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USDA/GIPSA RIN: 0580-AB10 Publication ID: Fall 2009 
Title: ●Required Scale Tests 
Abstract: GIPSA is proposing to amend the regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, regarding the requirement that stockyard owners, market agencies, dealers, packers, or live poultry dealers that weigh livestock, live poultry, or feed, have their scales tested at least twice each calendar year at intervals of approximately six months. This proposal would amend the current regulations to state that the six-month interval in which scale owners must have their scales tested each calendar year is no longer approximate. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 9 CFR 201   
Legal Authority: 7 USC 228   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/24/2009  74 FR 42608   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/23/2009    
Final Action  02/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  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