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includes cropping practices, fertilizer
applications, pesticide usage for weeds,
insects, fungus, mold, etc., and the use
of various pest management practices.
Through cooperative agreements with
the Economic Research Service and the
Office of Pest Management Policy NASS
collects additional data to aid in their
research. Additional questions were
added to the ARMS III questionnaires to
measure the impact the COVID–19
pandemic has had on the farming
industry in 2020. Complete listings of
the questions added, deleted or changed
on each questionnaire version are
attached to this submission.
The COVID–19 pandemic has altered
the modes of data collection. In
previous years, NASS has relied
primarily on data collection by personal
interviews for the ARMS and Chemical
Use Surveys. With social distancing,
NASS will incorporate a computer
assisted web interview (CAWI) along
with a computer assisted telephone
interview (CATI). Operators will also be
able to complete the questionnaire by
mail if they choose to. With these
changes to data collection modes NASS
will postpone the ARMS II and III rice
versions until 2021. The remaining
versions will be conducted in 2020.
The overall annual, average sample
size for the ARMS and Chemical Use
program will remain at 131,610. The
burden minutes for the ARMS III
questionnaires were increased to
account for the additional questions
added to each version in the previous
submission. No additional burden is
being added for the changes included in
this submission.
A detailed listing of the questions that
have been updated are attached to this
submission. The delaying of the ARMS
II and ARMS III rice surveys until 2021
results in a decrease in respondent
burden for 2020 but an increase in 2021
resulting in no changes to the annual
average burden under this three year
approval.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Office of Pest Management Policy
(OPMP), the Economic Research Service
(ERS), universities, and numerous other
State and Federal Agencies will be able
to better address changes in the farming
practices and chemicals used on these
crops that have occurred since the
original approval of this docket.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 131,610.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Once.
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Total Burden Hours: 104,934.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
September 23, 2020.
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: 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 this information
collection received by October 28, 2020
will be considered. 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.
Summary of Collection: Funding for
the Children, Youth, and Families at
Risk (CYFAR) is authorized under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 341 et seq.), as amended and
other relevant authorizing legislation,
which provides jurisdictional basis for
the establishment and operation of
extension educational work for the
benefit of youth and families in
communities. The CYFAR funding
program supports community-based
programs serving children, youth, and
families in at risk environments. CYFAR
funds are intended to support the
development of high quality, effective
programs based on research and to
document the impact of these programs
on intended audiences which are
children, youth, and families in at-risk
environments.
Need and Use of the Information: The
purpose of the CYFAR Year End Report
is to collect the demographic and
impact data from each community site
in order to evaluate the impact of the
programs on intended audiences. Data
from the CYFAR annual reports helps
National Program Leaders at the
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) to refine and
improve program focus and
effectiveness in the delivery of these
funds. The CYFAR data is also used to
respond to requests for impact
information from Congress, the White
House, and other Federal agencies.
Without the information NIFA would
not be able to verify if CYFAR programs
are reaching at risk, low-income
audiences.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 16,422.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Title: Children, Youth, and Families
at Risk (CYFAR) Year End Report.
OMB Control Number: 0524–0043.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
September 23, 2020.
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: 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 this information collection received by October
28, 2020 will be considered. 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 Institute of Food and Agriculture
Title: Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) Year End
Report.
OMB Control Number: 0524-0043.
Summary of Collection: Funding for the Children, Youth, and
Families at Risk (CYFAR) is authorized under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), as amended and other relevant
authorizing legislation, which provides jurisdictional basis for the
establishment and operation of extension educational work for the
benefit of youth and families in communities. The CYFAR funding program
supports community-based programs serving children, youth, and families
in at risk environments. CYFAR funds are intended to support the
development of high quality, effective programs based on research and
to document the impact of these programs on intended audiences which
are children, youth, and families in at-risk environments.
Need and Use of the Information: The purpose of the CYFAR Year End
Report is to collect the demographic and impact data from each
community site in order to evaluate the impact of the programs on
intended audiences. Data from the CYFAR annual reports helps National
Program Leaders at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA) to refine and improve program focus and effectiveness in the
delivery of these funds. The CYFAR data is also used to respond to
requests for impact information from Congress, the White House, and
other Federal agencies. Without the information NIFA would not be able
to verify if CYFAR programs are reaching at risk, low-income audiences.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 16,422.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-21354 Filed 9-25-20; 8:45 am]
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