83_FR_6539 83 FR 6508 - Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information Collection

83 FR 6508 - Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information Collection

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 31 (February 14, 2018)

Page Range6508-6509
FR Document2018-02940

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS). Revision to previous burden hours will be needed due to changes in the size of the target population, sampling design, and questionnaire length.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an 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, this 
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the 
Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS). Revision to previous burden 
hours will be needed due to changes in the size of the target 
population, sampling design, and questionnaire length.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 16, 2018 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0234, by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include the docket number 
above in the subject line of the message.
     E-fax: (855) 838-6382.
     Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to: 
David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20250-2024.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: David Hancock, 
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South 
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-2707. Copies of this information 
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from 
David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: 2018 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0234.
    Expiration Date of Previous Approval: September 30, 2016.
    Type of Request: Intent to Seek Approval to Reinstate and Revise an 
Information Collection.
    Abstract: The 2018 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey is conducted 
every 5 years as authorized by the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 
(Pub. L. 105-113). The 2018 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS) 
will use a combined probability sample of all farms, ranches, 
greenhouses, nurseries, and other horticultural operations that 
reported irrigation on the 2017 Census of Agriculture. This irrigation 
survey aims to provide a comprehensive inventory of agricultural 
irrigation practices with detailed data relating to acres irrigated by 
category of land use, acres and yields of irrigated and non-irrigated 
crops, quantity of water applied, and method of application to selected 
crops. Also included will be 2018 expenditures for maintenance and 
repair of irrigation equipment and facilities; purchase of energy for 
on-farm pumping of irrigation water; investment in irrigation 
equipment, facilities, and land improvement; cost of water received 
from off-farm water supplies; and questions related to water reuse and 
security. The irrigation questions for horticultural specialties will 
provide the area irrigated in the open and under protection, source of 
water, and the irrigation method used at the State level and by 20 
Water Resource Regions (WRR). A table will be published showing the 
total estimated quantity of water applied for crops including 
horticultural specialties. Irrigation data are used by the farmers, 
their representatives, government agencies, and many other groups 
concerned with the irrigation industry and water use issues. This 
survey will provide the only source of dependable, comparable 
irrigation data by State and Water Resources Region (WRR). The National 
Agricultural Statistics Service will use the information collected only 
for statistical purposes and will publish the data only as aggregate 
totals. NASS is also considering a possible name change to this long 
running data collection. The proposed name that is being considered is 
``Irrigation and Water Management Survey''.
    Authority: The census of agriculture and subsequent follow-on 
censuses are required by law under the ``Census of Agriculture Act of 
1997,'' Pub. L. 105-113, 7 U.S.C. 2204(g). Individually identifiable 
data collected under this authority are governed by Section 1770 of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires 
USDA to afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided 
by respondents. This Notice is submitted in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et 
seq.) and Office of Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 
1320.
    NASS also complies with OMB Implementation Guidance, 
``Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government Act, 
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 
2002 (CIPSEA),'' Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 
33362. The law guarantees farm operators that their individual 
information will be kept confidential. NASS uses the information only 
for statistical purposes and publishes only aggregate data. These data 
are used by Congress when developing or changing farm programs. Many 
national and state programs are designed or allocated based on census 
data, i.e., soil conservation projects, funds for cooperative extension 
programs, and research funding. Private industry uses the data to 
provide more effective production and distribution systems for the 
agricultural community.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 30-60 minutes per response. 
Publicity materials and instruction sheets will account for about 15 
minutes of additional burden per respondent. Respondents who refuse to 
complete the survey will be allotted 2 minutes of burden per attempt to 
collect the data.
    Respondents: Farmers, Ranchers, Farm Managers, and producers of 
Nursery, Greenhouse and Floricultural Products.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 35,000.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 26,000 hours.
    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; 
(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, technological, or other forms of 
information technology collection methods; and (e) comments relating to 
the proposed name change.
