[Federal Register: April 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 77)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comments: Agricultural and Food
Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form 790 and the Agricultural and Food
Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 795
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 pre-clearance
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.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 21, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Anthony Dais, U.S. Department of Labor/
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment,
Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone: 202-693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number) fax: 202-693-
3015 and Internet address: dais.anthony@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Lang, U.S. Department of Labor/
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment,
Room S-4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,
telephone: 202-693-2916 (this is not a toll-free number) and Internet
address: lang.erik@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
ETA regulations at 20 CFR 653.500 established procedures for the
recruitment of agricultural workers. In situations where an adequate
supply of workers does not exist in the local recruiting area, out-of-
area recruitment can be attempted. In order to initiate out-of-area
recruitment for temporary agricultural work, agricultural employers
must use the Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form
790, if they wish to list the job opening with the State Workforce
Agencies (SWAs). The Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance
Memorandum, ETA Form 795 is used by SWAs to extend job orders beyond
their jurisdictions, give notice of action on a clearance order,
request additional information, amend the order, report results, and
accept or reject the extended job order.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the proposed two-
year extension and change of the Agricultural and Food Processing
Clearance Order, ETA Form 790, and the Agricultural and Food Processing
Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 795, from the current end date of June
30, 2004, to a new end date of June 30, 2006. Changes are proposed for
both forms, particularly the Agricultural Food Processing Clearance
Order, ETA Form 790. Both forms will be produced in a bilingual,
English-Spanish format. The Agricultural Food Processing Clearance
Order, ETA Form 790 will be lengthened slightly to include a number of
items required by the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. 1800 et seq. These items will provide workers
with needed specifics surrounding a job prior to considering employment
outside of their commuting area (i.e., Workers Compensation Insurance
information, the availability of Unemployment Compensation Insurance
coverage, the existence of a work stoppage, etc.). These items are
replicated from the Worker Information--Terms and Conditions of
Employment, Wage & Hour Form 516. By adding these items to the
Agricultural Food Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form 790,
agricultural employers will satisfy their disclosure requirements
without also having to fill out the Worker Information--Terms and
Conditions of Employment, Wage & Hour Form 516. This will ensure that
workers receive full disclosure of required terms and conditions of
employment in an appropriate language prior to traveling out of their
commuting area. Comments are requested in order to achieve the
following:
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;
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;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond by including 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.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addressee section
of this notice.
III. Current Actions
This is a request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))
to extend the collection and change of the Agricultural and Food
Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form 790, and the Agricultural and Food
Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA Form 795, from the current end of
date of June 30, 2004, to the new end date of June 30, 2006.
Type of Review: Extension (with change).
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, ETA Form
790, and the Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Memorandum, ETA
Form 795.
OMB Number: 1205-0134.
1. Processing ETA Form 790
Annual number of forms: 4,600.
Minutes per form: 60.
Processing hours: 4,600.
2. Processing ETA Form 795
Annual number of forms: 1,000.
Minutes per form: 15.
Processing hours: 250.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,850.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Employers, and State Governments.
Number of Respondents: 3,000.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,850.
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Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
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: April 8, 2004.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
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