[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 125 (Friday, July 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 35259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14178]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 29, 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 August 2, 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 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: ARMS, Fruit Chemical Use and State Cooperator Surveys--
Substantive Change.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0218.
    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.
    The Agricultural Resource Management Surveys (ARMS), the Fruit 
Chemical Use Survey and several state funded surveys collect economic 
and environmental data on numerous crops on an annual basis. The ARMS 
surveys target numerous crops each year. The Fruit and Vegetable 
Chemical Use Surveys alternate each year. Changes need to be made to 
these surveys on an annual basis to address issues that arise each 
year. In addition, some research questions are added to some of these 
surveys by the Economic Research Service (ERS) who co-sponsors the ARMS 
program. The revised questionnaires and listings of the changes to the 
questionnaires can be viewed in the Reginfo system mentioned above.
    The changes to these surveys will add an additional 15,799 burden 
hours raising the total for this information collection request to 
120,828 hours.
    Need and Use of the Information: These changes will increase the 
usefulness and relevance of both the economic and environmental data 
being collected.
    Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
    Number of Respondents: 128,417.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 120,828.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-14178 Filed 7-1-21; 8:45 am]
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