[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 17495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06870]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 24, 2014.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) whether the 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 burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by April 
28, 2014 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental 
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8681.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).
    OMB Control Number: 0535--NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Current Industrial Reports program was 
for 47 different surveys previously conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau 
(0607-0476), but discontinued on April 30, 2012. NASS is requesting the 
authority to reinstate nine data collection instruments previously used 
by the Census Bureau. NASS will separate the ethanol production 
questionnaire into a wet mill and a dry mill version. The eleven 
surveys will be referred to collectively as the Current Agricultural 
Industrial Reports (CAIR). Under the authority of the Census of 
Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113) and defined under Title 7, 
Sec. 2204(g), these surveys will be mandatory.
    Need and Use of the Information: The data from the CAIR surveys 
will supply data users with important information on the utilization of 
many of the crops, livestock, and poultry produced in the U.S. Data 
from these surveys is essential to measuring the consumption of 
agricultural products in the production of numerous consumer goods. The 
new data series will also supply vital information to data users on how 
much of these commodities were processed into fuels, cooking oils, 
flour, fabric, etc. The CAIR surveys will become an integral part of 
the 2012 Census of Agriculture and conducted as follow-on-surveys and 
will be conducted on relatively the same frequency and schedule as used 
by the Department of Commerce. These data are needed to provide a more 
complete picture of the importance of agriculture to the American 
population. Data from these instruments will be used to generate four 
separate publications.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,050.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
    Total Burden Hours: 14,106.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-06870 Filed 3-27-14; 8:45 am]
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