[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49329-49330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24209]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

20 CFR Part 655

RIN 1205-AB24


Labor Certification and Petition Process for Temporary 
Agricultural Employment of Nonimmigrant Workers in the United States 
(H-2A Workers); Modification of Fee Structure; Informal Briefing

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of informal briefing.

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SUMMARY: The Division of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA), Department of Labor (Department), 
announces two informal briefings to allow agricultural workers and 
employers and other interested parties to communicate directly with the 
Department regarding proposed rule changes which would require 
employers to submit fees for temporary alien agricultural labor 
certification and the associated H-2A petition with a consolidated 
application form at the time of filing. See proposed rule reopening the 
comment period, published elsewhere in today's Federal Register. The 
proposed rule also would modify the fee structure for H-2A labor 
certification applications. These briefings are being held to allow the 
Department to solicit individual responses and experiences from 
interested persons and other entities.

DATES: The briefing dates are:
     Thursday, November 8, 2001, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
Washington, DC.
     Friday, November 16, 2001, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monterey, 
CA.
    Notices of intention to appear at the briefing must be postmarked 
no later than October 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The briefing locations are:
     U.S. Department of Labor, Francis Perkins Building, 200 
Constitution Avenue, Plaza Level Auditorium, Washington, DC 20010.
     Hilton Monterey, 1000 Oguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940.
    Send notices of intention to appear to: Charlene Giles, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4318, 
Washington, DC 20210. Notices also may be faxed to Charlene Giles at 
202-693-2760 (this is not a toll-free number), or submitted by e-mail 
at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlene Giles; telephone 202-693-
2950. (This is not a toll-free number).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The informal public briefings will be 
chaired by a senior official of the Employment and Training 
Administration. Persons appearing at the briefings will be allowed to 
present their views and pose questions of Department staff and other 
parties presenting their views.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of September, 2001.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
[FR Doc. 01-24209 Filed 9-26-01; 8:45 am]
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