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in Federal court in the Northern District 

of Florida, Pensacola Division, against 

the Department and an order was issued 

on April 26, 2012 by the court enjoining 

the Department from implementing the 

2012 H–2B Final Rule. (Bayou Lawn & 

Landscape Services, et al. v. Hilda L. 

Solis, et al., 12–cv–00183–RV–CJK.) 

Therefore, the Department sought and 

received an emergency extension of the 

two older ICRs that were in effect prior 

to the rulemaking so that these forms 

could continue to be used. 

The emergency extension of the old 

forms and information collections 

expires October 31, 2012. Emergency 

extensions require agencies to publish a 

Federal Register Notice and seek 

comments during the extended validity 

period. The Department is utilizing this 

opportunity to make these ICRs more 

manageable and more transparent to the 

regulated community by dividing 1205– 

0466 into several ICRs and once again 

merging the information contained in 

1205–0404 into 1205–0466. 

The information collections are 

required by sections 203(b)(3); 

212(a)(5)(A); 212(m), (n), (t); 214(c); and 

218 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(3); 

1182(a)(5)(A); 1182(m), (n), (t); 1184(c); 

and 1188); 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 20 CFR 

655.135(c) and (d). The INA and 

applicable DHS regulations require the 

Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to certify, 

among other things, that any foreign 

worker seeking to enter the United 

States (U.S.) for the purpose of 

performing certain skilled or unskilled 

labor will not, by doing so, adversely 

affect wages and working conditions of 

U.S. workers similarly employed. The 

Secretary must also certify that there are 

not sufficient U.S. workers able, willing, 

and qualified to perform such skilled or 

unskilled labor. Before an employer may 

petition for temporary or permanent 

skilled or unskilled foreign workers, it 

must submit a request for certification to 

the Secretary containing the elements 

prescribed by the INA and regulations, 

which differ depending on the visa 

program under which the labor is 

sought. In addition, before the Secretary 

can certify that wages for U.S. workers 

have not been adversely affected, she 

must ensure that the employer offers the 

required wage to the foreign workers in 

accordance with the Department’s 

applicable labor certification 

regulations. To ensure that U.S. workers 

are given as much time as possible to 

apply for agricultural work, the 

agricultural employer is required to 

inform the SWA if the H–2A workers 

will be leaving their home country later 

than the third day preceding the 

employer’s first date of need. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department is particularly 

interested in comments which: 

* Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information 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 

Department’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, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submissions of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: New Collections and 

Extension with revisions. 

Title(s): ETA Form 9141, Application 

for Prevailing Wage Determination; ETA 

Form 9142A, H–2A Application for 

Temporary Employment Certification; 

ETA Form 9142B, H–2B Application for 

Temporary Employment Certification; 

and ETA–9144, H–2A Certification 

Letter with Notification. 

OMB Control Number: 1205–0466; 

1205–0404; 1205–NEW1; 1205–NEW2. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits, not-for-profits, farms, States, 

local governments, and tribal 

governments. 

Form(s): Forms ETA–9141, ETA– 

9142A, ETA–9142B, and ETA–9144. 

Total Annual Respondents: 474,181. 

Annual Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Annual Responses: 1,071,442. 

Average Time per Response: 25 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 458,350. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $1,529,370. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this comment request will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of the ICR; 

they will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: Signed on this 3rd day of August 

2012. 

Jane Oates, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training. 

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Arts Advisory Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts, National Foundation on the Arts 

and Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is 

hereby given that one meeting of the 

Arts Advisory Panel to the National 

Council on the Arts will be held at the 

Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20506, as 

follows (ending times are approximate): 

Literature (application review): In 

room 716. This meeting will be closed. 

DATES: September 11–13, 2012. 

September 11th—9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. 

EDT; September 12th and 13th, 9 a.m.– 

5 p.m. EDT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information with reference to 

these meetings can be obtained from Ms. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of 

Guidelines & Panel Operations, National 

Endowment for the Arts, Washington, 

DC, 20506, or call 202/682–5691. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

closed portions of meetings are for the 

purpose of Panel review, discussion, 

evaluation, and recommendations on 

financial assistance under the National 

Foundation on the Arts and the 

Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 

including information given in 

confidence to the agency. In accordance 

with the determination of the Chairman 

of February 15, 2012, these sessions will 

be closed to the public pursuant to 

subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title 

5, United States Code. 

Dated: August 10, 2012. 

Kathy Plowitz-Worden 

Panel Coordinator, National Endowment for 

the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2012–20003 Filed 8–14–12; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The National Science 

Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 

following information collection 

requirement to OMB for review and 

clearance under the Paperwork 


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