96-6486. Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11226-11227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6486]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment Standards Administration


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to 
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance 
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 Standards Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension collection of the 
Application for a Certificate to Employ Learners at Subminimum Wages.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before May 21, 1996. 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;

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    * 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.

ADDRESSES: Ms. Patricia A. Forkel, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Ave. NW., Room S-3201, Washington, DC 20210, telephone 
[phone] (this is not a toll-free number), fax [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides, in part, that the 
Secretary of labor, to the extent possible in order to prevent 
curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall provide for the 
employment of learners at subminimum wage rates. The Act also 
authorizes the Secretary to set limitations on such employment as to 
time, number, proportion and length of service. The Application for a 
Certificate to Employ Learners at Subminimum Wages (Form WH-209) is the 
application form completed by the employer in order to obtain such 
authorization for up to one year.

II. Current Actions

    The Department of labor seeks the extension of approval to collect 
this information in order to provide the basis for granting 
certification for an employer to employ learners at subminimum wage 
rate under the FLSA.
    Type of Review: Extension.
    Agency: Employment Standards Administration.
    Title: Application for a Certificate to Employ Learners at 
Subminimum Wages.
    OMB Number: 1215-0012.
    Agency Number: WH-209.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; Individuals or 
households; Not-for-Profit Institutions; Farms; State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Total Respondents: 2
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Responses: 2.
    Average Time per Response: 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.64.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice 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: March 12, 1996.
Cecily A. Rayburn,
Director, Division of Financial Management, Office of Management, 
Administration and Planning, Employment Standards Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-6486 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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