[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 121 (Monday, June 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28814-28815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13264]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 21, 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 July 26,
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:
[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
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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: Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).
OMB Control Number: 0535-0254.
Summary of Collection: The Current Agricultural Industrial Reports
(CAIR) surveys have become an integral part of the Census of
Agriculture and numerous other surveys conducted by NASS. Under the
authority of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113)
and defined under Title 7, Sec. 2204(g), these surveys will be
mandatory. The data from the CAIR surveys will supply data users with
important information on the utilization of many of the crops,
livestock, and poultry produced in the U.S.
Need and Use of the Information: Data from these surveys is
essential to measuring the consumption of agricultural products in the
production of numerous consumer goods. Agricultural products such as
grain, oilseeds, fibers, and animal co-products is used in the creation
of cooking oils, flour, lubricants, fuel, fabrics, soap, paint, methyl
esters, resins, and numerous other products. The data are needed to
provide a more complete picture of the importance of agriculture to the
American population. Data from the instruments are published and
publications are available to everyone at the same time on the NASS Web
site.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,420.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 2,490.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-13264 Filed 6-23-17; 8:45 am]
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