98-9230. Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Forms for Agricultural Recruitment System  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 17215-17216]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-9230]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
    
    Employment and Training Administration
    
    
    Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
    Comment and Recommendations; Forms for Agricultural Recruitment System
    
    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 and Training Administration is soliciting 
    comments concerning the proposed extension of the information 
    collection of the Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, 
    Form ETA-790, Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Memorandum, 
    Form ETA-795, Migrant Worker Itinerary, Form ETA-785, and Job Service 
    Manifest Record, Form ETA-785A.
        A copy of the proposed information collection request can be 
    obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the contact section 
    of this notice.
    DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 1998. 
    Written comments should evaluate whether the proposed information 
    collection 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.
    
    ADDRESSEE: Rogelio Valdez, U.S. Employment Service, Employment and 
    Training Administration, Department of Labor Room N-4470, 200 
    Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-5257, 
    extension 167. (This is not a toll-free number.)
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    
    I. Background
    
        The Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker regulations at 20 CFR 653.500 
    established procedures for agricultural clearance to all local offices 
    to use the interstate clearance forms as prescribed by ETA. Local and 
    State Employment offices use the Agricultural and Food Processing 
    Clearance Order to extend job orders beyond their jurisdictions. 
    Applicant holding local offices use the Agricultural Clearance 
    Memorandum to give notice of action on a clearance order, request 
    additional information, report results, and to accept or reject the 
    extended job order. State agencies use the Migrant Worker Itinerary to 
    transmit employment and supportive service information to labor-demand 
    areas, and to assist migrant workers in obtaining employment. The Job 
    Service Manifest Record shows names, addresses, and characteristics of 
    all people named on the Migrant Work Itinerary.
    
    II. Current Actions
    
        This is a request for OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction 
    Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of an extension to an existing 
    collection of information previously approved and assigned OMB Control 
    No. 1205-0134, and to address the OMB concerns of January 14, 1998. 
    There is no change in burden.
        Type of Review: Extension.
        Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
        Title: Agricultural and Food Processing Clearance Order, 
    Agricultural Clearance Memorandum, Migrant Worker Itinerary, and Job 
    Service Manifest Record.
        OMB Number: 1205-0134.
        Frequency: On occasion.
        Affected Public: Individuals and households, employers, and State 
    Governments.
        Number of Respondents: 52.
        Estimated Time Per Respondent:
    
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                                        Volume per   House per    House per 
                   Form                    year       response       year   
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    ETA-790..........................        2,000          1.0        2,000
    
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    ETA-795..........................        3,000           .5        1,500
    ETA-785..........................        3,500           .5        1,750
    ETA-785A.........................        2,500           .5        1,250
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        Estimated Burden Hours: 6,500.
        Total Estimated Cost: None.
        Comments submitted in response to this 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: April 3, 1998.
    John R. Beverly, III,
    Director, U.S. Employment Service.
    [FR Doc. 98-9230 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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