Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 7743-7745 [2024-02177]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 24 / Monday, February 5, 2024 / Notices granted by MSHA before using nonpermissible electronic surveying equipment within 150 feet of pillar workings or longwall faces. A record of the training shall be kept with the other training records. (r) Within 60 days after the PDO granted by MSHA becomes final, the operator shall submit proposed revisions for its approved 30 CFR part 48 training plans to the Coal Mine Safety and Health District Manager. These proposed revisions shall specify initial and refresher training regarding the terms and conditions of the PDO. When training is conducted on the terms and conditions of the PDO, a MSHA Certificate of Training (Form 5000–23) shall be completed and shall include comments indicating it was surveyor training. (s) The operator shall replace or retire from service any non-permissible electronic surveying instrument acquired prior to December 31, 2004, within 1 year of the PDO granted by MSHA becoming final. Within 3 years of the date the PDO becomes final, the operator shall replace or retire from service any theodolite acquired more than 5 years prior to the date the granted PDO became final and any total station or other electronic surveying equipment identified in the PDO acquired more than10 years prior to the date the PDO became final. After 5 years, the operator shall maintain a cycle of purchasing new electronic surveying equipment so that theodolites shall be no older than 5 years from the date of manufacture and total stations and other electronic surveying equipment shall be no older than 10 years from the date of manufacture. (t) The operator is responsible for ensuring that all surveying contractors hired by the operator use nonpermissible electronic surveying equipment in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (s) of the PDO granted by MSHA. The conditions of use specified in the PDO shall apply to all non-permissible electronic surveying equipment used within 150 feet of pillar workings or longwall faces, regardless of whether the equipment is used by the operator or by an independent contractor. (u) Non-permissible electronic surveying equipment may be used when production is occurring, subject to these conditions: (1) On a mechanized mining unit (MMU) where production is occurring, non-permissible electronic surveying equipment shall not be used downwind of the discharge point of any face ventilation controls, such as tubing VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:56 Feb 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 (including controls such as ‘‘baloney skins’’) or curtains. (2) Production may continue while non-permissible electronic surveying equipment is used if the surveying equipment is used in a separate split of air from where production is occurring. (3) Non-permissible electronic surveying equipment shall not be used in a split of air ventilating an MMU if any ventilation controls will be disrupted during such surveying. Disruption of ventilation controls means any change to the mine’s ventilation system that causes the ventilation system not to function in accordance with the mine’s approved ventilation plan. (4) If a surveyor must disrupt ventilation while surveying, the surveyor shall cease surveying and communicate to the section foreman that ventilation must be disrupted. Production shall stop while ventilation is disrupted. Ventilation controls shall be reestablished immediately after the disruption is no longer necessary. Production shall only resume after all ventilation controls are reestablished and are in compliance with approved ventilation or other plans and other applicable laws, standards, or regulations. (5) Any disruption in ventilation shall be recorded in the logbook required by the PDO. The logbook shall include a description of the nature of the disruption, the location of the disruption, the date and time of the disruption, the date and time the surveyor communicated the disruption to the section foreman, the date and time production ceased, the date and time ventilation was reestablished, and the date and time production resumed. (6) All surveyors, section foremen, section crew members, and other personnel who will be involved with or affected by surveying operations shall receive training in accordance with 30 CFR 48.7 on the requirements of the PDO granted by MSHA within 60 days of the date the PDO becomes final. Such training shall be completed before any non-permissible electronic surveying equipment can be used while production is occurring. The operator shall keep a record of such training and provide it to MSHA upon request. (7) The operator shall provide annual retraining to all personnel who will be involved with or affected by surveying operations in accordance with 30 CFR 48.8. The operator shall train new miners on the requirements of the PDO granted by MSHA in accordance with 30 CFR 48.5 and shall train experienced miners, as defined in 30 CFR 48.6, on the requirements of the PDO in PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 7743 accordance with 30 CFR 48.6. The operator shall keep a record of such training and provide it to MSHA upon request. The petitioner asserts that the alternate method proposed will at all times guarantee no less than the same measure of protection afforded the miners under the mandatory standard. Song-ae Aromie Noe, Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances. [FR Doc. 2024–02170 Filed 2–2–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4520–43–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Wage and Hour Division Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of Labor (Department) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed revision of the information collection request (ICR) titled ‘‘Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.’’ This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The Department proposes to revise and extend the existing information collection with minor clarifying changes to the collection instruments. 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. A copy of the proposed information request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section below on or before April 5, 2024. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Control Number 1235– 0001 by either one of the following methods: Email: WHDPRAComments@ dol.gov; Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Division of Regulations, Legislation, and SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05FEN1.SGM 05FEN1 7744 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 24 / Monday, February 5, 2024 / Notices Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one method. All submissions received must include the agency name and Control Number identified above for this information collection. Commenters are encouraged to transmit their comments electronically via email or to submit them by mail early. Comments, including any personal information provided, become a matter of public record. They will also be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection request. