80_FR_15879 80 FR 15822 - Proposed Revision and Extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements

80 FR 15822 - Proposed Revision and Extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 57 (March 25, 2015)

Page Range15822-15823
FR Document2015-06758

The Department of Labor (DOL), 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. 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 Wage and Hour Division is soliciting comments concerning its proposal to extend Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the Information Collections: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration; Motor Vehicle Safety for Transportation of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers. Further, the Department is soliciting comments concerning its proposal to make revisions to the forms WH-514, WH-514a, WH-515, and WH-530. A copy of the proposed information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this Notice.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15822-15823]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06758]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Wage and Hour Division


Proposed Revision and Extension of the Approval of Information 
Collection Requirements

AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL), 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. 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 Wage and Hour Division is soliciting comments concerning 
its proposal to extend Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval 
of the Information Collections: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor 
or Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration; Motor 
Vehicle Safety for Transportation of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Workers. Further, the Department is soliciting comments concerning its 
proposal to make revisions to the forms WH-514, WH-514a, WH-515, and 
WH-530. A copy of the proposed information collection 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 May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Control Number 1235-
0016, by either one of the following methods:
    Email: [email protected].
    Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: Regulatory Analysis Branch, Wage and 
Hour Division, 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. 
Because we continue to experience delays in receiving mail in the 
Washington, DC area, commenters are strongly 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 approval of the 
information collection request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ziegler, Director, 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). Copies of this notice may be obtained in alternative 
formats (Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape or Disc), upon request, by 
calling (202) 693-0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/TDD callers may 
dial toll-free (877) 889-5627 to obtain information or request 
materials in alternative formats.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act (MSPA) provides that no person shall engage in any farm 
labor contracting activity for any money or valuable consideration paid 
or promised to be paid, unless such person has a certificate of 
registration from the Secretary of Labor specifying which farm labor 
contracting activities such person is authorized to perform. See 29 
U.S.C. 1802(7), 1811(a); 29 CFR 500.1(c), 500.20(i), 500.40. The MSPA 
also provides that a Farm Labor Contractor (FLC) shall not hire, 
employ, or use any individual to perform farm labor contracting 
activities unless such individual has a certificate of registration as 
a FLC or a certificate of registration as a Farm Labor Contractor 
Employee (FLCE) of the FLC that authorizes the activity for which such 
individual is hired, employed or used. 29 U.S.C. 1811(b); 29 CFR 
500.1(c). Form WH-530 is an application used to obtain a Farm Labor 
Contractor License. This information collection is currently approved 
for use through August 31, 2015.
    The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) 
section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1841) requires, subject to certain exceptions, 
all Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs), Agricultural Employers (AGERs), and 
Agricultural Associations (AGASs) to ensure that any vehicle they use 
or cause to be used to transport or drive any migrant or seasonal 
agricultural worker conforms to safety and health standards prescribed 
by the Secretary of Labor under the MSPA and with other applicable 
Federal and State safety standards. These MSPA safety standards address 
the vehicle, driver, and insurance. The Wage and Hour Division

