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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 77, No. 208

Friday, October 26, 2012

**ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES** 

**Committee on Rulemaking**

**AGENCY :**  Administrative Conference of the United States.

**ACTION :**  Notice of public meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the Committee on Rulemaking of the Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

**DATES :**  Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  The meeting will be held at 1120 20th Street NW., Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Emily S. Bremer, Designated Federal Officer, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1120 20th Street NW., Suite 706 South, Washington, DC 20036; Telephone 202–480–2080.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The Committee on Rulemaking will meet to consider an outline for a project examining policy and legal issues implicated by agency use of social media to support rulemaking. The outline, prepared by Professor Michael Herz (Cardozo School of Law), will identify the scope of the project and the research methodology. Further information about the Social Media project, meeting attendance (including information about remote access and special accommodations for persons with disabilities), and comment submission can be found in the ‘‘About’’ section of the Conference’s Web site, at http://www.acus.gov. Click on ‘‘Research,’’ then on ‘‘Committee Meetings.’’

Comments may be submitted by email
to Comments@acus.gov, with ‘‘Committee on Rulemaking’’ in the subject line, or by postal mail to the address provided above. Dated: October 23, 2012. Shawne C. McGibbon,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012–26379 Filed 10–25–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6110–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

October 22, 2012.

The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. Comments regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 this information collection received by November 26, 2012 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 725—17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: OIRA

_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.

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 in 1948, requires wage rate data for computation of an index component. This component is used in calculation of parity prices. 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.

Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on wage rate estimates and the year-to-year changes in these rates and how changes in wage rates help measure the changes in costs of production of major farm commodities. NASS will also collect data information to measure the availability of national farm workers. 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. Number of Respondents: 12,000. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 11,594.

Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012–26426 Filed 10–25–12; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–20–P**