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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 33 (Friday, February 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 10281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03380]


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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 March 20, 2023. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted, identified by docket number 0535-0264, within 30 
days of the publication of this notice by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include docket number 
above in the subject line of the message.
     E-fax: 855-838-6382.
     Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to: 
Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Room 5336, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20250-2024.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: Richard Hopper, 
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336, 
South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
    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 (NASS)

    Title: North Carolina Labor Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0264.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objectives of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices, economic statistics, and environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. NASS will conduct a survey of 
operations in North Carolina. Selected operators in North Carolina will 
be asked to provide data on agricultural labor hiring practices.
    General authority for these data collection activities is granted 
under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204. This survey will be conducted on a 
full cost recovery basis with the North Carolina Department of 
Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDACS) providing funding under a 
cooperative agreement.
    Need and Use of the Information: The survey results will also be 
used by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer 
Services to determine a list of best hiring, training labor practices, 
and additional guidelines for North Carolina agricultural producers. 
The survey results are expected to create programs for youth involved 
in the agriculture labor force, improve wages for farmworker families 
and to improve commodity prices for growers. The survey results will 
also be used by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and 
Consumer Services in policy reviews for labor regulations and contract 
requirements of commodity purchases.
    North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 
believes the survey is necessary to advance the understanding of 
agricultural labor sources in North Carolina. Currently, there are 
limited amounts of data regarding North Carolina's agricultural labor 
force and the survey would go a long way to fill that gap by providing 
additional data.
    Description of Respondents: Agricultural operations in North 
Carolina who hire agricultural labor.
    Number of Respondents: 3,200.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One a year.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,286.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-03380 Filed 2-16-23; 8:45 am]
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