[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 73725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20605]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[OMB Control Number 1205-0NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Request To 
Reinstate Prior Approved Forms Affecting the H-2A Temporary 
Agricultural Labor Certification Program and Agricultural Recruitment 
System

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) will be submitting the following 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for emergency review and approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). DOL is requesting OMB approve 
this emergency revision by September 12.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Overview of This Information Collection

    Title: Reinstatement of Prior Approved Forms Affecting the H-2A 
Temporary Agricultural Labor Certification Program and Agricultural 
Recruitment System
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW
    Abstract: DOL uses Form ETA-9142A and Forms ETA 790/790A to meet 
its statutory and regulatory responsibilities for administering the H-
2A program. Similarly, DOL uses Forms ETA 790/790B to administer the 
Agricultural Recruitment System (ARS).
    Employers seeking to use the H-2A program to employ nonimmigrant 
workers to perform agricultural services or labor on a temporary or 
seasonal basis must submit a completed agricultural clearance order 
(Forms ETA790/790A) and Application for Temporary Employment 
Certification (Form ETA 9142A) electronically through the Office of 
Foreign Labor Certification's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) 
system. Employers seeking to employ U.S. workers through the ARS 
intrastate and interstate job clearance system must submit a completed 
agricultural clearance order (Forms ETA 790/790B) to the applicable 
State Workforce Agency.
    The emergency PRA clearance requested will allow DOL to utilize 
prior approved Forms ETA 790, 790A, 790B, and 9142A, which is necessary 
to ensure continuity in administering the H-2A program and the ARS 
nationwide. Within the 6-month period following emergency approval, DOL 
will seek public comment on the information collection package as 
provided under 5 CFR part 1320 and the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Jos[eacute] Javier Rodr[iacute]guez,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
[FR Doc. 2024-20605 Filed 9-6-24; 4:15 pm]
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