[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21609-21610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07781]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 7, 2022.
    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 May 12, 2022. 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: Cold Storage Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0001.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare, and 
issue State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
prices, and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and also to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture.
    The monthly Cold Storage Survey provides information on national 
supplies of food commodities in refrigerated storage facilities. A 
biennial survey of refrigerated warehouse capacity is also conducted to 
provide a benchmark of the capacity available for refrigerated storage 
of the nation's food supply. Information on stocks of food commodities 
that are in refrigerated facilitates have a major impact on the price, 
marketing, processing, and distribution of agricultural products.
    Need and Use of the Information: These data will be collected under 
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 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford 
strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. 
USDA agencies such as the World Agricultural Outlook Board, Economic 
Research Service, and Agricultural Marketing Service use this 
information from the Cold Storage report in setting and administering 
government commodity programs and in supply and demand analysis. 
Included in the report are stocks of pork bellies, frozen orange juice 
concentrate, butter, and cheese which are traded on the Chicago Board 
of Trade. The timing and frequency of the surveys have evolved to meet 
the needs of producers, facilities, agribusinesses, and government 
agencies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 1,266.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 5,069.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: List Sampling Frame Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0140.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and 
national estimates of crop and livestock production, economic 
statistics, environmental statistics related to agriculture and also to 
conduct the Census of Agriculture. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are 
used to develop and maintain a complete list of possible farm and ranch 
operations. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively 
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical 
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of 
Agriculture. Data from these agricultural surveys are used by 
government agencies and educational institutions in planning, farm 
policy analysis, and program administration. More importantly, farmers 
and ranchers use NASS data to help make informed business decisions on 
what commodities to produce and when is the optimal time to market 
their products. NASS data is useful to farmers in comparing their 
farming practices with the economic and environmental data published by 
NASS.
    Need and Use of the Information: 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 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 
afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by 
respondents. The List Sampling Frame Surveys are used to develop and 
maintain a complete list of possible farm operations. Data from 
criteria surveys are used to provide

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control data for new records on the list sampling frame. This 
information is utilized to define the size of operation, define sample 
populations, and establish eligibility for the Census of Agriculture. 
New names and addresses of potential farms are obtained on a regular 
basis from growers association, other government agencies and various 
outside sources. The goal is to produce for each State a relatively 
complete, current, and unduplicated list of names for statistical 
sampling for agricultural operation surveys and the Census of 
Agriculture. This information is used to develop efficient sample 
designs, which allows NASS the ability to draw reduced sample sizes 
from the originally large universe populations.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 255,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 55,797.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Custom Work Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0266.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare, and 
issue state and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
prices, and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental 
statistics related to agriculture; and also, to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture.
    The Custom Works program will survey farmers who potentially paid 
for custom services during a specified reference period to collect 
information on how much they paid for those services. These services 
include land tillage, application of fertilizers and chemicals, 
planting, harvesting, hauling, various livestock tasks, and many more 
tasks. The program will provide farm operators with estimates of the 
average prices paid for different custom services in their state and/or 
local area.
    Need and Use of the Information: Data collected under this docket 
are for cooperative agreements between the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (NASS) and numerous cooperators including, but not 
limited to: Alabama Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of 
Agriculture, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Mississippi Delta 
Research and Extension Center, Nebraska Department of Agriculture, 
North Dakota State University, Oklahoma State University, Pennsylvania 
Department of Agriculture, South Carolina Department of Agriculture, 
and Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection. The purpose of the survey is to collect custom rates from 
agricultural workers.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 41,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 15,027.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Cooperator Funded Chemical Use Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The chemical use data collection activities 
in this clearance request would be conducted through cooperative 
agreements with State Departments of Agriculture, land-grant 
universities, or other organizations with which NASS has a Memorandum 
of Understanding (MOU). Previously, these collections were included in 
the Agricultural Resource Management and Chemical Use Surveys 
Information Collection Request (OMB Control Number 0535-0218). These 
cooperator funded chemical use surveys are being separated out to allow 
flexibility for survey changes and possible new surveys without 
affecting the surveys funded through USDA's Congressional 
appropriation. The surveys in the Information Collection Request allow 
flexibility for the cooperators to best address current trends in the 
farming industry within States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Field Crop Production Practice 
and Chemical Use Surveys in this request will be conducted to meet 
research and publication goals for Extension and State Departments of 
Agriculture described in question one.
    The summarized and published information will be analyzed by the 
sponsoring cooperators and stakeholders in agriculture. Results will be 
used to study

--production agriculture as well as
--various programs and policies to determine their impact on 
agricultural producers and consumers.

    Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profits and 
Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 24,585.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 11,882.

Levi Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-07781 Filed 4-11-22; 8:45 am]
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