SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Department's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) administers the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA), 29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. MSPA protects migrant and seasonal agricultural workers by establishing employment standards related to wages, housing, transportation, disclosures, and recordkeeping. MSPA also requires farm labor contractors and farm labor contractor employees to register with the Department and to obtain special authorization before housing workers, using a vehicle to transport workers, or driving such vehicles.

Related to this information collection, MSPA requires any person who owns or controls any facility or real property that is used to house migrant agricultural workers to post a copy of the certificate of occupancy at the site of the facility or real property. The certificate attests that a state, local, or federal agency conducted a housing safety and health inspection and verified that the facility or real property meets the applicable safety and health standards. See 29 CFR 500.135. Migrant agricultural workers may not be housed at any facility or real property without such certificate of occupancy. The original certificate must be retained by the person who owns or controls the facility or real property for three years and must be made available for inspection upon the Department's request. See 29 U.S.C. 1862(a). The Department makes optional Form WH-520 available for these purposes. For additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal Register on July 27, 2026 (91 FR 46969).

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) if the information will be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) 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; (4) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (5) 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. To help ensure appropriate consideration, comments should reference OMB Control Number 1235-0006.

This information collection is subject to 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 ( printed page 68559) 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. The Department of Labor seeks approval for the revision of this information collection to ensure effective administration of the laws administered by the WHD.

Agency: DOL-WHD.

Title of Collection: Housing Occupancy Certificate—Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.

OMB Control Number: 1235-0006.

Affected Public: Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits.

Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 10.

Total Estimated Number of Responses: 10.

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 1 hour.

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

91 FR 68558