[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24975-24976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11889]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Services to Migrant and Seasonal 
Farmworkers Report and Employment Service Complaint/Referral Record

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 and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed change on the Employment Service 
Complaint Referral Record, ETA 8429.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request can be 
obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the contact section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 7, 1997. 
Written comments should evaluate whether the proposed information 
collection 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.

ADDRESSES: Pearl Wah, U.S. Employment Service, Employment and Training 
Administration, Department of Labor Room N-4470, 200 Constitution 
Avenue., NW., Washington, DC 20210, 202-219-5185 (This is not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    As part of the settlement in the case of NAACP v. Secretary of 
Labor (Civil Action No. 2010-72, U.S.D.C.), the U.S. Department of 
Labor (DOL) negotiated with the plaintiffs a series of regulations 
published June 10, 1980. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) 
regulations at 20 CFR 651, 653, and 658 under the Wagner-Peyser Act as 
amended by the Job Training Partnership Act, set forth the role and 
responsibilities of the United States Employment Services (USES) and 
the State Employment Service Agencies (SESA) regarding compliance of 
said regulations.
    In compliance with 20 CFR 653.109, DOL established recordkeeping 
requirements to allow for the efficient and effective monitoring of 
SESAs regulatory compliance.
    The ETA Form 8429, Employment Service Compliant Referral Record, is 
used to collect and document all individual complaints filed under the 
ES complaint system.
    The ETA Form 5148, Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers 
Report, is used to collect data which are primarily used to monitor and 
to measure the extent and effectiveness of ES services to MSFWS as a 
high priority target group for ES services.

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II. Current Actions

    This is a request for OMB approval Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of a revision to Item 6 of ETA 
Form 8429. To comply with the nondiscrimination regulations (29 CFR 
Part 34) covering State Employment Security Agencies, Item 6 will be 
changed to read as follows: Persons wishing to file complaints of 
discrimination may file either with the SESA, or with the Directorate 
of Civil Rights (DCR), U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., room N-4123, Washington, DC 21210. There is no change in 
burden.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
    Titles: Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Report and 
Employment Service Complaint Referral Record.
    OMB Number: 1205-0039.
    Frequency: Quarterly and on occasion, respectively.
    Affected Public: State governments.
    Number of Respondents: 208.
    Estimated Cost Per Respondent: No cost to respondent.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 5530.

Complaint Log Maintenance

1. Recordkeeping
    Number of recordkeepers  168
    Annual hours per recordkeeper  6.3
    Recordkeepers Hours  1,059
2. Processing ETA Form 8429
    Annual number of forms  2,520
    Minutes per form  8
    Processing Hours  327

Outreach Log

1. Recordkeeping
    Number of Recordkeepers  150
    Annual hours per recordkeeper  26
    Recordkeepers Hours  3,900
2. Data Collection/Reporting ETA 5148
    Annual number of reports  208
    Minutes per report  70
    Recordkeeping Hours  244

    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: April 30, 1997.
John R. Beverly, III,
Director, U.S. Employment Service.
[FR Doc. 97-11889 Filed 5-6-97; 8:45 am]
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