[Federal Register: January 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 14)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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.
[FR Doc. E9-1391 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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