    All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record 
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, January 29, 2018.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-02940 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
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6508 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2018 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 113). The 2018 Farm and Ranch ‘‘Implementation Guidance for Title V Irrigation Survey (FRIS) will use a of the E-Government Act, Confidential National Agricultural Statistics Service combined probability sample of all Information Protection and Statistical farms, ranches, greenhouses, nurseries, Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA),’’ Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To and other horticultural operations that Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June Reinstate an Information Collection reported irrigation on the 2017 Census 15, 2007, p. 33362. The law guarantees AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics of Agriculture. This irrigation survey farm operators that their individual Service, USDA. aims to provide a comprehensive information will be kept confidential. inventory of agricultural irrigation NASS uses the information only for ACTION: Notice and request for practices with detailed data relating to comments. statistical purposes and publishes only acres irrigated by category of land use, aggregate data. These data are used by SUMMARY: In accordance with the acres and yields of irrigated and non- irrigated crops, quantity of water Congress when developing or changing Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this farm programs. Many national and state notice announces the intention of the applied, and method of application to selected crops. Also included will be programs are designed or allocated National Agricultural Statistics Service 2018 expenditures for maintenance and based on census data, i.e., soil (NASS) to seek reinstatement of an information collection, the Farm and repair of irrigation equipment and conservation projects, funds for Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS). Revision facilities; purchase of energy for on-farm cooperative extension programs, and to previous burden hours will be needed pumping of irrigation water; investment research funding. Private industry uses due to changes in the size of the target in irrigation equipment, facilities, and the data to provide more effective population, sampling design, and land improvement; cost of water production and distribution systems for questionnaire length. received from off-farm water supplies; the agricultural community. DATES: Comments on this notice must be and questions related to water reuse and Estimate of Burden: Public reporting received by April 16, 2018 to be assured security. The irrigation questions for burden for this collection of information of consideration. horticultural specialties will provide the is estimated to average 30–60 minutes area irrigated in the open and under ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, per response. Publicity materials and protection, source of water, and the identified by docket number 0535–0234, irrigation method used at the State level instruction sheets will account for about by any of the following methods: and by 20 Water Resource Regions 15 minutes of additional burden per • Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. (WRR). A table will be published respondent. Respondents who refuse to Include the docket number above in the showing the total estimated quantity of complete the survey will be allotted 2 subject line of the message. water applied for crops including minutes of burden per attempt to collect • E-fax: (855) 838–6382. horticultural specialties. Irrigation data the data. • Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– are used by the farmers, their Respondents: Farmers, Ranchers, ROM submissions to: David Hancock, representatives, government agencies, Farm Managers, and producers of NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. and many other groups concerned with Nursery, Greenhouse and Floricultural Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 the irrigation industry and water use South Building, 1400 Independence Products. issues. This survey will provide the Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250– only source of dependable, comparable Estimated Number of Respondents: 2024. irrigation data by State and Water 35,000. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand Resources Region (WRR). The National Estimated Total Annual Burden on deliver to: David Hancock, NASS Agricultural Statistics Service will use Respondents: 26,000 hours. Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of the information collected only for Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, Comments: Comments are invited on: statistical purposes and will publish the (a) Whether the proposed collection of 1400 Independence Avenue SW, data only as aggregate totals. NASS is Washington, DC 20250–2024. information is necessary for the proper also considering a possible name change FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: performance of the functions of the to this long running data collection. The Kevin L. Barnes, Associate proposed name that is being considered agency, including whether the Administrator, National Agricultural is ‘‘Irrigation and Water Management information will have practical utility; Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Survey’’. (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Agriculture, (202) 720–2707. Copies of Authority: The census of agriculture of the burden of the proposed collection this information collection and related and subsequent follow-on censuses are of information including the validity of instructions can be obtained without required by law under the ‘‘Census of the methodology and assumptions used; charge from David Hancock, NASS— Agriculture Act of 1997,’’ Pub. L. 105– (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 113, 7 U.S.C. 2204(g). Individually and clarity of the information to be 2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. identifiable data collected under this collected; (d) ways to minimize the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: authority are governed by Section 1770 burden of the collection of information Title: 2018 Farm and Ranch Irrigation of the Food Security Act of 1985 as on those who are to respond, including Survey. amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires through the use of appropriate OMB Control Number: 0535–0234. USDA to afford strict confidentiality to automated, electronic, mechanical, Expiration Date of Previous Approval: non-aggregated data provided by technological, or other forms of September 30, 2016. respondents. This Notice is submitted in daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES information technology collection Type of Request: Intent to Seek accordance with the Paperwork methods; and (e) comments relating to Approval to Reinstate and Revise an Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13 the proposed name change. Information Collection. (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) and Office of Abstract: The 2018 Farm and Ranch Management and Budget regulations at All responses to this notice will Irrigation Survey is conducted every 5 5 CFR part 1320. become a matter of public record and be years as authorized by the Census of NASS also complies with OMB summarized in the request for OMB Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105– Implementation Guidance, approval. