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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: 1992 Economic and Agriculture Censuses--1994 Farm and Ranch 
Irrigation Survey.
    Form Number(s): 94-A62.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 14,400 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 43 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The 1994 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey will 
update data on irrigation inputs and investment in the agricultural 
production sector. Inadequate surface water, overuse of ground water, 
concerns about water quality, and increasing competition for available 
water are currently recognized as problems of national concern. 
Agricultural irrigation is the largest single use of available U.S. 
water supplies. Farm and ranch irrigation surveys have provided the 
only source of detailed, nationally consistent data on water-management 
practices and water uses in American agriculture. The 1994 Farm and 
Ranch Irrigation Survey will obtain data to describe the irrigation 
activities of U.S. farm operations. The survey will collect critically 
needed data on issues of national concern, such as water conservation 
practices and the chemical application practices of irrigators. Federal 
and state agencies, the irrigation industry, agricultural producers, 
and universities will use the results of the survey in preparing a wide 
variety of water-related programs, economic models, legislative 
initiatives, market analyses, and feasibility studies.
    Affected Public: Farms.
    Frequency: Every 5 years.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Edward Michals, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
3208, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: May 11, 1994.
Edward Michals,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-11871 Filed 5-13-94; 8:45 am]
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