[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71461-71462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6675]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Intent to Revise an Information Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-13) and Office of Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR 
part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the 
intent of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to 
request revision of a currently approved information collection, the 
National Childhood Injury and Occupational Injury Survey of Farm 
Operators.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 30, 2006 to 
be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance 
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5330B South Building, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-2024 or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Reilly, Associate Administrator, 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, (202) 720-4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: National Childhood Injury and Occupational Injury Survey of 
Farm Operators.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0235.
    Expiration Date of Approval: 06/30/2008.
    Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The National Childhood Injury and Occupational Injury 
Survey of Farm Operators is designed to (1) Provide estimates of 
childhood nonfatal injury incidence and description of injury occurring 
to children less than 20 years of age who reside, work, or visit farms 
and (2) describe the occupational injury experience of all farm 
operators. Data will be collected from 25,000 operations from all 50 
States by telephone. The survey instrument will be tested on 500 
operations to ensure proper flow and comprehension. Questions will 
relate to the existence of hazards on the farm operation at the time of 
the interview which may cause injury. These data will update and 
enhance existing data series used by the National Institute of 
Occupational Safety and Health to establish a measure of the number of 
hazards present on farms and the number of children potentially exposed 
to farm hazards. Reports will be generated and information disseminated 
to all interested parties concerning the finding of this study. These 
data will be collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 
Individually identifiable data collected under this authority are 
governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 
2276, which requires USDA to afford strict confidentiality to non-
aggregated data provided by respondents.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 27 minutes per response; screen-
outs will be allowed early in the instrument if the respondent does not 
operate a farm.
    Respondents: Farm operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,500 hours.
    Copies of this information collection and related instructions can 
be obtained without charge from Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance Officer, 
at (202) 720-5778. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed collection of information including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and (d) 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

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techniques or other forms of information technology. All responses to 
this notice will become a matter of public record and be summarized in 
the request for OMB approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, November 14, 2005.
Joe Reilly,
Associate Administrator.
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