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USDA/GIPSA RIN: 0580-AB04 Publication ID: Spring 2010 
Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Feed Weighing 
Abstract: GIPSA is proposing to amend an existing weighing regulation under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 concerning Purchases, Sales, Acquisitions, Payments, and Settlements to be Made on Actual Weights. The proposed amendment to the current regulation would clarify that actual weight must be used for weighing livestock and poultry for purchases, sales, acquisitions, payments, and settlements. The proposed amendment would remove references to specific types of regulated entities and thus clarify that the regulation applies to types of transactions regardless of what type of party is performing the transaction. The current regulation requires that any adjustments to the actual weight of livestock and live poultry must be full and accurately explained. The proposed amendment would extend that requirement to adjustments to the weight of unused feed. We propose removing current language allowing for the use of "reasonably determined" estimated weight rather than actual weight. This would make this regulation consistent with other regulations issued under the P&S Act, which do not allow "reasonably determined" weight. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 201   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 228   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
H. Tess Butler
Regulatory Liaison
Department of Agriculture
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 720-7486
Fax:202 690-2173
Email: h.tess.butler@usda.gov