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Waterman, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S– 3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–0406 (this is not a toll-free number). Alternative formats are available upon request by calling 1– 866–487–9243. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7–1–1 to access telecommunications relay services. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The Department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) administers the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., which sets the Federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards of most general application. See 29 U.S.C. 206, 207, 211, 212. FLSA section 14(c) provides that the Secretary of Labor (Secretary), ‘‘to the extent necessary to prevent curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulation or order provide for the employment, under special certificates, of individuals’’ whose productivity for the work performed is limited by disability at subminimum wages commensurate with the individual’s productivity. 29 U.S.C. 214(c). In accordance with section 14(c), WHD regulates the employment of individuals with disabilities under special certificates and governs the application and approval process for obtaining the certificates. See 29 CFR part 525. The information collections on the forms (Form WH–226, the Application for Authority to Employ Workers with VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:56 Feb 02, 2024 Jkt 262001 Disabilities at Subminimum Wages, and Form WH–226A, the Supplemental Data Sheet for Application for Authority to Employ Workers with Disabilities at Subminimum Wages) assists the Department in fulfilling its statutory directive to administer and enforce the section 14(c) program, including the conditions introduced to section 14(c) certificate holders pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which was signed into law on July 22, 2014. In addition, section 11(d) of the FLSA authorizes the Secretary to regulate, restrict, or prohibit industrial homework as necessary to prevent circumvention or evasion of the minimum wage requirements of the FLSA. 29 U.S.C. 211(d). Pursuant to section 11(d), WHD issues special certificates governing the employment of individual homeworkers and employers of homeworkers. The Department restricts homework in seven industries (i.e., knitted outwear, women’s apparel, jewelry manufacturing, gloves and mittens, button and buckle manufacturing, handkerchief manufacturing, and embroideries) to those employers that obtain certificates. See 29 CFR 530.1, 530.2. The Department may issue individual certificates in those industries for an individual homeworker (1) who is unable to adjust to factory work because of a disability or who must remain at home to care for a person with a disability in the home, and (2) who has been engaged in industrial homework in the particular industry prior to certain specified dates as set forth in the regulations or is engaged in industrial homework under the supervision of a State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. See 29 CFR 530.3, 530.4. The Department also allows employers to obtain general (employer) certificates to employ homeworkers in all restricted industries, except women’s apparel and hazardous jewelry manufacturing operations. See 29 CFR 530.101. Form WH–2, the Application for Special Industrial Homeworker’s Certificate, and Form WH–46, the Application for Certificate to Employ Homeworkers, are used in the application process for obtaining these certificates, and Form WH–75, Homeworker Handbook, is used to assist with recordkeeping. The FLSA also requires that the Secretary, to the extent necessary to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, provide certificates authorizing the employment of full-time PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 students at (1) not less than 85 percent of the applicable minimum wage or less than $1.60, whichever is higher, in retail or service establishments or in institutions of higher education (29 U.S.C. 214(b)(1), (3); 29 CFR part 519); and (2) not less than 85 percent of the applicable minimum wage or less than $1.30, whichever is higher, in agriculture (29 U.S.C. 214(b)(2), 29 CFR part 519). The FLSA and the regulations set forth the application requirements as well as the terms and conditions for the employment of full-time students at subminimum wages under certificates and temporary authorization to employ such students at subminimum wages. The forms used to apply for these certificates are WH–200 (retail, service, or agricultural employers seeking to employ full-time students for 10 percent or more of total monthly hours of employment), WH–201 (institution of higher learning seeking to employ its students), and WH–202 (retail, service, or agricultural employers seeking to employ six or fewer full-time students). Under section 14(a) of the FLSA, the Secretary is required to provide, by regulation or order, a special certificate for the employment of learners, apprentices, and messengers who may be paid less than the Federal minimum wage set by section 6(a) of the FLSA. See 29 U.S.C. 214(a). The certificates are only issued to the extent necessary to prevent the curtailment of employment opportunities. This section also authorizes the Secretary to set limitations on such employment as to time, number, proportion, and length of service. The regulations at 29 CFR part 520 contain the provisions that implement the section 14(a) requirements. Form WH–205 is the application an employer uses to obtain a certificate to employ student-learners at wages lower than the Federal minimum wage. Form WH–209 is the application an employer uses to request a certificate authorizing the employer to employ learners and/or messengers at subminimum wage rates. Regulations issued by the Department’s Office of Apprenticeship no longer permit the payment of subminimum wages to apprentices in an approved program, and the Department therefore has not issued apprentice certificates since 1987. See 29 CFR 29.5(b)(5). However, WHD must maintain the information collection for apprentice certificates to fulfill its statutory obligation under FLSA to maintain this program. E:\FR\FM\05FEN1.SGM 05FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 24 / Monday, February 5, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 II. Review Focus: The Department 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; • Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; • 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; • 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 seeks approval for a revision of this information collection in order to ensure effective administration of various special employment programs. Type of Review: Revision. Agency: Wage and Hour Division. Title: Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment Under the Fair Labor Standards Act. OMB Control Number: 1235–0001. Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal, State, local, or Tribal government. Agency Numbers: Forms WH–226, WH–226A, WH–2, WH–46, WH–75, WH–200, WH–201, WH–202, WH–205, WH–209. Total Respondents: 335,167. Total Annual Responses: 1,338,561. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 671,464. Estimated Time per Response: Varies with type of request. Frequency: On occasion. Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $2,249.66. Dated: January 30, 2024. Amy Hunter, Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation. 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This discussion is pursuant to carrying out its statutory duties for which the Panel reviews, identifies, evaluates, and advises on those program activities, systems, procedures, and management activities that can contribute to program risk. Priority is given to those programs that involve the safety of human flight. DATES: Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., eastern time. ADDRESSES: Public attendance will be virtual only. See dial-in information below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. [FR Doc. 2024–02248 Filed 2–2–24; 8:45 am] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [Notice: (24–007)] SUMMARY: Ms. Lisa M. Hackley, ASAP Administrative Officer, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 358–1947 or lisa.m.hackley@nasa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As noted above, this meeting is only available telephonically. Any interested person must use a touch-tone phone to participate in this meeting. Any interested person may call the USA toll free conference call number 888–566– 6133; passcode 8343253 and then the # sign. At the beginning of the meeting, members of the public may make a verbal presentation to the Panel limited to the subject of safety in NASA, not to exceed 5 minutes in length. To do so, members of the public must contact Ms. Lisa M. Hackley at lisa.m.hackley@ nasa.gov or at (202) 358–1947 at least 48 hours in advance. Any member of the public is permitted to file a written statement with the Panel via electronic submission to Ms. Hackley at the email address previously noted. Written statements should be limited to the subject of safety in NASA. The agenda for the meeting includes the following topics: —Updates on the International Space Station Program —Updates on the Commercial Crew Program FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE P POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION [Docket Nos. CP2023–45; MC2024–170 and CP2024–176; MC2024–171 and CP2024–177; MC2024–172 and CP2024–178; MC2024–173 and CP2024–179; MC2024–174 and CP2024– 180] New Postal Products Postal Regulatory Commission. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission’s consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps. DATES: Comments are due: February 7, 2024. ADDRESSES: Submit comments electronically via the Commission’s Filing Online system at https:// www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit comments electronically should contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by telephone for advice on filing alternatives. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 202–789–6820. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Docketed Proceeding(s) I. 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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Wage and Hour Division


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment Under the Fair 
Labor Standards Act

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (Department) is soliciting comments 
concerning a proposed revision of the information collection request 
(ICR) titled ``Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment 
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.'' This comment request is part of 
continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 
The Department proposes to revise and extend the existing information 
collection with minor clarifying changes to the collection instruments. 
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. A copy of the proposed information request can be obtained by 
contacting the office listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before April 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Control Number 1235-
0001 by either one of the following methods: Email: 
[email protected]; Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Division of 
Regulations, Legislation, and

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Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
    Instructions: Please submit one copy of your comments by only one 
method. All submissions received must include the agency name and 
Control Number identified above for this information collection. 
Commenters are encouraged to transmit their comments electronically via 
email or to submit them by mail early. Comments, including any personal 
information provided, become a matter of public record. They will also 
be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Waterman, Division of 
Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-0406 (this is not a toll-
free number). Alternative formats are available upon request by calling 
1-866-487-9243. If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech 
disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay 
services.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) 
administers the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. 201, et 
seq., which sets the Federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, 
and youth employment standards of most general application. See 29 
U.S.C. 206, 207, 211, 212. FLSA section 14(c) provides that the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary), ``to the extent necessary to prevent 
curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulation or 
order provide for the employment, under special certificates, of 
individuals'' whose productivity for the work performed is limited by 
disability at subminimum wages commensurate with the individual's 
productivity. 29 U.S.C. 214(c). In accordance with section 14(c), WHD 
regulates the employment of individuals with disabilities under special 
certificates and governs the application and approval process for 
obtaining the certificates. See 29 CFR part 525. The information 
collections on the forms (Form WH-226, the Application for Authority to 
Employ Workers with Disabilities at Subminimum Wages, and Form WH-226A, 
the Supplemental Data Sheet for Application for Authority to Employ 
Workers with Disabilities at Subminimum Wages) assists the Department 
in fulfilling its statutory directive to administer and enforce the 
section 14(c) program, including the conditions introduced to section 
14(c) certificate holders pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (WIOA), which was signed into law on July 22, 2014.
