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[Federal Register: November 7, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 216)]
[Notices]
[Page 66775]
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; Attestations by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts as 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 to the collection of
information on the Attestation by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for
Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports. A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before January 8, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments and questions regarding the collection of
information on Form ETA 9033, Attestation by Employers Using Alien
Crewmembers for Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports, should be directed
to Dale M. Ziegler, Chief, Division of Foreign Labor Certifications,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4318,
Washington, D.C. 20210; (202) 693-3010 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
The information collection is required due to amendments to section
258 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)
(INA). The amendments created a prevailing practice exception to the
general prohibition on the performance of longshore work by alien
crewmembers in U.S. ports. Under the prevailing practice exception,
before any employer may use alien crewmembers to perform longshore
activities in U.S. ports, it must submit an attestation to ETA
containing the elements prescribed by the INA.
The INA further requires that the Department make available for
public examination in Washington, DC, a list of employers which have
filed attestations, and for each such employer, a copy of the
employer's attestation and accompanying documentation it has received.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
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 collections
techniques or other forms of information, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
In order for the Department to meet its statutory responsibilities
under the INA there is a need for an extension of an existing
collection of information pertaining to employers' seeking to use alien
crewmembers to perform longshore activities in U.S. ports.
Because the prevailing practice exception remains in the Statute,
ETA is requesting a one-hour marker as a place holder for this
collection of information. ETA has not received any attestations under
the prevailing practice exception within the last two years. An
information collection request will be submitted to increase the burden
should activities recommence.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Attestations by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers for
Longshore Activities in U.S. Ports.
OMB Number: 1205-0309.
Agency Number: Form ETA 9033.
Recordkeeping: Annually.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Total Responses: 1.
Average Time Per Response: 4 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $100 per response.
Comment Language: Comments submitted in response to this notice
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.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of November 2000.
Grace A. Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 00-28513 Filed 11-6-00; 8:45 am]
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