[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-23649]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 28, 1998.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Washington, DC 20503 and to
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington,
DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information collections are
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of
this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720-6746.
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: 1998 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (FRIS)
is an integral part of the 1997 Census of Agriculture and is conducted
under the Authority of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Public
Law 105-113). This law requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct a Census of
Agriculture in 1998 and every fifth year following 1998. Agricultural
irrigation is the largest single use of available U.S. water supplies,
accounting for more than two-thirds of all ground-water withdrawals and
more than 84 percent of all consumptive uses. Therefore, high quality
data on agricultural water use are needed to help public and private
sector officials understand and manage this important national
resource. NASS collects information using the FRIS.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information from
the FRIS on acres irrigated by land use category, acres and yields of
irrigated and nonirrigated crops, quantity of water applied and method
of application to selected crops, acres irrigated and quantity of water
used by source, acres irrigated by type of water distribution systems,
and number of irrigation wells and pumps. The primary purpose of FRIS
is to provide detailed data relating to on-farm irrigation activities
for use in preparing a wide variety of water-related programs, economic
models, legislative initiatives, market analyses, and feasibility
studies. The absence of FRIS data would certainly affect irrigation
policy decisions.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 20,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time).
Total Burden Hours: 14,333.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: 1998 Census of Horticultural Specialties.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The census of horticultural specialties is
one of a series of census special studies for the Census of Agriculture
which provides more detailed statistics relating to a specific subject.
The census of horticultural specialties is an integral part of the 1997
Census of Agriculture and is conducted under the authority of the
Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-113). The law
requires the Secretary of Agriculture and the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct a Census of Agriculture in 1998
and every fifth year following 1998. Horticulture is one of the fastest
growing segments in the agriculture sector. Horticultural crops are
high value crops which farmers could grow to diversify their farming
operations, but more information about them is needed. Horticultural
operations are large consumers of pesticides and other chemicals, so
research funding is critical to this industry to develop more effective
horticultural chemicals or plants that are resistant to common
diseases. NASS will collect information on horticulture using data from
the census.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information from
the number and value of plants grown and sold, the value of land,
buildings, machinery and equipment, selected production expenses,
irrigation, marketing channels, hired labor, area used for production,
and type of structure. The primary objective of the horticultural
specialties census is to obtain a comprehensive and detailed picture of
the horticultural sector of the economy. Without the census of
horticultural specialties, government policy makers and planners would
lack valuable information needed to accomplish their missions.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 47,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time).
Total Burden Hours: 48,371.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Childhood Agricultural Injury.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue State and
National estimates of crop and livestock production. NASS has been
asked by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), to conduct a childhood agricultural injury study. Injuries to
children living, working, or visiting farms are the focus of a special
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initiative directed by Congress. A major problem in planning injury
prevention programs for these children is the lack of surveillance
data, especially for those injuries that are nonfatal. For the study,
an injury is defined as any condition that results in one-half day or
more of restricted activity (child missed school, could not perform
normal activities, missed work). A childhood agricultural injury is
defined as any injury meeting this definition that occurred on the farm
property (including homestead), or occurred while performing work,
either on the farm or off the farm, associated with the farm business.
NASS will collect information using a survey.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on
the estimates of annual childhood agricultural injury incidence rates,
annual injury frequencies, and descriptive injury information for
children living on, working on, or visiting on farming operations in
the United States. Data from the survey will provide a source of
consistent information which NIOSH can effectively target funds
appropriated by Congress for the prevention of childhood agricultural
injuries.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 42,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time).
Total Burden Hours: 2,125.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: 7 CFR 319.76 Exotic Bee Diseases and Parasites, 7 CFR 322
Honeybees and Honeybee Semen.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0072
Summary of Collection: The Honeybee Act of 1922 (Title 7, Chapter
11) was created to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases and
parasites harmful to honeybees, and the introduction of genetically
undesirable plasm of honeybees. The introduction and establishment of
new honeybee diseases, parasites, and undesirable honeybee strains in
the United States could cause multimillion dollar losses to American
agriculture. Diseases and parasites can weaken or kill honeybees,
thereby causing substantial reductions in the production of honey and
other honeybee products, as well as a reduction in pollination
activity. Section 281c of the Honeybee Act provides that honeybees and
honeybee semen can only be imported into the United States under rules
and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Anyone who seeks to
import honeybees, honeybee semen, or articles that could harbor
diseases or parasites of honeybees must apply to APHIS for an import
permit. APHIS will collect various pieces of information concerning the
nature and point of origin of the items to be imported using a number
of forms and documents.
