[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58475-58476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20880]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 October 27, 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.

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National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Organic Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0249.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue State 
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices, and 
disposition as well as economic statistics, farm numbers, land values, 
on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop management practices, as well as the 
Census of Agriculture. Originally, the Organic Survey was designed to 
be conducted once every five years as a mandatory, follow-on-survey to 
the 2007 Census of Agriculture and then every five years after that. In 
2011, the docket was renewed to include that the survey was changed to 
accommodate a cooperative agreement between NASS and the USDA Risk 
Management Agency (RMA). Specifically, the survey was changed to a 
voluntary survey that was to be conducted annually if funding 
permitted, and it would allow for a rotation of target crops each year. 
With the completion of the 2012 Census of Agriculture, NASS renewed the 
Organic Survey again and returned it to its' original scope of 
questions and the mandatory reporting requirement. After the completion 
of the 2014 Organic Survey, NASS renewed its' cooperative agreement 
with RMA to conduct the shorter questionnaire on an annual basis.
    Need and Use of the Information: This collection of data will 
support requirements within the Agricultural Act of 2014. Under Section 
11023 some of the duties of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
(FCIC) are defined as ``(i) IN GENERAL--As soon as possible, but not 
later than the 2015 reinsurance year, the Corporation shall offer 
producers of organic crops price elections for all organic crops 
produced in compliance with standards issued by the Department of 
Agriculture under the national organic program established under the 
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) that 
reflect the actual retail or wholesale prices, as appropriate, received 
by producers for organic crops, as determined by the Secretary using 
all relevant sources of information. ``(ii) ANNUAL REPORT.--The 
Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate an annual report on progress made in developing 
and improving Federal crop insurance for organic crops, including--
``(I) the numbers and varieties of organic crops insured; ``(II) the 
progress of implementing the price elections required under this 
subparagraph, including the rate at which additional price elections 
are adopted for organic crops; ``(III) the development of new insurance 
approaches relevant to organic producers; and ``(IV) any 
recommendations the Corporation considers appropriate to improve 
Federal crop insurance coverage for organic crops''.
    Description of Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
    Number of Respondents: 27,550.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
    Total Burden Hours: 18,684.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20880 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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