[Federal Register: March 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 54)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13730-13731]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

 
Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to 
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, 
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, 
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of 
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. 
Currently, the Employment Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed collection: Application for Farm Labor 
Contractor and Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of 
Registration (WH-530). A copy of the proposed information collection 
request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the 
addresses section of this Notice.

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DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before May 19, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave., NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
(202) 693-0418, fax (202) 693-1451, E-mail hbell@fenix2.dol-esa.gov. 

Please use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or 
E-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Background

    Section 101(a) of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (MSPA) provides that no person shall engage in any farm 
labor contracting activity unless such person has a certificate of 
registration from the Secretary of Labor specifying which farm labor 
contracting activities such person is authorized to perform. Further, 
section 101(b) of MSPA provides that a farm labor contractor shall not 
hire, employ, or use any individual to perform farm labor contracting 
activities unless such individual has a certificate of registration as 
a farm labor contractor. Form WH-530, Application for Farm Labor 
Contractor and Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of 
Registration is used by the applicant to obtain authorization to engage 
in farm labor contracting activities under MSPA or to obtain 
authorization to be hired, employed or used by a currently registered 
farm labor contractor to perform named activities under MSPA. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through August 31, 
2003.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which:
    [sbull] Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    [sbull] Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    [sbull] Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    The Department of Labor seeks approval for the extension of this 
information collection in order to carry out its responsibility to 
issue, after appropriate investigation and review, a farm labor 
certificate of registration, including a certificate of registration as 
an employee of a farm labor contractor, to any person who has filed 
with the Secretary a written application for a certificate.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for Farm Labor Contractor and Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.
    OMB Number: 1215-0037.
    Agency Number: WH-530.
    Affected Public: Business of other for-profit; Farms.
    Total Respondents: 9,200.
    Total Responses: 9,200.
    Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Frequency: On Occasion (initial application); biennially (renewal).
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,600.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $2,392.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: March 14, 2003.
Bruce Bohanon,
Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control, Division of 
Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration and 
Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-6692 Filed 3-19-03; 8:45 am]

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