Need and Use the Information: APHIS will collect information from
importers such as name, address, telephone number; the quantity and
kinds of articles intended for import; the amount of semen to be
imported; the species or subspecies of honeybee from which the semen
was collected; the country or locality or origin; the intended port of
entry in the United States; the means of transportation; and the
expected date of arrival. The information is needed to determine if the
honeybee semen or restricted articles are eligible for importation into
the United States, and under what conditions (i.e., necessary
treatment, appropriate shipping containers, proper port of entry,
etc.).
Discription of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households; Farms; Federal Government; State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 91.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 31.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Requisition for Food Coupon Books.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0022.
Summary of Collection: The Food Stamp Act of 1977 requires the
Secretary and the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to prescribe
appropriate procedures for the delivery of food coupon books to coupon
issuers and for the subsequent controls to be placed over such coupons
by coupon issuers in order to ensure adequate accountability. The
regulations at 7 CFR 274.7 and 274.8 require State agencies to
establish coupon inventory management systems which include proper
control and security procedures as well as procedures for ordering
coupon books and shipping books within the State. These procedures also
provide an orderly mechanism for States to order new supplies of food
coupon books. FNS will collect information using Form FNS-260,
Requisition of Food Coupon Books, to determine what State needs
additional coupon books and the details of their order.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information to
determine how many coupon books to order, what denominations and when
to order more coupon books in order to provide State agencies with
inventories that will be adequate to issue program benefits to
households on a monthly basis.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of respondents: 1,000.
Frequency or Responses: Reporting: On Occasion.
total Burden Hours: 3,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals and
Free Milk.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0026.
Summary of Collection: The Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, was enacted on August 22,
1996. This statute amended the National School Lunch Act to remove all
references to the automatic free meal eligibility of children from
assistance units receiving benefits under Aid to Families with
Dependent Children (AFDC). In its place, Congress established automatic
eligibility for children receiving benefits under the State program
funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (generally
known as Temporary Assistance of Needy Families (TANF)), provided that
the eligibility criteria for the State's TANF program are comparable to
or more restrictive than the standards for the AFDC program it
replaced. Because States have latitude in the way they administer TANF,
the Secretary is requesting State agencies, in cooperation with the
agency administering TANF, to make comparison and inform the Secretary
of their determination.
Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) is requiring each State agency to notify the appropriate FNS
regional office, in writing, whether the TANF program in their State is
comparable to or more restrictive than their AFDC program, and indicate
the information used to make the comparison. This information is
required in order to facilitate the delivery of the Federal benefits to
eligible beneficiaries.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 4,260,648.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Biennially;
Annually; Other (Triennially).
Total Burden Hours: 1,028,149.
Risk Management Agency
Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
OMB Control Number: 0563-0053.
Summary of Collection: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC) provides for a nationwide crop insurance program. The Federal
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Insurance Act, as amended in 1994 and 1996, established the crop
insurance program to be the principal tool for risk management by
producers of farm products. The current regulations and insurance
provisions require the collection of a wide range of information
through various forms that are categorized as either sales documents or
notices of damage and claim. The information collected is used in part
to establish insurance coverage, premiums, payments, indemnities and
allow for other program and administrative operations. The Risk
Management Agency (RMA) on behalf of FCIC is proposing to modify
regulations implementing the Grape Crop Insurance Provisions. The
proposed changes will (1) Allow grape producers in Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington to select one price election and one coverage level for each
varietal group specified in the Special Provisions; and (2) provide
year-round coverage in California, Idaho, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas
and Washington for insureds with no break in coverage from the prior
crop year. No changes are proposed to the existing forms and no
additional burden is anticipated due to these proposed changes.
Need and Use of the Information: The current regulations and
insurance provisions require the collection of a wide range of
information that is used to in part to establish insurance coverage,
premiums, payments, indemnities and allow for other program and
administrative operations. This information is also used to create an
information data base to support continued development and improvements
in crop insurance products available to producers and to strengthen the
insurance program overall.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 4,514.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,092,849.
Risk Management Agency
Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
OMB Control Number: 0563-0053.
Summary of Collection: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC) provides for a nationwide crop insurance program. The Federal
Crop Insurance Act, as amended in 1994 and 1996, established the crop
insurance program to be the principal tool for risk management by
producers of farm products. The current regulations and insurance
provisions require the collection of a wide range of information
through various forms that are categorized as either sales documents or
notices of damage and claim. The information collected is used in part
to establish insurance coverage, premiums, payments, indemnities and
allow for other program and administrative operations. The Risk
Management Agency (RMA) on behalf of FCIC is proposing to modify
regulations implementing the Cotton and ELS Cotton Crop Insurance
Provisions. The proposed changes will (1) Provide a replant payment;
(2) revise the provision used to determine the amount of production to
count for cotton and ELS cotton that is eligible for quality
adjustments; and (3) provide a prevented planting coverage level of 50
percent for cotton and ELS cotton for the 1999 and subsequent crop
years. The burden associated with this collection will decrease due to
fewer insured and respondents.
