[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 89 (Monday, May 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 21780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10832]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Intent To Suspend the Census of Agriculture Survey

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of suspension of data collection.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to suspend a currently approved 
information collection, the 2007 Census of Agriculture.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: 2007 Census of Agriculture.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0226.
    Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2009.
    Type of Request: To suspend a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The primary objective of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and national estimates 
of crop and livestock production, disposition, and prices. The 2007 
Census of Agriculture survey was conducted as a one time only survey to 
gather comprehensive agricultural information. The Census of 
Agriculture is conducted once every five years. A Paperwork Reduction 
Act packet will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for renewal in time for the 2012 Census of Agriculture. Several 
follow-on census surveys will be conducted under independent OMB 
Control Numbers. NASS will suspend this information collection (2007 
Census of Agriculture) as of May 11, 2009 due to the completion of the 
survey.
    Authority: These data were collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 
2204g. Individually identifiable data collected under this authority 
are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985 as 
amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict 
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents.
    Estimate of Burden: There will be no further public reporting 
burden for this collection of information.

    Signed at Washington, DC, April 29, 2009.
Joseph T. Reilly,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. E9-10832 Filed 5-8-09; 8:45 am]
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