[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68578-68579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19243]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 this information collection received by 
September 26, 2024 will be considered. 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

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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.

Agricultural Research Service

    Title: Focus Groups to Understand Insights and Experiences of 
Manureshed Managers.
    OMB Number: 0518-XXXX.
    Summary of Collection: This is a request, made by ARS National 
Program Leader and ARS Rangeland Management Specialist, that the OMB 
approve, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a generic clearance 
for the ARS to conduct focus groups to understand the perspectives and 
experiences of agricultural and natural resource professionals who 
facilitate collaborative ``manureshed'' management. A manureshed is the 
land geographically and economically connected to confined animal 
feeding operations where manure from the operations can be recycled to 
meet social, economic, and environmental goals.
    Need and Use of the Information: The USDA-ARS Manureshed Working 
Group will use focus group results to design research and extension 
activities that address the knowledge gaps and opportunities 
illuminated by practitioners on the ground to help develop viable 
strategies for cooperative manure management
    The Manureshed Working Group has begun to define the issues and 
describe potential solutions using its own research-based and 
extension-based knowledge with geospatial mapping and modeling. The 
next critical step for manureshed researchers is to engage directly 
with people on the ground who recycle manure, to incorporate their 
insights into targeted, solutions-oriented research and extension.
    Respondents: Individuals/Households; Farms. Respondent types are 
animal farmers, crop farmers, manure professionals, natural resource 
management professionals, and other stakeholders who each have a key 
role in facilitating manureshed management in Colorado, Minnesota, and 
New Mexico.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 450.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 398 hours.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19243 Filed 8-26-24; 8:45 am]
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