[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 158 (Friday, August 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49683-49684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17793]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Housing Occupancy Certificates Under the 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour 
Division (WHD)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before September 14, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony May by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (2) if the information will be processed and 
used in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of 
the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) 
administers the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
(MSPA), 29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The MSPA protects migrant and seasonal 
agricultural workers by establishing employment standards related to 
wages, housing, transportation, disclosures, and recordkeeping. The 
MSPA also requires farm labor contractors and farm labor contractor 
employees to register with the U.S. Department of Labor and to obtain 
special authorization before housing, transporting, or driving covered 
workers. The MSPA requires that any person owning or controlling any 
facility or real property to be used for housing migrant agricultural 
workers shall not permit such housing to be occupied by any worker 
unless copy of a certificate of occupancy from the state, local, or 
federal agency that conducted the housing safety and health inspection 
is posted at the site of the facility or real property. The certificate 
attests that the facility or real property meets applicable safety and 
health standards. Form WH-520 is an information gathering form and the 
certificate of occupancy that the Wage and Hour Division issues when it 
is the federal agency conducting the safety and health inspection. For 
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related 
notice published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2020 (85 FR 
4715).
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-WHD.
    Title of Collection: Housing Occupancy Certificates Under the 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0006.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Farms.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 20.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))


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    Dated: August 10, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020-17793 Filed 8-13-20; 8:45 am]
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