[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18308]


 ========================================================================
 Notices
                                                 Federal Register
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
 or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
 and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
 delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
 statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
 appearing in this section.
 
 ========================================================================
 

  Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 158 / Thursday, August 15, 2024 / 
Notices  

[[Page 66342]]



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 September 16, 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

    Title: List Sampling Frame Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0140.
    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, economic 
statistics, environmental statistics related to agriculture and also to 
conduct the Census of Agriculture. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are 
used to develop and maintain a complete list of possible farm and ranch 
operations. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively 
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical 
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of 
Agriculture. Data from these agricultural surveys are used by 
government agencies and educational institutions in planning, farm 
policy analysis, and program administration. More importantly, farmers 
and ranchers use NASS data to help make informed business decisions on 
what commodities to produce and when is the optimal time to market 
their products. NASS data is useful to farmers in comparing their 
farming practices with the economic and environmental data published by 
NASS.
    Need and Use of the Information: 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. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are used to develop and 
maintain a complete list of possible farm operations. Data from List 
Sampling Frame Surveys are used to provide control data for new records 
on the list sampling frame. This information is utilized to define the 
size of operation, define sample populations, and establish eligibility 
for the Census of Agriculture. New names and addresses of potential 
farms are obtained on a regular basis from growers association, other 
government agencies and various outside sources. The goal is to produce 
for each State a relatively complete, current, and unduplicated list of 
names for statistical sampling for agricultural operation surveys and 
the Census of Agriculture. This information is used to develop 
efficient sample designs, which allows NASS the ability to draw reduced 
sample sizes from the originally large universe populations.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 481,677.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 101,405.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-18308 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-20-P