[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 191 (Monday, October 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61115-61117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25388]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) Monitoring Report and 
One-Stop Career Center Complaint/Referral Record: Comments

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

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properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and Training 
Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the expiration date without revision for ETA Form 5148, 
Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Report, and an extension 
with revision for ETA Form 8429, One-Stop Career Center Complaint/
Referral Record, to March 1, 2015. The changes incorporated to ETA Form 
8429 include the following: (1) In Part I, of item 8, increased the 
space provided for description of complaint, (2) in Part II, of items 2 
and 3, added the word ``Job Service,'' and (3) Part II, item 9 at the 
bottom added ``Complaint resolved? [squ] Yes [squ] No--If ``No,'' 
explain.''
    The current Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Information 
Collection Request (ICR) authorization number 1205-0039 expires on 
February 29, 2012. A copy of the proposed 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: Submit comments on or before December 2, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Kimberly Vitelli, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce 
Investment, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4510, Washington, DC 
20210, telephone number: 202-693-3045, fax: 202-693-3015, and e-mail 
address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juan Regalado, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce 
Investment, Division of National Programs, Tools and Technical 
Assistance, Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Monitor Advocate, Room S-
4209, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
number 202-693-2661, fax: 202-693-3945, and e-mail address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Wagner-Peyser regulations at 20 CFR 651, 653, and 658 set forth 
requirements to ensure that Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) 
receive services that are qualitatively equivalent and quantitatively 
proportionate to the services provided to non-MSFWs. In compliance with 
20 CFR 653.109, the Department of Labor established record keeping 
requirements to allow for the efficient and effective monitoring of 
State Workforce Agencies' (SWA) regulatory compliance. The ETA Form 
5148, Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Report, is used to 
collect data which are primarily used to monitor and measure the extent 
and effectiveness of SWA service delivery to MSFWs. The ETA Form 8429, 
One-Stop Career Center Complaint/Referral Record, is used to collect 
and document complaints filed by MSFWs and non-MSFWs pursuant to the 
regulatory framework established at 20 CFR 658.400.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension of the Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Report, 
ETA Form 5148, and the One-Stop Career Center Complaint/Referral 
Record, ETA Form 8429 to March 1, 2015, 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 by including 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.
    A copy of the proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addressee section 
of this notice.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension with revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW) Monitoring Report and 
One-Stop Career Center Complaint/Referral Record.
    OMB Number: 1205-0039.
    Affected Public: State.
    Type of Response: Mandatory.
    Number of Respondents: (See Below).
    Annual Responses: (See Below).
    Breakdown of Burden Hours: (See Below).

Complaint Form 8429

1. Recordkeeping
    Number of record keepers: 50 states.
    Annual number of records: 3,000 (60 reports per state, 50 states x 
ports).
    Annual hours per record keeper: .13 (8 minutes per report).
    Total record-keeper hours: 400 (3,000 reports x 8 min. per report).
2. Processing
    Annual average number of forms: 3,000.
    Minutes per form: 120 (2 hrs.).
    Total processing hours: 6,000 (3,000 reports at 2 hours each).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours for ETA 8429: 6,400 - (400 + 6,000).
    Comments: Not all complaints that are logged utilize the Employment 
Service Complaint/Referral Record, ETA Form 8429. The SWA's are only 
required to utilize this form for MSFW complaints and ES related 
complaints from non-MSFWs. Based upon contacts with those states with 
the highest level of reported complaint activity, we believe that 
approximately 3,000 complaints were captured on the ETA Forms 8429 in 
the previous program year.

5148 Report

1. Recordkeeping
    Number of record-keepers: 50 states.
    Annual number of records: 200 (record keepers = 50 x reports = 4 = 
200).
    Estimated hours per record-keeper: 1.16 (70 minutes per report).
    Total Record-keeping hours: 233.3.
2. Compilation and Reporting
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Annual number of reports: 4.
    Total number of reports: 200.
    Estimated minutes per report: 90 (1.5 hrs.).
    Total Record-keeping hours: 300 (200 reports x 90 minutes = 18,000/
60).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours for ETA 5148: 533 (233 + 300).
    Estimated Total Burden Cost: $172,211:

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                                                    Total
                                                    annual      One FTE        FTE         Annual       Total
                                                    hours                                  salary    burden cost
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SMA--5148......................................          533        1,920         0.28      $65,000      $18,044

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Local OSC--8429................................        6,000        1,920         3.13       45,000      140,625
SMA--8429......................................          400        1,920         0.21       65,000       13,542
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    Total Burden Cost for 8429 & 5148..........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........      172,211
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    A local One-Stop Center Record Keeper average annual salary is 
$45,000 and for the State Monitor Advocate (SMA) is $65,000 for Record 
Keeping, Processing, Compilation and Reporting on ETA 8429 and ETA 5148 
respectively.

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                                                                           Monthly      Months in     Hours per
                      Hours per day                       Working days      hours         year          year
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8.......................................................           20           160            12         1,920
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    Comments: The calculations are based on a normal work week for most 
jobs are 8 hours a day for 5 days.
    There are 52 weeks in a year but most workers get a two week 
vacation. So, 8 x 5 x 50 = 2000 hours worked in a year.
    Many companies also give 10 holidays, which brings it down to: 8 x 
5 x 48 = 1920.
    Also the calculations are based on the average median salary of one 
local one-stop center record keeper's of $45,000 per year and the 
average median salary of a State Monitor Advocate of $65,000 per year, 
and the estimated hours expended in record keeping and processing on 
ETA Form 8429 and ETA Form 5148 respectively, providing the grand total 
of burden cost reflected above.
    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: Washington, DC, this 21st day of September, 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-25388 Filed 9-30-11; 8:45 am]
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