[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 150 (Friday, August 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45354-45355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15518]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Revise and Extend a 
Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Public 
Law 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR 
part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the 
intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to 
seek approval to revise and extend a currently approved information 
collection, the List Sampling Frame Surveys.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 11, 2005, to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250 or sent electronically 
to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol House, Associate Administrator, 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, (202) 720-4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: List Sampling Frame Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0140.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 2006.
    Type of Request: Intent to revise and extend a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The primary objectives of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service are to prepare and issue State and national 
estimates of crop production, livestock production, economic 
statistics, and environmental statistics related to agriculture and 
also to conduct the Census of Agriculture. The List Sampling Frame 
Surveys are used to develop and maintain as complete a list as possible 
of farm operations. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively 
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical 
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of 
Agriculture. Information from these agricultural surveys is used by 
government agencies and educational institutions in planning, farm 
policy analysis, and program administration.
    These data will be collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 
2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under this authority 
are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 
2276, which requires USDA to afford strict confidentiality to

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non-aggregated data provided by respondents.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 13.7 minutes per respondent
    Respondents: Farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 114,167 hours.
    Copies of this information collection and related instructions can 
be obtained without charge from Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance Officer, 
at (202) 720-5778.
    Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record 
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.

    Signed in Washington, DC, July 13, 2005.
Carol House,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-15518 Filed 8-4-05; 8:45 am]
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