[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8396-8397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01666]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of 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, this
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection, the Agricultural Surveys Program.
Revision to burden hours will be needed due to changes in the size of
the target population, sampling design, and/or questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 27, 2017 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES:
Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
Efax: (855) 838-6382.
Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20250-2024.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Renee Picanso, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from
David Hancock, NASS-OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Surveys Program.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0213.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 2017.
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Type of Request: To revise and extend a currently approved
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue State and
national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices and
disposition as well as economic statistics, farm numbers, land values,
on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop management practices, as well as the
Census of Agriculture. The Agricultural Surveys Program contains a
series of surveys that obtains basic agricultural data from farmers,
ranchers, and feedlots throughout the Nation for preparing agricultural
estimates and forecasts of crop acreage, yield, and production; stocks
of grains and soybeans; hog and pig numbers; sheep inventory and lamb
crop; cattle inventory; cattle on feed; grazing fees; and land values.
Uses of the statistical information collected by these surveys are
extensive and varied. Producers, farm organizations, agribusinesses,
commodity exchanges, State and national farm policy makers, and
government agencies are important users of these statistics.
Agricultural statistics are used to plan and administer other related
Federal and State programs in such areas as consumer protection,
conservation, foreign trade, education, and recreation.
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, as
amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. This
Notice is submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of
Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320. NASS also
complies with OMB Implementation Guidance, ``Implementation Guidance
for Title V of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),'' Federal
Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 33362.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information will range from 5 to 30 minutes per response.
Respondents: Farmers, Ranchers and Feed Lots.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 515,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 205,000 hours.
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, through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or other forms of information
technology collection methods. All responses to this notice will become
a matter of public record and be summarized in the request for OMB
approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, January 12, 2017.
R. Renee Picanso,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-01666 Filed 1-24-17; 8:45 am]
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