80 FR 52338 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Agriculture Workers Survey

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 167 (August 28, 2015)

On August 31, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``National Agriculture Workers Survey,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52338-52339]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21366]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; National Agriculture Workers Survey

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On August 31, 2015, the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit 
the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information 
collection request (ICR) revision titled, ``National Agriculture 
Workers Survey,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval for use in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Public comments on the ICR 
are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before September 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden

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may be obtained free of charge from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201506-1205-006 (this link 
will only become active on September 1, 2015) or by contacting Michel 
Smyth by telephone at 202-693-4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not 
toll-free numbers) or sending an email to [email protected].
    Submit comments about this request by mail or courier to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-
ETA, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202-395-5806 (this is not a toll-free 
number); or by email: [email protected]. Commenters are 
encouraged, but not required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments 
by mail or courier to the U.S. Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer, Attn: Departmental Information Compliance 
Management Program, Room N1301, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; or by email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129, TTY 202-693-8064, (these are not toll-free numbers) or sending an 
email to [email protected].

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR seeks OMB approval under the PRA 
for revisions to the National Agriculture Workers Survey (NAWS)--an 
employment-based survey of the demographic, employment, and health 
characteristics of hired crop farm workers, including workers brought 
to farms by labor intermediaries. In addition, point of contact 
information is obtained from farms. Interviews are conducted three 
times per year, in order to account for the seasonality of agricultural 
production and employment. This information collection has been 
classified as a revision, because the ETA seeks approval to add new 
questions to the NAWS on farm workers' education and training program 
participation; digital information devices access and use; acute, 
preventive, and dental health care utilization; living quarters 
location in relation to production agriculture; and housing type. 
Proposed changes also include: temporarily discontinuing questions on 
occupational injuries, musculoskeletal problems, and potential exposure 
to pesticides that have fulfilled their current purpose; deleting 17 
other questions that either had too few responses to be useful for 
analysis, would be redundant with the addition of proposed questions, 
or are no longer valid; and modifying the stem and/or response options 
of six (6) questions to make them more useful. Wagner-Peyser Act 
section 15 authorizes this information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 49l-
2(a).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that 
does not display a valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 
1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this information collection 
under Control Number 1205-0453. The current approval is scheduled to 
expire on August 31, 2015; however, the DOL notes that existing 
information collection requirements submitted to the OMB receive a 
month-to-month extension while they undergo review. New requirements 
would only take effect upon OMB approval. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on June 26, 2015 (80 FR 36853).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section by September 30, 2015. In order to help ensure 
appropriate consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 
1205-0453. The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate 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;
     Evaluate 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;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     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, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: National Agriculture Workers Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0453.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households and Private Sector--
farms.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,216.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 7,216.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,927 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

     Dated: August 24, 2015.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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