Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA Form 232, Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report and ETA Form 232-A, Wage Survey Interview Record, Extension with Revisions, 32460-32461 [2013-12851]
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(OMB) for review and approval for use
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.).
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 1, 2013.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with
applicable supporting documentation;
including a description of the likely
respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden
may be obtained free of charge from the
RegInfo.gov Web site at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201212-1205-006
(this link will only become active on
June 1, 2013) or by contacting Michel
Smyth by telephone at 202–693–4129
(this is not a toll-free number) or
sending an email to
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Submit comments about this request
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk
Officer for DOL–ETA, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, Fax: 202–395–6881 (this is not a
toll-free number), email:
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at
202–693–4129 (this is not a toll-free
number) or by email at
DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).
This ICR
covers the recordkeeping and reporting
system for the Indian and Native
Americans funded grants and has three
constituent information collections: (1)
A quarterly Comprehensive Services
Program report (Form ETA–9084), (2) a
Standardized Participant Information
Record, and (3) a quarterly
Supplemental Youth Services Program
Report (Form ETA–9085). These three
information collections are the basis of
the performance standards system for
Workforce Investment Act section 166
grantees.
The ETA is revising this ICR in the
following manner. Form ETA 9084 will
now capture the number of eligible
veterans and spouses served (with the
addition of two data fields). The DOL
notes that Form ETA–9085 has already
been recording this information and will
not be changed. In addition, Form ETA–
9085 information will now be collected
on the number of eligible youth between
the ages of 14–21 years, rather than ages
14–24, which was allowed under the
American Reinvestment and Recovery
Act of 2009 (ARRA). Form ETA–9085
adds a credential attainment measure.
Finally, Form-ETA 9085 data will revert
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to being collected quarterly, rather than
monthly, as was the case prior to ARRA
requirements. For additional substantive
information about this ICR, see the
related notice published in the Federal
Register on March 28, 2013 (78 FR
19018).
This information collection is subject
to the PRA. A Federal agency generally
cannot conduct or sponsor a collection
of information, and the public is
generally not required to respond to an
information collection, unless it is
approved by the OMB under the PRA
and displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information that does not
display a valid Control Number. See 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL
obtains OMB approval for this
information collection under Control
Number 1205–0422. The current
approval is scheduled to expire on May
31, 2013; however, it should be noted
that existing information collection
requirements submitted to the OMB
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review. New
information collection requirements
will only take effect upon OMB
approval.
Interested parties are encouraged to
send comments to the OMB, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs at
the address shown in the ADDRESSES
section by July 1, 2013. In order to help
ensure appropriate consideration,
comments should mention OMB Control
Number 1205–0422. The OMB is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• 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 submission of
responses.
Agency: DOL-Employment and
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Title of Collection: Program Reporting
and Performance Standards System for
Indian and Native American Programs.
OMB Control Number: 1205–0422.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households; State, Local, and Tribal
Governments, and Private Sector—notfor-profit institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 13,771.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 28,110.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 53,611.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
Dated: May 22, 2013.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Comment Request for Information
Collection for ETA Form 232, Domestic
Agricultural In-Season Wage Report
and ETA Form 232–A, Wage Survey
Interview Record, Extension with
Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor
(Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the 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 [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data about
ETA Form 232, Domestic Agricultural
In-Season Wage Report and ETA Form
232–A, Wage Survey Interview Record,
OMB Control No. 1205–0017, both of
which expire July 31, 2013. These forms
are used by the State Workforce
Agencies to collect wage information
from agricultural employers.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
SUMMARY:
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In addition, the State Workforce
Agencies (SWAs) collect information
from agricultural employers to
determine prevailing, normal, accepted
or common employment practices for a
specific occupational classification. The
burden information for these prevailing
practice determinations is currently
accounted for in OMB Control Number
1205–0457, in which the SWAs report
their overall activities to ETA for grant
making purposes. However, ETA
believes that the work required to
determine the prevailing practice in an
area of employment most logically
correlates to the process used to
determine the prevailing wages in an
area of employment. Therefore, the
Department is proposing to move that
burden from OMB Control Number
1205–0457 to OMB Control Number
1205–0017 and has accounted for the
burden in this collection.
I. Background
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addresses section below on or before
July 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to William L. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor
Certification, Room C–4312,
Employment & Training Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Telephone number: 202–
693–3010 (this is not a toll-free
number). Individuals with hearing or
speech impairments may access the
telephone number above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information
Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/
TDD). Fax: 202–693–2768. Email:
ETA.OFLC.Forms@dol.gov subject line:
ETA–232/232–A. A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
II. Review Focus
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
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.
The information collection is required
by the Wagner-Peyser Act, codified at 20
CFR part 653, which covers the
requirements for the acceptance and
handling of intrastate and interstate job
clearance orders seeking workers to
perform agricultural or food processing
work on a less than year-round basis.
Section 653.501 states, in pertinent part,
that employers must assure that the
‘‘wages and working conditions are not
less than the prevailing wages and
working conditions among similarly
employed agricultural workers in the
area of intended employment or the
applicable Federal or State minimum
wage, whichever is higher.’’
The collection is also required by
regulations for the temporary
employment of alien agricultural
workers in the United States (20 CFR,
part 655, subpart B) promulgated under
section 218 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (INA) as amended,
which require employers to pay the
workers at least the adverse effect wage
rate in effect at the time the work is
performed, the prevailing hourly wage
rate, the agreed upon collective
bargaining wage or the legal federal or
State minimum wage rate, whichever is
highest unless special procedures apply
to the occupation. See 20 CFR
655.120(a).
