[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 11395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04220]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 23, 2022.
    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: (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 these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by March 31, 2022. 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 (NASS)

    Title: 2022 Kentucky Equine Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0264.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objectives of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices, economic statistics, and environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. NASS will conduct a survey of 
operations with equine that are farms and not farms.
    Selected operators with equine in Kentucky will be asked to provide 
data on equine inventory by breed, type of use, income, expenses, 
assets, land area, workers employed and labor expenses.
    General authority for these data collection activities is granted 
under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204. This survey will be conducted on a 
full cost recovery basis with the Kentucky Horse Council providing 
funding under a cooperative agreement.
    Need and use of the Information: Equine are a significant economic 
driver in Kentucky. Based on the 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey, the 
economic impact of the Kentucky equine industry was $3 billion. The 
information published from this request will be used by state 
government, local government, universities, businesses and potentially 
others, for the purpose of maintaining and growing the equine industry. 
Data will be used to make business and policy decisions.
    Description of Respondents: Operators (farm and non-farm) with 
equine on July 1, 2022 in Kentucky.
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once a year.
    Total Burden Hours: 5,775.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-04220 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
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