[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04431]


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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 April 3, 2023. 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: Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops--Substantive Change.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0039.
    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 National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is seeking 
approval for this substantive change request to the Fruit, Nuts, and 
Specialty Crops surveys information collection request. NASS seeks 
approval to make substantive changes to the Maple Syrup Survey. The 
Maple Syrup Survey questionnaire changes and resulting data series that 
will not add any additional burden for the Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty 
Crops Survey information collection request.
    The changes to the questionnaire and data series are a 
consolidation of production and sales data that resulted from members 
of the Maple Industry approaching NASS with suggestions to improve the 
Maple data series and resulting questionnaire.
    Need and Use of the Information: Data reported on fruit, nut, and 
specialty crops are used by NASS to estimate crop acreage, yield, 
production, utilization, price, and value in States with significant 
commercial production. These estimates are essential to farmers, 
processors, importers and exporters, shipping companies, cold storage 
facilities and handlers in making production and marketing decisions. 
Estimates from these inquiries are used by market order administrators 
in their determination of expected crop supplies under federal and 
State market orders.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 74,450.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually; Semi-
annually; Quarterly; Monthly; Weekly.
    Total Burden Hours: 31,610.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-04431 Filed 3-2-23; 8:45 am]
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