[Federal Register: December 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 238)]
[Notices]
[Page 70617]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration
Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection
Requirements
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 proposal to extend OMB approval of the
information collection: Housing Occupancy Certificate--Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (WH-520). A copy of the
proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the addresses section of this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before February 11, 2008.
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 bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please
use only one method of transmission for comments (mail, fax, or e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) at 29 U.S.C. 1823(b)(1) and
its regulations at 29 CFR 500.135(b) provide that any person who owns
or controls a facility or real property to be used for housing migrant
agricultural workers cannot permit any such worker to occupy the
housing unless a copy of a certificate of occupancy from the state,
local, or federal agency that conducted the housing safety and health
inspection is posted at the site of the facility or real property. Form
WH-520 is both an information gathering form and the certificate of
occupancy that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Employment
Standards Administration (ESA) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
issues when the WHD is the agency conducting the safety and health
inspection. This information collection is currently approved for use
through June 30, 2008.
II. Review Focus: The Department of Labor is particularly
interested in comments which:
* 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, 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 the approval
for the extension of this currently approved information collection in
order to carry out its responsibility to inspect and certify a migrant
housing facility is meeting applicable safety and health standards
under the law.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
Title: Housing Occupancy Certificate--Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
OMB Number: 1215-0158.
Agency Number: WH-520.
Affected Public: Farms.
Total Respondents: 100.
Total Annual Responses: 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 minutes.
Reporting: 1 minute (Recordkeeping burden for posting and filing).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 7.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $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: December 7, 2007.
Hazel Bell,
Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review and Internal Control,
Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, Administration
and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-24042 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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