Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 64660 [E9-29257]

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 64660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29257]


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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 8, 2009 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 3, 2009.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden 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, 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), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV 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 within 30 days of this notification. 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: Cold Storage.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0001.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue State 
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, value and 
disposition. The monthly Cold Storage Survey provides information on 
national supplies of food in refrigerated storage facilities. A 
biennial survey of refrigerated warehouses is also conducted to provide 
a benchmark of the capacity available for refrigerated storage of the 
nation's food supply. The data will be collected under the authority of 
7 U.S.C. 2204(a). This statue specifies ``The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which 
he can obtain * * * by the collection of statistics * * * and shall 
distribute them among agriculturists.''
    Need and Use of the Information: USDA agencies such as the World 
Agricultural Outlook Board, Economic Research Service, and Agricultural 
Marketing Service use information from the Cold Storage report in 
setting and administering government commodity programs and in supply 
and demand analysis. Included in the report are stocks of pork bellies, 
frozen orange juice concentrate, butter, and cheese which are traded on 
the Chicago Board of Trade. The timing and frequency of the surveys 
have evolved to meet the needs of producers, facilities, 
agribusinesses, and government agencies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,175.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; biennially.
    Total Burden Hours: 7,949.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Agricultural Prices.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0003.
    Summary of Collection: Estimates of prices received by farmers and 
prices paid for production goods and services are needed by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Statistics Service 
(NASS) for the following purposes: (a) To compute Parity Prices in 
accordance with requirements of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 
as amended (Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301a, (b) to estimate value 
of production, inventory values, and cash receipts from farming, (c) to 
determine the level for farmer owned reserves, (d) to provide 
guidelines for Risk Management Agency price selection options, (e) to 
determine Federal disaster prices to be paid, and (f) to determine the 
grazing fee on Federal lands. General authority for these data 
collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204.
    Need and Use of the Information: The NASS price program computes 
annual U.S. weighted average prices received by farmers for wheat, 
barley, corn, oats, grain sorghum, rice, cotton, pulse crops, peanuts, 
and oilseeds based on monthly marketing. Prices estimates are used by 
many Government agencies as a general measure of commodity price 
changes, economic analysis relating to farm income and alternative 
marketing policis, and for disaster and insurance payments.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 114,085.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; monthly; annually; 
biennially.
    Total Burden Hours: 37,213.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-29257 Filed 12-7-09; 8:45 am]
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