[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17769-17770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07086]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 1, 2021.
    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 May 6, 2021. 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

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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: Field Crops Production--Substantive Change.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0002.
    Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection 
activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which 
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and 
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . . 
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data 
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic 
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related 
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of 
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over 
time.
    One of the surveys in this Information Collection Request is the 
Wheat & Barley Variety Survey. The Montana Wheat and Barley Commission 
reinstated full funding for the survey. As part of that funding, the 
Montana Wheat and Barley Commission requested NASS collect information 
on (1) the respondent's primary factor for choosing a variety to plant, 
(2) the primary agronomic trait, after yield and protein, the 
respondent uses to determine a variety to plant, and (3) the 
respondent's overall impression of the profitability and stability of 
the operation. The additional questions added to the Wheat and Barley 
Variety Survey will add an additional 1,837 burden hours raising the 
total for this information collection request to 172,137 hours. The 
sample size will be increased by 5,300 respondents which increases the 
total number of respondents to 579,115.
    Need and Use of the Information: The additional questions will 
assist wheat experts in Montana understand what growers in the State 
expect when choosing which wheat and barley varieties to plant in a 
given year.
    Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
    Number of Respondents: 579,115.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Varies.
    Total Burden Hours: 172,137.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-07086 Filed 4-5-21; 8:45 am]
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