Notice2021-11537
Notice of Intent To Request To Conduct a New Information Collection
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Published
June 2, 2021
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Agriculture DepartmentNational Agricultural Statistics Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek approval to conduct a new information collection to gather data related to the use of agroforestry practices.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29551-29552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11537]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request To Conduct a New 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 approval to conduct a new information collection
to gather data related to the use of agroforestry practices.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 2, 2021 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
NEW, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dab5b7b8b5bcbcb3b9bfa89ab4bba9a9f4afa9bebbf4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="214e4c434e474748424453614f4052520f545245400f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> E-fax: (855) 838-6382.
<bullet> Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-2024.
<bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin L. Barnes, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-2707. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from
David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#640b09060b02020d070116240a0517174a111700054a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6d9dbd4d9d0d0dfd5d3c4f6d8d7c5c598c3c5d2d798d1d9c0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Agroforestry Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to create a new
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The survey will collect data whether the operator uses
any of five agroforestry practices typically used for conservation:
Windbreaks, Silvopasture, Riparian Forest Buffers, Alley Cropping, as
well as Forest Farming & Multi-story Cropping.
Windbreaks are linear plantings of trees and shrubs designed to
provide economic, environmental and community benefits. The primary
purpose of most windbreaks is to slow the wind which creates a more
beneficial condition for soils, crops, livestock, wildlife and people.
Silvopasture is the deliberate integration of trees and grazing
livestock operations on the same land. These systems are intensively
managed for both forest products and forage, providing both short- and
long-term income sources.
A riparian forest buffer is an area adjacent to a stream, lake, or
wetland that contains a combination of trees, shrubs, and/or other
perennial plants and is managed differently from the surrounding
landscape, primarily to provide conservation benefits.
Forest farming is the cultivation of high-value crops under the
protection of a managed tree canopy. In some parts of the world, this
is called multi-story cropping and when used on a small scale in the
tropics it is sometimes called home gardening.
Alley cropping is defined as the planting of rows of trees and/or
shrubs to create alleys within which agricultural or horticultural
crops are produced. The trees may include valuable hardwood veneer or
lumber species; fruit, nut or other specialty crop trees/shrubs; or
desirable softwood species for wood fiber production.
NASS would plan and conduct the survey and deliver access to a
dataset or responses to approved staff from USDA-Forestry Service, who
will publish the results of the survey. This project is conducted as a
cooperative effort with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forestry
Service--National Agroforestry Center. Funding for this survey is being
provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forestry Service--
National Agroforestry Center.
Authority: These data will be collected under 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 (Pub. L. 104-113, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of
Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
NASS also complies with OMB Implementation Guidance,
``Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government Act,
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of
2002 (CIPSEA),'' Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15, 2007, p.
33362.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 50 minutes per response. NASS plans
to mail out publicity materials with the questionnaires to inform
respondents of the importance of this survey. NASS will also use a
single mailing and internet data collection tools, followed up with
phone and limited personal enumeration of non-respondents to increase
response rates and to minimize data collection costs.
Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers who reported using agroforestry
practices on the 2017 Census of Agriculture.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 11,800.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 9,500 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, May 20, 2021.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021-11537 Filed 6-1-21; 8:45 am]
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