[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13635-13636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3830]


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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

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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: Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration (WH-530). 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 15, 2006.

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: Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
Act (MSPA), 29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., section 101(a) provides that no 
person shall engage in any farm labor contracting activity unless such 
person has a certificate of registration from the Secretary of Labor 
specifying which farm labor contracting activities such person is 
authorized to perform. Contracting activities include recruiting, 
soliciting, hiring, employing, furnishing, transporting or driving any 
migrant or seasonal agricultural worker and, with respect to migrant 
agricultural workers, providing housing. MSPA section 101(b) provides 
that a farm labor contractor shall not hire, employ or use any 
individual to perform farm labor contracting activities (i.e. 
recruiting, soliciting, hiring, employing, furnishing or transporting 
any migrant or seasonal agricultural worker) unless such individual has 
a certificate of registration as a farm labor contractor, or a 
certificate of registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor 
employer, which authorizes the activity for which such individual is 
hired, employed or used. Section 102 of MSPA provides that, after 
appropriate investigation and review, the Secretary shall issue a farm 
labor contractor certificate of registration (including a certificate 
of registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor) to any 
person who has filed with the Secretary a written application. Form WH-
530 is the application form which provides the Department of Labor with 
the information necessary to issue certificates specifying the farm 
labor contracting activities authorized. This information collection is 
currently approved for use through August 31, 2006.
    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 carry out its 
responsibility to issue, after appropriate investigation and review, a 
farm labor certificate of registration, including a certificate of 
registration as an employee of a farm labor contractor, to any person 
who has filed with the Secretary a written application for a 
certificate.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.
    OMB Number: 1215-0037.
    Agency Number: WH-530.
    Affected Public: Individuals or household; business or other for-
profit; Farms.
    Total Respondents: 7,800.
    Total Responses: 7,800.
    Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion (initial application); biannually (renewal).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3,900.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $2,130.
    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 9, 2006.
Sue Blumenthal,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, 
Division of Financial Management,Office of Management, Administration 
and Planning, Employment Standards Aministration.
 [FR Doc. E6-3830 Filed 3-15-06; 8:45 am]
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