[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51678-51679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19994]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; CW-1 Application for Temporary Employment 
Certification

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-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 October 18, 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 (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: Mara Blumenthal by telephone at 202-
693-8538, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOL collects information through Form ETA-
9142C, and appendices, and Form ETA-9141C, to carry out the 
responsibilities created for DOL under the Northern Mariana Islands 
U.S. Workforce Act of 2018. The Workforce Act provides that a petition 
to employ a nonimmigrant worker under the CW-1 visa classification may 
not be approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security unless the 
employer has received a temporary labor certification from DOL 
confirming the following: (1) There are not sufficient U.S. workers in 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) who are able, 
willing, qualified, and available at the time and place needed to 
perform the services or labor involved in the petition; and (2) the 
employment of a nonimmigrant worker who is the subject of a petition 
will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly 
employed U.S. workers.
    For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the 
related notice published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2021 (86 FR 
27107).
    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-ETA.
    Title of Collection: CW-1 Application for Temporary Employment 
Certification.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0534.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Business or other for-profits, 
not-for-profit institutions, and farms.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 19,283.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 159,353.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 71,078 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).


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    Dated: September 10, 2021.
Mara Blumenthal,
Senior PRA Analyst.
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