[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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