The vehicle for establishing the
prevailing wage rate is ETA Form 232,
The Domestic Agricultural In-Season
Wage Report. This Report contains the
prevailing wage finding based on data
collected by the States from employers
in a specific crop area using the ETA
Form 232–A, Wage Survey Interview
Record.
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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
wage rates for various crop activities.
Type of Review: Revision
Title: Domestic Agricultural In-Season
Wage Report and Wage Survey
Interview Record
OMB Number: 1205–0017 and 1205–
0457.
Affected Public: Private sector
business or other for-profits and farms;
and State, local, or tribal Governments.
Form(s): ETA–232 and ETA–232–A
Total Annual Respondents: 24,662
Annual Frequency: 129
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Total Annual Responses: 27,658
Average Time per Response: 35
minutes
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 16,227
Total Annual Burden Cost for
Respondents: 0
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public
record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this
23rd day of May, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training, Labor.
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Verizon Services Corporation,
Customer Service Clerk, General Clerk,
Clarksburg, West Virginia; Notice of
Negative Determination on
Reconsideration
On January 15, 2013, the Department
of Labor issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration for the workers and
former workers of Verizon Services
Corporation, Customer Service Clerk,
General Clerk, Clarksburg, West Virginia
(subject firm). The Department’s Notice
was published in the Federal Register
on February 6, 2013 (78 FR 8589).
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c),
reconsideration may be granted under
the following circumstances:
(1) If it appears on the basis of facts
not previously considered that the
determination complained of was
erroneous;
(2) If it appears that the determination
complained of was based on a mistake
in the determination of facts not
previously considered; or
(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying
Officer, a mis-interpretation of facts or
of the law justified reconsideration of
the decision.
Verizon Services Corporation is
engaged in the supply of
telecommunication and wireless
support services.
Workers of Verizon Services
Corporation’s Customer Service Clerk,
General Clerk business unit at
Clarksburg, West Virginia (subject
worker group) are engaged in
employment related to the supply of
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Comment Request for Information Collection for ETA Form 232,
Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report and ETA Form 232-A, Wage
Survey Interview Record, Extension with Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 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, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to provide the 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 [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps 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, ETA is soliciting comments concerning the collection of
data about ETA Form 232, Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report
and ETA Form 232-A, Wage Survey Interview Record, OMB Control No. 1205-
0017, both of which expire July 31, 2013. These forms are used by the
State Workforce Agencies to collect wage information from agricultural
employers.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
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addresses section below on or before July 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to William L. Carlson, Ph.D.,
Administrator, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, Room C-4312,
Employment & Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-
693-3010 (this is not a toll-free number). Individuals with hearing or
speech impairments may access the telephone number above via TTY by
calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-877-889-
5627 (TTY/TDD). Fax: 202-693-2768. Email: ETA.OFLC.Forms@dol.gov
subject line: ETA-232/232-A. A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The information collection is required by the Wagner-Peyser Act,
codified at 20 CFR part 653, which covers the requirements for the
acceptance and handling of intrastate and interstate job clearance
orders seeking workers to perform agricultural or food processing work
on a less than year-round basis. Section 653.501 states, in pertinent
part, that employers must assure that the ``wages and working
conditions are not less than the prevailing wages and working
conditions among similarly employed agricultural workers in the area of
intended employment or the applicable Federal or State minimum wage,
whichever is higher.''
The collection is also required by regulations for the temporary
employment of alien agricultural workers in the United States (20 CFR,
part 655, subpart B) promulgated under section 218 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (INA) as amended, which require employers to pay
the workers at least the adverse effect wage rate in effect at the time
the work is performed, the prevailing hourly wage rate, the agreed upon
collective bargaining wage or the legal federal or State minimum wage
rate, whichever is highest unless special procedures apply to the
occupation. See 20 CFR 655.120(a).
The vehicle for establishing the prevailing wage rate is ETA Form
232, The Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report. This Report
contains the prevailing wage finding based on data collected by the
States from employers in a specific crop area using the ETA Form 232-A,
Wage Survey Interview Record.
In addition, the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) collect
information from agricultural employers to determine prevailing,
normal, accepted or common employment practices for a specific
occupational classification. The burden information for these
prevailing practice determinations is currently accounted for in OMB
Control Number 1205-0457, in which the SWAs report their overall
activities to ETA for grant making purposes. However, ETA believes that
the work required to determine the prevailing practice in an area of
employment most logically correlates to the process used to determine
the prevailing wages in an area of employment. Therefore, the
Department is proposing to move that burden from OMB Control Number
1205-0457 to OMB Control Number 1205-0017 and has accounted for the
burden in this collection.
II. Review Focus
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 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 wage rates for various crop activities.
Type of Review: Revision
Title: Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report and Wage Survey
Interview Record
OMB Number: 1205-0017 and 1205-0457.
Affected Public: Private sector business or other for-profits and
farms; and State, local, or tribal Governments.
Form(s): ETA-232 and ETA-232-A
Total Annual Respondents: 24,662
Annual Frequency: 129
Total Annual Responses: 27,658
Average Time per Response: 35 minutes
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 16,227
Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: 0
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the ICR;
they will also become a matter of public record.
Dated: Signed in Washington, DC, on this 23rd day of May, 2013.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Labor.
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