Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 43 / Thursday, March 5, 2015 / Notices 12039 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[OMB Control Number 1205–0457] 

Comment Request for Information 

Collection for Form ETA–9127, Foreign 

Labor Certification Quarterly Activity 

Report; Revision 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, conducts a preclearance 

consultation program to provide the 

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 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

helps 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 (ETA) is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

collection of data about Form ETA– 

9127, Foreign Labor Certification 

Quarterly Activity Report (OMB Control 

Number 1205–0457), which expires May 

31, 2015. The Form ETA–9127 solicits 

information from State Workforce 

Agencies (SWAs) who are recipients of 

foreign labor certification grants about 

program-related activities performed by 

SWA staff in accordance with the 

specific fiscal year annual plans. These 

activities include reviewing and 

transmitting H–2A and H–2B job orders, 

conducting H–2A prevailing wage and 

prevailing practice surveys, and 

performing H–2A related housing 

inspections of facilities offered to 

agricultural workers. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

May 4, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Brian Pasternak, National Director of 

Temporary Programs, Office of Foreign 

Labor Certification, Room C–4312, 

Employment & Training Administration, 

U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Telephone number: 202– 

693–3010 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Individuals with hearing or 

speech impairments may access the 

telephone number above via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–877–889–5627 (TTY/ 

TDD). Fax: 202–693–2768. Email: 

ETA.OFLC.Forms@dol.gov subject line: 

ETA–9127. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) can 

be obtained free of charge by contacting 

the office listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under the foreign labor certification 

programs administered by ETA, SWAs 

are funded through annually 

reimbursable grants to conduct certain 

activities that support the processing of 

applications for temporary labor 

certification filed by U.S. employers in 

order to hire foreign workers in the 

H–2B or H–2A visa categories to 

perform agricultural or nonagricultural 

services or labor. Under the grant 

agreements, SWAs must review and 

transmit through the intrastate and 

interstate systems job orders submitted 

by employers in order to recruit U.S. 

workers prior to filling the job openings 

with foreign workers. 

In order to effectively monitor the 

administration of foreign labor 

certification activities by the SWAs, the 

Department requires the SWAs to report 

their workloads related to these 

activities on a quarterly basis. This 

collection of information is conducted 

through Form ETA–9127, Foreign Labor 

Certification Quarterly Activity Report. 

This report is critical for ensuring 

accountability and for future program 

management, including budget and 

workload management. ETA intends to 

revise the information collection by 

clarifying the ETA–9127 instructions 

and making minor changes to the PRA 

disclosure on the form. 

II. Review Focus 

DOL 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 submissions 

of responses. 

III. Current Actions 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Form ETA–9127, Foreign Labor 

Certification Quarterly Activity Report. 

OMB Number: 1205–0457. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

governments. 

Form(s): ETA–9127. 

Total Annual Respondents: 54. 

Annual Frequency: Quarterly. 

Total Annual Responses: 216. 

Average Time per Response: 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 432. 

Total Annual Burden Cost for 

Respondents: $9,910. 

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. Commenters are encouraged not 

to submit sensitive information (e.g., 

confidential business information or 

personally identifiable information such 

as a social security number). 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training, Labor. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Job 

Innovation and Accelerator Challenge 

Grants Evaluation 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor 

(DOL) is submitting the Employment 

and Training Administration (ETA) 

sponsored information collection 

request (ICR) proposal titled, ‘‘Job 

Innovation and Accelerator Challenge 

Grants Evaluation,’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for use in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). Public comments on the 

ICR are invited. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

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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 Web site at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=201412-1205-003 

(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 (this is not 

a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_

PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail or courier to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–ETA, 

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 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks PRA authority for the Job 

Innovation and Accelerator Challenge 

(JIAC) Grants Evaluation information 

collection that would support an 

evaluation of the Jobs and Innovation 

Accelerator Challenge (JIAC) grants. The 

main objective of the evaluation is to 

build a better understanding of how 

multiple Federal and regional agencies 

work together on these grant initiatives, 

how the ETA grant is used, training and 

employment-related outcomes that the 

clusters are able to achieve, lessons 

learned through implementation, and 

plans for sustainability. This ICR seeks 

PRA authority from the OMB to conduct 

site visit interviews and grantee and 

partner surveys. 

This proposed 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 if the 

collection of information does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. For 

additional information, see the related 

notice published in the Federal Register 

on October 27, 2014 (79 FR 63945). 

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 ICR Reference 

Number 201412–1205–003. 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–ETA. 

Title of Collection: Job Innovation and 

Accelerator Challenge Grants 

Evaluation. 

OMB ICR Reference Number: 201412– 

1205–003. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments; and Private Sector— 

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

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 525. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 525. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

284 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

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

Dated: February 27, 2015. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–FM–P 

MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETINGS: 

Mississippi River Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., March 23, 

2015. 

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City 

Front, New Madrid, Missouri. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) 

Summary report by President of the 

Commission on national and regional 

issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers and Commission programs 

and projects on the Mississippi River 

and its tributaries; (2) District 

Commander’s overview of current 

project issues within the Memphis 

District; and (3) Presentations by local 

organizations and members of the 

public giving views or comments on any 

issue affecting the programs or projects 

of the Commission and the Corps of 

Engineers. 

TIME AND DATE: 9:00 a.m., March 24, 

2015. 

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at 

Beale Street Landing, Memphis, 

Tennessee. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) 

Summary report by President of the 

Commission on national and regional 

issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers and Commission programs 

and projects on the Mississippi River 

and its tributaries; (2) District 

Commander’s overview of current 

project issues within the Memphis 

District; and (3) Presentations by local 

organizations and members of the 

public giving views or comments on any 

issue affecting the programs or projects 

of the Commission and the Corps of 

Engineers. 

TIME AND DATE: 1:00 p.m., March 25, 

2015. 

PLACE: On board MISSISSIPPI V at City 

Front, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: (1) 

Summary report by President of the 

Commission on national and regional 

issues affecting the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers and Commission programs 

and projects on the Mississippi River 

and its tributaries; (2) District 

Commander’s overview of current 

project issues within the Vicksburg 

District; and (3) Presentations by local 

organizations and members of the 

public giving views or comments on any 

issue affecting the programs or projects 

of the Commission and the Corps of 

Engineers. 

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