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2018 / Notices 6509 Signed at Washington, DC, January 29, deauthorized for the project. and the Commission will not refund any 2018. Information regarding this incurred charges. Callers will incur no Kevin L. Barnes, determination may be obtained from charge for calls they initiate over land- Associate Administrator. John Bricker, NRCS State line connections to the toll-free [FR Doc. 2018–02940 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am] Conservationist in Virginia, and Louis telephone number. Persons with hearing BILLING CODE 3410–20–P Aspey, NRCS State Conservationist in impairments may also follow the West Virginia, at the above addresses proceedings by first calling the Federal and telephone numbers. Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE No administrative action on providing the Service with the implementation of the proposed conference call number and conference Natural Resources Conservation deauthorization will be taken until 60 ID number. Service days after the date of this publication in Members of the public are entitled to [Docket No. NRCS–2017–0004] the Federal Register. make comments during the open period (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance at the end of the meeting. Members of South Branch Potomac River Program No. 10.904, Watershed Protection the public may also submit written Subwatershed of the Potomac River and Flood Prevention. Executive Order 12372 comments; the comments must be Watershed, Highland County, Virginia regarding State and local clearinghouse received in the Regional Programs Unit and Pendleton and Grant Counties, review of Federal and federally assisted within 30 days following the meeting. West Virginia programs and project is applicable) Written comments may be mailed to the Dated: December 21, 2017. Western Regional Office, U.S. AGENCY: Natural Resources Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North John A. Bricker, Conservation Service, Department of Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Agriculture. VA State Conservationist. Dated: December 14, 2017. Angeles, CA 90012. They may be faxed ACTION: Notice of intent to deauthorize to the Commission at (213) 894–0508, or Federal funding. Louis Aspey, emailed to Angelica Trevino at WV State Conservationist. atrevino@usccr.gov. Persons who desire SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Flood Control [FR Doc. 2018–02944 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am] additional information may contact the Act and the Natural Resources BILLING CODE 3410–16–P Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894– Conservation Service (NRCS) Guidelines 3437. (7 CFR part 622), NRCS gives notice of Records and documents discussed the intent to deauthorize Federal COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS during the meeting will be available for funding for the South Branch Potomac public viewing prior to and after the River Subwatershed of the Potomac Notice of Public Meeting of the meeting at https://facadatabase.gov/ River Watershed project, Highland Montana Advisory Committee committee/meetings.aspx?cid=259. County, Virginia and Pendleton and Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ Grant Counties, West Virginia. AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Records DATES: Interested persons are invited to generated from this meeting may also be submit comments within 60 days of this ACTION: Announcement of meeting. inspected and reproduced at the notice being published in the Federal SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, Regional Programs Unit, as they become Register. pursuant to the provisions of the rules available, both before and after the ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in and regulations of the U.S. Commission meeting. Persons interested in the work response to this notice should be sent to on Civil Rights (Commission) and the of this Committee are directed to the either John Bricker, VA State Federal Advisory Committee Act Commission’s website, https:// Conservationist, 1606 Santa Rosa Road, (FACA) that a meeting of the Montana www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Suite 209, Richmond, Virginia 23229. Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Regional Programs Unit at the above Telephone: (804) 287–1691 or email: Commission will be held at 11:00 a.m. email or street address. Jack.Bricker@va.usda.gov or Louis (Mountain Time) Wednesday, February Agenda Aspey, WV State Conservationist, 1550 21, 2018. The purpose of the meeting is Earl L. Core Road, Suite 200, for the Committee to discuss I. Welcome and Rollcall Morgantown, West Virginia 26505. preparations to hear testimony on II. Approval of minutes from February 1, Telephone: (304) 284–7540 or email: border town discrimination. 2018 meeting Louis.Aspey@wv.usda.gov. III. Discussion of panelists and logistics DATES: The meeting will be held on for hearing testimony on border FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:00 town discrimination specific questions about this notice, a.m. MT. IV. Public Comment please contact Wade Biddix, (804) 287– Public Call Information: Dial: 888– V. Adjournment 1675 or Wade.Biddix@va.usda.gov. 713–3590, Conference ID: 2355188. Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this determination has been made by John Angelica Trevino at atrevino@usccr.gov meeting is given less than 15 calendar Bricker, NRCS State Conservationist in or (213) 894–3437. days prior to the meeting because of the Virginia, and Louis Aspey, NRCS State SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This exceptional circumstance of this Conservationist in West Virginia, that meeting is available to the public Committee preparing for its upcoming daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES the proposed works of improvement for through the following toll-free call-in public meeting to hear testimony. the South Branch Potomac River number: 888–713–3590, conference ID Subwatershed of the Potomac River number: 2355188. Any interested Dated: February 9, 2018. Watershed project will not be installed. member of the public may call this David Mussatt, The sponsoring local organizations have number and listen to the meeting. Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. concurred in this determination and Callers can expect to incur charges for [FR Doc. 2018–03053 Filed 2–13–18; 8:45 am] agree that Federal funding should be calls they initiate over wireless lines, BILLING CODE P VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:07 Feb 13, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\14FEN1.SGM 14FEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments on this notice must be received by April 16, 2018 to be assured of consideration.
ContactKevin L. Barnes, Associate Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-2707. Copies of this information collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from David Hancock, NASS--OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690-2388 or at [email protected]
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