[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 32 (Friday, February 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10233-10234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03371]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 16, 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: (1) 
Whether the

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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 March 22, 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 (NASS)

    Title: National Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Pilot 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0264.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objectives of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices, economic statistics, and environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. NASS will conduct a survey of 
select agricultural operations in four States: Nebraska, Oklahoma, 
Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Each selected farmer or rancher will be asked 
to provide data on practice, technical assistance, financial 
assistance, as well as obtain likert question data about motivations 
for each of the topic areas: (1) Cover crops, (2) nutrient management, 
(3) pest management, (4) tillage practices, (5) drainage water 
management, (6) runoff management practices, (7) edge of field 
improvements, (8) wetland conservation practices, and (9) irrigation 
management and system improvements, General authority for these data 
collection activities is granted under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204.
    Need and Use of the Information: The purpose of the survey is to 
target operations who own or operate cropland, grazing land, 
concentrated livestock feeding operations, and forestry. NASS will 
collect information about these types of operations to understand 
conservation practices within the United States in terms of the 
following: (1) How often are specific conservation practices adopted 
without assistance, with technical assistance and/or financial 
assistance. (2) How does adoption evolve over time? What proportion of 
producers who ``try'' a given practice continue or expand use over 
time? How many discontinue the practice? (3) What motivates farmers to 
initially try a practice and then continue, expand, or discontinue use? 
The questions reflect a range of factors including conservation need, 
experience of neighbors, financial benefits or costs, producer time and 
effort, availability of technical and financial assistance, regulation 
or conservation compliance, and concern about the environmental 
quality. The United States Department of Agriculture's Natural 
Resources Conservation Service has entered into an interagency 
agreement with NASS to conduct this pilot survey. If this pilot is 
successful, NASS will submit a separate request to conduct the national 
survey.
    Description of Respondents: A sample of all active operations who 
own or operate cropland, grazing land, concentrated livestock feeding 
operations, and/or forestry in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, and 
Pennsylvania.
    Number of Respondents: 1,400.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 974.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-03371 Filed 2-18-21; 8:45 am]
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