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Vol. 88, No. 236 

Monday, December 11, 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 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 

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 

January 10, 2024. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted, identified by docket number 

0535–0264, within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice by any of the 

following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• E-fax: 855–838–6382.

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–

ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper, 

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: Richard Hopper, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

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: Fruits, Nut, and Specialty 

Crops. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0039. 

Summary of Collection: The primary 

function of the National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare 

and issue current official state and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production. Estimates of fruit, tree nuts, 

and specialty crops are an integral part 

of this program. These estimates support 

the NASS strategic plan to cover all 

agricultural cash receipts. The authority 

to collect these data activities is granted 

under U.S. Code title 7, Section 2204(a). 

Information is collected on a voluntary 

basis from growers, processors, and 

handlers through surveys. 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, and Title III of 

Public Law 115–435 (CIPSEA) which 

requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentially to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. 

Revisions to burden are needed due to 

the removal of surveys funded under 

cooperative agreements, changes in the 

size of the target population, sample 

design, and minor changes in 

questionnaire design. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data reported on fruit, nut, and 

specialty crops are used by NASS to 

estimate crop acreage, yield, production, 

utilization, price, and value in States 

with significant commercial production. 

These estimates are essential to farmers, 

processors, importers and exporters, 

shipping companies, cold storage 

facilities and handlers in making 

production and marketing decisions. 

Estimates from these inquiries are used 

by market order administrators in their 

determination of expected crop supplies 

under federal and State market orders. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 55,435. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion; 

Annually; Semi-annually; Quarterly; 

Monthly; Weekly. 

Total Burden Hours: 28,114. 

Levi Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27078 Filed 12–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of 

information collection approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, the 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) has 

submitted a Generic Information 

Collection Request (Generic ICR): 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

January 10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 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 


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