Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[01/10/2007]
Volume 72, Number 6, Page 1247-1248
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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: Vehicle Mechanical
Inspection Report for Transportation Subject to Department of
Transportation Requirements (WH-514); Vehicle Mechanical Inspection
Report for Transportation Subject to Department of Labor Safety
Standards (WH-514a) and Doctor's Certificate (WH-515). 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 March 12, 2007.
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 bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA)
section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1841) requires, subject to certain exceptions,
all Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs), Agricultural Employers (AGERs), and
Agricultural Associations (AGASs) to ensure that any vehicle they use
or cause to be used to transport or drive any migrant or seasonal
agricultural worker conforms to safety and health standards prescribed
by the Secretary of Labor under the MSPA and with other applicable
Federal and State safety standards. These MSPA safety standards address
the vehicle, driver, and insurance. The Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
has created Forms WH-514, WH-514a, and WH-515, which allow FLC
applicants to verify to the WHD that the vehicles used to transport
migrant/seasonal agricultural workers meet the MSPA vehicle safety
standards and that anyone who drives such workers meets the Act's
minimum physical requirements. The WHD uses the information in deciding
whether to authorize the FLC/FLC Employee applicant to transport/drive
any migrant/seasonal agricultural workers or to cause such
transportation. Form WH-514 is used to verify that any vehicle used or
caused to be used to transport any migrant/seasonal agricultural
worker(s) meets the Department of Transportation (DOT) safety
standards. When the adopted DOT rules do not apply, FLC applicants
seeking authorization to transport any migrant/seasonal agricultural
workers use Form WH-514a to verify that the vehicles meet the DOL
safety standards and upon the vehicle meeting the required safety
standards, the form is completed. Form WH-515 is a doctor's certificate
used to document that a motor vehicle driver or operator meets the
minimum DOT physical requirements that the DOL has adopted. This
information collection is currently approved for use through July 31,
2007.
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;
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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 verify that farm labor contractors,
agricultural employers, and agricultural associations have complied
with the applicable safety standards.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Report for Transportation
Subject to Department of Transportation Requirements (WH-514); Vehicle
Mechanical Inspection Report for Transportation Subject to Department
of Labor Safety Standards (WH-514a); Doctor's Certificate (WH-515).
OMB Number: 1215-0036.
Agency Number: WH-514, WH-514a, and WH-515.
Affected Public: Business or other for profit; Farms.
Total Respondents: 2,400.
Total Responses: 3,900.
Average Time per Response: 5 minutes.
Average Time per Response for Recordkeeping: 1 minute.
Estimated Recordkeeping Hours: 35 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 360 hours.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $215,100.
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: January 4, 2007.
Ruben Wiley,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-159 Filed 1-9-07; 8:45 am]
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