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Vol. 74, No. 181 

Monday, September 21, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Conduct an Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek approval to conduct a 

new information collection, the 2009 

On-Farm Renewable Energy Production 

Survey. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 20, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535— 

NEW, 2009 On-Farm Renewable Energy 

Production Survey by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number and title above 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 

5336A, Mail Stop 2024, South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 2009 

On-Farm Renewable Energy Production 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535—NEW. 

Type of Request: Intent to Seek 

Approval to Conduct a new Information 

Collection as mandated by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. 

Abstract: The National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) of the United 

States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) will request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the 2009 On-Farm Renewable 

Energy Production Survey to be 

conducted as a follow-on survey from 

the 2007 Census of Agriculture and is 

authorized by the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008 (Title IX— 

Energy). 

The 2009 On-Farm Renewable Energy 

Production Survey will use as a 

sampling universe every respondent on 

the 2007 Census of Agriculture who 

reported energy generation on the farm 

using wind or solar technology, 

methane digester, etc. This energy 

survey will provide a comprehensive 

inventory of farm generated energy 

practices with detailed data relating to 

category or type of energy produced 

(wind, solar, and manure/methane 

digester), how much energy was 

generated, if any energy was sold onto 

a power grid, and the average payment 

received per kilowatt hour or total 

amount of utility savings from reduced 

demand. Data collection will be in the 

second half of 2010 for the reference 

period of 2009, with a final report 

published in Feb. of 2011. Data will be 

published at both the U.S. and State 

level where possible. 

The primary objectives of the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service are to 

prepare and issue State and national 

estimates of crop production, livestock 

production, economic statistics, and 

environmental statistics related to 

agriculture and to conduct the Census of 

Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. 

This request is in response to a mandate 

from the Food, Conservation, and 

Energy Act of 2008. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) 

and Office of Management and Budget 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 

44978, August 29, 1995). NASS also 

complies with OMB Implementation 

Guidance, ‘‘Implementation Guidance 

for Title V of the E–Government Act, 

Confidential Information Protection and 

Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 

(CIPSEA),’’ Federal Register, Vol. 72, 

No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 33376. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 20 minutes per 

completed response. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, and 

farm managers self identified as 

producers of energy, through the 2007 

Census of Agriculture. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

16,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 5,500 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from the NASS OMB 

Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–2248. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, September 14, 

2009. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–22593 Filed 9–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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