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(WHD) has created Forms WH-514, WH-514a, and WH-515, which allow FLC 
applicants to verify to the WHD that the vehicles used to transport 
migrant/seasonal agricultural workers meet the MSPA vehicle safety 
standards and that anyone who drives such workers meets the Act's 
minimum physical requirements. The WHD uses the information in deciding 
whether to authorize the FLC/FLCE applicant to transport/drive any 
migrant/seasonal agricultural worker(s) or to cause such 
transportation. Form WH-514 is used to verify that any vehicle used or 
caused to be used to transport any migrant/seasonal agricultural 
worker(s) meets the Department of Transportation (DOT) safety 
standards. When the adopted DOT rules do not apply, FLC applicants 
seeking authorization to transport any migrant/seasonal agricultural 
workers use Form WH-514a to verify that the vehicles meet the DOL 
safety standards and, upon the vehicle meeting the required safety 
standards, the form is completed. Form WH-515 is a doctor's certificate 
used to document that a motor vehicle driver or operator meets the 
minimum DOT physical requirements that the DOL has adopted. This 
information collection is currently approved for use through August 31, 
2015. As part of this renewal, the Department proposes to make 
revisions to the Forms WH-514, WH-514a, WH-515, and WH-530.
    II. Review Focus: The DOL 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;
    * 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.
    III. Current Actions: The DOL seeks to extend the information 
collection requests for the Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or 
Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration; Motor 
Vehicle Safety for Transportation of Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Workers and the Doctor's Certification (minimum physical requirements 
to drive a vehicle). Additionally, DOL seeks the approval of the 
revisions of the subject information collection requirements in the 
Farm Labor Contractor/Farm Labor Contractor Employee Application (WH-
530), revisions to the Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Reports for 
Transportation Subject to Department of Labor Safety Requirements (WH-
514a form), revisions to the Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Report for 
Transportation Subject to Department of Transportation Requirements 
(WH-514 form), and revisions to the Doctor's Certificate, (WH-515 
form).
    Type of Review: Revision and Extension.
    Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
    Titles: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or a Farm Labor 
Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration; Vehicle Mechanical 
Inspection Report for Transportation Subject to Department of 
Transportation Requirements; Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Report for 
Transportation Subject to Department of Labor Safety Standards; MSPA 
Doctor's Certificate.
    OMB Control Number: 1235-0016.
    Agency Numbers: Forms WH-514, WH-514a, WH-515, WH-530.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, Farms.
    Respondents: 23,196.
    Total Annual responses: 23,196.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,334.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes for the vehicle mechanical 
inspection reports (WH-514 or WH-514a) and 20 minutes for the MSPA 
Doctor's Certification (WH-515) and 30 minutes for the Farm Labor 
Contractor Application (WH-530).
    Frequency: On Occasion, but no more often than annual.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $447,354.

