Agency Information Collection Activities: Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection With Non-Substantive Changes; Comment Request, 12219-12220 [E8-4347]

Agencies

• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 45 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12219-12220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4347]


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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-
9033A, Attestation by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for Longshore 
Activities in the State of Alaska; OMB Control No. 1205-0352.

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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 9033A Attestation by Employers Using Alien 
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities 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 or at this Web site: https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addresses section below on or before May 5, 2008.

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 9033A.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    The information collection is required by section 258 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1288). The INA has an 
exception to the general prohibition on the performance of longshore 
work by alien crewmembers for ports in the State of Alaska. Under this 
``Alaska exception'', before any employer may use alien crewmembers to 
perform longshore activities in the State of Alaska, it must submit an 
attestation to the Secretary of Labor containing the elements 
prescribed by the INA. The INA further requires that the Secretary of 
Labor make available for public examination in Washington, DC, a list 
of employers that have filed attestations and, for each of these 
employers, a copy of the employer's attestation and accompanying 
documentation received by the Secretary.

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

    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 use alien crewmembers to perform 
longshore activities in the State of Alaska. ETA has decreased its 
burden request because the number of applications has decreased during 
the last 3 years.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Attestations by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for 
Longshore Activities in the State of Alaska.
    OMB Number: 1205-0352.
    Agency Number(s): Form ETA 9033A.
    Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.

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    Total Respondents: 20.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 3.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    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: February 27, 2008.
William L. Carlson,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification.
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