[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16606-16607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06121]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 19, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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 these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by April 23, 2020. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on 
the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this

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particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: Aquaculture Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0150.
    Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service is to prepare and issue state and 
national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition, and 
prices, as well as specialty agricultural and environmental statistics. 
Public Law 96-362 was passed to increase the overall effectiveness and 
productivity of federal aquaculture programs by improving coordination 
and communication among Federal agencies involved in those programs. 
Aquaculture is an alternative method to produce a high protein, low fat 
product demanded by the consumer. Aquiculture surveys provide 
information on trout and catfish inventory, acreage and sales as well 
as catfish processed.
    Need and Use of the Information: The survey results are useful in 
analyzing changing trends in the number of commercial operations and 
production levels by State. The information collected is used to 
demonstrate the growing importance of aquaculture to officials of 
Federal and State government agencies who manage and direct policy over 
programs in agriculture and natural resources. The type of information 
collected and reported provides extension educators and research 
scientists with data that indicates important areas that require 
special educational and/or research efforts, such as causes for loss of 
fish and pond inventories of fish of various sizes. The data gathered 
from the various reports provide information to establish contract 
levels for fishing programs and to evaluate prospective loans to 
growers and processors.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,275.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Semi-annually; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 732.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-06121 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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