[Federal Register: April 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 67)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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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