Notice2024-15349
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
July 12, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57123-57124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15349]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 8, 2024.
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 August 12, 2024. 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
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persons are not required to respond to the collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0236.
Summary of Collection: The census of horticultural specialties is
one of a series of census special studies for the census of agriculture
which provides more detailed statistics relating to a specific subject.
The census of horticultural specialties is an integral part of the 2022
Census of Agriculture and is conducted under the authority of the
Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113). The law requires
that the Secretary of Agriculture conduct a census of agriculture in
1998 and every fifth year following 1998. The Census of Horticultural
Specialties has been conducted periodically since 1898 to show how the
industry has changed over time. Since 1950 it has been conducted
approximately every 10 years. Growing data needs to make policy
decisions concerning the horticulture industry have prompted a request
from the Secretary of Agriculture and Congress to conduct this survey
every 5 years beginning with the 2014 survey as a follow-on to the
Census of Agriculture. It is the only source of detailed and consistent
data on horticultural crop production and sales by type of plant at
both State and national levels. The horticultural specialties census
includes operations growing and selling $10,000 or more of
horticultural specialty crops. The sampling of small operations with
sales between $1,000 and $10,000 is used as an indicator of how many
small operations have increased their sales since the 2022 Census of
Agriculture was conducted.
Need and Use of the Information: The primary objective of the
horticultural specialties census is to obtain a comprehensive and
detailed picture of the horticultural sector of the economy. It is the
only source of detailed production and sales data at the national
level. The continuation of this census will allow for bench marking of
changes to the industry. The census of horticultural specialties will
include statistics on number and value of plants grown and sold, the
value of land, buildings, machinery and equipment, selected production
expenses, marketing channels, hired labor, area used for production,
and type of structure. Without the census of horticultural specialties,
government policy makers and planners would lack valuable information
needed to accomplish their missions. Instead, they would have to rely
on assumptions and guess work to determine policy.
This is a reinstatement with change, of the Census of Horticultural
Specialties survey to be conducted as a follow-on survey to the 2022
Census of Agriculture.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 51,677.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15349 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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