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. See29 U.S.C. 1802(7), 1811(a); 29 CFR 500.1(c), 500.20(i), 500.40. 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 FLC or FLCE certificate of registration. The Department proposes to revise form WH-530 by dividing it into three separate forms, two of which are new forms (WH-535 and WH-540), serving separate purposes. Additionally, the Department proposes to develop electronic forms mirroring the revised and new paper forms so that applications may be submitted online for WH-530, WH-535, and WH-540.

MSPA section 401 (29 U.S.C. 1841) requires, subject to certain exceptions, all FLCs, agricultural employers, and agricultural associations 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 (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 collected on the forms 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. The form is complete when the applicant lists identifying vehicle information and an independent mechanic attests that the vehicle meets the required safety standards. 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.

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 revise the information collection requests for the Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.

Type of Review: Revision.

Agency: Wage and Hour Division.

Titles: Application for a Farm Labor Contractor or a Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration.

OMB Control Number: 1235-0016.

Agency Numbers: Forms WH-514, WH-514a, WH-515, WH-530, WH-540, WH-535.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits, Farms.

Total Estimated Respondents: 27,632.

Total Annual responses: 34,672.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 13,304.

Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes for the vehicle mechanical inspection reports (WH-514 or WH-514a) and 20 minutes for MSPA Doctor's Certification (WH-515) and 30 minutes for the Farm Labor Contractor and the FLCE Applications (WH-530 and WH-535) and 15 minutes for the Application Amendment (WH-540).

Frequency: On Occasion, but no more often than annual.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $988,006.79.

85 FR 73295