[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 1474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-331]


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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: Housing Occupancy 
Certificate--Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
(WH-520). 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 8, 2005.

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, E-mail [email protected]. Please 
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or E-
mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Background

    Section 203(b)(1) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (MSPA), 29 U.S.C. 1801, et seq., and Regulation 29 CFR 
500.135(b) provide that any person who owns or controls a facility or 
real property to be used for housing migrant agricultural workers shall 
not permit such housing to be occupied by any worker unless a copy of 
the certificate of occupancy from the state, local, or federal agency 
that conducted the housing safety and health inspection is posted at 
the site of the facility or real property. Form WH-520 is both an 
information gathering form and the certificate of occupancy that the 
Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Employment Standards Administration 
(ESA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issues when it is the 
federal agency conducting the safety and health inspection. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through June 30, 
2005.

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 Wage and Hour Division seeks the approval of the extension of 
this information collection in order to inspect and certify a migrant 
housing facility as meeting applicable safety and health standards 
under the law.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Housing Occupancy Certificate--Migrant and Seasonal 
Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
    OMB Number: 1215-0158.
    Agency Number: WH-520.
    Affected Public: Farms; Individuals or households; Business or 
other for-profit.
    Total Respondents: 300.
    Total Annual Responses: 300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
    Reporting: 1 minute (Recordkeeping burden for posting and filing).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 20.
    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: January 3, 2005.
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. 05-331 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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