OMB Review Submission; Comment Request
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This notice involves a request for public comments on information collection requirements from the Department of Agriculture under the Paperwork Reduction Act. It seeks feedback on the necessity, accuracy, and impact of these collections. The reviews aim to improve the efficiency of agricultural statistics used by businesses and farms for informed decision-making.
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Key Changes
- Reinstatement of the Cotton Objective Yield Survey
- Discontinuation of the California Almonds and Oregon Hazelnuts Surveys
- Reduction of data collection waves for the Florida Citrus survey from 12 to 5
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit information collection requirements 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
Display a currently valid OMB control number on all information collection activities before conducting or sponsoring any collection of information
Inform potential respondents that they are not required to respond to any information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number
Accept and consider public comments on information collection requirements, particularly regarding necessity, accuracy of burden estimates, quality/utility/clarity of information collected, and burden minimization techniques
Conduct National Agricultural Statistics Service Objective Yield Surveys for corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat, citrus, and walnuts with randomly selected sample fields and periodic counts/measurements to forecast production