Notice2023-16530
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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Published
August 3, 2023
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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 request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection, the Honey and Honey Bee surveys. Revision to burden hours may be needed due to changes in the size of the target population, sampling design, and/or questionnaire length. Burden for a second mailing is included.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51266-51267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16530]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of 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 Honey and Honey Bee surveys.
Revision to burden hours may be needed due to changes in the size of
the target population, sampling design, and/or questionnaire length.
Burden for a second mailing is included.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 2, 2023 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e38c8e818c85858a808691a38d829090cd96908782cd848c95"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b343639343d3d32383e291b353a2828752e283f3a753c342d">[email protected]</span></a>. Include the 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:
Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336
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South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
<bullet> Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: Richard Hopper,
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
Richard Hopper, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 720-2206 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3bcbeb1bcb5b5bab0b6a193bdb2a0a0fda6a0b7b2fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a555758555c5c53595f487a545b4949144f495e5b145d554c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Honey and Honey Bee Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0153.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2023.
Type of Request: Intent to revise and extend a currently approved
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue state and national
estimates of crop and livestock production, livestock products, prices,
and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental
statistics related to agriculture, and also to conduct the Census of
Agriculture.
In this request for renewal of the Honey and Honey Bee (0535-0153)
Information Collection Request (ICR), NASS has added a 2nd mailing to
both the Bee and Honey Inquiry and the Quarterly Colony Loss Survey.
The requested change will increase burden by 478 hours from the
previous approved amount.
As pollinators, honey bees are vital to the agricultural industry
for producing food for the world's population. Additional data is
needed to accurately describe the costs associated with pest/disease
control, wintering fees, and replacement worker and queen bees. USDA
and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in consultation with
other relevant Federal partners, are scaling up efforts to address the
decline of honey bee health with a goal of ensuring the recovery of
this critical subset of pollinators. NASS supports the Pollinator
Research Action Plan, published May 19, 2015, which emphasizes the
importance of coordinated action to identify the extent and causal
factors in honey bee mortality.
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) 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 for operations with five or more colonies is estimated to
average 20 minutes per response for the annual Bee and Honey survey and
15 minutes per respondent for the quarterly Colony Loss Survey.
Publicity materials and instruction sheets will account for 5 minutes
of additional burden per respondent. Respondents who refuse to complete
a survey will be allotted 2 minutes of burden per attempt to collect
the data.
Respondents: Farmers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,225.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: With an estimated
response rate of approximately 80%, we estimate the total burden to be
approximately 7,920 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, June 29, 2023.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-16530 Filed 8-2-23; 8:45 am]
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