Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 12 April 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 18936 |
| Record Number | 2021-07412 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 68 (Monday, April 12, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 68 (Monday, April 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 18936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07412]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 7, 2021.
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:
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; the accuracy of the agency's
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and 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 May 12, 2021. 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.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Water Use Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0262.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue current
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
value, and disposition, and resource use. General authority for these
data collection activities 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: NASS will conduct a census of
agricultural operations that likely use between 10,000 to 999,999
gallons of water in any one day for agricultural purposes in North
Carolina. The universe size is around 3,700 operations. The operations
will be asked to provide monthly or daily water use and the source
(ground or surface water) by county. For operations that are unable to
provide water use data, an estimation guide is included in the
questionnaire that the respondents can use to estimate their water
usage based on their agricultural production data.
The summarized and published information will be analyzed by the
NCDACS and data users to investigate water use in North Carolina to
include:
Average number of days per month there was demand for
10,000 to 999,999 gallons of water per day.
Average daily usage of water for operations that use
10,000 to 999,999 gallons of water in any one day.
Aggregated statistics for operations that use 10,000 to
999,999 gallons of water in any one day by county and hydrologic unit
code.
The program will help the North Carolina Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services and North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality fulfill requirements of North Carolina state legislation
enacted in 2008. Collecting data less frequently would prevent the
agriculture industry from being kept abreast of water use changes for
North Carolina.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Businesses or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 3,700.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,773.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-07412 Filed 4-9-21; 8:45 am]
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