No
material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved
collection
No
Regular
01/26/2026
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2027
09/30/2027
60,300
60,300
11,596
11,596
0
0
The National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) requests approval for non-substantive change to
NASS’s Confidentiality Pledge. In the summer of 2025, the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) requested that NASS update its
confidentiality pledge. This change to NASS Confidentiality Pledge
would affect all surveys conducted under NASS’s 34 active
Information Collections (ICs). Current Language: “Your responses
will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses
ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject
to a jail term, a fine, or both.” Proposed Revision: “Your
responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully
discloses ANY identifiable information about you and your
operations without your consent is subject to a jail term, a fine,
or both.”
PL:
Pub.L. 106 - 532 273 Name of Law: Dairy Product Mandatory
Reporting
US Code: 7 USC
2204 Name of Law: Duties of Secretary
US Code: 7 USC
1446 Name of Law: Price Support Levels for Designated Nonbasic
Agricultural Commodities
US Code: 7 USC
2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
US Code: 18
USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential
Information
PL:
Pub.L. 93 - 86 201 Name of Law: Agricultural and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973
PL:
Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA
The increase in the number of
responses and respondent burden is due primarily to a program
change. In the previous approvals, NASS used a response rate of 70%
for estimating respondent burden. For this renewal, NASS increased
the response rate used for estimating burden to 80% which is the
standard factor used for estimating burden in most NASS ICRs. There
is a minor increase to the sample size and respondent burden for
the manufactured dairy mandatory surveys.
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.