[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50554-50555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25294]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Revise a Currently Approved 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 (Pub.
L. No. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at
5 CFR Part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces
the National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) intention to
revise a currently approved information collection, the Milk and Milk
Products Surveys.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 27, 1998.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Rich Allen, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4117 South
Building, Washington, D.C. 20250-2000, (202) 720-4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Milk and Milk Products Surveys.
OMB Number: 0535-0020.
Expiration Date of Approval: January 31, 1999.
Type of Request: Intent to revise a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The primary objective of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service is to prepare and issue State and national estimates
of crop and livestock
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production. The 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, dairy products, evaporated and
condensed milk, manufactured dry milk, and manufactured whey products.
Milk production and manufactured dairy products statistics are used by
the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help administer programs and by
the dairy industry in planning, pricing, and projecting supplies of
milk and milk products. Approval to add weekly butter, dry whey, and
nonfat dry milk price reports to the information collection is
requested.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 7 minutes per response.
Respondents: Farms and businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 44,619.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 21,571 hours.
Copies of this information collection and related instructions can
be obtained without charge from Larry Gambrell, the Agency OMB
Clearance Officer, at (202) 720-5778.
Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
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
the burden of the proposed collection of information including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (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 may be
sent to: Larry Gambrell, Agency OMB Clearance Officer, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Room 4162 South Building,
Washington, D.C. 20250-2000.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval.
All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, D.C., September 3, 1998.
Rich Allen,
Associate Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25294 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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