Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Agricultural Recruitment System Forms Affecting Migratory Farm Workers, 26499 [2020-09410]

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• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 86 (Monday, May 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 26499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09410]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Agricultural Recruitment System Forms 
Affecting Migratory Farm Workers

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA)-sponsored information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that agency receives 
on or before June 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) if the information will be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (4) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Rennie by telephone at 202-
693-0456 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) are required 
by Federal regulations at 20 CFR 653.500 to participate in the 
intrastate and interstate clearance system for the orderly recruitment 
and movement of agricultural workers. Regulations 653.501(a), (b), (c) 
and (d) enumerate the contents of these orders. As required by Federal 
regulations, the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) created 
the Agricultural Clearance Order (ETA Form 790) for the recruitment of 
workers beyond the local commuting area (20 CFR 653.501). In order to 
participate in the temporary alien agricultural worker (H-2A) program, 
employers are required to submit to the SWA a job order (ETA Form 790) 
in the area of intended employment between 60 and 75 days before the 
date of need for workers. For additional substantive information about 
this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on 
March 15, 2019 (84 FR 9561).
    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 the OMB approves it 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 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for 
three (3) years. OMB authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than 
three (3) years without renewal. The DOL notes that information 
collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive 
a month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Agricultural Recruitment System Forms 
Affecting Migratory Farm Workers.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0134.
    Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits, 
Farms, Not-for-profits institutions; State, Local, and Tribal 
Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,600.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 3,600.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 3,150 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

     Dated: April 29, 2020.
Anthony W. May,
Acting Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-09410 Filed 5-1-20; 8:45 am]
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