Justification for Nonsubstantive Change to Generic Testing Docket

Change Request, Wheat & Barley Scab Control Practices Survey, Generic Testing - OMB No. 0535-0248

NASS is submitting this non-substantive change request to the Generic Testing Docket (0535-0248) for a proposed Wheat & Barley Scab Control Practices Survey. NASS and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative, plans to contact 20 operators in March or April, 2013. The visits will allow for a test to measure which practices are utilized by wheat and barley producers. The goal of the overall project is to determine the economic factors which influence scab control measures. Specifically, we hope to determine which practices are utilized to control scab with relation to the types of farms that employ those practices. From this analysis, further outreach will be targeted to determine the most efficient use of limited resources.

In this pilot test, we will be contacting growers in North Dakota and North Carolina. The test will be done using personal interviews. The sample would be broken out by wheat type

• 5 respondents with durum wheat

• 5 respondents with other spring wheat

• 5 respondents with winter wheat

• 5 respondents with barley

This pilot test will allow the data and models to be tested before full implementation in 2014.

Burden Calculations

	May Screen
Sample Size	20
Burden Per Respondent	0.50
Total Burden	10