[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18889-18890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08190]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 19, 2017.
    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 
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 May 24, 
2017 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 20502. 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-

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7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8958.
    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.

Economic Research Service

    Title: Census of Users of the National Plant Germplasm System.
    OMB Control Number: 0536-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Census of Users of the National Plant 
Germplasm System (NPGS) is a new, one-time, data collection. The census 
will solicit data from the 6,009 institutional representatives who 
requested germplasm (i.e., living tissue from which plants can be 
grown) for any of ten crops including beans, barley, cotton, maize, 
sorghum, squash, soybeans, potato, rice, and wheat from the NPGS over a 
five year period from January 2009 to December 2013. Each respondent 
will be asked to provide information via a web-based questionnaire. The 
legal authority for the planned data collection is 7 U.S.C. 2204(a) and 
7 U.S.C. 427.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information to be collected by 
the ``Census of Users of the National Plant Germplasm System'' is 
necessary to assess and understand the types and varieties of germplasm 
needed by breeders and other scientists in both the public and private 
sectors. This study will provide data currently not available to 
program officials and researchers, thereby broadening the scope of 
analyses of genetic enhancement, and in turn, enhancing R&D and 
productivity research at the Economic Research Service, the National 
Plant Germplasm System, and the National Germplasm Resource Laboratory. 
Without the combination of data about traits sough and the purpose 
intended for germplasm, it will be difficult or impossible to assess 
the use of NPGS resources for adaptation to changing conditions.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Businesses 
or other-for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local or 
Tribal Government; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 6,009.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other: One time.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,620.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-08190 Filed 4-21-17; 8:45 am]
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