[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37802-37803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13402]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection With Non-Substantive Changes; 
Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Form ETA-
9033, Attestation by Employers using Alien Crewmembers for Longshore 
Activities at U.S. Ports; OMB Control No. 1205-0309.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a pre-clearance 
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 and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning Form ETA 9033 Attestation by Employers Using Alien 
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities. A copy of the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the 
office listed below in the addressee section of this notice or at this 
Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before September 10, 2007.

ADDRESSES: William L. Carlson, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 
Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C4312, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210; by phone at (202)693-3010 (this is not 
a toll-free number); by fax at (202) 693-2768; or by e-mail at 
[email protected] subject line: Form 9033.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The information collection is required by section 258 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1288). The INA has a 
prevailing practice exception to the general prohibition on the 
performance of longshore work by alien crewmembers in U.S. ports. Under 
the prevailing practice exception, before any employer may use alien 
crewmembers to perform longshore activities in U.S. ports, it must 
submit an attestation to the Secretary of Labor containing the elements 
prescribed by the INA. The INA further requires that the Secretary of 
Labor make available for public examination in Washington, DC a list of 
employers that have filed attestations and, for each of these 
employers, a copy of the employer's attestation and accompanying 
documentation received by the Secretary.

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

    In order to meet its statutory responsibilities under the INA, the 
Department needs to extend an existing collection of information 
pertaining to employers seeking to use alien crewmembers to perform 
longshore activities in U.S. ports. ETA has not received any 
attestations under the prevailing practice exception within the last 
three years. An information collection request will be submitted to

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increase the burden should activities recommence.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Attestations by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for 
Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports.
    OMB Number: 1205-0309.
    Agency Number(s): Form ETA 9033.
    Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Respondents: 0.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: June 29, 2007.
William L. Carlson,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certifications.
[FR Doc. E7-13402 Filed 7-10-07; 8:45 am]
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