[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45155-45156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16977]


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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, Wage and Hour 
Division, is soliciting comments concerning the proposed collection 
``Application for Authority for an Institution of Higher Education to 
Employ Its Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages Under Regulations 29 
CFR part 529 (WH-201).'' A copy of the proposed information collection 
request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
addressee section of this Notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before September 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0339, fax (202) 693-1451, e-mail esa.gov">[email protected]esa.gov. 
Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   

I. Background

    Section 14(b)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) authorizes 
the Secretary of Labor to provide certificates authorizing the 
employment of full-time students at subminimum wages in institutions of 
higher education to the extent necessary to prevent curtailment of 
opportunities for employment. This section also sets limits on such 
employment and protects the full-time employment opportunities of other 
workers. Th WH-201 is used by employers seeking such authorization. 
This information collection is currently approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for use through January 2003.

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 an approval of the revision of the 
information collection instrument to simplify the application process 
for employers. The instructions have been clarified and employers are 
no longer requested to provide the information regarding the number of 
students they expect to employ at subminimum wages. The revised form 
will allow the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) to take advantage of new 
report writing capabilities available to the WHD through its automated 
Certificate Processing System (CPS). By standardizing the information 
requested about the number of full-time students being employed by 
employers who request certification, the CPS will generate accurate 
reports concerning the

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employment of all full-time students at subminimum wages. The 
reformatting of the WH-201 provides sufficient space to allow the CPS 
to generate preprinted renewal applications for employers prior to the 
expiration of each certificate. These renewal applications will be sent 
to employers sixty days before the expiration date of their current 
certificates.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Authority for an Institution of Higher 
Education to Employ Its Full-Time Students at Subminimum Wages Under 
Regulations Part 519.
    OMB Number: 1215-0080.
    Agency Number: WH-201.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Respondents: 15.
    Total Responses: 15.
    Burden Hours per Response (Reporting): 15 to 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours Per Response: (Recordkeeping): 1 minute.
    Total Burden Hours: (Reporting and Recordkeeping): 5.
    Total Burden Cost: (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost: (operation/maintenance): $5.55.
    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: July 2, 2002.
Margaret J. Sherrill,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-16977 Filed 7-5-02; 8:45 am]
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