NASS should submit a change worksheet in November 1997, when the docket should be updated to reflect the actual, one time burden estimate. The burden estimate in this submission was 1,319,438 hours, with 3,586,880 respondents and 2,892,850 responses. A placeholder of one burden hour will keep this docket active until the year of the census. By 11/30/97, NASS should submit to OMB the final information collection materials, including all final forms and instructions and a summary of any improvements that can be made or have been made in the operating plan. These materials should be included in a packet with the change worksheet described above.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/1999
11/30/1999
2,892,850
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Provides the only source of periodic, comparable, detailed county data descriptive of the structure of the agricultural production sectors of the United States and its territories. Census data are used by the Administration, Federal agencies, and Congress to formulate and evaluate national farm and rural policies and programs.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.