[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 74073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30159]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of the Intent To Request To Conduct a New Information 
Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service (NASS) to seek approval to conduct a new information collection 
to gather data related to the production and marketing of foods 
directly from farm producers to consumers or retailers. In addition 
NASS will collect some whole-farm data to be used to classify and group 
operations for summarizing and publication of results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 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-OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at 
[email protected].

Correction

    In the Federal Register of October 26, 2015 in FR Doc. 2015-27139 
on page 65196, in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, para 5, the Estimate 
of Burden section, read as follows:
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response. NASS plans 
to mail out publicity materials with the questionnaires to inform 
producers of the importance of this survey. NASS will also use multiple 
mailings, followed up with phone and limited personal enumeration to 
increase response rates and to minimize data collection costs. The 
sample will consist of farm operators believed to market their products 
directly to consumers or retailers. These operators will be drawn from 
two sources: (1) NASS's list of farm operators, and (2) farm operators 
obtained from publically available sources, including those obtained 
from web harvesting.
    Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 29,000 hours.

Yvette Anderson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer for ARS, ERS, and NASS.
[FR Doc. 2015-30159 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
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