Notice2024-18308
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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August 15, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 66342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18308]
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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 September 16, 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 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: List Sampling Frame Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0140.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and
national estimates of crop and livestock production, economic
statistics, environmental statistics related to agriculture and also to
conduct the Census of Agriculture. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are
used to develop and maintain a complete list of possible farm and ranch
operations. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of
Agriculture. Data from these agricultural surveys are used by
government agencies and educational institutions in planning, farm
policy analysis, and program administration. More importantly, farmers
and ranchers use NASS data to help make informed business decisions on
what commodities to produce and when is the optimal time to market
their products. NASS data is useful to farmers in comparing their
farming practices with the economic and environmental data published by
NASS.
Need and Use of the Information: 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 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to
afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by
respondents. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are used to develop and
maintain a complete list of possible farm operations. Data from List
Sampling Frame Surveys are used to provide control data for new records
on the list sampling frame. This information is utilized to define the
size of operation, define sample populations, and establish eligibility
for the Census of Agriculture. New names and addresses of potential
farms are obtained on a regular basis from growers association, other
government agencies and various outside sources. The goal is to produce
for each State a relatively complete, current, and unduplicated list of
names for statistical sampling for agricultural operation surveys and
the Census of Agriculture. This information is used to develop
efficient sample designs, which allows NASS the ability to draw reduced
sample sizes from the originally large universe populations.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 481,677.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 101,405.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-18308 Filed 8-14-24; 8:45 am]
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