[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 28 (Thursday, February 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7077-7078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2968]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Information Collection Extension Request for the Agricultural and 
Food Processing Clearance Order (ETA Form 790), and the Agricultural 
Food Processing Clearance Memorandum (ETA Form 795), Comment Request

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

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 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 the collection of data about the recruitment of 
agricultural workers. In situations where an adequate supply of workers 
does not exist locally, agricultural employers must use the 
Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order ETA Form 790 to list 
the job opening with the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) for recruiting 
temporary agricultural workers.
    The Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 
795, is used by SWAs to extend job orders beyond their jurisdictions, 
give notice of action on a clearance order, request additional 
information, amend the order, report results, and accept or reject the 
extended job order.
    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 by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before April 13, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to: Alina Walker, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce 
Investment, Division of Adult Services, Migrant and Seasonal 
Farmworkers, Room S-4209, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2706 (this is not a toll-free number). 
Fax: 202-693-3587. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Currently, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) will 
solicit comments concerning the extension of the Agricultural and Food 
Processing Clearance Order Form for Agricultural Recruitment System 
Affecting Migratory Farmworkers (ETA Form 790), and the Agricultural 
Food Processing Clearance Memorandum (ETA Form 795), which will expire 
on August 31, 2009. Documents for this information request can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
or by accessing:  http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

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.

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III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: The Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order (ETA 
Form 790), and the Agricultural Food Processing Clearance Memorandum 
(ETA Form 795).
    OMB Number: 1205-0134.
    Affected Public: Employers and state, local, and tribal 
Governments.
    Forms: ETA-790 and ETA-795.
    Total Respondents: 5,600.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Annual Responses: 5,600.
    Average Time per Response: 60 minutes for ETA-790 and 15 minutes 
for ETA-795.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,850.
    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.

    Signed: At Washington, DC this 5th day of February 2009.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training 
Administration.
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