[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 99 (Thursday, May 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10961]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 18, 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 June 22, 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 
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: Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0254.
    Summary of Collection: The Current Agricultural Industrial Reports 
(CAIR) surveys have become an integral part of the Census of 
Agriculture and numerous other surveys conducted by NASS. 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. 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.
    Need and Use of the Information: Data from these surveys is 
essential to measuring the consumption of agricultural products in the 
production of numerous consumer goods. Agricultural products such as 
grain, oilseeds, fibers, and animal co-products is used in the creation 
of cooking oils, flour, lubricants, fuel, fabrics, soap, paint, methyl 
esters, resins, and numerous other products. The data are needed to 
provide a more complete picture of the importance of agriculture to the 
American population. Data from these instruments is published and 
publications are available to everyone at the same time on the NASS 
website.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 760.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,283.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-10961 Filed 5-20-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3410-20-P