Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form ETA-232A Agricultural Interview Form Form and Instruction	Modified
Form ETA-232 Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report Form	Modified
Justification for Non Substantive Change Request.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2012-06-21
1205-0017 -Supporting-Statement_5 27 2010.pdf Supporting Statement A	2010-05-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
193069	Agricultural Interview Form Form and Instruction	Modified
12939	Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1205-0017	ICR Reference No: 201206-1205-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200912-1205-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/07/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/21/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2013	07/31/2013	07/31/2013
Responses	39,405	0	39,405
Time Burden (Hours)	16,301	0	16,301
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration needs prevailing wage rates in order to determine the appropriate rate agricultural employers should pay foreign and domestic farmworkers. The State Workforce Agencies are charged with collecting the data from agricultural employers. The wage rates cover agricultural (crop and livestock) and logging jobs. Domestic migrant and local seasonal as well as foreign H-2A farmworkers are hired for these jobs.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 49 et seq Name of Law: Wagner-Peyser Act as amended
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 10504	03/08/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 32507	06/08/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report	ETA-232	Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report
Agricultural Interview Form	ETA-232A	Domestic Agricultural In-Season Wage Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	39,405	39,405	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,301	16,301	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The slight increase in responses is due to a calculation omission from the previous submission in ROCIS, when the 50 State Workforce Areas' monthly submissions were not added to the number of total respondents, despite the fact that the data were identical in the previously submitted Supporting Statement. A non-substantive change NOT affecting burden in ETA-232 divides data field #4 into two parts: unit rate and hourly rate. This makes it easier for the Department to decipher the data once received. The SWAs have always used #4 to write in both types of data, but it created more work for Federal staff who had to manually rewrite the information in order to separate it. Now the SWA will simply put one type of data in one section and the other type in the other section. This creates no increase in burden on the SWA’s but marginally reduces the work for Federal staff.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $72,027

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 06/21/2012

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