Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2023 / Notices 74403 

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 

November 30, 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: Stocks Reports—Substantive 

Change. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0007. 

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 National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS) is seeking approval to 

make a substantive change to the Offfarm Grain and Oilseeds Program by 

adding an Operation Profile survey. The 

Operation Profiles will have three main 

functions: 

1. Inform the respondent about our 

data needs so they will have the details 

to provide storage capacity and the 

amount of grain stored according to 

NASS definitions. 

2. Document items that the 

respondent cannot correctly report or 

estimate for each quarter. 

3. Identify respondents who do not 

store any of the commodities of interest 

in their facilities. 

The substantial change will add a 

contact to the entire sample over the 

course of three years (1⁄3 of the sample 

per year) and an average of 280 burden 

hours to the already approved annual 

total burden hours of 5,062. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

primary objective of the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service is to 

prepare and issue State and national 

estimates of crop and livestock 

production, stocks, disposition, and 

prices. The Stocks Report surveys, 

provide estimates of stocks of grains, 

hops, oilseeds, peanuts, potatoes, and 

rice that are stored off-farm. These offfarm stocks are combined with on-farm 

stocks to estimate stocks in all positions. 

The Stocks Reports are a principle 

economic indicator as defined by OMB. 

Stocks statistics are used by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture to help 

administer programs; by State agencies 

to develop, research, and promote the 

marketing of products; and by producers 

and buyers to find their best market 

opportunity(s). The Stocks Reports are 

instrumental in providing timely, 

accurate data to help grain market 

participants. In order to maintain a 

complete and comprehensive list of 

operations, NASS needs to conduct an 

Operation Profile survey annually to 

add new operations to the survey 

population. This profile is also used to 

identify operations that do not meet the 

criteria to be included in the Off-farm 

Grain and Oilseeds Survey. 

Description of Respondents: Farms 

and businesses. 

Number of Respondents: 8,330. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Monthly; Quarterly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,342. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23959 Filed 10–30–23; 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 November 30, 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. 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain 

Market News. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0033. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621–1627) (AMA), as amended, 

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture 

‘‘to collect and disseminate marketing 

information, including adequate outlook 

information on a market-area basis, for 

the purpose of anticipating and meeting 

consumer requirements, aiding in the 

maintenance of farm income, and 


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bringing about a balance between 

production, and utilization of 

agricultural products.’’ The collection of 

information in this request is based on 

the AMA, title II, subtitle A, § 203, 

principally, paragraphs (b), (g), and (k) 

that direct the Secretary of Agriculture 

to determine agricultural marketing 

costs and develop efficient marketing 

methods to reduce the price spread 

between producer and consumer; to 

collect and disseminate marketing 

information to bring about a balance 

between production and utilization of 

agricultural products; and to collect, 

tabulate, and disseminate agricultural 

marketing statistics. 

Under this authority, the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) Livestock, 

Poultry, and Grain Market News 

(LPGMN) Division works to provide 

timely information of prices, supply, 

demands, trends, movement, and other 

details affecting the trade of livestock, 

poultry, meat, eggs, grain, and their 

related products, as well as locally 

produced and marketed products. The 

information requested is used to 

compile and disseminate market reports 

that provide current, unbiased 

information to all stakeholders in the 

U.S. agricultural industry. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Information is used by the private sector 

to make economic decisions to establish 

market values for application in 

contracts or settlement value, and to 

address specific concerns or issues 

related to trade agreements and disputes 

as well as being used by educational 

institutions, specifically, agricultural 

colleges and universities. Government 

agencies such as the Foreign 

Agricultural Service, Economic 

Research Service and the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service use 

market news data in the performance of 

their missions. LPGMN reports provide 

interested segments of the market chain 

and the general public with unbiased 

comprehensive livestock, poultry, meat, 

eggs, wool, grain market data which 

helps equalize the competitive position 

of all market participants. The absence 

of these data would deny primary and 

secondary users information that 

otherwise would be available to aid 

them in their production and marketing 

decisions, analyses, research and 

knowledge of current market conditions. 

The omission of these data could 

adversely affect prices, supply, and 

demand. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 3,220. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Weekly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 17,970. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23952 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–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 this information 

collection received by November 30, 

2023 will be considered. 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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Understanding States’ SNAP 

Customer Service Strategies (NEW). 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) is interested in 

exploring how State agencies define and 

measure the quality of customer service 

for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) applicants and 

participants, particularly strategies that 

go beyond the minimum requirements 

set by FNS; and how State SNAP 

agencies implement and refine their 

customer service approaches. This study 

will conduct case studies in up to nine 

states to understand their approaches to 

defining, measuring, and improving 

customer service in SNAP. 

Need and Use of the Information: (1) 

Review of existing studies, reports, and 

data on customer services strategies and 

approaches. (2) Case studies in up to 

nine states with diverse approaches to 

supporting and monitoring customer 

service in SNAP. 

The research team will collect case 

study data during two-day in-person site 

visits to each selected State that will 

include interviews with State, regional 

(e.g., call center), and local SNAP staff 

and key stakeholders, review of relevant 

documents and reports, and 

observations of staff interactions with 

customer service systems. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local and Tribal Governments, 

Businesses. 

Number of Respondents: 116. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once. 

Total Burden Hours: 144. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23960 Filed 10–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID FSA–2023–0020] 

Notice of Funds Availability; 

Emergency Relief Program 2022 (ERP 

2022) 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of funds availability. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is issuing this notice announcing 

ERP 2022, which will provide payments 

to eligible crop producers for losses due 

to qualifying disaster events including 

wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, 

excessive heat, tornadoes, winter 

storms, freeze (including a polar vortex), 

smoke exposure, excessive moisture, 

qualifying drought, and related 

conditions that occurred in calendar 

year 2022. ERP 2022 will be 

administered through 2 tracks (referred 

to as Track 1 and Track 2). Track 1 will 


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