[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10762]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5076]


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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 is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection: Waiver of Child Labor 
Provisions for Agricultural Employment of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors in 
Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--29 CFR Part 575. 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 May 7, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, Email [email protected]. Please 
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or Email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

    I. Background: Section 13 (c) (4) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
(FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq., authorizes the Secretary of Labor to 
grant a waiver of child labor provisions of the FLSA for the 
agricultural employment of 10 and 11 year old minors in the hand 
harvesting of short season crops if specific requirements and 
conditions are met. The Act requires that all employers who are granted 
such waivers keep on file a signed statement of the parent or person 
standing in the place of the parent of each 10 and 11 year old minor, 
consenting to their employment, along with a record of the name and 
address of the school in which the minor is enrolled. This information 
collection is currently approved for use through August 31, 2004.
    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 approval for 
the extension of this information collection in order to determine 
whether the statutory requirements and conditions for granting a 
requested exemption have been met.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration
    Title: Waiver of Child Labor Provisions for Agricultural Employment 
of 10 and 11 Year Old Minors in Hand Harvesting of Short Season Crops--
29 CFR Part 575.
    OMB Number: 1215-0120.
    Affected Public: Farms; individual or households.
    Total Respondents: 1.
    Total Responses: 1.
    Average Time per Response: 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
    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: March 2, 2004.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-5076 Filed 3-5-04; 8:45 am]
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