[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 29077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09625]


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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 June 5, 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: Aquaculture Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0150.
    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, prices, and 
disposition. The Aquaculture Surveys program produces estimates at the 
national level on both trout and catfish. Survey results are used by 
government agencies and others in planning farm programs.
    The trout survey includes sales (dollars, pounds, and quantities), 
percent of product sold by outlet at the point of first sale, 
distribution (dollars, pounds, and quantities) of fish raised for 
release into open waters, and losses. The catfish surveys include 
inventory counts, water surface acreage used for production and sales 
(dollars, pounds, and quantities).
    Need and Use of the Information: Survey results are used by members 
of the Cooperative Extension System and the National Sea Grant College 
Program who research and work in aquaculture. The information is used 
to analyze changing trends in the number of commercial operations and 
production levels by State, as well as to demonstrate the growing 
importance of aquaculture to officials of federal and State government 
agencies who manage and direct policy for programs in agriculture and 
natural resources. Extension specialists use the data to demonstrate 
the impact of educational programs and other efforts to assist in 
developing economically viable aquaculture operations. The type of 
information collected and reported provides extension educators and 
research scientists with data that indicate important areas that 
require special educational and/or research efforts, such as causes for 
fish loss and pond inventories of fish of various sizes.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 2,950.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: on occasion; annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 551.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-09625 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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