[Federal Register: March 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 59)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Attestations by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities at Locations in the State of
Alaska
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 and Training Administration, Office of
National Programs, Division of Foreign Labor Certification, is
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension to the collection
of information on the Attestation by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers
for Longshore Activities at Locations in the State of Alaska. A copy of
the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this
Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before May 31, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send comments and questions regarding the collection of
information on Form ETA 9033, Attestations by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities at Locations in the State of
Alaska, should be directed to William L. Carlson, Chief, Division of
Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4318,
Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-3010 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The information collection is required due to amendments to Section
258 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1101 et
seq.) The amendments created a prevailing practice exception to the
general prohibition on the performance of longshore work by alien
crewmembers at locations in the State of Alaska. Under the prevailing
practice exception, before any employer may use alien crewmembers to
perform longshore activities at locations in the State of Alaska, it
must submit an attestation to ETA containing the elements prescribed by
the INA.
The INA further requires that the Department make available for
public examination in Washington, DC, a list of employers which have
filed attestations, and for each such employer, a copy of the
employer's attestation and accompanying documentation it has received.
In order for the Department to meet its statutory responsibilities
under the INA, there is a need for an extension of an existing
collection of information pertaining to employers' seeking to use alien
crewmembers to perform longshore activities at locations in the State
of Alaska.
Because the prevailing practice exception remains in the Statute,
ETA is requesting a one-hour marker as a place holder for this
collection of information. ETA has not received any attestations under
the prevailing practice exception within the last three years. An
information collection request will be submitted to increase the burden
should activities recommence.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection 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, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collections
techniques or other forms of information, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection
without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Attestations by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for
Longshore Activities at Locations in the State of Alaska.
OMB Number: 1205-0352.
Agency Number: ETA 9033A.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Total Respondents: 100.
Estimate Total Annual Burden Hours: 300.
Total Burden Cost (Capital/Startup): $0.
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 ICR; they will also be become a matter of public
record.
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Dated: March 21, 2005.
John R. Beverly,
Administrator, Office of National Programs.
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