Change Request for CEAP Questionnaires

Change Request for CEAP Questionnaires (0535-0245)

This is a request for a non-substantive change to the CEAP docket 0535-0245. Since the original approval of this package in October 2011, there is a need to make some updates to the questionnaires. In the original docket, Supporting Statement, Part B, Item 1, we mentioned that the survey would be conducted in the Chesapeake Bay area in year 1 and then rotated to a different watershed area in years 2 and 3. In year 2 we are rotating to the west coast region. The 2 States that will be surveyed are California and Oregon.

We will need to make several non-substantive changes to the questionnaire to add clarity for the farmers in the western region. Since there is a significant amount of irrigation in the western region compared to the Chesapeake Bay region we need to clarify several areas of the questionnaire.

There are no changes to the sample size, respondent burden or methodology.

The current docket is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2014.