Proposed Collection; Comment Request [03/08/2004]
Volume 69, Number 45, Page 10762
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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: Waiver of Child Labor
Provisions for Agricultural Employment of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors in
Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--29 CFR Part 575. A copy of the
proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addresses section below on or before May 7, 2004.
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, Email bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
I. Background: Section 13 (c) (4) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
(FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., authorizes the Secretary of Labor to
grant a waiver of child labor provisions of the FLSA for the
agricultural employment of 10 and 11 year old minors in the hand
harvesting of short season crops if specific requirements and
conditions are met. The Act requires that all employers who are granted
such waivers keep on file a signed statement of the parent or person
standing in the place of the parent of each 10 and 11 year old minor,
consenting to their employment, along with a record of the name and
address of the school in which the minor is enrolled. This information
collection is currently approved for use through August 31, 2004.
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 approval for
the extension of this information collection in order to determine
whether the statutory requirements and conditions for granting a
requested exemption have been met.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration
Title: Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for Agricultural Employment
of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors in Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--
29 CFR Part 575.
OMB Number: 1215-0120.
Affected Public: Farms; individual or households.
Total Respondents: 1.
Total Responses: 1.
Average Time per Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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 2, 2004.
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. 04-5076 Filed 3-5-04; 8:45 am]
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