[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65425-65426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26169]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Information Collection for Migrant and 
Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) Monitoring Report and Complaint/Referral 
Records (Extension Without Revisions)

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), 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)] (PRA). The PRA helps ensure that 
respondents can provide requested data in the desired format with 
minimal reporting burden (time and financial resources), collection 
instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection 
requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
    Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the routine three 
year extension of the expiration date for two forms which collect data: 
ETA 5148, Services to Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Report, and ETA 
8429, Complaint/Referral Record (currently due to expire April 30, 
2015).

DATES: Submit written comments to the office listed in the addresses 
section below on or before January 5, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Kimberly Vitelli, Office of 
Workforce Investment, Room C4510, Employment and Training 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3639 (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- 693-3015. Email: [email protected]. To obtain a copy of the 
proposed information collection request (ICR), and for further 
information, please contact the person listed above or Juan Regalado at 
[email protected], telephone number: 415-625-7904 (this is not a 
toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Employment and Training Administration (ETA) regulations at 20 CFR 
651, 653, and 658 under the Wagner-Peyser Act, as amended by the 1998 
Workforce Investment Act (WIA), set forth the 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. The Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act, enacted July 22, 2014, supersedes WIA and becomes 
effective July 1, 2015. Therefore this information collection may be 
adjusted in the future, through a formal public comment process.
    Quarterly MSFW reporting is required by 20 CFR 653.108 (q), which 
mandates State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) to review their performance on 
a quarterly basis to ensure compliance with CFR 653.100. The data 
collected represents the minimum information necessary to assure SWA 
compliance with federal regulations. (See 20 CFR 653.100 through 
653.113).
    The regulations at 20 CFR 658.400 through 658.418 ensure that SWAs 
handle complaints appropriately and uniformly. The One-Stop Career 
Center (OSCC) Complaint/Referral Record, ETA 8429 is required to be 
used by SWAs to process complaints pursuant to 20 CFR 658.413. (See 20 
CFR 658.400 through 658.418)

II. Review Focus

    The Department 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

    Type of Review: extension without revisions.

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    Title: Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers (MSFWs) Monitoring Report 
and Complaint/Referral Records.
    OMB Number: 1205-0039.
    Affected Public: individuals and households, and state/local/tribal 
governments.
    Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 3586.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3786.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8521.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: 0.
    We will summarize and/or include in the request for OMB approval of 
the ICR, the comments received in response to this comment request; 
they will also become a matter of public record.

Portia Wu,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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