Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 55345 [2011-22740]

Download as PDF 55345 Notices Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 173 Wednesday, September 7, 2011 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request emcdonald on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES August 31, 2011. 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), New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; 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 publication 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:37 Sep 06, 2011 Jkt 223001 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: Livestock Slaughter. OMB Control Number: 0535–0005. Summary of Collection: The primary functions of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue current official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition and prices and to collect information on related environmental and economic factors. General authority for data collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. This statue specifies the ‘‘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’’. Information from federally and nonfederally inspected slaughter plants are used to estimate total red meat production. NASS will use a Federally and non-Federally-inspected livestock slaughter survey to collect data. Need and Use of the Information: NASS will combine information collected from both types of plants to estimate total red meat production, consisting of the number of head slaughtered plus live and dressed weights of cattle, calves, hogs and sheep. Accurate and timely livestock estimates provide USDA and the livestock industry with basic data to project future meat supplies and producer prices. Agricultural economists in both the public and private sectors use this information in economic analysis and research. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms. Number of Respondents: 2,900. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly. Total Burden Hours: 1,687. Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–22740 Filed 9–6–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–20–P PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Northern New Mexico Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. 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The purpose of the meeting is to review the status of Title II and funds to be allocated, discuss letter from Cibola and McKinley counties, monitoring report, review of administrative costs, provide opportunity for proponents to present proposals (5 minutes each), provide NNM RAC members opportunity to ask questions about proposals (3 minutes each), review proposal recommendation process, review and rank project proposal by Category Groups, provide recommendations for funding to Designated Federal Official and provide for public comment. DATES: The meeting will be held on September 21, 2011 beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. and on September 22, 2011 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Cibola National Forest Supervisor’s Office conference room located at 2113 Osuna Rd. NE., Albuquerque, NM 87113. Written comments may be submitted as described under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 173 / Wednesday, September 7, 2011 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 31, 2011.
    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), New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC; 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 publication 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: Livestock Slaughter.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0005.
    Summary of Collection: The primary functions of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue current 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices and to collect information on related 
environmental and economic factors. General authority for data 
collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. 
This statue specifies the ``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''. Information from federally and non-federally 
inspected slaughter plants are used to estimate total red meat 
production. NASS will use a Federally and non-Federally-inspected 
livestock slaughter survey to collect data.
    Need and Use of the Information: NASS will combine information 
collected from both types of plants to estimate total red meat 
production, consisting of the number of head slaughtered plus live and 
dressed weights of cattle, calves, hogs and sheep. Accurate and timely 
livestock estimates provide USDA and the livestock industry with basic 
data to project future meat supplies and producer prices. Agricultural 
economists in both the public and private sectors use this information 
in economic analysis and research.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 2,900.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,687.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-22740 Filed 9-6-11; 8:45 am]
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