[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25621-25622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10185]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Form ETA-9089, 
Application for Permanent Employment Certification (OMB Control Number 
1205-0451), Extension of Currently Approved Collection

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a 
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of 
data about Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment 
Certification (OMB Control Number 1205-0451), which expires August 31, 
2014. The form is used in DOL's employment-based immigration program by 
employers to request permission to bring foreign workers to the United 
States as immigrants, and in the Department of Homeland Security's 
National Interest Waiver (NIW) program by individuals applying for a 
waiver of the job offer requirement if the waiver is deemed to be in 
the national interest.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the

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addresses section below on or before July 7, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to William L. Carlson, Ph.D., 
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Room C-4312, 
Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-
693-3010 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or 
speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by 
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-
5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-693-2768. Email: [email protected] 
subject line: ETA-9089. A copy of the proposed information collection 
request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The information collection on ETA Form 9089 is required by sections 
203(b)(2) and (b)(3) and 212(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2) and (3) and 1182(a)(5)(A)). 
DOL and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have promulgated 
regulations to implement the INA. Specifically for this collection, the 
regulations at 20 CFR 656 and 8 CFR 204.5 (the regulations) are 
applicable. Section 212(a)(5)(A) of the INA requires the Secretary of 
Labor to certify that any alien seeking to enter the United States for 
the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor is not adversely 
affecting wages and working conditions of U.S. workers similarly 
employed and that there are not sufficient U.S. workers able, willing, 
and qualified to perform such skilled or unskilled labor. Before any 
employer may request any skilled or unskilled alien labor, it must 
submit a request for certification to the Secretary of Labor containing 
the elements prescribed by the INA and the regulations. The regulations 
require employers to document their recruitment efforts and to 
substantiate the reasons no U.S. workers were hired.

II. Review Focus

    DOL is particularly interested in comments that:
     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, DOL 
must extend without modification an existing collection of information 
pertaining to employers seeking to import foreign labor. The form used 
to collect the information is used not only by DOL, but also by 
Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services (USCIS) to meet the requirements of the INA. DOL uses the 
information collected in its permanent certification program. USCIS 
uses the form for its National Interest Waiver program, and to consider 
employment-based immigration applications by employers of employees 
engaged in Schedule A-Shortage Occupations, and by employers of 
sheepherders.
    Type of Review: extension.
    Title: Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment 
Certification.
    OMB Number: 1205-0451.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profits, and not-for-profit institutions, farms, and Federal, state, 
local or tribal governments.
    Form(s): ETA-9089.
    Total Annual Respondents: 73,400.
    Annual Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Annual Responses: 295,472.
    Average Time per Response: 46 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 227,687.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $467,000.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

Eric M. Seleznow,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2014-10185 Filed 5-2-14; 8:45 am]
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