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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 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

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ICR?ref_nbr=201501-1218-008 (this link 

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

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

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Inorganic Arsenic Standard information 

collection requirements codified in 

regulations 29 CFR 1910.1018. The 

Inorganic Arsenic Standard protects 

workers from the adverse health effects 

associated with occupational exposure 

to inorganic arsenic. The Standard 

affects primarily copper smelters and 

some chemical facilities. The Standard 

requires employers to monitor workers’ 

exposure to inorganic arsenic, to 

monitor worker health, to develop and 

maintain worker exposure monitoring 

and medical records, to establish and 

implement written compliance 

programs, and to provide workers with 

information about their exposures and 

the health effects of exposure to 

inorganic arsenic. Occupational Safety 

and Health Act of 1970 sections 2(b)(9), 

6, and 8(c) authorize this information 

collection. See 29 U.S.C. 651(b)(9), 655, 

and 657. 

This information collection is subject 

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of information, and the public is 

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CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

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OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

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renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

March 31, 2015. The DOL seeks to 

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years, without any change to existing 

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existing information collection 

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receive a month-to-month extension 

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January 14, 2015 (80 FR 1970). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

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section within thirty (30) days of 

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appropriate consideration, comments 

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1218–0104. 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 

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• Minimize the burden of the 

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are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

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technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–OSHA. 

Title of Collection: Inorganic Arsenic 

Standard. 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0104. 

Affected Public: Private Sector— 

businesses or other for-profits. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 691. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 24,764. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

15,365 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $1,078,069. 

Dated: March 23, 2015. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07023 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

Act; Lower Living Standard Income 

Level 

AGENCY: Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Title I of WIOA requires the 

U.S. Secretary of Labor (Secretary) to 

update and publish the LLSIL tables 

annually, for uses described in the law 

(including determining eligibility for 

youth). WIOA defines the term ‘‘low 

income individual’’ as one who 

qualifies under various criteria, 

including an individual who receives, 

or received for a prior six-month period, 

income that does not exceed the higher 

level of the poverty line or 70 percent 

of the LLSIL. This issuance provides the 

Secretary’s annual LLSIL for 2015 and 

references the current 2015 Health and 

Human Services ‘‘Poverty Guidelines.’’ 

These provisions in WIOA pertaining to 

LLSIL reflect no change from the prior 

language under the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998, as amended. 

DATES: This notice is effective March 27, 

2015. 

For Further Information or Questions 

on LLSIL: Please contact Samuel Wright, 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room C– 

4526, Washington, DC 20210; 

Telephone: 202–693–2870; Fax: 202– 

693–3015 (these are not toll-free 

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numbers); Email address: 

wright.samuel.e@dol.gov. Individuals 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access the telephone number above 

via Text Telephone (TTY/TDD) by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

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

TDD). 

For Further Information or Questions 

on Federal Youth Employment 

Programs: Please contact Jennifer Kemp, 

Department of Labor, Employment and 

Training Administration, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room N– 

4464, Washington, DC 20210; 

Telephone: 202–693–3377; Fax: 202– 

693–3113 (these are not toll-free 

numbers); Email: kemp.jennifer.n@

dol.gov. 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). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of WIOA is to provide 

workforce investment activities through 

statewide and local workforce 

investment systems that increase the 

employment, retention, and earnings of 

participants. WIOA programs are 

intended to increase attainment of 

recognized postsecondary credentials by 

participants and the quality of the 

workforce, thereby reducing welfare 

dependency, increase economic selfsufficiency, meet the skill requirements 

of employers, and enhance the 

productivity and competitiveness of the 

Nation. 

LLSIL is used for several purposes 

under WIOA. Specifically, WIOA 

Section 3(36) defines the term ‘‘low 

income individual’’ for eligibility 

purposes, and Sections 127(b)(2)(C) and 

132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV) define the terms 

‘‘disadvantaged youth’’ and 

‘‘disadvantaged adult’’ in terms of the 

poverty line or LLSIL for State formula 

allotments. The governor and state/local 

workforce development boards (WDBs) 

use the LLSIL for determining eligibility 

for youth and adults for certain services. 

The U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) published the 

most current poverty-level guidelines in 

the Federal Register on January 22, 

2015 (Volume 80, Number 14), pp. 

3236–3237. The HHS 2015 Poverty 

guidelines may also be found on the 

Internet at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/

15poverty.cfm. ETA plans to have the 

2015 LLSIL available on its Web site at 

http://www.doleta.gov/llsil/2015/. 

WIOA Section 3(36)(B) defines LLSIL 

as ‘‘that income level (adjusted for 

regional, metropolitan, urban and rural 

differences and family size) determined 

annually by the Secretary [of Labor] 

based on the most recent lower living 

family budget issued by the Secretary.’’ 