Need and Use of the Information: The current regulations and
insurance provisions require the collection of a wide range of
information that is used in part to establish insurance coverage,
premiums, payments, indemnities and allow for other program and
administrative operations. This information is also used to create an
information data base to support continued development and improvements
in crop insurance products available to producers and to strengthen the
insurance program overall.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 1,599,244.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,126,103.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Wildlife Damage.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0217.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue current
official state and national estimates of crop and livestock production,
disposition, and prices. Auxiliary services such as statistical
consultation, data collection, summary tabulation, and analysis are
performed for other Federal and state agencies on a reimbursable basis
as the need arises. NASS has entered into an agreement with the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) to conduct nationwide
sample surveys of selected fruit, nut and berry producers for the
purpose of assessing the true incidence, extent, specific cause, and
monetary value of agricultural product and resource losses caused by
vertebrate wildlife. APHIS and NASS have entered into this agreement in
direct response to specific recommendations to APHIS by the National
Animal Damage Control Advisory Committee (NADCAC) in recognition of the
present lack of current information available to the APHIS' Wildlife
Service, for use in strategic planning. NASS will collect information
using a sampling survey.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on
the development of valid statistical data reflecting the percentage of
fruit, nut, and berry growers experiencing losses of products or
resources and the total dollar losses at the national level caused by
vertebrate wildlife. Goals of the survey are to assess the agricultural
community's use and name recognition of the Wildlife Service program at
a regional level, and provide accurate measurement of wildlife damage
to agricultural products for use in long range planning and fund
allocation.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 15,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time).
Total Burden Hours: 1,875.
Farm Service Agency
Title: Implementation of Preferred Lender Program and Streamlining
of Guaranteed Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0155.
Summary of Collection: The Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (CONACT) authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make and
service loans guaranteed by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to eligible
farmers and ranchers. The Secretary is authorized to define the
character, scope, and frequency of information required to be
collected. The law requires that certain policies be verified by FSA to
assure that farmers and ranchers, joint operators, farm cooperatives,
private domestic corporations and partnerships that are controlled by
farmers and ranchers engaged primarily and directly in farming or
ranching in the United States comply with such policies in order to
obtain the requested assistance. FSA will use several forms to collect
information from lenders and loan applicants.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information on
the characteristics of the borrower, the purpose for which loan funds
will be sued, the proposed security for the loan, and the proposed
terms and conditions of the loan request, verification of debt and
income, cash flow, financial and production history. This information
collection pertains primarily to the gathering of data to secure and
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document decisions regarding FSA guaranteed farm loans.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit;
Individuals or households; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 16,750.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Semi-annually.
Total Burden Hours: 197,962.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Mink Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0212.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue state and
national estimates of crop and livestock production. Statistics on mink
production are published for the 15 major states that account for 95
percent of the U.S. production. Estimates for the remaining States are
published in a combined ``all other states'' category. There is no
other source for this type of information. General authority for these
data collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section
2204. This statute specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall
procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which can
be obtain * * * by the collecting of statistics * * * and shall
distribute them among agriculturists''. NASS will use a survey to
collect information.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on
mink pelts produced by color, number of females bred to produce kits
the following year, number of mink farms, average marketing price, and
the value of pelts produced. The data is disseminated by NASS in the
Mink Report and is used by the U.S. Government and other special
interest groups.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 425.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 71.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Livestock Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0005.
Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics
Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue current
official State and National estimates of crop and livestock production.
General authority for data collection is granted under U.S. Code, Title
7, Section 2204. This statute specifies that ``The Secretary of
Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning
agriculture which can be obtain * * * by the collection of statistics *
* * and shall distribute them among agriculturists.'' The Livestock
survey is conducted annually to estimate livestock totals at state and
county levels. Information from federally and non-federally inspected
slaughter plants is used to estimate total red meat production. NASS
will use a survey to collect information.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collection information
on the number of head slaughtered plus live and dressed weights of
beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, goats, and equine. Accurate and timely
livestock estimates provide USDA and the livestock industry with basic
data to project future meat supplies and producer prices. Agricultural
economists in both the public and private sectors use this information
in economic analysis and research.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Not for profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 43,184.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 21,659.
