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Vol. 79, No. 221 

Monday, November 17, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of 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 Field Crops 

Objective Yield Surveys. Revision to 

burden hours may 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 January 16, 2015 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0088, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• eFax: (855) 838–6382. 

• 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: 

Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 

720–2707. Copies of this information 

collection and related instructions can 

be obtained without charge from David 

Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, at 

(202) 690–2388. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Field Crops Objective Yield. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0088. 

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 

2015. 

Type of Request: To revise and extend 

a currently approved information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: 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, farm numbers, land values, 

on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop 

management practices, as well as the 

Census of Agriculture. The Field Crops 

Objective Yield Surveys objectively 

predicts yields for corn, cotton, 

potatoes, soybeans, and wheat. Sample 

fields are randomly selected for these 

crops, plots are laid out, and periodic 

counts and measurements are taken and 

then used to forecast production during 

the growing season. Production 

forecasts are published in USDA Crop 

Production reports. 

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 as amended, 

7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This Notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13 

(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),’’ 

Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 

15, 2007, p. 33362. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average between 20 and 

30 minutes per respondent. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, or 

farm managers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,900 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from NASS Clearance 

Officer, at (202) 720–2248 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, October 29, 

2014. 

R. Renee Picanso, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27119 Filed 11–14–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Comparing Health 

Insurance Measurement Error (CHIME) 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 


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DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before January 16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Joanne Pascale, 301–763– 

4920, joanne.pascale@census.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Abstract 

This study is designed to assess 

reporting accuracy in surveys that 

measure health insurance. Several 

federal, state and private surveys 

measure health insurance coverage, but 

have different origins and 

methodological approaches, and serve 

different purposes. They also produce 

different estimates of coverage, and few 

studies have assessed reporting 

accuracy across surveys. Previous 

research indicates that much of the 

variation in the estimates is rooted in 

subtle differences in the questionnaires. 

A common strategy for assessing the 

validity of a self-reported measure from 

a survey is a reverse ‘‘record check’’ 

study in which administrative records 

are assumed to contain the correct status 

on a given measure (e.g., health 

insurance coverage). Contact 

information from the records is used as 

sample to conduct a survey in which the 

same information, in this case health 

insurance, is asked about. Data from the 

records is then compared to the answers 

from the survey to assess reporting 

accuracy. 

The proposed study will survey a 

sample of people enrolled in Medica 

Health Plans (a Minnesota based health 

insurance plan) whose coverage type is 

known from the records to be Medicaid, 

MinnesotaCare, employer-sponsored 

insurance, non-group coverage within 

the marketplace (called MNSure) or 

non-group coverage outside the 

marketplace. The sample will be 

randomly assigned to one of two 

questionnaire modules on health 

insurance—the newly-redesigned 

Current Population Survey Annual 

Social and Economic Supplement (CPS) 

or the American Community Survey 

(ACS)—in order to contrast reporting 

error across different questionnaire 

versions. For analysis, the level of 

agreement between the data from the 

records and the survey report is referred 

to as ‘‘absolute accuracy,’’ and the 

comparison of absolute accuracy for any 

given survey to the absolute accuracy 

for a different survey is referred to as 

‘‘relative accuracy.’’ 

In order to minimize respondent 

burden but still mimic actual survey 

conditions of the CPS and ACS to an 

extent, the survey includes a short 

subset of questions from those surveys 

in order to set the context for the health 

insurance modules. Thus typical 

questions on demographics (e.g.: age, 

race, education), employment status, 

government program participation will 

precede the health insurance questions. 

II. Method of Collection 

The study will consist of a computerassisted telephone interview (CATI) 

conducted by Census Bureau 

interviewers from the Hagerstown, Md., 

call center. Sample is being provided by 

Medica Research Institute (MRI), an 

affiliate of Medica Health Plans, based 

in Minnesota. Medica will mail an 

advance letter to enrollees from among 

five different markets: Medicaid, 

MinnesotaCare (a state-specific program 

for low income), employer-sponsored 

insurance, direct purchase through the 

marketplace, and direct purchase 

outside the marketplace. The letter will 

explain that Medica has partnered with 

the Census Bureau on a study, and it 

will invite enrollees who do not wish to 

participate to opt-out by calling in to the 

Medica call center. Medica will then 

draw a sample from among enrollees 

who did not opt out for transfer to the 

Census Bureau. Data collection is to take 

place from late February through early 

April, 2015, in order to mimic the actual 

time frame of the CPS ASEC. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): Not yet assigned. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Medica enrollees and 

their household members. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,000 household respondents. 

Estimated Time per Response: 13 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Interviewing: 5,000 household 

cases * 13 minutes/case = 1,083 hours; 

Contact attempts not resulting in 

completed interviews = 11,667 cases * 

10 seconds/case = 1,945 hours; Total = 

3,028 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 182. 

IV. Request for 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 shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (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 respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economics and Statistics 

Administration 

Establishment of Commerce Data 

Advisory Council; Solicitation of 

Nominations for Membership 

AGENCY: Economics and Statistics 

Administration (ESA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of the 

Commerce Data Advisory Council 

(CDAC) and solicitation of nominations 

for membership. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1512 

and the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, 

hereinafter the Act), the Under Secretary 

for Economic Affairs, Economics and 

Statistics Administration, announces 

the establishment of the Commerce Data 

Advisory Council (CDAC) by the 

Secretary, Department of Commerce. 

The CDAC will provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

ways to make Commerce data easier to 

find, access, use, combine, and 

disseminate, and on other such matters 

as the Secretary determines. The 

Council will continue for two years 

unless renewed by the Secretary, 

Department of Commerce. With the 

exception of the limitations set out in 41 

CFR part 102–3, the Under Secretary for 


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