[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 34004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13899]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

June 4, 2012.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 techniques or 
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC; [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and 
to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 
Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information 
collections are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 30 days of publication of this notification. Copies of the 
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    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 Agriculture Statistics Service

    Title: Childhood Injury, and Adult Occupational Injury Surveys; 
Minority Farm Operator, Youth and Adult Injury Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0235.
    Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Services (NASS) is to prepare and issue state 
and national estimates of crop and livestock production under the 
authority of 7 U.S.C 2204(a). In a cooperative agreement with the 
National Institute of Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH), a division of 
the Center for Disease Controls, NASS will conduct a series of farm 
related injury and safety surveys. In 2012 (reference year 2011) data 
will be collected for both a childhood injury and adult occupational 
injury survey. In 2014 NASS plans to conduct the Minority Farm 
Operator, Youth and Adult Injury Survey. Together the surveys are 
designed to: (1) Provide estimates of childhood nonfatal injury 
incidence rates, annual injury frequencies, and descriptive injury 
information for children under the age of 20 living on, working on, or 
visiting on farming operations in the U.S.; and (2) provide estimates 
of the annual occupational adult nonfatal injury incidence rates, 
annual occupational injury frequencies and descriptive injury 
information for farm operators and their employees 20 years of age or 
older.
    Need and Use of the Information: Data from these surveys will 
provide a source of consistent information that NIOSH can use to target 
funds appropriated by Congress for the prevention of childhood 
agricultural injuries and adult occupational injuries. No source of 
data on childhood injuries or adult occupational farm injuries exists 
that covers all aspects of the agricultural production sector. If this 
information is not collected, NIOSH's ability to track and evaluate the 
impact of its injury prevention efforts will decrease.
    Description of Respondents: Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 33,334.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 9,333.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-13899 Filed 6-7-12; 8:45 am]
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