[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23618-23619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08150]


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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

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May 18, 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: Cotton Ginning Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0220.
    Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics 
Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue state and 
national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition and 
prices as well as specialty agricultural and environmental statistics. 
The Cotton Ginning Survey provides statistics concerning cotton ginning 
for specific dates and geographic regions and aids in forecasting 
cotton production. The Cotton Ginning surveys obtain data mandated 
under U.S.C. Title 13, Section 42(a). General authority for these data 
collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, section 2204.
    Need and use of the Information: The majority of data are collected 
by Computer-Aided Self-Administered Interview (CASI), telephone, mail, 
and fax. All active gins for a given crop season are included in the 
survey. This includes gins in all 17 cotton producing states. The 
survey begins on August 1st for the current production year. The sample 
size increases as the amount of cotton harvested and ginned increases. 
The peak number of gins that are surveyed will occur in November. The 
sample size will decline after that to coincide with the completion of 
harvesting and ginning in some States. The ``End of Season'' 
questionnaire is sent to each gin as they complete their ginning for 
the year, the summarized end of season data will be published in May.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 575.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly, Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,218.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-08150 Filed 4-17-23; 8:45 am]
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