[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16525-16526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04849]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information
Collection
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the
Census of Horticultural Specialties. Response to this survey will be
mandatory.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 6, 2024 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0236, 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties, by any of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
Efax: (855) 838-6382.
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Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-2024.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: Richard Hopper,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph L. Parsons, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from
Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 720-2206.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0236.
Type of Request: Intent to Seek Reinstatement of an Information
Collection.
Abstract: The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the 2024
Census of Horticultural Specialties survey to be conducted as a follow-
on survey from the 2022 Census of Agriculture and is authorized by the
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (title X--Horticulture and
Organic Agriculture) as amended.
The 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties will use as a sampling
universe; every respondent on the 2022 Census of Agriculture who
reported production and sales of $10,000 or more of horticultural
specialty crops, and is still in business in 2024. In addition, NASS
also plans to contact all new operations that have begun producing
horticultural specialty products since the completion of the 2022
Census of Agriculture. Data collection will begin around January 1,
2025, for production and sales data for 2024. A final report will be
published around December 2025. Data will be published at both the US
and State levels where possible.
Authority: The census of horticulture is required by law under the
``Census of Agriculture Act of 1997,'' Public Law 105-113, 7 U.S.C.
2204(g) as amended. These data will be collected under the authority of
7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under this
authority are governed by section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985
as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. This
Notice is submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of
Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
All NASS employees and NASS contractors must also fully comply with
all provisions of the Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, title III of Public Law
115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. ch. 35. CIPSEA supports NASS's pledge of
confidentiality to all respondents and facilitates the agency's efforts
to reduce burden by supporting statistical activities of collaborative
agencies through designation of NASS agents, subject to the limitations
and penalties described in CIPSEA. NASS uses the information only for
statistical purposes and publishes only tabulated total data.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 60 minutes per response.
Respondents: Producers of horticultural specialty crops.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 52,000 hours.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or other forms of information
technology collection methods.
All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, March 4, 2024.
Joseph L. Parsons,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-04849 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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