    In addition, section 11(d) of the FLSA authorizes the Secretary to 
regulate, restrict, or prohibit industrial homework as necessary to 
prevent circumvention or evasion of the minimum wage requirements of 
the FLSA. 29 U.S.C. 211(d). Pursuant to section 11(d), WHD issues 
special certificates governing the employment of individual homeworkers 
and employers of homeworkers. The Department restricts homework in 
seven industries (i.e., knitted outwear, women's apparel, jewelry 
manufacturing, gloves and mittens, button and buckle manufacturing, 
handkerchief manufacturing, and embroideries) to those employers that 
obtain certificates. See 29 CFR 530.1, 530.2. The Department may issue 
individual certificates in those industries for an individual 
homeworker (1) who is unable to adjust to factory work because of a 
disability or who must remain at home to care for a person with a 
disability in the home, and (2) who has been engaged in industrial 
homework in the particular industry prior to certain specified dates as 
set forth in the regulations or is engaged in industrial homework under 
the supervision of a State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. See 29 CFR 
530.3, 530.4. The Department also allows employers to obtain general 
(employer) certificates to employ homeworkers in all restricted 
industries, except women's apparel and hazardous jewelry manufacturing 
operations. See 29 CFR 530.101. Form WH-2, the Application for Special 
Industrial Homeworker's Certificate, and Form WH-46, the Application 
for Certificate to Employ Homeworkers, are used in the application 
process for obtaining these certificates, and Form WH-75, Homeworker 
Handbook, is used to assist with recordkeeping.
    The FLSA also requires that the Secretary, to the extent necessary 
to prevent curtailment of employment opportunities, provide 
certificates authorizing the employment of full-time students at (1) 
not less than 85 percent of the applicable minimum wage or less than 
$1.60, whichever is higher, in retail or service establishments or in 
institutions of higher education (29 U.S.C. 214(b)(1), (3); 29 CFR part 
519); and (2) not less than 85 percent of the applicable minimum wage 
or less than $1.30, whichever is higher, in agriculture (29 U.S.C. 
214(b)(2), 29 CFR part 519). The FLSA and the regulations set forth the 
application requirements as well as the terms and conditions for the 
employment of full-time students at subminimum wages under certificates 
and temporary authorization to employ such students at subminimum 
wages. The forms used to apply for these certificates are WH-200 
(retail, service, or agricultural employers seeking to employ full-time 
students for 10 percent or more of total monthly hours of employment), 
WH-201 (institution of higher learning seeking to employ its students), 
and WH-202 (retail, service, or agricultural employers seeking to 
employ six or fewer full-time students).
    Under section 14(a) of the FLSA, the Secretary is required to 
provide, by regulation or order, a special certificate for the 
employment of learners, apprentices, and messengers who may be paid 
less than the Federal minimum wage set by section 6(a) of the FLSA. See 
29 U.S.C. 214(a). The certificates are only issued to the extent 
necessary to prevent the curtailment of employment opportunities. This 
section also authorizes the Secretary to set limitations on such 
employment as to time, number, proportion, and length of service. The 
regulations at 29 CFR part 520 contain the provisions that implement 
the section 14(a) requirements. Form WH-205 is the application an 
employer uses to obtain a certificate to employ student-learners at 
wages lower than the Federal minimum wage. Form WH-209 is the 
application an employer uses to request a certificate authorizing the 
employer to employ learners and/or messengers at subminimum wage rates. 
Regulations issued by the Department's Office of Apprenticeship no 
longer permit the payment of subminimum wages to apprentices in an 
approved program, and the Department therefore has not issued 
apprentice certificates since 1987. See 29 CFR 29.5(b)(5). However, WHD 
must maintain the information collection for apprentice certificates to 
fulfill its statutory obligation under FLSA to maintain this program.

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    II. Review Focus: The Department 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;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected;
     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;
     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 seeks approval for a revision 
of this information collection in order to ensure effective 
administration of various special employment programs.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
    Title: Information Collections Pertaining to Special Employment 
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0001.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, Federal, State, local, or Tribal government.
    Agency Numbers: Forms WH-226, WH-226A, WH-2, WH-46, WH-75, WH-200, 
WH-201, WH-202, WH-205, WH-209.
    Total Respondents: 335,167.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,338,561.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 671,464.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies with type of request.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $2,249.66.

    Dated: January 30, 2024.
Amy Hunter,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation.
[FR Doc. 2024-02177 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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