Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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This notice announces that the Department of Agriculture will submit information collection requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The focus is on ensuring the effectiveness and minimizing the burden of data collection, such as the Cotton Ginning Survey, which gathers essential agricultural statistics. Businesses involved in cotton ginning across 17 states need to participate and respond, as these statistics play a role in forecasting cotton production.
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Key Changes
- Department of Agriculture submits info collection to OMB for review.
- Focus is on minimizing data collection burden and improving effectiveness.
- Cotton Ginning Survey includes businesses across 17 cotton-producing states.
Obligations
What this law requires
Cotton gin operators in all 17 cotton-producing states must participate in and respond to the Cotton Ginning Survey
Cotton gin operators must provide ginning data for specific dates and geographic regions as mandated under U.S.C. Title 13, Section 42(a)
Cotton gin operators must respond to the Cotton Ginning Survey only if the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number (0535-0220)
Survey respondents must submit monthly reporting data beginning August 1st for the current production year, with peak surveying occurring in November
Each cotton gin must complete and submit an 'End of Season' questionnaire upon completion of ginning for the year