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Vol. 88, No. 180 

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and approval 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 

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 

October 19, 2023. 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: Iowa Commercial Horticulture 

Food Crop 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. This project will 

target Iowa’s edible horticulture crop 

producers using a sample of all Iowa 

operations on the NASS list frame 

known to produce edible horticulture 

crops. 

General authority for these data 

collection activities is granted under 

U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204. This survey 

will be conducted on a full cost 

recovery basis with the Iowa State 

University Extension & Outreach (ISU) 

in cooperation with the Iowa 

Department of Agriculture and Land 

Stewardship (IDALS). 

Need and Use of the Information: For 

this survey period, NASS will collect 

data on how the COVID–19 pandemic 

disrupted many things, including food 

supply chains. The Iowa Horticulture 

industry would like to understand how 

the COVID–19 pandemic affected the 

long-term viability of farms that produce 

specialty crops. Anecdotally, it is 

understood that at the beginning of the 

pandemic specialty crop producers who 

delivered products direct to consumers 

benefited, as did pick-your-own 

operations. Some who sold to farmers 

markets benefit while others lost sales, 

depending on whether and how their 

market chose to open in the 2020 

season. Repeating the survey for the 

2023 growing season with additional 

questions regarding the impact of the 

pandemic will help them understand 

the state of specialty crop production in 

Iowa as the pandemic shifts into a new 

phase. 

Description of Respondents: The Iowa 

Commercial Horticulture Food Crop 

Survey will be a census of all Iowa 

operations known to produce edible 

horticulture crops that include fruits, 

nuts, vegetables, berries, herbs, honey, 

maple syrup, and mushrooms. 

Number of Respondents: 3,200. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One a year. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,093. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20260 Filed 9–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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 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 October 19, 2023. 

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 


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