OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. In
accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OIRA is withholding approval at this
time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must
submit to OIRA a summary of all comments related to the information
collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response.
The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the
information collection as a result of these comments. Any previous
terms of clearance continue to apply.
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This Information Collection Request
seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a
new information collection associated with proposed revisions to
the H 2B Foreign Labor Certification Program. These revisions,
which are detailed in a companion Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
issued by the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security are
closely related to existing information collections approved for
the H-2B Foreign Labor Certification Program under control number
1205-0509. DOL is not submitting this ICR under that control
number, however, because the Reginfo.gov database allows only one
ICR per control number to be pending at any given time, and DOL
anticipates that the existing control number will be encumbered by
an unrelated ICR when it submits an ICR related to the final rule
for this exercise. Accordingly, DOL is submitting the instant ICR
under a different control number for administrative purposes only.
Once all of the outstanding actions are complete, DOL intends to
submit a non-material change request to transfer the burden
approved under this control number to the existing control number
for the H 2B Foreign Labor Certification program (1205-0509) and
discontinue use of this control number.
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:
(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;
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.