Notice2022-20880
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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September 27, 2022
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58475-58476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20880]
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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 October 27, 2022. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Organic Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0249.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices, and
disposition as well as economic statistics, farm numbers, land values,
on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop management practices, as well as the
Census of Agriculture. Originally, the Organic Survey was designed to
be conducted once every five years as a mandatory, follow-on-survey to
the 2007 Census of Agriculture and then every five years after that. In
2011, the docket was renewed to include that the survey was changed to
accommodate a cooperative agreement between NASS and the USDA Risk
Management Agency (RMA). Specifically, the survey was changed to a
voluntary survey that was to be conducted annually if funding
permitted, and it would allow for a rotation of target crops each year.
With the completion of the 2012 Census of Agriculture, NASS renewed the
Organic Survey again and returned it to its' original scope of
questions and the mandatory reporting requirement. After the completion
of the 2014 Organic Survey, NASS renewed its' cooperative agreement
with RMA to conduct the shorter questionnaire on an annual basis.
Need and Use of the Information: This collection of data will
support requirements within the Agricultural Act of 2014. Under Section
11023 some of the duties of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC) are defined as ``(i) IN GENERAL--As soon as possible, but not
later than the 2015 reinsurance year, the Corporation shall offer
producers of organic crops price elections for all organic crops
produced in compliance with standards issued by the Department of
Agriculture under the national organic program established under the
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) that
reflect the actual retail or wholesale prices, as appropriate, received
by producers for organic crops, as determined by the Secretary using
all relevant sources of information. ``(ii) ANNUAL REPORT.--The
Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate an annual report on progress made in developing
and improving Federal crop insurance for organic crops, including--
``(I) the numbers and varieties of organic crops insured; ``(II) the
progress of implementing the price elections required under this
subparagraph, including the rate at which additional price elections
are adopted for organic crops; ``(III) the development of new insurance
approaches relevant to organic producers; and ``(IV) any
recommendations the Corporation considers appropriate to improve
Federal crop insurance coverage for organic crops''.
Description of Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
Number of Respondents: 27,550.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 18,684.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-20880 Filed 9-26-22; 8:45 am]
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