Proposed Extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements, 70617 [E7-24042]

Agencies

• Employment Standards Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 70617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24042]


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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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