[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 128 (Thursday, July 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36163-36164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14523]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or 
Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration

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 August 9, 2021.

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.
    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

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(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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act provides that no individual may perform farm labor 
contracting activities without a certificate of registration. Form WH-
530 is the application form that provides the Department of Labor with 
the information necessary to issue certificates specifying the farm 
labor contracting activities authorized. In addition, certain vehicle 
and safety standards are required of farm labor contractor applicants 
and such data is collected via Forms WH-514, WH-514a, WH-515, WH-530, 
WH-535, and WH-540. The Department proposes to update the forms 
associated with the collection in order to improve customer service and 
clarify instructions and required fields. For additional substantive 
information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the 
Federal Register on November 17, 2020 (85 FR 73295).
    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: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or 
Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate or Registration.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0016.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, 
Farm, Not-for-profit institutions.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 37,632.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 44,672.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 15,805 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $987,552.

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

Crystal Rennie,
Senior PRA Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2021-14523 Filed 7-7-21; 8:45 am]
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