Notice2021-16180
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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July 29, 2021
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 143 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40802-40803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16180]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 26, 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 August 30, 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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
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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: Agricultural Labor Survey--Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0109.
Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204 which
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . .
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over
time.
This is a request to make a substantive change to the currently
approved Agricultural Labor docket. In this substantive change, NASS
will reduce the sample size and reduce the number of questions being
asked. Previously, NASS conducted the Agricultural Labor Survey under a
cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Recently, the DOL cut off funding of the Labor survey, warranting this
reduction in sample size and cut in the number of questions asked. NASS
will publish the results of the survey, but the publication will
resemble the publication that was published on Nov. 15, 2018. The
questions that will be removed from the questionnaire are those
referencing base wages, base hours worked, overtime wages, overtime
hours worked, and bonus wages. NASS will still collect gross wages and
total hours worked.
Need and Use of the Information: Agricultural labor statistics are
an integral part of the primary function of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS), which is the collection, processing, and
dissemination of current State, regional, and national agricultural
statistics. Wage rate estimates have been published since 1866 and U.S.
farm employment estimates have been published since 1910.
Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 18,050.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Varies.
Total Burden Hours: 20,168.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16180 Filed 7-28-21; 8:45 am]
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