Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 16320 [2021-06400]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 58 (Monday, March 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 16320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06400]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 24, 2021.
    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; and (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 
28, 2021 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.

Office of the Chief Economist

    Title: Generic Clearance of Multiple Crop and Pesticide Use.
    OMB Control Number: 0503-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The primary purpose of this information will 
be to support the Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP) understanding 
of agricultural practices pertaining to pest management. OPMP is 
undertaking this effort to satisfy legislative requirements outlined in 
Title X, Section 10109 of the 2018 Farm Bill, which mandates that The 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Office of the Chief 
Economist's Director of OPMP, collect this information.
    Pest management information is critical to supporting a key 
responsibility of OPMP, i.e., to ``consult with agricultural producers 
that may be affected by pest management or pesticide-related activities 
or actions of the Department or other agencies,'' as outlined in the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998.
    Need and Use of the Information: This request for approval will 
improve OPMP's ability to better understand the utilization of pest 
management tools by agricultural producers via input from pest 
management advisors--including Extension experts and crop consultants, 
who in addition to being advisors are often agricultural producers 
themselves. Data collected are intended to capture agricultural 
practices and needs to support federal activities that pertain to pest 
management, which are typically time-sensitive and necessitate the need 
for rapid data collection. OPMP will use several methods to collect 
information under this generic collection. The methods will be web-
based surveys, telephone surveys, interviews, and/or focus groups may 
be needed under certain circumstances.
    If the information is not collected, it would deny the agricultural 
industry the ability to afford important and insightful input towards a 
better understanding of pest management practices that may be unknown 
by the federal government, this consequence is especially valid for 
underrepresented specialty crops.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or 
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal 
Government; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 12,777.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 24,949.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-06400 Filed 3-26-21; 8:45 am]
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