USDA NASS 30-Day PRA Notice - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (0535-0254)

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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 May 11, 2026.
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

Title: Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR).

OMB Control Number: 0535-0254.

Summary of Collection: The Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) surveys have become an integral part of the Census of Agriculture and numerous
other surveys conducted by NASS. Under the authority of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113) and defined
under Title 7, Sec. 2204(g), these surveys will be mandatory. The data from the CAIR surveys will supply data users with important
information on the utilization of many of the crops, livestock, and poultry produced in the U.S.

Need and Use of the Information: Data from these surveys is essential to measuring the consumption of agricultural products in the production of numerous consumer
goods. Agricultural products such as grain, oilseeds, fibers, and animal co-products is used in the creation of cooking oils,
flour, lubricants, fuel, fabrics, soap, paint, methyl esters, resins, and numerous other products. The data are needed to
provide a more complete picture of the importance of agriculture to the American population. Data from these instruments is
published and publications are available to everyone at the same time on the NASS website.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 635.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly, Quarterly, Annually, & One time.

Total Burden Hours: 2,280.

Levi Harrell, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2026-06977 Filed 4-9-26; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-20-P

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