[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 238 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79463-79464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27109]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Reinstatement of the Agricultural Labor Survey 
Previously Scheduled for October 2020

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Reinstatement of the Agricultural Labor Survey Previously 
Scheduled for October 2020.

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SUMMARY: The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announces 
the reinstatement of the Agricultural Labor Survey previously scheduled 
for October 2020 and the associated publication previously scheduled 
for November 2020. NASS is reinstating the previously suspended 
information collection pursuant to a recent federal court order. See 
United Farm Workers v. Perdue, No. 20-cv-01452-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. Oct. 
28, 2020) (order granting TRO and preliminary injunction).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin L. Barnes, Associate 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, (202)720-2707.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Agricultural Labor Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0109.
    Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2022.
    This notice announces NASS's intention to end the suspension of the 
Agricultural Labor Survey previously scheduled for October 2020, and 
the associated publication previously scheduled for November 2020. The 
suspension notice (OMB No. 0535-0109) was published in the Federal 
Register on September 30, 2020. That suspension notice was challenged 
in federal court; the court recently issued a preliminary injunction 
ordering NASS to reinstate the data collection previously scheduled for 
October 2020.

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See United Farm Workers v. Perdue, No. 20-cv-01452-DAD-JLT (E.D. Cal. 
Oct. 28, 2020). Pursuant to the court's order, NASS issues this notice 
of reinstatement. The reinstated survey will be based on July and 
October reference weeks and completion of the survey and report is 
expected to require nine weeks following the Federal Register 
publication of this notice. If the court's order is modified or 
dissolved in the future, NASS will publish a subsequent notice 
informing the public of that development as well as NASS's intentions 
regarding this information collection.
    Authority: These data are collected under 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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, December 4, 2020.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-27109 Filed 12-9-20; 8:45 am]
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