[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 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 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]
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