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.
1997 Census of Agriculture