Notice2025-06675
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
April 18, 2025
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16491-16492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06675]
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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 approval 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 November 30, 2023. 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
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displays a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Stocks Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0007.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's primary function is to prepare and issue current, official
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, stocks,
disposition, and prices. As part of this function, estimates are made
for stocks of off-farm grains and oilseeds, hops, peanuts, potatoes,
and rice. Statistics for the set of crops included in this docket are
collected because of the large volume produced, high value of
production, and significant public interest. General authority for data
collection is granted under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204. This
statute specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . .
. by the collection of statistics . . . and shall distribute them among
agriculturists.''
Need and Use of the Information: The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, stocks,
disposition, and prices. The Stocks Report surveys, provide estimates
of stocks of grains, hops, oilseeds, peanuts, potatoes, and rice that
are stored off-farm. These off-farm stocks are combined with on-farm
stocks to estimate stocks in all positions. The Stocks Reports are a
principle economic indicator as defined by OMB. Stocks statistics are
used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help administer programs;
by State agencies to develop, research, and promote the marketing of
products; and by producers and buyers to find their best market
opportunity(s). The Stocks Reports are instrumental in providing
timely, accurate data to help grain market participants. In order to
maintain a complete and comprehensive list of operations, NASS needs to
conduct an Operation Profile survey annually to add new operations to
the survey population. This profile is also used to identify operations
that do not meet the criteria to be included in the Off-farm Grain and
Oilseeds Survey.
Description of Respondents: Farms and Businesses.
Number of Respondents: 9,925.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Quarterly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 5,757.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-06675 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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