. This publication can be found at the following website: https www.bls.gov/
oes/current/oes_nat.htm.
The average hourly wage rate of $13.87 with an additional 31.7 percent to account for benefits and compensations, for an hourly wage of $18.27, was used to calculate annual cost. Costs of benefits and compensation guidance were provided by Bureau of Labor Statistics News Release issued December 14, 2018.
To offset startup costs associated with the new collection and remittance process, the Board will allocate approximately $500 per full-time market agency respondent to upgrade their computer software programs and to provide staff training for the new collection and remittance procedures 50 full-time market agencies $500 =
$25,000. Additionally, the Board will provide educational training materials and will host training webinars with seasonal market agency staff on the new collection and remittance process. The Board will allocate approximately $5 for the educational materials and webinar training costs per seasonal market agency respondent 250 seasonal market agencies $5 = $1,250.
This final rule also announces that AMS sought approval for a new information collection and recordkeeping requirement that is imposed under the Order. The new
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