[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 52554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21271]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Office of the Secretary

ACTION: Final notice of submission for OMB review; Comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission 
of the following public information collection request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 
U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation, including, among other things, a description of the 
likely respondents, proposed frequency of response, and estimated total 
burden may be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by contacting Linda Watts Thomas 
on 202-693-4223 (this is not a toll-free number) and e-mail to: [email protected].
    Interested parties are encouraged to send written comments to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer 
for the Department of Labor--Wage and Hour Division, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Telephone: 
202-395-7316/Fax 202-395-5806 (these are not toll-free numbers), E-
mail: [email protected] within 30 days from the date of this 
publication in the Federal Register. In order to ensure the appropriate 
consideration, comments should reference the OMB Control Number (see 
below).
    The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
    (1) 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;
    (2) 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;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) 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 
submission of responses.
    Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a previously approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Motor Vehicle Safety for Transportation of 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0017.
    Agency Form Numbers: WH-514, WH-514A and WH-515.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, Farms.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 3,900.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 885.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden: $215,100.
    Description: Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
Act (MSPA) section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1841) requires, subject to certain 
exceptions, all Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs), Agricultural Employers 
(AGERs), and Agricultural Associations (AGASs) to ensure that any 
vehicle they use or cause to be used to transport or drive any migrant 
or seasonal agricultural worker conforms to safety and health standards 
prescribed by the Secretary of Labor under the MSPA and with other 
applicable Federal and State safety standards. These MSPA safety 
standards address the vehicle, driver, and insurance. The Wage and Hour 
Division (WHD) has created Forms WH-514, WH-514a, and WH-515, which 
allow FLC applicants to verify to the WHD that the vehicles used to 
transport migrant/seasonal agricultural workers meet the MSPA vehicle 
safety standards and that anyone who drives such workers meets the 
Act's minimum physical requirements. The WHD uses the information in 
deciding whether to authorize the FLC/FLC Employee applicant to 
transport/drive any migrant/seasonal agricultural worker(s) or to cause 
such transportation. Form WH-514 is used to verify that any vehicle 
used or caused to be used to transport any migrant/seasonal 
agricultural worker(s) meets the Department of transportation (DOT) 
safety standards. When the adopted DOT rules do not apply, FLC 
applicants seeking authorization to transport any migrant/seasonal 
agricultural workers use Form WH-514a to verify that the vehicles meet 
the DOL safety standards and, upon the vehicle meeting the required 
safety standards, the form is completed. Form WH-515 is a doctor's 
certificate used to document that a motor vehicle driver or operator 
meets the minimum DOT physical requirements that the DOL has adopted. 
For additional information, see related notice published in the Federal 
Register on January 22, 2010, (75 FR 3759).

    Dated: August 20, 2010.
Linda Watts Thomas,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-21271 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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