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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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February 29, 2016.
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 are
requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (4) 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
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by April 4, 2016 will
be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax
(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. 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: Residue and Biomass Field
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0251.
Summary of Collection: The primary
function of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare
and issue official State and national
estimates of crop and livestock
production, disposition and prices. The
purpose of this collection is for NASS
and the Agricultural Research Service/
Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Laboratory to make an objective
connection between the amounts of
organic matter produced and how crop
residues impact future crop yields.
General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under
U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204(a) which
specifies that ‘‘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.’’
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.
Need and Use of the Information:
This study will investigate the effect
crop residue removal has on soil and
water quality. The study will use, as a
sampling universe fields in the South
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Fork watershed in central Iowa. The
study will be conducted in several
phases. Permission forms will be
presented to farm operators. With the
farmers permission the field
enumerators will return several times
during the growing season to measure
and collect samples from the target
areas. Measurements of crop residues
will be compared with remote sensed
data to measure crop residue cover and
soil tillage intensity for the entire
watershed. After measurements and
samples are taken the farm operators
will be asked to complete a
questionnaire and, if possible provide a
yield map. The questionnaire and yield
maps help associate measured residue
and biomass to specific field
management plans and provide realistic
operation files for the water and soil
quality models. Without this collection,
our knowledge of the management
practices in the watershed would be
severely limited.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One time.
Total Burden Hours: 64.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
[Docket No. NRCS–2016–0001]
Notice of Proposed Changes to the
National Handbook of Conservation
Practices for the Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of
proposed changes to the National
Handbook of Conservation Practices for
public review and comment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of the
intention of NRCS to issue a series of
revised conservation practice standards
in the National Handbook of
Conservation Practices. These standards
include: Clearing and Snagging (Code
326), Diversion (Code 362), Fish
Raceway or Tank (Code 398), Pond
Sealing or Lining—Compacted Soil
Treatment (Code 521B), Pond Sealing or
Lining—Concrete (Code 521C),
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 29, 2016.
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
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) 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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by April 4,
2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to
submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. 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: Residue and Biomass Field Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0251.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue official
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
disposition and prices. The purpose of this collection is for NASS and
the Agricultural Research Service/Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Laboratory to make an objective connection between the amounts of
organic matter produced and how crop residues impact future crop
yields. General authority for these data collection activities is
granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204(a) which specifies that
``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.'' 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.
Need and Use of the Information: This study will investigate the
effect crop residue removal has on soil and water quality. The study
will use, as a sampling universe fields in the South Fork watershed in
central Iowa. The study will be conducted in several phases. Permission
forms will be presented to farm operators. With the farmers permission
the field enumerators will return several times during the growing
season to measure and collect samples from the target areas.
Measurements of crop residues will be compared with remote sensed data
to measure crop residue cover and soil tillage intensity for the entire
watershed. After measurements and samples are taken the farm operators
will be asked to complete a questionnaire and, if possible provide a
yield map. The questionnaire and yield maps help associate measured
residue and biomass to specific field management plans and provide
realistic operation files for the water and soil quality models.
Without this collection, our knowledge of the management practices in
the watershed would be severely limited.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One time.
Total Burden Hours: 64.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-04787 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
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