2024-20045. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Extension of Information Collection; United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Web-Based Hotline

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Department of Labor

ACTION:

Notice of availability; request for comments.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)-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 the agency receives on or before November 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 60 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/​public/​do/​PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting “Currently under 60-day Review—Open for Public Comments” or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Samantha Tate by telephone at 202-693-4920, or by email at [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This information collection is necessary as DOL is required by the USMCA Implementation Act to establish and monitor a web-based hotline as an information collection system. This USMCA web-based hotline serves as an electronic portal to collect and receive confidential information regarding labor issues among USMCA countries directly from interested parties, including Mexican workers.

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) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 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.

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.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Agency: DOL-ILAB.

Title of Collection: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Web-based Hotline.

OMB Number: 1255-0001.

Affected Public: Individuals or Households.

Number of Respondents: 2,317.

Number of Responses: 2,317.

Annual Burden Hours: 555 hours.

Annual Respondent or Recordkeeper Cost: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

Thea Mei Lee,

Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor/Bureau of International Labor Affairs.