    Dated: March 18, 2015.
Mary Ziegler,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation and Interpretation.
[FR Doc. 2015-06758 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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15822 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 57 / Wednesday, March 25, 2015 / Notices 20 TAA PETITIONS INSTITUTED BETWEEN 2/23/15 AND 3/6/15—Continued Subject firm Date of Date of TA–W Location (petitioners) institution petition 85852 ...................................... Saint Gobain (State/One-Stop) .............................. Fort Smith, AR ............... 02/25/15 02/24/15 85853 ...................................... Hewlett Packard Co. (State/One-Stop) .................. Palo Alto, CA ................. 02/25/15 02/24/15 85854 ...................................... Magnetation (Company) ......................................... Grand Rapids, MN ......... 02/25/15 02/24/15 85855 ...................................... Browns Plating Service, Inc. (Company) ............... Paducah, KY .................. 02/27/15 02/25/15 85856 ...................................... Norwich Pharma—Alrogen Co. (State/One-Stop) Norwich, NY ................... 02/27/15 02/13/15 85857 ...................................... Service Steel Inc. (State/One-Stop) ....................... Portland, OR .................. 02/27/15 02/25/15 85858 ...................................... Nuance Communications, Inc. (State/One-Stop) ... Burlington, MA ............... 02/27/15 02/26/15 85859 ...................................... Pfizer (State/One-Stop) .......................................... Rouses Point, NY .......... 03/02/15 02/27/15 85860 ...................................... Coherent Inc. (Company) ....................................... Santa Clara, CA ............. 03/03/15 03/02/15 85861 ...................................... Smead (State/One-Stop) ........................................ Cedar City, UT ............... 03/03/15 03/02/15 85862 ...................................... Apex Tool Group (Company) ................................. Springdale, AR ............... 03/04/15 03/03/15 85863 ...................................... Tejas Manufacturing Co. (Company) ..................... San Angelo, TX ............. 03/03/15 02/27/15 85864 ...................................... Derwich Industries, Inc. (State/One-Stop) ............. Grayling, MI ................... 03/06/15 03/06/15 85865 ...................................... Harland Clarke (State/One-Stop) ........................... San Antonio, TX ............ 03/06/15 03/04/15 [FR Doc. 2015–06835 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] contacting the office listed below in the obtain information or request materials BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in alternative formats. section of this Notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DATES: Written comments must be I. Background: The Migrant and DEPARTMENT OF LABOR submitted to the office listed in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection addresses section below on or before Act (MSPA) provides that no person Wage and Hour Division shall engage in any farm labor May 26, 2015. contracting activity for any money or Proposed Revision and Extension of ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, valuable consideration paid or promised the Approval of Information Collection identified by Control Number 1235– to be paid, unless such person has a Requirements 0016, by either one of the following certificate of registration from the methods: AGENCY: Wage and Hour Division, Secretary of Labor specifying which Email: WHDPRAComments@dol.gov. Labor. farm labor contracting activities such Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier: ACTION: Notice. person is authorized to perform. See 29 Regulatory Analysis Branch, Wage and U.S.C. 1802(7), 1811(a); 29 CFR 500.1(c), SUMMARY: The Department of Labor Hour Division, U.S. Department of 500.20(i), 500.40. The MSPA also (DOL), as part of its continuing effort to Labor, Room S–3502, 200 Constitution provides that a Farm Labor Contractor reduce paperwork and respondent Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. (FLC) shall not hire, employ, or use any burden, conducts a preclearance Instructions: Please submit one copy individual to perform farm labor consultation program to provide the of your comments by only one method. contracting activities unless such general public and Federal agencies All submissions received must include individual has a certificate of with an opportunity to comment on the agency name and Control Number registration as a FLC or a certificate of proposed and/or continuing collections identified above for this information registration as a Farm Labor Contractor of information in accordance with the collection. Because we continue to Employee (FLCE) of the FLC that Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 44 experience delays in receiving mail in authorizes the activity for which such U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This program the Washington, DC area, commenters individual is hired, employed or used. helps to ensure that requested data can are strongly encouraged to transmit their 29 U.S.C. 1811(b); 29 CFR 500.1(c). be provided in the desired format, comments electronically via email or to Form WH–530 is an application used to reporting burden (time and financial submit them by mail early. Comments, obtain a Farm Labor Contractor License. resources) is minimized, collection including any personal information This information collection is currently instruments are clearly understood, and provided, become a matter of public approved for use through August 31, the impact of collection requirements on record. They will also be summarized 2015. respondents can be properly assessed. and/or included in the request for Office The Migrant and Seasonal Currently, the Wage and Hour Division of Management and Budget approval of Agricultural Worker Protection Act is soliciting comments concerning its the information collection request. (MSPA) section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1841) proposal to extend Office of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: requires, subject to certain exceptions, Management and Budget (OMB) Mary Ziegler, Director, Division of all Farm Labor Contractors (FLCs), approval of the Information Collections: Regulations, Legislation, and Agricultural Employers (AGERs), and Application for a Farm Labor Contractor Interpretation, Wage and Hour Division, Agricultural Associations (AGASs) to or Farm Labor Contractor Employee U.S. Department of Labor, Room S– ensure that any vehicle they use or Certificate of Registration; Motor 3502, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., cause to be used to transport or drive Vehicle Safety for Transportation of Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) any migrant or seasonal agricultural rljohnson on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 693–0406 (this is not a toll-free worker conforms to safety and health Workers. Further, the Department is number). Copies of this notice may be standards prescribed by the Secretary of soliciting comments concerning its obtained in alternative formats (Large Labor under the MSPA and with other proposal to make revisions to the forms Print, Braille, Audio Tape or Disc), upon applicable Federal and State safety WH–514, WH–514a, WH–515, and WH– request, by calling (202) 693–0023 (not standards. These MSPA safety standards 530. A copy of the proposed information a toll-free number). TTY/TDD callers address the vehicle, driver, and collection request can be obtained