Farm Service Agency
Title: Certification of Use or Nonuse of Insecticide/Herbicide or
Other Growth Regulators on Peanuts.
OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Provisions of the peanut poundage quota
program are issued in accordance with the Agricultural Adjustment Act
of 1938 and are applicable to the 1996 through 2002 crops of peanuts.
In accordance with program provisions found at 7 CFR Part 729, peanut
producers must certify if growth regulators has been used on the crop
of peanuts planted. FSA will collect information regarding this
certification using form FSA 1016.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information to
monitor and enforce the requirements for entering peanuts into the
domestic edible market. The information collected will be used by FSA
State and County office personnel as proof of use or nonuse of growth
regulators on peanuts. In the event a violation occurs where the
producer certifies to not using the growth regulators and the peanuts
are later discovered to have been produced in violation of the
certification, the completed (certified) form will be sued by FSA, the
Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Applicable Peanut Area
Associations, which are contractors of the agency, to determine penalty
amounts, if applicable, or any other appropriate actions. Producers
found in violation of the certification will not be eligible for price
support and the subject peanuts will not be allowed to enter the
domestic edible market.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 59,437.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 10,104.
Emergency approval for this information collection has been
requested by August 31, 1998.
Farm Service Agency
Title: Verification of Debts and Assets.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0166.
Summary of Collection: The Federal Claims Collection Standards (4
CFR part 101 through 105) in conjunction with the provisions of 7 CFR
part 1956, subpart B, provide authority for the Farm Service Agency
(FSA) to access confidential financial data to document the propriety
of the agency's decision to forgive debt. The Office of the Inspector
General (OIG) has noted that FSA debt settlement policies and
procedures do not address the verification of cash, bank deposits,
investments and other current assets. 7 CFR part 1956 subpart B
requires a borrower that has requested debt settlement to provide
accurate and complete financial information. Accordingly, FSA form 440-
32 has been modified to collect this information.
Need And Use Of The Information: FSA will collect information using
form FSA 440-32 to verify assets in consideration of requests for debt
forgiveness. The local servicing officials who are preparing the debt
settlement application and its supporting documents will include the
information provided on this form, if any, in their analysis of the
validity of the borrower's settlement offer. This will reduce the
likelihood of the government forgiving debt when the debtor has the
ability to pay a portion.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms;
Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 43,310.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 11,411.
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Title: Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate
Fellowships Grants Program Application Guidelines.
OMB Control Number: 0524-0024.
Summary of Collection: The Office of Higher Education Programs
(HEP), Science and Education Resources Division (SERD), Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), conducts a
program of competitive institutional graduate fellowships grants to
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scientific and professional expertise. These fellowships are intended
to encourage outstanding students to pursue and complete a graduate
degree in an area of the food and agricultural sciences for which
development of scientific expertise is designated by HEP-CSREES as a
national need. This program is authorized by section 1417(b)(6) of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977. CSREES will collect information using several forms before grants
can be awarded.
Need And Use Of The Information: CSREES will collect information on
the identification of the national needs to be addressed, description
of the fellow's proposed program study, description of the
institution's academic and research competencies, plans for recruiting
fellows, pertinent faculty vitae, a budget request, and other relevant
information. The purposes of the information requested are for USDA
recordkeeping, proposal evaluation, and administration of the National
Needs Graduate Fellowships Grants Programs. Some of the information
will be used to respond to inquiries from Congress, other Government
agencies, and the grantee community.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions;
Individuals or households; State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 400.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 9,458.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Title: Environment Monitoring Form.
OMB Control Number: 0579-0117.
Summary of Collection: The mission of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) is to provide leadership in ensuring the
health and care of animals and plants, to improve agricultural
productivity and competitiveness, and to contribute to the national
economy and the public health. The National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq, and the regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality, which implements the procedural aspects of NEPA
(40 CFR 1500-1508) requires APHIS to implement environmental monitoring
for certain activities conducted for pest and disease, control and
eradication programs. APHIS Form 2060, Environmental Monitoring Form,
will be used to collect information concerning the effects of pesticide
use in sensitive habitats.
Need And Use Of The Information: APHIS will collect information on
the kind of pesticide used, the date of application, the location where
samples are collected, a description of the samples, and the
environmental conditions at the collection site including wind speed
and direction, temperature, humidity, amount of rainfall, and
topography. The supporting information contained on the APHIS Form 2060
is vital for interpreting the laboratory test APHIS conducts on
collected samples. Also if a given sample was not accompanied by the
form, APHIS would have no way of knowing which site the sample was
taken.
Description of Respondents: Federal Government; Individual or
households; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 15.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 150.
Nancy B. Sternberg,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
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