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50012 

Vol. 86, No. 170 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 17, 2021. 

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 

October 7, 2021. 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 

(NASS) 

Title: Beef Management, Marketing, 

And Biosecurity Surveys In Illinois & 

Oklahoma—2021. 

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. NASS will 

conduct a survey of beef cattle operators 

in Oklahoma and Illinois. These surveys 

are being conducted under cooperative 

agreements with the Oklahoma State 

University (OSU) and the University of 

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) on 

a full cost recovery basis. 

Selected farmers in Oklahoma will be 

asked to provide data on: 

Oklahoma Beef Management & 

Marketing Survey 

• Characteristics of the cattle operation, 

• Current management and marketing 

practices, 

• Calf management and marketing 

practices, 

• Sources of information, and 

• Characteristics of the cattle producer. 

Oklahoma Biosecurity Practices Survey 

• Characteristics of the cattle operation, 

• Current herd management practices, 

• Biosecurity practices and animal 

movement, 

• Disease knowledge, and 

• Characteristics of the cattle producer. 

For the Illinois Biosecurity Practices 

Survey, selected farmers in Illinois will 

be asked to provide data on: 

• Characteristics of the cattle producer 

& operation, 

• Disease prevention measures, 

• Animal health management practices, 

• Farm and animal management 

practices, and 

• Disease risk perceptions and 

knowledge. 

General authority for these data 

collection activities is granted under 

U.S.C. title 7, section 2204. This project 

is conducted as a cooperative effort with 

the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. 

Funding for this survey is being 

provided by the Hawaii Department of 

Agriculture. 

Need and Use of the Information: For 

Beef Management and Marketing 

Survey, OSU, as well as many farmers 

and ranchers in Oklahoma, have been 

interested in keeping informed of 

current trends and practices within the 

cattle industry. The primary use of this 

data will be for OSU research and 

extension and USDA APHIS to better 

understand the animal movement, 

producers’ knowledge base and 

concerns, and support continuous 

research on the cattle industry and 

develop more effective extension 

programs for cattle producers. 

The OK and IL Biosecurity Surveys 

address the fact that producers are 

encouraged to have a biosecurity plan in 

place for their herd. To assist UIUC, 

OSU and other State and Federal 

agencies on guiding producers through 

those plans, it is important that this 

source of information is unbiased and 

relevant to the industry in their area. 

Current information sources are limited 

and rarely localized. The primary use of 

this data will be for UIUC and OSU 

research and extension and USDA 

APHIS to better understand the animal 

movement, producers’ knowledge base 

and concerns, and support continuous 

research on the cattle industry and 

develop more effective extension 

programs for cattle producers in their 

respective States. 

Description of Respondents: A sample 

of all active agricultural operations with 

beef cattle in Illinois and Oklahoma. 

Number of Respondents: 14,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once a year. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,223. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19363 Filed 9–3–21; 8:45 am] 

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