[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 236 (Monday, December 10, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63456-63457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26766]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
20 CFR Part 655
RIN 1205-AB90
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment
of H-2A Foreign Workers in the United States; Extension of Comment
Period
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This document extends the period for submitting written
comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled
Modernizing Recruitment Requirements for the Temporary Employment of H-
2A Foreign Workers in the United States. The comment period ends on
December 10, 2018. The Department of Labor (Department) is taking this
action to provide interested parties additional time to submit comments
in response to requests for an extension of the commenting period.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on November
9, 2018, at 83 FR 55985, is extended. Comments should be received on or
before December 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket No. ETA-2018-
0002 or Regulatory Information Number (RIN) 1205-AB90, by any of the
following methods:
--Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
website instructions for submitting comments (under ``Help'' > ``How to
use Regulations.gov'').
--Mail and Hand Delivery/Courier: Submit written comments and any
additional material to Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, Office of Policy
Development and Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Room N-5641, Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Label all submissions with DOL RIN 1205-AB90. Please
submit your comments by only one method. Please be advised that the
Department will post all comments received that relate to this notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on http://www.regulations.gov without
making any change to the comments or redacting any information.
The http://www.regulations.gov website is the Federal e-rulemaking
portal, and all comments posted there are available and accessible to
the public. Therefore, the Department recommends that commenters remove
personal information (either about themselves or others) such as Social
Security Numbers, personal addresses, telephone numbers, and email
addresses included in their comments, as such information may become
easily available to the public via the http://www.regulations.gov
website. It is the responsibility of the commenter to safeguard
personal information.
Also, please note that, due to security concerns, postal mail
delivery in Washington, DC may be delayed. Therefore, the Department
encourages the public to submit comments on http://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov website (search
using RIN 1205-AB90 or Docket No. ETA-2018-0002). The Department also
will make all the comments it receives available for public inspection
by appointment during normal business hours at the above address. If
you need assistance to review the comments, the Department will provide
appropriate aids, such as readers or print magnifiers. The Department
will make copies of this proposed rule available, upon request, in
large print and electronic file on computer disk. To schedule an
appointment to review the comments and/or obtain the proposed rule in
an alternative format, contact the Office of Policy Development and
Research at
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(202) 693-3700 (this is not a toll-free number). You may also contact
Adele Gagliardi, Administrator, Office of Policy Development and
Research, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-
5641, Washington, DC 20210.
Comments under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): In addition to
filing comments with ETA, persons wishing to comment on the information
collection (IC) aspects of this rule may send comments to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-ETA,
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503, Fax: (202) 395-6881 (this is not a toll-free
number), email: [email protected]. See Paperwork Reduction
Act section of this proposal for particular areas of interest.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor,
Box #12-200, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210, telephone
(202) 513-7350 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with
hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone numbers above
via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at
1-877-889-5627 (TTY/TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 9, 2018, the Department
published an NPRM in the Federal Register at 83 FR 55985, proposing
regulatory revisions that would modernize the recruitment an employer
seeking H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural workers must conduct when
applying for a temporary labor certification. In particular, the
Department is proposing to replace the print newspaper advertisements
that its regulations currently require with electronic advertisements
posted on the internet, which the Department believes will be a more
effective and efficient means of disseminating information about job
openings to U.S. workers.
The NPRM requested public comments on the NPRM on or before
December 10, 2018. The Department has received a request to extend the
comment period to allow the public to provide input on the proposed
changes. In light of the request, the Department has extended the
period for submitting public comment to December 28, 2018.
Molly E. Conway,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration,
Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2018-26766 Filed 12-6-18; 4:15 pm]
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