ESA Federal Register Notice

Proposed Collection; Comment Request [09/18/2000]

Volume 65, Number 181, Page 56335-56336

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension collection of the following 
information collection: Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm 
Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration (WH-530). Copies 
of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this 
Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before November 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0339 (this is not a toll-free number), fax (202) 693-1451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Section 101(a) of the Migrant and Seasonal Workers Protection Act 
(MSPA) provides that no person shall engage in any farm labor 
contracting activity unless such person has a certificate of 
registration from the Secretary of Labor specifying which farm labor 
contracting activities such person is authorized to perform. Further, 
Section 102(b) of MSPA provides that a farm labor contractor shall not 
hire, employ or use any individual to perform farm labor contracting 
activities unless such individual has a certificate of registration as 
a farm labor contractor, or a certificate of registration as an 
employee of a farm labor contractor employer, which authorizes the 
activity for which the individual is hired, employed or used.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
     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 submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to provide the means for a farm labor 
contractor or a farm labor contractor employee to obtain a certificate 
authorizing farm labor employment under the Act.
    Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.
    OMB Number: 1215-0037.
    Agency Number: WH-530.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit; Farms.
    Total Respondents: 9,200.
    Frequency: On occasion; Biennially.
    Total Responses: 9,200.
    Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,600.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $2,153.

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    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: September 12, 2000.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-23927 Filed 9-15-00; 8:45 am]
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