[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21609-21610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07781]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 7, 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 May 12, 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: Cold Storage Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0001.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare, and
issue State and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
prices, and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental
statistics related to agriculture and also to conduct the Census of
Agriculture.
The monthly Cold Storage Survey provides information on national
supplies of food commodities in refrigerated storage facilities. A
biennial survey of refrigerated warehouse capacity is also conducted to
provide a benchmark of the capacity available for refrigerated storage
of the nation's food supply. Information on stocks of food commodities
that are in refrigerated facilitates have a major impact on the price,
marketing, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
Need and Use of the Information: These data will be collected under
authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected
under this authority are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security
Act of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford
strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents.
USDA agencies such as the World Agricultural Outlook Board, Economic
Research Service, and Agricultural Marketing Service use this
information from the Cold Storage report in setting and administering
government commodity programs and in supply and demand analysis.
Included in the report are stocks of pork bellies, frozen orange juice
concentrate, butter, and cheese which are traded on the Chicago Board
of Trade. The timing and frequency of the surveys have evolved to meet
the needs of producers, facilities, agribusinesses, and government
agencies.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,266.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 5,069.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: List Sampling Frame Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0140.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and
national estimates of crop and livestock production, economic
statistics, environmental statistics related to agriculture and also to
conduct the Census of Agriculture. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are
used to develop and maintain a complete list of possible farm and ranch
operations. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of
Agriculture. Data from these agricultural surveys are used by
government agencies and educational institutions in planning, farm
policy analysis, and program administration. More importantly, farmers
and ranchers use NASS data to help make informed business decisions on
what commodities to produce and when is the optimal time to market
their products. NASS data is useful to farmers in comparing their
farming practices with the economic and environmental data published by
NASS.
Need and Use of the Information: These data will be collected under
the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data
collected under this authority are governed by Section 1770 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to
afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by
respondents. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are used to develop and
maintain a complete list of possible farm operations. Data from
criteria surveys are used to provide
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control data for new records on the list sampling frame. This
information is utilized to define the size of operation, define sample
populations, and establish eligibility for the Census of Agriculture.
New names and addresses of potential farms are obtained on a regular
basis from growers association, other government agencies and various
outside sources. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of
Agriculture. This information is used to develop efficient sample
designs, which allows NASS the ability to draw reduced sample sizes
from the originally large universe populations.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 255,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 55,797.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Custom Work Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0266.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare, and
issue state and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
prices, and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental
statistics related to agriculture; and also, to conduct the Census of
Agriculture.
The Custom Works program will survey farmers who potentially paid
for custom services during a specified reference period to collect
information on how much they paid for those services. These services
include land tillage, application of fertilizers and chemicals,
planting, harvesting, hauling, various livestock tasks, and many more
tasks. The program will provide farm operators with estimates of the
average prices paid for different custom services in their state and/or
local area.
Need and Use of the Information: Data collected under this docket
are for cooperative agreements between the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) and numerous cooperators including, but not
limited to: Alabama Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of
Agriculture, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Mississippi Delta
Research and Extension Center, Nebraska Department of Agriculture,
North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, South Carolina Department of Agriculture,
and Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer
Protection. The purpose of the survey is to collect custom rates from
agricultural workers.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 41,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 15,027.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Cooperator Funded Chemical Use Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The chemical use data collection activities
in this clearance request would be conducted through cooperative
agreements with State Departments of Agriculture, land-grant
universities, or other organizations with which NASS has a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU). Previously, these collections were included in
the Agricultural Resource Management and Chemical Use Surveys
Information Collection Request (OMB Control Number 0535-0218). These
cooperator funded chemical use surveys are being separated out to allow
flexibility for survey changes and possible new surveys without
affecting the surveys funded through USDA's Congressional
appropriation. The surveys in the Information Collection Request allow
flexibility for the cooperators to best address current trends in the
farming industry within States.
Need and Use of the Information: The Field Crop Production Practice
and Chemical Use Surveys in this request will be conducted to meet
research and publication goals for Extension and State Departments of
Agriculture described in question one.
The summarized and published information will be analyzed by the
sponsoring cooperators and stakeholders in agriculture. Results will be
used to study
--production agriculture as well as
--various programs and policies to determine their impact on
agricultural producers and consumers.
Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profits and
Farms.
Number of Respondents: 24,585.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 11,882.
Levi Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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