Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 19920 [2020-07429]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 69 (Thursday, April 9, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 19920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07429]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 3, 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.
    Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by May 11, 2020. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on 
the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: Soil Health in Texas.
    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 with land operated in the 28 counties of 
the Brazos River Watershed of Texas. Each selected farmer or rancher 
will be asked to provide data on (1) Selected soil management practices 
of the whole field, (2) Selected soil management practices of the 
selected field, (3) Scenario questions on tillage preferences, and (4) 
Likert questions on tillage preferences. General authority for these 
data collection activities is granted under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 
2204.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information will be summarized 
and compared against the hypotheses for the Brazos River Watershed:
    1. The greater the belief that no-till is useful, the greater an 
individual's intention to adopt or have adopted no-till.
    2. The greater the attitudes that no-till necessary, the greater an 
individual's intention to adopt or have adopted no-till.
    3. The greater the social pressure to adopt no-till, the more 
likely an individual's intention to adopt or have adopted no-till.
    4. The greater the sense of obligation to adopt no-till, the 
greater an individual's intention to or have adopted no-till.
    5. The greater the perceived risk of adopting no-till, the less 
likely an individual's intention or have adopted no-till.
    6. The greater an individual's confidence in their ability to adopt 
no-till or adopting no-till, the greater their intention to adopt or 
continue to use no-till.
    7. The greater an individual's trust in information from other 
producers or organizations, the greater their intention to adopt or 
have adopted no-till.
    Description of Respondents: A sample of all active agricultural 
operations in a defined twenty-eight county region in the State of 
Texas, Brazos Valley Watershed. The sample includes producers who 
reported conservation practices on the 2017 Census of Agriculture, as 
well as those that do not use conservation practices.
    Number of Respondents: 2,900.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once a year.
    Total Burden Hours: 468.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-07429 Filed 4-8-20; 8:45 am]
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