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1128 

Vol. 76, No. 5 

Friday, January 7, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 3, 2011. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

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 

Administration 

Title: USDA Race, Ethnicity and 

Gender Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0503–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: Section 14006 

and 14007 of the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 8701 

(referred to as 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, subject to 

appropriate privacy protection, 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. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data will be collected on a voluntary 

basis through a questionnaire to 

determine the race, ethnicity and gender 

of farmers and ranchers who apply for 

and who participate in USDA programs 

and services. The data will enable the 

Secretary and the Office of Advocacy 

and Outreach and the agencies’ outreach 

offices in reaching current and 

prospective socially disadvantaged 

farmers or ranchers in a linguistically 

appropriate manner to focus resources 

in a particular county or region where 

low participation is indicated by the 

data to improve the participation of 

those farmers and ranchers in USDA 

programs. This is not a random 

sampling and is in no way considered 

to be a statistically significant analysis. 

The data is intended to be used as one 

indicator in targeting and designing 

outreach activities and in assessing 

compliance with civil rights laws in 

program delivery. The data may also be 

used as an indicator in directing 

compliance reviews to geographic areas 

where there are indications of low 

participation in USDA programs by 

minorities and women, thus serving as 

an ‘‘early warning system’’ that warrants 

further investigations. Failure to collect 

this information will have a negative 

impact on USDA’s outreach activities 

and could result in an inability of the 

agencies to equitably deliver programs 

and services to applicant and producers. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 3,200,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (once). 

Total Burden Hours: 106,667. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–80 Filed 1–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–96–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 3, 2011. 

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 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 and other forms of 

information technology should be 

addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 


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