52362 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 170 / Friday, September 2, 2005 / Notices 

chapter 10—Term Grazing permits and 

chapter 20—Grazing Agreements. The 

notice contained an incorrect World 

Wide Web/Internet address. In addition, 

language was mistakenly included in 

the proposed direction that incorrectly 

indicated restrictions of the base 

property and livestock ownership 

requirements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralph Giffen, Rangeland Management 

Staff, USDA Forest Service, (202) 205–

1455. 

Correction: In the Federal Register 

issue of August 19, 2005, 70 FR 48663–

48664, in the third column, correct the 

ADDRESSES caption to read: 

ADDRESSES: Interim Directive no. 

2209.13–2005–3 (Chapter 10); and 

Interim Directive no. 2209.13–2005–4 

(Chapter 20) are available on the World 

Wide Web/Internet at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/im/directives. The 

proposed directives can be found on the 

Forest Service’s Rangeland Management 

Web site at http://www.fs.fed.us/ 

rangelands. Paper copies can be 

requested by writing to the USDA Forest 

Service, Attn: Director, Rangeland 

Management Staff, Mail Stop 1103, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250–1153. Also send written 

comments by mail to that same address; 

by electronic mail to RgeID@fs.fed.us; or 

by facsimile to (202) 205–1096. If 

comments are sent by electronic means 

or by facsimile, the public is requested 

not to send duplicate comments via 

regular mail. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and available for public 

inspection and copying. The agency 

cannot confirm receipt of comments. 

The public may inspect comments 

received on these proposed directives in 

the Rangeland Management Staff, 3rd 

Floor, South Wing, Yates Building, 14th 

and Independence Avenues, Southwest, 

Washington, DC, between the hours of 

8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those wishing to 

inspect comments are encouraged to call 

ahead to (202) 205–1460 to facilitate 

entry into the building 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Frederick R. Norbury, 

Associate Deputy Chief. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Revise and Extend 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) and Office of Management 

and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), 

this notice announces the intention of 

the National Agricultural Statistics 

Service (NASS) to revise and extend a 

currently approved information 

collection, the Agricultural Labor 

Survey. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 1, 2005 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

Ginny McBride, NASS Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 5336—South, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

2024 or sent electronically to 

gmcbride@nass.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol House, Associate Administrator, 

National Agricultural Statistics Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202) 

720–4333 or Linda Hutton, Chief, 

Environmental, Economics, and 

Demographics Branch, National 

Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, (202) 720–

6146. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Labor Survey. 

OMB Number: 0535–0109. 

Expiration Date of Approval: February 

28, 2006. 

Type of Request: Intent to Revise and 

Extend an Information Collection. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, disposition, and prices. The 

Agricultural Labor Survey provides 

statistics on the number of agricultural 

workers, hours worked, and wage rates. 

Number of workers and hours worked 

are used to estimate agricultural 

productivity; wage rates are used in the 

administration of the ‘‘H–2A’’ Program 

and for setting Adverse Effect Wage 

Rates. Survey data are also used to carry 

out provisions of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act. NASS intends to 

request that the Agricultural Labor 

Survey be approved for another 3 years, 

with one program change. The number 

and average hours worked of selfemployed and unpaid agricultural 

workers will be collected each quarter 

for Hawaii only and the annual averages 

will be published. 

These data will be collected under the 

authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 

Individually identifiable data collected 

under this authority are governed by 

Section 1770 of the Food Security Act 

of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires 

USDA to afford strict confidentiality to 

non-aggregated data provided by 

respondents. 

Estimate of Burden: This information 

collection comprises 4 individual 

surveys, two of which are conducted 

annually and two which are conducted 

quarterly, for an estimated total of 

71,700 responses. Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 9 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Farms and businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12,200. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 10,755 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from Ginny McBride, 

NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 720–

5778. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) 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; 

(b) 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; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (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. All responses to this notice 

will become a matter of public record 

and be summarized in the request for 

OMB approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, August 15, 

2005. 

Carol House, 

Associate Administrator. 

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