Notice2021-26275
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Revise and Extend a Currently Approved Information Collection
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December 3, 2021
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Agriculture DepartmentNational Agricultural Statistics Service
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection, the Agricultural Resources Management Survey (ARMS), phases 1 and 2 as well as Chemical Use Surveys. All phases of the Agricultural Resources Management Survey(s) are included in the current OMB Control Number 0535-0218, but this information collection renewal request will only include the ARMS phases 1 and 2 as well as Chemical Use Surveys. The ARMS phase 3 and cooperator funded chemical use surveys will be moved to two new information collection requests. Splitting these surveys across multiple information collections will allow USDA and cooperators more flexibility for changes to best address current trends in the farming industry. A revision to burden hours will be needed due to this separation as well as changes in the size of the target population, sampling design, and/ or questionnaire length.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 230 (Friday, December 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68629-68630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26275]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Revise and Extend a
Currently Approved 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 request revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection, the Agricultural Resources Management
Survey (ARMS), phases 1 and 2 as well as Chemical Use Surveys. All
phases of the Agricultural Resources Management Survey(s) are included
in the current OMB Control Number 0535-0218, but this information
collection renewal request will only include the ARMS phases 1 and 2 as
well as Chemical Use Surveys. The ARMS phase 3 and cooperator funded
chemical use surveys will be moved to two new information collection
requests. Splitting these surveys across multiple information
collections will allow USDA and cooperators more flexibility for
changes to best address current trends in the farming industry. A
revision to burden hours will be needed due to this separation as well
as changes in the size of the target population, sampling design, and/
or questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 1, 2022 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0218, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#553a38373a33333c363027153b3426267b202631347b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1ceccc3cec7c7c8c2c4d3e1cfc0d2d28fd4d2c5c08fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> eFax: (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) 720-4333. 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#cea1a3aca1a8a8a7adabbc8ea0afbdbde0bbbdaaafe0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="056a68676a63636c666077456b6476762b707661642b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0218.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: November 30, 2023.
Type of Request: Intent to revise and extend a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Agricultural Resource Management Survey(s) (ARMS) are
the primary source of information for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture on a broad range of issues related to: Production
practices, costs and returns, pest management, chemical usage, and
contractor expenses. Data are collected on both a whole farm level and
on selected commodities. Historically, the ARMS docket contained a
screening phase, a chemical use phase and an economic phase. In
addition, it contained chemical use surveys for fruits and vegetables
along with specialty surveys conducted through External Project
Agreements (EPA). This Notice and information collection will focus on
the ARMS phases 1 and 2--the screening, production practices, as well
as chemical use surveys.
The combined ARMS surveys are the only source of information
available for objective evaluation of many critical issues related to
economics, chemical usage, and cropping practices. Breaking these
surveys into separate OMB approvals will assist in making timely
updates to questionnaires to keep in touch with an ever changing
industry.
Cost of Production: A Congressional mandate exists for the
development of annual estimates of the cost of producing wheat, feed
grains, cotton, and dairy commodities. USDA also collects cost of
production data for soybeans, rice, peanuts, hogs, and beef cow-calf in
order to provide economic information for comparison among the major
farm commodities that compete for U.S. agricultural resources. The
economic data collection and publication for the cost of production
surveys will be included under a new, separate OMB approval.
Chemical Use Surveys: Congress has mandated that NASS and ERS build
nationally coordinated databases on agricultural chemical use and
related farm practices; these databases are the primary vehicles used
to produce specified environmental and economic estimates. The surveys
will help provide the knowledge and technical means for producers and
researchers to address on-farm environmental concerns in a manner that
maintains agricultural productivity.
The commodities that are scheduled to be included in this approval
are in the following table.
Chemical Use Target Commodities 2022-2024
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Year Survey Target commodity
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2022.................... Integrated Screening.. ARMS phases 2 & 3 Plus
Chemical Use.
ARMS phase 2 (PPCR)... wheat.
ARMS phase 2 (PPR).... potatoes.
Chemical Use.......... vegetables.
2023.................... ARMS phase 1.......... ARMS phases 2 & 3.
ARMS phase 2 (PPCR)... soybeans, oats,
peanuts.
ARMS phase 2 (PPR).... none.
Chemical Use.......... fruit.
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2024.................... Integrated Screening.. ARMS phases 2 & 3 plus
Chemical Use.
ARMS phase 2 (PPCR)... TBD.
ARMS phase 2 (PPR).... TBD.
Chemical Use.......... vegetables.
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PPCR--Production Practices and Costs Report.
PPR--Production Practices Report.
Authority: 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, 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 (at 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.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average approximately 14 minutes per
response.
Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm managers, farm contractors,
and farm households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 112,000 respondents
will be sampled each year. Less than 20 percent of these respondents
will be contacted more than one time in a single year for the surveys
in this docket.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: Approximately 45,000
hours per year.
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, November 10, 2021.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021-26275 Filed 12-2-21; 8:45 am]
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