[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 143 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40802-40803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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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