Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Citation | 86 FR 35259 |
| Record Number | 2021-14178 |
| Published date | 02 July 2021 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 125 (Friday, July 2, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 125 (Friday, July 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 35259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14178]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 29, 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 August 2, 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: ARMS, Fruit Chemical Use and State Cooperator Surveys--
Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0218.
Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . .
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over
time.
The Agricultural Resource Management Surveys (ARMS), the Fruit
Chemical Use Survey and several state funded surveys collect economic
and environmental data on numerous crops on an annual basis. The ARMS
surveys target numerous crops each year. The Fruit and Vegetable
Chemical Use Surveys alternate each year. Changes need to be made to
these surveys on an annual basis to address issues that arise each
year. In addition, some research questions are added to some of these
surveys by the Economic Research Service (ERS) who co-sponsors the ARMS
program. The revised questionnaires and listings of the changes to the
questionnaires can be viewed in the Reginfo system mentioned above.
The changes to these surveys will add an additional 15,799 burden
hours raising the total for this information collection request to
120,828 hours.
Need and Use of the Information: These changes will increase the
usefulness and relevance of both the economic and environmental data
being collected.
Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 128,417.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
Total Burden Hours: 120,828.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-14178 Filed 7-1-21; 8:45 am]
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