[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18263-18264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08813]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 23, 2018.
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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; and (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; 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.
Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by May 29, 2018. 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: Milk and Milk Products.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0020.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue current
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
prices and disposition, and to collect information on related
environmental, land values, farm numbers, and other economic factors.
Estimates of milk production and manufactured dairy products are an
integral part of this program. Milk and dairy statistics are used by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help administer price
support programs and by the dairy industry in planning, pricing, and
projecting supplies of milk and milk products. The general authority
for these data collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title
7, Section 2204. The legislative actions which affect these surveys are
the ``Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000,'' U.S. Code Title 7,
Section 1621, and Public Law 106-532 which changed the program from
voluntary to mandatory for reporting the moisture content of cheddar
cheese plus the price and quantity of cheddar cheese, butter, non-fat
dry milk, and dry whey. In April 2012 the authority for collecting
Dairy Product Prices was moved from NASS to the Agricultural Marketing
Service. NASS will continue to collect milk production and manufactured
dairy product data under this OMB approval.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information
quarterly with the Milk Production Survey. The monthly Milk and Milk
Products surveys obtain basic agricultural statistics on milk
production and manufactured dairy products from farmers and processing
plants throughout the nation. Data are gathered for milk production,
evaporated and condensed milk, dairy products, manufactured dry milk
and manufactured whey products. Estimates of total milk production,
number of milk
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cow, and milk production per cow, are used by the dairy industry in
planning, pricing, and projecting supplies of milk and milk products.
The mandatory dairy product information reporting requires each
manufacturer to report the price, quantity and moisture content of
dairy products sold and each entity storing dairy products to report
information on the quantity of dairy products stored. Collecting data
less frequently would prevent USDA and the agricultural industry from
keeping abreast of changes at the State and National level.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 18,850.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 13,081.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-08813 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am]
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