[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47892-47893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12216]


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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 July 5, 2024. 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 (NASS)

    Title: Milk and Milk Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0020.
    Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics 
Service's primary function is to prepare and issue official State and 
national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition, and 
prices and to collect information on related environmental and economic 
factors. Estimates of milk production and manufactured dairy products 
are an integral part of this program. Milk and dairy statistics are 
used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help administer price 
support programs and by the dairy industry in planning, pricing, and 
projecting supplies of milk and milk products.
    General authority for these data collection activities is granted 
under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204. The legislative actions which 
affect these surveys are from November 2000, when Congress enacted the 
``Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000,'' U.S. Code title 7, section 
1621, and Public Law 106-532 which changed the program from voluntary 
to mandatory for reporting the moisture content of cheddar cheese plus 
the price and quantity of cheddar cheese, butter, non-fat dry milk, and 
dry whey.
    Amendments have been published to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 in conformance with legislated changes enacted by the Dairy Market 
Enhancement Act of 2000 and the Farm Security and Rural Development Act 
of 2002. The amendments established a program of mandatory dairy 
product information reporting. The program requires each manufacturer 
to report to the USDA information concerning the price, quantity, and 
moisture content of dairy products sold by the manufacturer. In 
addition, entities storing dairy products are to report information on 
the quantity of dairy products stored. Any manufacturer or other entity 
that processes, markets, or stores less than 1,000,000 pounds of dairy 
products per year are exempt. The program will provide timely, 
accurate, and reliable market information; facilitate more informed 
marketing decisions; and promote competition in the dairy product 
manufacturing industry.
    In April 2012 the authority for collecting Dairy Product Prices was 
moved from NASS to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). NASS will 
continue to collect milk production and manufactured dairy product data 
under this OMB approval.
    Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information 
quarterly with the Milk Production Survey. The monthly Milk and Milk 
Products surveys obtain basic agricultural statistics on milk 
production and manufactured dairy products from farmers and processing 
plants throughout the nation. Data are gathered for milk production, 
evaporated and condensed milk, dairy products, manufactured dry milk 
and manufactured whey products. Estimates of total milk production, 
number of milk cow, and milk production per cow, are used by the dairy 
industry in planning, pricing, and projecting supplies of milk and milk 
products. The mandatory dairy product information reporting requires 
each manufacturer to report the price, quantity and moisture content of 
dairy products sold and each entity storing dairy products to report 
information on the quantity of dairy products stored. Collecting data 
less frequently would prevent USDA and the agricultural industry from 
keeping abreast of changes at the State and National level.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 14,475.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 11,596.

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

    Title: Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0270.
    Summary of Collection: As defined in the 2018 Farm Bill, the term 
``hemp'' means the plant species Cannabis sativa L. and any part of 
that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, 
cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether 
growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 
not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Delta-9 
tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the primary intoxicating component of 
cannabis. Cannabis with a THC level

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exceeding 0.3 percent is considered marijuana, which remains classified 
as a schedule I controlled substance regulated by the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA) under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Under 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill), Public Law 113-79, State 
departments of agriculture and institutions of higher education were 
permitted to produce hemp as part of a pilot program for research 
purposes. The authority for hemp production provided in the 2014 Farm 
Bill was extended by the 2018 Farm Bill, which was signed into law on 
December 20, 2018.
    Hemp is a commodity that can be used for numerous industrial and 
horticultural purposes including fabric, paper, construction materials, 
food products, cosmetics, production of cannabinoids (such as 
cannabidiol or CBD), and other products.
    In determining the type of data that would need to be collected and 
the frequency of the data collections, NASS management attended a joint 
meeting with representatives from the USDA's Economic Research Service 
(ERS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Risk Management Agency (RMA), 
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), and the Office of the Secretary.
    Need and Use of the Information: The data will be collected under 
the authority of the Domestic Hemp Production Program, which is 
mandated by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill). 
In addition the data will be collected under the authority of Title 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.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 8,525.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,918.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-12216 Filed 6-3-24; 8:45 am]
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