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39980 

Vol. 82, No. 162 

Wednesday, August 23, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 17, 2017. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 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; (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 this information 

collection received by September 22, 

2017 will be considered. Written 

comments should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), New Executive Office Building, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit their comments to OMB via 

email to: OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–5806 and 

to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of 

the submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8681. 

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 

Title: Agricultural Prices. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0003. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Prices surveys provide data 

on the prices received by farmers and 

prices paid for production goods and 

services. This information is needed by 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

National Agriculture Statistics Service 

(NASS) for the following purposes: (a) 

To compute Parity Prices in accordance 

with requirements of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended 

(Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301a, (b) to 

estimate value of production, inventory 

values, and cash receipts from farming, 

(c) to determine the level for farmer 

owned reserves, (d) to provide 

guidelines for Risk Management Agency 

price selection options, (e) to determine 

Federal disaster prices to be paid, (f) 

establishing USDA’s net farm income 

projections by the Economic Research 

Service and (g) to determine the grazing 

fee on Federal lands. General authority 

for these data collection activities is 

granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 

2204. 

Revisions were made to the Prices 

Paid Surveys and the Prices Received 

Survey for Grain. The Prices Paid 

Surveys will now collect both the price 

of the commodities listed, as well as the 

quantity sold. This will allow NASS to 

generate a weighted average price, 

instead of a straight average price for 

farm inputs. The Prices Received for 

Grain survey will be expanded to 

include all 50 States. This change is in 

response to additional funding provided 

by Congress to enhance the livestock 

feed expenses for all 50 States. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

NASS price program computes annual 

U.S. weighted average prices received 

by farmers for wheat, barley, oats, corn, 

grain sorghum, rice, cotton, peanuts, 

pulse crops and oilseeds based on 

monthly marketing. Estimates of prices 

received are used by NASS to determine 

the value of agricultural production. 

Prices estimates are used by many 

Government agencies as a general 

measure of commodity price changes, 

economic analysis relating to farm 

income and alternative marketing 

policies, and for disaster and insurance 

payments. NASS estimates based on 

these surveys are used as a Principle 

Economic Indicator of the United States. 

These price estimates are also used to 

compute Parity Prices in accordance 

with requirements of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended 

(Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301(a)). 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 68,485. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Monthly; Annually; 

Biennially. 

Total Burden Hours: 31,975. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17781 Filed 8–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Louisiana Advisory Committee To 

Discuss Civil Rights Topics in the 

State 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the Louisiana Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting on 

Tuesday, September 5, 2017; and 

Friday, September 22, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. 

Central for a discussion on civil rights 

topics affecting the state. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 5, 2017; and 

Friday, September 22, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. 

Central. 

PUBLIC CALL INFORMATION: 

• Tuesday, September 5, 2017: Dial: 

888–778–8914, Conference ID: 9914394. 

• Friday, September 22, 2017: Dial: 

877–419–6600, Conference ID: 1968044. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Barreras, DFO, at dbarreras@

usccr.gov or 312–353–8311 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

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