[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 43626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16996]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 5, 2021.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: (1) 
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; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by September 9, 2021. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on 
the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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 (NASS)

    Title: National Agroforestry Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue 
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices, 
and disposition; as well as economic statistics, environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and also to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture.
    The survey will collect data whether the operator uses any of five 
agroforestry practices typically used for conservation: Windbreaks, 
Silvopasture, Riparian Forest Buffers, Alley Cropping, as well as 
Forest Farming & Multi-story Cropping.
    Windbreaks are linear plantings of trees and shrubs designed to 
provide economic, environmental and community benefits. The primary 
purpose of most windbreaks is to slow the wind which creates a more 
beneficial condition for soils, crops, livestock, wildlife and people. 
Silvopasture is the deliberate integration of trees and grazing 
livestock operations on the same land. These systems are intensively 
managed for both forest products and forage, providing both short- and 
long-term income sources.
    A riparian forest buffer is an area adjacent to a stream, lake, or 
wetland that contains a combination of trees, shrubs, and/or other 
perennial plants and is managed differently from the surrounding 
landscape, primarily to provide conservation benefits.
    Forest farming is the cultivation of high-value crops under the 
protection of a managed tree canopy. In some parts of the world, this 
is called multi-story cropping and when used on a small scale in the 
tropics it is sometimes called home gardening.
    Alley cropping is defined as the planting of rows of trees and/or 
shrubs to create alleys within which agricultural or horticultural 
crops are produced. The trees may include valuable hardwood veneer or 
lumber species; fruit, nut or other specialty crop trees/shrubs; or 
desirable softwood species for wood fiber production.
    Need and Use of the Information: NASS would plan and conduct the 
survey and deliver access to a dataset or responses to approved staff 
from USDA-Forestry Service, who will publish the results of the survey. 
This project is conducted as a cooperative effort with the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture's Forestry Service--National Agroforestry 
Center. Funding for this survey is being provided by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's Forestry Service--National Agroforestry 
Center.
    Description of Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
    Number of Respondents: 11,800.
    Frequency of Responses: Once.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,550.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16996 Filed 8-9-21; 8:45 am]
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