[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47892-47893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12216]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 108 / Tuesday, June 4, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 July 5, 2024. 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: Milk and Milk Products.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0020.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's primary function is to prepare and issue official State and
national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition, and
prices and to collect information on related environmental and economic
factors. Estimates of milk production and manufactured dairy products
are an integral part of this program. Milk and dairy statistics are
used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help administer price
support programs and by the dairy industry in planning, pricing, and
projecting supplies of milk and milk products.
General authority for these data collection activities is granted
under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204. The legislative actions which
affect these surveys are from November 2000, when Congress enacted the
``Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000,'' U.S. Code title 7, section
1621, and Public Law 106-532 which changed the program from voluntary
to mandatory for reporting the moisture content of cheddar cheese plus
the price and quantity of cheddar cheese, butter, non-fat dry milk, and
dry whey.
Amendments have been published to the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 in conformance with legislated changes enacted by the Dairy Market
Enhancement Act of 2000 and the Farm Security and Rural Development Act
of 2002. The amendments established a program of mandatory dairy
product information reporting. The program requires each manufacturer
to report to the USDA information concerning the price, quantity, and
moisture content of dairy products sold by the manufacturer. In
addition, entities storing dairy products are to report information on
the quantity of dairy products stored. Any manufacturer or other entity
that processes, markets, or stores less than 1,000,000 pounds of dairy
products per year are exempt. The program will provide timely,
accurate, and reliable market information; facilitate more informed
marketing decisions; and promote competition in the dairy product
manufacturing industry.
In April 2012 the authority for collecting Dairy Product Prices was
moved from NASS to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). NASS will
continue to collect milk production and manufactured dairy product data
under this OMB approval.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information
quarterly with the Milk Production Survey. The monthly Milk and Milk
Products surveys obtain basic agricultural statistics on milk
production and manufactured dairy products from farmers and processing
plants throughout the nation. Data are gathered for milk production,
evaporated and condensed milk, dairy products, manufactured dry milk
and manufactured whey products. Estimates of total milk production,
number of milk cow, and milk production per cow, are used by the dairy
industry in planning, pricing, and projecting supplies of milk and milk
products. The mandatory dairy product information reporting requires
each manufacturer to report the price, quantity and moisture content of
dairy products sold and each entity storing dairy products to report
information on the quantity of dairy products stored. Collecting data
less frequently would prevent USDA and the agricultural industry from
keeping abreast of changes at the State and National level.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 14,475.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 11,596.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Title: Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0270.
Summary of Collection: As defined in the 2018 Farm Bill, the term
``hemp'' means the plant species Cannabis sativa L. and any part of
that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts,
cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether
growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of
not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Delta-9
tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, is the primary intoxicating component of
cannabis. Cannabis with a THC level
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exceeding 0.3 percent is considered marijuana, which remains classified
as a schedule I controlled substance regulated by the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Under
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill), Public Law 113-79, State
departments of agriculture and institutions of higher education were
permitted to produce hemp as part of a pilot program for research
purposes. The authority for hemp production provided in the 2014 Farm
Bill was extended by the 2018 Farm Bill, which was signed into law on
December 20, 2018.
Hemp is a commodity that can be used for numerous industrial and
horticultural purposes including fabric, paper, construction materials,
food products, cosmetics, production of cannabinoids (such as
cannabidiol or CBD), and other products.
In determining the type of data that would need to be collected and
the frequency of the data collections, NASS management attended a joint
meeting with representatives from the USDA's Economic Research Service
(ERS), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Risk Management Agency (RMA),
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), and the Office of the Secretary.
Need and Use of the Information: The data will be collected under
the authority of the Domestic Hemp Production Program, which is
mandated by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill).
In addition the data will be collected under the authority of Title 7
U.S.C. 2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under this
authority are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985
as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. This
Notice is submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), and Office of
Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 8,525.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 2,918.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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