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3. Complete form AD–755, Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information. 

Letters of recommendations are 

welcome. The AD–755 may be obtained 

from Forest Service contact person or 

from the following Web site: http:// 

www.fsa.usda.gov/Internet/FSA_File/ 

ad755.pdf. All nominations will be 

vetted by USDA. The Secretary of 

Agriculture will appoint committee 

members to the Board from the list of 

qualified applicants. 

The members of the Board will elect 

and determine the responsibilities of the 

Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson. 

In absence of the Chairperson, the ViceChairperson will act in the 

Chairperson’s stead. The Forest 

Supervisor of the Black Hills National 

Forest serves as the Designated Federal 

Official under sections 10(e) and (f) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(5 U.S.C. App. II). 

Members will serve without 

compensation, but may be reimbursed 

for travel expenses while performing 

duties on behalf of the Board, subject to 

approval by the DFO. 

Equal opportunity practices are 

followed in all appointments to the 

Board in accordance with USDA 

policies. To ensure that the 

recommendations of the Board have 

been taken into account the needs of 

diverse groups, served by the Black 

Hills National Forest, membership shall 

include, to the extent practicable, 

individuals with demonstrated ability to 

represent minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Craig Bobzien, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Revise and Extend a Currently 

Approved 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 request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Agricultural 

Resources Management Survey and 

Chemical Use Surveys. A revision to 

burden hours will be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 25, 2012 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0218, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number 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 5336 

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: Agricultural Resources 

Management Survey and Chemical Use 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0218. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

December 31, 2012. 

Type of Request: Intent to revise and 

extend a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Agricultural Resource 

Management Surveys (ARMS) are the 

primary source of information for the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture on a 

broad range of issues related to: 

Production practices, costs and returns, 

pest management, chemical usage, and 

contractor expenses. Data is collected on 

both a whole farm level and on selected 

commodities. 

ARMS is the only source of 

information available for objective 

evaluation of many critical issues 

related to agriculture and the rural 

economy, such as: Whole farm finance 

data, including data sufficient to 

construct estimates of income for farms 

by: type of operation, loan commodities, 

income for operator households, credit, 

structure, and organization; marketing 

information; and other economic data 

on input usage, production practices, 

and crop substitution possibilities. 

Data from ARMS are used to produce 

estimates of net farm income by type of 

commercial producer as required in 7 

U.S.C. 7998 and estimates of enterprise 

production costs as required in 7 U.S.C. 

1441(a). Data from ARMS are also used 

as weights in the development of the 

Prices Paid Index, a component of the 

Parity Index referred to in the 

Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938. 

These indexes are used to calculate the 

annual federal grazing fee rates as 

described in the Public Rangelands 

Improvement Act of 1978 and Executive 

Order 12548 and as promulgated in 

regulations found at 36 CFR 222.51. 

In addition, ARMS is used to produce 

estimates of sector-wide production 

expenditures and other components of 

income that are used in constructing the 

estimates of income and value-added 

which are transmitted to the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, by the USDA 

Economic Research Service (ERS) for 

use in constructing economy-wide 

estimates of Gross Domestic Product. 

This transmittal of data, prepared using 

the ARMS, is undertaken to satisfy a 

1956 agreement between the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Departments of Agriculture and 

Commerce that a single set of estimates 

be published on farm income. 

Chemical Use Surveys: Congress has 

mandated that NASS and ERS build 

nationally coordinated databases on 

agricultural chemical use and related 

farm practices; these databases are the 

primary vehicles used to produce 

specified environmental and economic 

estimates. The surveys will help provide 

the knowledge and technical means for 

producers and researchers to address 

on-farm environmental concerns in a 

manner that maintains agricultural 

productivity. 

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, 7 U.S.C. 2276, 

which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (at 44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of 

Management and Budget regulations at 

5 CFR part 1320. 

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),’’ 72 FR 

33362 (June 15, 2007). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

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is estimated to average approximately 

35–40 minutes per survey. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm 

managers, farm contractors, and farm 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 80,000 respondents will 

be sampled each year. Over half of these 

respondents will be contacted more 

than one time in a single year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 66,000 

hours per year. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from the NASS 

Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–2388 or 

at: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

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, March 06, 2012. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Revise a Previously 

Approved 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 intent of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to seek reinstatement of an 

information collection, the National 

Childhood Injury and Occupational 

Injury Survey of Farm Operators. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 25, 2012 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0235, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number 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 5336 

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: National Childhood Injury and 

Occupational Injury Survey of Farm 

Operators. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0235. 

Expiration Date of Previous Approval: 

12/31/2011. 

Type of Request: To seek 

reinstatement of an information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The National Childhood 

Injury and Adult Occupational Injury 

Survey of Farm Operators is designed 

to: (1) Provide estimates of childhood 

nonfatal injury incidence and 

description of injury occurring to 

children less than 20 years of age who 

reside, work, or visit farms and (2) 

describe the occupational injury 

experience of farm operators. These 

surveys are being conducted as part of 

a cooperative agreement between the 

Center for Disease Control (CDC) and 

the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS). In 2012, NASS will 

conduct the General Adult and Child 

Injury survey and will use the total farm 

population to sample from. In 2013, 

NASS will not be conducting an injury 

survey, since we will be concentrating 

on the Census of Agriculture survey 

(OMB #0535–0226). In 2014, NASS 

plans to again conduct the General 

Adult and Child Injury Survey, and this 

time, the survey will concentrate on 

minority farm operators. 

DATA COLLECTION FOR THE THREE YEAR APPROVAL PERIOD

Survey targeted group Reference 

year Survey year Sample size 

General Adult and Child Injury Survey Target Population—All Farm Operators) .................................. 2011 2012 50,000 

No Survey Conducted this Year .............................................................................................................. 2012 2013 0 

General Adult and Child Injury Survey (Minority Farm Operators) ......................................................... 2013 2014 50,000 

Data will be collected by telephone 

from all 50 states. Questions will relate 

to farm injuries occurring during the 

reference calendar year. These data will 

update and enhance existing data series 

used by the National Institute of 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH) to: (1) Establish a measure of 

the number and rate of childhood 

injuries associated with farming 

operations and study the specific types 

of injuries sustained and (2) describe the 

scope and magnitude of occupational 

injuries associated with farming 

operations. The collection combines the 

youth and occupational injury studies to 

reduce the number of contacts on the 

targeted farm population. Reports will 

be generated and information 

disseminated to all interested parties 

concerning the findings from this study. 

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, 7 U.S.C. 2276, 

which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of 

Management and Budget regulations at 

5 CFR part 1320. 

NASS also complies with OMB 

Implementation Guidance, 

‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V 

of the E-Government Act, Confidential 


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