[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 38810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12667]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Reinstatement Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and reinstatement 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 July 14, 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: Irrigation and Water Management Survey (IWMS).
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0234.
    Summary of Collection: The 2023 Irrigation and Water Management 
Survey will mark 44 years of irrigation data collected on water 
management practices and water uses in American agriculture. Irrigation 
surveys have been conducted since 1974 as supplements to the 
quinquennial Censuses of Agriculture. This survey, supplementing basic 
irrigation data collected in the census, is conducted on a sample 
basis; the survey can provide comprehensive analyses of irrigation, 
production, and operator information with less respondent burden and 
cost than if this information were gathered as part of a census 
collection. The 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey will obtain 
data describing the irrigation activities of U.S. farm operations. Some 
of these activities are of current National interest, such as the 
chemigation, fertigation, and water-conserving uses and practices of 
irrigators. The 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey will play 
an important part in providing critically needed data to address these 
types of issues. The Irrigation Survey is an integral part of the 2022 
Census of Agriculture and is conducted every five years under the 
authority of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113) 
where participation is mandatory. This law requires the Secretary of 
Agriculture to conduct a census of agriculture in 2002 and every fifth 
year thereafter (prior to 1997 the census was conducted by the 
Department of Commerce).
    Need and Use of the Information: The primary purpose of this survey 
is to provide detail data relating to on-farm irrigation activities for 
use in preparing a wide variety of water-related local programs, 
economic models, legislative initiatives, market analyses, and 
feasibility studies. The Irrigation and Water Management Survey data 
are the only data that are complete, consistent, and accurate enough to 
be used for bench-marking on-farm irrigation measures over time. The 
absence of the Irrigation and Water Management Survey data would 
certainly affect irrigation policy decisions. Federal programs, 
legislation, and impact studies would instead be subject to greater 
uncertainty and error.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 35,100.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: once.
    Total Burden Hours: 26,974.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-12667 Filed 6-13-23; 8:45 am]
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