[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38285-38286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15205]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 20, 2013.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 July 26,
2013 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: [email protected] 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: Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0234.
Summary of Collection: The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS)
is a follow-on survey and in integral part of the 2012 Census of
Agriculture which is conducted every five years under the authority of
the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113). This law
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a census of
agriculture beginning in 2002 and every fifth year thereafter (prior to
that the census was conducted by the Department of Commerce). The 2013
FRIS will be obtaining data describing the irrigation
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activities of U.S. farm operations. Some of these activities are of
national concern, such as the use of chemigation, fertigation and
water-conserving practices of irrigators. The 2013 FRIS will also
include a horticultural operations in a combined questionnaire that
will be directed at horticultural producers.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information from
the FRIS on acres irrigated by land use category, acres and yields of
irrigated and non-irrigated crops, quantity of water applied and method
of application to selected crops, acres irrigated and quantity of water
used by source, acres irrigated by type of water distribution systems,
and number of irrigation wells and pumps. The primary purpose of FRIS
is to provide detailed data on water management practices and water
uses in American agriculture, and to on-farm irrigation activities for
use in preparing a wide variety of water-related local programs,
economic models, legislative initiatives, market analyses, and
feasibility studies. The absence of FRIS data would certainly affect
irrigation policy decision.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 35,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 29,433.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-15205 Filed 6-25-13; 8:45 am]
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