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OMB Control No: 1205-0453	ICR Reference No: 202112-1205-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201907-1205-011
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Agricultural Workers Survey
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 02/28/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/07/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2025	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2023
Responses	4,476	0	6,090
Time Burden (Hours)	1,484	0	1,615
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: National Agriculture Workers Survey (NAWS) provides an understanding of the manpower resources available to U.S. agriculture. It is the national source of information on the demographic, occupational health and employment characteristics of hired crop workers.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 49f(d) and 491-2(a) Name of Law: Wagner-Peyser Act
   US Code: 42 USC 241(a) Name of Law: Public Health Services Act
   PL: Pub.L. 110 - 134 649 Research Name of Law: The Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act
   US Code: 29 USC 669(a) and 671 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act
   PL: Pub.L. 99 - 603 303 Name of Law: Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 49569	09/03/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 994	01/07/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Employers - Point of Contact Questions
National Agriculture Workers Survey (NAWS)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	4,476	6,090	-1,614
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,484	1,615	-131
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There will be a net decrease (adjustment) of 131 burden hours, which is associated with corrections to the formula for estimating the number of employers that will need to be contacted in order to interview the target sample size of 1,500 crop workers over the three interview cycles of FY 2022. Although ETA based the previous employer burden estimates on a target sample size of 1,500 crop workers, it incorrectly included in its estimate of employer burden the hours associated with employers who couldn’t be located and screened for eligibility. There is no employer engagement (burden) when the employer can’t be located and screened for eligibility. Correcting this calculation resulted in a decrease (adjustment) of 137 burden hours. There is an increase (adjustment) of 6 hours associated with contacts with eligible employers. Two factors are associated with this increase: 1) the employer eligibility rate; and 2) the average number of crop workers interviewed per employer. In the last submission, the employer eligibility rate was 38 percent. With this submission, ETA assumes that the eligibility rate will be 32 percent, the rate it was in FY 2020. The lower eligibility rate means that interviewers will need to contact more employers to identify eligible employers. The average number of crop workers interviewed per farm has also decreased (from 3.8 to 3.5), which means that interviewers will need to contact more eligible employers to interview the target sample size of crop workers. Although ETA is seeking approval to add new questions to the NAWS with this request, the average time per crop worker respondent remains at 45 minutes. This is because, beginning in FY 2021, ETA ceased administering 13 questions on education and training and 4 questions on preventive health. In addition, beginning in the second interview cycle of FY 2022, ETA will cease administering a question to female respondents concerning cervical cancer testing, and a question to all respondents concerning lifetime diagnosis of HIV AIDS. Through pilot testing of the questionnaire that includes the COVID questions with contractor staff, the contractor found that the average time per respondent was 45 minutes.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,252,804

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Yes

Agency Contact: Emily St. Onge 202 693-2605 st.onge.emily@dol.gov

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