[Federal Register: January 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 14)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

 
Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection 
Requirements

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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 its proposal to extend OMB approval of the 
information collection: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or Farm 
Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration, Form 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.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before March 24, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Steven D. Lawrence, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0292, fax (202) 693-1451, e-mail Lawrence.Steven@dol.gov. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (MSPA) provides that no person shall engage in any farm 
labor contracting activity for any money or valuable consideration paid 
or promised to be paid, 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. See 29 
U.S.C. 1802(7), 1811(a); 29 CFR 500.1(c), -.20(i), -.40. The named MSPA 
contracting activities include recruiting, soliciting, hiring, 
employing, furnishing, or transporting any migrant or seasonal 
agricultural worker and, with respect to migrant agricultural workers, 
providing housing. 29 U.S.C. 1802(6); 29 CFR 500.20(j). The MSPA also 
provides that a Farm Labor Contractor (FLC) shall not hire, employ, or 
use any individual to perform farm labor contracting activities unless 
such individual has a certificate of registration as a FLC or a 
certificate of registration as a Farm Labor Contractor Employee of the 
FLC that authorizes the activity for which such individual is hired, 
employed or used. 29 U.S.C. 1811(b); 29 CFR 500.1(c). Form WH-530 
provides the means for an applicant to meet the statutory MSPA 
requirement to file a written application with the Secretary containing 
specified information regarding prospective farm labor contracting 
activities. Applicants use the WH-530 to obtain authorization to engage 
in the named MSPA farm labor contracting activities or to obtain 
authorization to be hired, employed, or used by a currently registered 
FLC to perform these activities. Applicants complete the form when 
seeking an initial, renewal, or amended certificate and submit it to 
either the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL or a State Employment 
Service Office. See 29 CFR 500.44, -.47. The DOL proposes to make 
several revisions to Form WH-530.This information collection is 
currently approved for use through August 31, 2009.
    II. Review Focus: The DOL 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 DOL seeks the approval for the extension 
of this currently approved information collection.
    Type of Review: Extension.

AGENCY: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration, Form WH-530.
    OMB Number: 1215-0037.
    Agency Number: WH-530.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit; Farms.

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    Total Respondents/Responses: 10,611.
    Frequency: Biennially, On Occasion.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,306.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $4,536.
    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 15, 2009.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
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