Proposed Collection; Comment Request [03/20/2003]
Volume 68, Number 54, Page 13730-13731
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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 collection: Application for Farm Labor
Contractor and Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of
Registration (WH-530). A copy of the proposed information collection
request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the
addresses section of this Notice.
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DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before May 19, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail hbell@fenix2.dol-esa.gov.
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or
E-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background
Section 101(a) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
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 101(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. Form WH-530, Application for Farm Labor
Contractor and Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of
Registration is used by the applicant to obtain authorization to engage
in farm labor contracting activities under MSPA or to obtain
authorization to be hired, employed or used by a currently registered
farm labor contractor to perform named activities under MSPA. This
information collection is currently approved for use through August 31,
2003.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] 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;
[sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
[sbull] 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 approval for the extension of this
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to
issue, after appropriate investigation and review, a farm labor
certificate of registration, including a certificate of registration as
an employee of a farm labor contractor, to any person who has filed
with the Secretary a written application for a certificate.
Type of 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: Business of other for-profit; Farms.
Total Respondents: 9,200.
Total Responses: 9,200.
Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Frequency: On Occasion (initial application); biennially (renewal).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,600.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $2,392.
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: March 14, 2003.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-6692 Filed 3-19-03; 8:45 am]
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