Notice2024-16366
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
July 25, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16366]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 26, 2024. 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 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: Agricultural Labor Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0109.
Summary of Collection: The 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act, as
amended, requires USDA to compute parity prices of farm products. This
computation uses an index of Prices Paid by Farmers which in turn is
composed of five indexes, one of which is an index of wage rates. These
estimates measure actual agricultural wage rates and the year-to-year
changes. General authority for these data collection activities is
granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. Agricultural labor
statistics are an integral part of National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) primary function of collecting, processing, and
disseminating current state, regional, and national agricultural
statistics. Comprehensive and reliable agricultural labor data are also
needed by the Department of Labor in the administration of the ``H-2A''
program (non-immigrants who enter the United States for temporary or
seasonal agricultural labor) and for setting ``Adverse Effect Wage
Rates.'' The Agricultural Labor Survey is the only timely and reliable
source of information on the size of the farm worker population. NASS
will collect information using a survey. There is an increase in burden
due to an additional mailing nation-wide to increase response and NASS
having to collect data for the Agricultural Labor Survey in California
due to the discontinuation of a data collection arrangement with the
California Employment Development Department (EDD).
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. The
information is used by farm worker organizations to help set wage rates
and negotiate labor contracts as well as determine the need for
additional workers and to help ensure federal assistance for farm
worker assistance programs supported with government funding.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 20,050.
Frequency of Responses Reporting: Biannually.
Total Burden Hours 23,140.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16366 Filed 7-24-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-20-P
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