Comment Request for Extension of Information Collection (Without Revisions): Form ETA 9033-A, Attestation by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for Longshore Activities in Alaska, OMB Control No. 1205-0352, 27090-27091 [2011-11192]

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• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27090-27091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11192]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Comment Request for Extension of Information Collection (Without 
Revisions): Form ETA 9033-A, Attestation by Employers Using Alien 
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities in Alaska, OMB Control No. 1205-
0352

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department), as part of its 
continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, is 
conducting a pre-clearance consultation to provide the general public 
and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on the continuing 
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA) 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). The Department undertakes 
this consultation 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. Through this Notice, the Employment and Training 
Administration is soliciting comments concerning the extension of the 
approval for an information collection by Form ETA 9033-A, OMB Control 
Number 1205-0352, Attestation by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for 
Longshore Activities in the State of Alaska, which expires on September 
30, 2011. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) 
can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the For 
Further Information Contact section of this notice.

DATES: Please submit written comments to the office listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below on or before July 11, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William L. Carlson, Ph.D., 
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 9033-A.

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 generally 
prohibits the performance of longshore work by alien crewmembers, 
however the INA provides an exception to this prohibition 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 at 8 U.S.C. 1288(d). 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. 8 U.S.C. 1288(d)(5).

II. Review Process

    The Department 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 Department'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, 
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.
    Type of Review: Extension (without revisions) of a currently 
approved information collection.
    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 Form(s): Form ETA 9033-A.
    Recordkeeping: On occasion.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.

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    Total Respondents: 7.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 21.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    The Department will summarize and include (or both) comments 
submitted in response to this comment request in its request for Office 
of Management and Budget approval of the information collection. The 
comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of May 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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