Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 15 March 2024 |
| Record Number | 2024-05559 |
| Citation | 89 FR 18888 |
| Court | Agriculture Department |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 18888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05559]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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 this information collection received by April
15, 2024 will be considered. 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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Title: USDA Race, Ethnicity and Gender Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0503-0019.
Summary of Collection: This data collection is necessary to
implement sections 14006 and 14007 of the Food, Conservation, and
Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 8701 (hereafter referred to as the 2008
Farm Bill). Section 14006 of the 2008 Farm Bill establishes a
requirement for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to annually
compile application and participation rate data regarding socially
disadvantaged farmers or ranchers by computing for each program of the
USDA that serves agriculture producers and landowners (a) raw numbers
of applicants and participants by race, ethnicity, and gender (REG),
subject to appropriate privacy protections, as determined by the
Secretary; and (b) the application and participation rate, by race,
ethnicity and gender, as a percentage of the total participation rate
of all agricultural producers and landowners for each county and State
in the United States. Pursuant to the authority in section 14006, the
agencies of the Department of Agriculture are to collect the data and
transmit it to the Secretary of Agriculture. Section 14007 requires the
Department of Agriculture use the data collected in the conduct of
oversight and evaluation of civil rights compliance.
Need and Use of the Information: Data will continue to be collected
on a voluntary basis from customers at the application stage. The
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Farm Service Agency
(FSA) will continue to use a voluntary data collection form attached as
a cover page to the application forms for programs that provide
services to agriculture producers, farmers and ranchers. The Rural
Development (RD) Mission Area currently collects customer declared REG
data. The RD Agencies will continue to use its current process to
collect REG data for applicants and participants. RD agencies will
modify its check-list form to collect data on whether an applicant or
participant is a farmer or rancher (to conform with the requirements of
the Farm Bill), which will cause minimum burden. The agencies will
enter the information from the forms into their electronic data
systems.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms;
Federal Government; State, local or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 2,011,250.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: semi-Annually; annually.
Total Burden Hours: 67,041.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-05559 Filed 3-14-24; 8:45 am]
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