Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 121 / Friday, June 22, 2018 / Notices 29139 

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 

ICR; they will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Signed: at Washington, DC, this 15th day 

of June 2018. 

Jennifer Sheehy, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Disability Employment Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13437 Filed 6–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Fair Labor 

Standards Act Special Employment 

Provisions 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Wage and Hour 

Division (WHD) sponsored information 

collection request (ICR) revision titled, 

‘‘Fair Labor Standards Act Special 

Employment Provisions,’’ to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for use in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995. Public 

comments on the ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before July 23, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge from the 

RegInfo.gov website at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAView

ICR?ref_nbr=201711-1235-002 (this link 

will only become active on the day 

following publication of this notice) or 

by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) or sending an email to DOL_

PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for DOL–WHD, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503; by Fax: 202–395–5806 (this is 

not a toll-free number); or by email: 

OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Commenters are encouraged, but not 

required, to send a courtesy copy of any 

comments by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not 

toll-free numbers) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks approval under the PRA for 

revisions to the Fair Labor Standards 

Act (FLSA) Special Employment 

Provisions information collection. FLSA 

special employment provisions relate to 

restrictions on industrial homework and 

to the use of special certificates that 

allow for the employment of categories 

of workers who may be paid less than 

the statutory minimum wage to the 

extent necessary to prevent curtailment 

of their employment opportunities. This 

information collection has been 

classified as a revision, because the 

Department proposes to revise forms 

WH–226 (Application for Authority to 

Employ Workers with Disabilities at 

Special Minimum Wages) and WH– 

226A (Supplemental Data Sheet for 

Application for Authority to Employ 

Workers with Disabilities at Special 

Minimum Wages). The proposed 

changes would provide an electronic 

platform the public may use to submit 

Forms WH–226 and WH–226A. The 

substance of the proposed electronic 

forms is substantially the same with 

minor word changes to accommodate 

the type of submission (electronic 

versus paper). FLSA sections 11(d) and 

14(a) and 14(b) authorize this 

information collection. See 29 U.S.C. 

211(d), 214(a), 214(b). 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1235–0001. The current 

approval is scheduled to expire on 

December 31, 2019; however, the DOL 

notes that existing information 

collection requirements submitted to the 

OMB receive a month-to-month 

extension while they undergo review. 

New requirements would only take 

effect upon OMB approval. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 9, 2016 (82 FR 78861). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within thirty (30) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1235–0001. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• 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 

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. 

Agency: DOL–WHD. 

Title of Collection: Fair Labor 

Standards Act Special Employment 

Provisions. 

OMB Control Number: 1235–0001. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits and notfor-profit institutions. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 336,607. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 1,345,357. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

693,807 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $2,482. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 

Dated: June 18, 2018. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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