by may dial toll-free (877) 889–5627 to insurance. The Wage and Hour Division VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:26 Mar 24, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25MRN1.SGM 25MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 57 / Wednesday, March 25, 2015 / Notices 15823 (WHD) has created Forms WH–514, Transportation of Migrant and Seasonal DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WH–514a, and WH–515, which allow Agricultural Workers and the Doctor’s FLC applicants to verify to the WHD Certification (minimum physical Employment and Training that the vehicles used to transport requirements to drive a vehicle). Administration migrant/seasonal agricultural workers Additionally, DOL seeks the approval of [TA–W–85,640] meet the MSPA vehicle safety standards the revisions of the subject information and that anyone who drives such collection requirements in the Farm Covidien LP, North American Shared workers meets the Act’s minimum Labor Contractor/Farm Labor Contractor Services Group, Mansfield, physical requirements. The WHD uses Employee Application (WH–530), Massachusetts; Notice of Negative the information in deciding whether to revisions to the Vehicle Mechanical Determination Regarding Application authorize the FLC/FLCE applicant to for Reconsideration Inspection Reports for Transportation transport/drive any migrant/seasonal agricultural worker(s) or to cause such Subject to Department of Labor Safety By application dated December 11, transportation. Form WH–514 is used to Requirements (WH–514a form), 2014, a separated worker requested verify that any vehicle used or caused revisions to the Vehicle Mechanical administrative reconsideration of the to be used to transport any migrant/ Inspection Report for Transportation Department of Labor’s negative seasonal agricultural worker(s) meets Subject to Department of Transportation determination regarding eligibility to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Requirements (WH–514 form), and apply for worker adjustment assistance, safety standards. When the adopted revisions to the Doctor’s Certificate, applicable to workers and former DOT rules do not apply, FLC applicants (WH–515 form). workers of Covidien LP, North seeking authorization to transport any Type of Review: Revision and American Shared Services Group, migrant/seasonal agricultural workers Extension. Mansfield, Massachusetts (Subject use Form WH–514a to verify that the Firm). The denial notice was signed on vehicles meet the DOL safety standards Agency: Wage and Hour Division. November 25, 2014, and the Notice of and, upon the vehicle meeting the Titles: Application for a Farm Labor Determination was published in the required safety standards, the form is Contractor or a Farm Labor Contractor Federal Register on December 10, 2014 completed. Form WH–515 is a doctor’s Employee Certificate of Registration; (79 FR 73338). certificate used to document that a Vehicle Mechanical Inspection Report Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) motor vehicle driver or operator meets for Transportation Subject to reconsideration may be granted under the minimum DOT physical Department of Transportation the following circumstances: requirements that the DOL has adopted. (1) If it appears on the basis of facts Requirements; Vehicle Mechanical This information collection is currently not previously considered that the Inspection Report for Transportation approved for use through August 31, determination complained of was Subject to Department of Labor Safety 2015. As part of this renewal, the erroneous; Standards; MSPA Doctor’s Certificate. (2) If it appears that the determination Department proposes to make revisions to the Forms WH–514, WH–514a, WH– OMB Control Number: 1235–0016. complained of was based on a mistake 515, and WH–530. Agency Numbers: Forms WH–514, in the determination of facts not II. Review Focus: The DOL is WH–514a, WH–515, WH–530. previously considered; or particularly interested in comments (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Affected Public: Businesses or other Officer, a mis-interpretation of facts or that: * Evaluate whether the proposed for-profits, Farms. of the law justified reconsideration of collection of information is necessary Respondents: 23,196. the decision. for the proper performance of the The initial investigation revealed that Total Annual responses: 23,196. functions of the agency, including the subject firm does not produce an whether the information will have Estimated Total Burden Hours: 9,334. article within the meaning of Section practical utility; Estimated Time per Response: 5 222(a) or Section 222(b) of the Act. * Evaluate the accuracy of the minutes for the vehicle mechanical Rather, the investigation revealed that agency’s estimate of the burden of the inspection reports (WH–514 or WH– the workers’ firm supplied services proposed collection of information, 514a) and 20 minutes for the MSPA related to administrative support and including the validity of the Doctor’s Certification (WH–515) and 30 customer services. In order to be methodology and assumptions used; minutes for the Farm Labor Contractor considered eligible to apply for * Enhance the quality, utility, and Application (WH–530). adjustment assistance under Section 223 clarity of the information to be of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker collected; and Frequency: On Occasion, but no more group seeking certification (or on whose * Minimize the burden of the often than annual. behalf certification is being sought) collection of information on those who Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): must work for a ‘‘firm’’ or appropriate are to respond, including through the $0. subdivision that produces an article. use of appropriate automated, Total Burden Cost (operating/ The definition of a firm includes an electronic, mechanical, or other individual proprietorship, partnership, maintenance): $447,354. technological collection techniques or joint venture, association, corporation other forms of information technology, Dated: March 18, 2015. (including a development corporation), e.g., permitting electronic submissions Mary Ziegler, business trust, cooperative, trustee in rljohnson on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES of responses. Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation bankruptcy, and receiver under decree III. Current Actions: The DOL seeks to and Interpretation. of any court. extend the information collection [FR Doc. 2015–06758 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] In the request for reconsideration, the requests for the Application for a Farm petitioner stated that the workers of the BILLING CODE 4510–27–P Labor Contractor or Farm Labor subject firm should be eligible for TAA Contractor Employee Certificate of because the subject firm shifted to a Registration; Motor Vehicle Safety for foreign country the supply of like or VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:26 Mar 24, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25MRN1.SGM 25MRN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWritten comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ContactMary Ziegler, Director, 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). Copies of this notice may be obtained in alternative formats (Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape or Disc), upon request, by calling (202) 693-0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/TDD callers may dial toll-free (877) 889-5627 to obtain information or request materials in alternative formats.
FR Citation80 FR 15822 
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