Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 8805 [2020-03067]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 8805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03067]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 11, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) 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. Comments are requested regarding: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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; New Executive 
Office Building, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 
[email protected] 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 by March 19, 2020. 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: Poultry Litter Nutrient Distribution Producer Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0264.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objectives of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices, economic statistics, and environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. NASS will conduct a survey of 
select agricultural operations in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and 
Virginia. Each selected farmer or rancher will be asked to provide data 
on (1) Basic crop and tillage practices in 2019, (2) Preferred sources 
of nutrients and actual sources of nutrients used, (3) Where the 
operator gets information and recommendations on nutrients, and (4) 
Farmer perception between poultry litter co-products and other sources 
of nutrients. General authority for these data collection activities is 
granted under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204.
    Need and Use of the Information: A comprehensive evaluation of 
farmer preferences for using fresh poultry litter or poultry litter ash 
co-products has not been previously conducted in the Chesapeake Bay 
area.
    Data may be used for market development, policy, and/or budgeting 
for cost-share/poultry transport programs. Stakeholders would be 
farmers (poultry growers and crop producers), policy makers, technology 
vendors, fertilizer manufacturers, and manure brokers/haulers.
    Information from the survey could be used by commercial fertilizer 
dealers, poultry growers, technology vendors, or state agencies to make 
investment decisions regarding fresh poultry litter and poultry litter 
ash co-products. For example, policy makers could base changes to the 
state cost share program for manure transport on the results, or a 
fertilizer company/technology vendor could invest in a new fertilizer 
product based on the results.
    The survey will also complement on-going efforts in Chesapeake Bay 
states to achieve water quality goals via promoting on-farm and 
regional phosphorus balance. Several states (Maryland and Delaware for 
example) offer funding to transport poultry litter from farms where it 
is produced to fields where it is needed. Despite cost share incentives 
to use poultry litter, many farmers choose not to use poultry litter. 
This survey will identify barriers to expanded use of poultry litter on 
farms in the region.
    Description of Respondents: A sample of all active agricultural 
operations in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia that 
produce:
     200 or more acres of row crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, 
peanuts, cotton),
     25 or more acres of specialty crops (vegetables, fruit, 
flowers), and/or
     at least $10,000 of floriculture sales.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once a year.
    Total Burden Hours: 483.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-03067 Filed 2-14-20; 8:45 am]
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