Proposed Collection; Comment Request
[03/22/2007]
Volume 72, Number 55, Page 13531
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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 21, 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
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) section 13(c)(4), 29 U.S.C.
213(c)(4), 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 also requires all
employers covered by the FLSA to make, keep and preserve records of
employees and of wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of
employment. This information collection is currently approved for use
through August 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;
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: Annually.
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 15, 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. E7-5235 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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