Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 52632 [2021-20443]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 52632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20443]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 16, 2021.
    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: (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 these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by October 22, 2021. 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 (NASS)

    Title: 2022 Census of Agriculture--Substantive Change.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0226.
    Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection 
activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which 
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and 
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . . 
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data 
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic 
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related 
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of 
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over 
time.
    This is a request to make a substantive change to the currently 
approved Census of Agriculture clearance. In this substantive change, 
NASS provides details to the separate data collection of agricultural 
decision makers' sexual orientation and gender identification (SOGI) 
and disability status data that was mentioned in the original approval. 
This experimental data collection will be called The Farm Producer 
Study and will take place in late 2021. The Farm Producer Study will 
provide experimental data that will help determine if these questions 
should be included in future data collections, such as the 2027 Census 
of Agriculture.
    Need and Use of the Information: Census of Agriculture data, 
including data that may be used to better understand the demographics 
of agricultural producers, are an integral part of the primary function 
of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), which is the 
collection, processing, and dissemination of current State, regional, 
and national agricultural statistics.
    Description of Respondents: Farms: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 75,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 15,965.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-20443 Filed 9-21-21; 8:45 am]
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