Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection With Non-Substantive Changes; Comment Request, 37801-37802 [E7-13397]

Agencies

• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37801-37802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13397]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection With Non-Substantive Changes; 
Comment Request

ACTION: 60-day notice of information collection under review: Form ETA-
750, Application for Alien Employment Certification; OMB Control No. 
1205-0015.

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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. 
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning Form ETA 750 Application for Alien Employment 
Certification. 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 or at this Web site: https://
www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before September 10, 2007.

ADDRESSES: William L. Carlson, Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor 
Certification, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C4312, 200 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20210; by phone at (202) 693-3010 (this is 
not a toll-free number); by fax at (202) 693-2768; or by e-mail at 
ETA.OFLC.Forms@dol.gov subject line: Form ETA 750.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The information collection is required by section 212(a)(5)(A), 
section 214(c) and section 218 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(5)(A), 1184(c) and 1188). The INA mandates the 
Secretary of Labor to certify that any alien seeking to enter the 
United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor 
is not adversely affecting wages and working conditions of U.S. workers 
similarly employed and that there are not sufficient U.S. workers able, 
willing, and qualified to perform such skilled or unskilled labor. 
Before any employer may request any skilled or unskilled alien labor, 
it must submit a request for certification to the Secretary of Labor 
containing the elements prescribed by the INA or meet one of the 
exceptions in the INA. Both the Department of Labor and the Department 
of Homeland Security have promulgated regulations to implement these 
sections of the INA. The relevant regulations are 20 CFR 655.1-4, 20 
CFR 655.90-113, 20 CFR 655.200-215, 8 CFR 204.5(k)(4)(ii), and 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(5) and (6).

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

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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

    In order to meet its statutory responsibilities under the INA, the 
Department needs to extend an existing collection of information 
pertaining to employers seeking to import foreign labor. The form used 
to collect the information is utilized not only by the Department, but 
also by other federal agencies to meet the requirements of the INA. The 
Department uses the information collected to implement several of its 
nonimmigrant worker programs, including the H-2A and H-2B temporary 
work programs, and for both permanent and temporary programs for the 
employment of alien professional athletes. The Department of Homeland 
Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, utilizes the form 
for its National Interest Waiver program for employment-sponsored 
immigration.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Application for Alien Employment Certification.
    OMB Number: 1205-0015.
    Agency Number(s): Form ETA 750.
    Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profits and 
not-for-profit institutions, and farms.
    Total Respondents: 38,435.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 56,145 hours annually to the 
respondents and 134,522 hours annually to the Federal government.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $1,403,625 annually to 
respondents and $4,307,833 annually to the Federal government.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment request 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: June 29, 2007.
William L. Carlson,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification.
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