The most recent lower living family 

budget was issued by the Secretary in 

fall 1981. The four-person urban family 

budget estimates, previously published 

by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

(BLS), provided the basis for the 

Secretary to determine the LLSIL. BLS 

terminated the four-person family 

budget series in 1982, after publication 

of the fall 1981 estimates. Currently, 

BLS provides data to ETA, which ETA 

then uses to develop the LLSIL tables, 

as provided in the Appendices to this 

Federal Register notice. 

ETA published the 2014 updates to 

the LLSIL in the Federal Register of 

March 27, 2014, at Vol. 79, No. 59 pp. 

17184–17188. This notice again updates 

the LLSIL to reflect cost of living 

increases for 2015, by using the 

percentage change in the most recent 

2014 Consumer Price Index for All 

Urban Consumers (CPI–U) for an area, 

and then applying this calculation to 

each of the March 27, 2014 LLSIL 

figures. The updated figures for a fourperson family are listed in Appendix A, 

Table 1, by region for both metropolitan 

and non-metropolitan areas. Numbers in 

all of the Appendix tables are rounded 

up to the nearest dollar. Since program 

eligibility for ‘‘low-income individuals,’’ 

‘‘disadvantaged adults,’’ and 

‘‘disadvantaged youth’’ may be 

determined by family income at 70 

percent of the LLSIL, pursuant to WIOA 

Sections 3(36), 127(b)(2)(C), and 

132(b)(1)(B)(v)(IV), respectively, those 

figures are listed as well. 

I. Jurisdictions 

Jurisdictions included in the various 

regions, based generally on the Census 

Regions of the U.S. Department of 

Commerce, are as follows: 

A. Northeast 

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, 

Virgin Islands. 

B. Midwest 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South 

Dakota, Wisconsin. 

C. South 

Alabama, American Samoa, Arkansas, 

Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, 

Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marshall 

Islands, Maryland, Micronesia, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, Northern 

Marianas, Oklahoma, Palau, Puerto 

Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, 

Virginia, West Virginia. 

D. West 

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 

Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, 

Utah, Washington, Wyoming. 

Additionally, separate figures have 

been provided for Alaska, Hawaii, and 

Guam as indicated in Appendix B, 

Table 2. 

For Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam, the 

year 2015 figures were updated from the 

2014 ‘‘State Index’’ based on the ratio of 

the urban change in the state (using 

Anchorage for Alaska and Honolulu for 

Hawaii and Guam) compared to the 

West regional metropolitan change, and 

then applying that index to the West 

regional metropolitan change. 

Data on 23 selected Metropolitan 

Statistical Areas (MSAs) are also 

available. These are based on annual 

and semiannual CPI–U changes for a 12- 

month period ending in December 2014. 

The updated LLSIL figures for these 

MSAs and 70 percent of LLSIL are 

reported in Appendix C, Table 3. 

Appendix D, Table 4 lists each of the 

various figures at 70 percent of the 

updated 2014 LLSIL for family sizes of 

one to six persons. Because Tables 1–3 

only list the LLSIL for a family of four, 

Table 4 can be used to separately 

determine the LLSIL for families of 

between one and six persons. For 

families larger than six persons, an 

amount equal to the difference between 

the six-person and the five-person 

family income levels should be added to 

the six-person family income level for 

each additional person in the family. 

Where the poverty level for a particular 

family size is greater than the 

corresponding 70 percent of the LLSIL 

figure, the figure is shaded. A modified 

Microsoft Excel version of Appendix D, 

Table 4, with the area names, will be 

available on the ETA LLSIL Web site at 

http://www.doleta.gov/llsil/2015/. 

Appendix E, Table 5, indicates 100 

percent of LLSIL for family sizes of one 

to six. 

II. Use of These Data 

Governors should designate the 

appropriate LLSILs for use within the 

State from Appendices A, B, and C, 

containing Tables 1 through 3. 

Appendices D and E, which contain 

Tables 4 and 5, which adjust a family 

of four figure for larger and smaller 

families, may be used with any LLSIL 

designated area. The governor’s 

designation may be provided by 

disseminating information on MSAs and 

metropolitan and non-metropolitan 

areas within the state or it may involve 

further calculations. For example, the 

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State of New Jersey may have four or 

more LLSIL figures for Northeast 

metropolitan, Northeast nonmetropolitan, portions of the state in the 

New York City MSA, and those in the 

Philadelphia MSA. If a workforce 

investment area includes areas that 

would be covered by more than one 

LLSIL figure, the governor may 

determine which is to be used. 

III. Disclaimer on Statistical Uses 

It should be noted that publication of 

these figures is only for the purpose of 

meeting the requirements specified by 

WIOA as defined in the law and in any 

subsequent guidance or regulations. BLS 

has not revised the lower living family 

budget since 1981, and has no plans to 

do so. The four-person urban family 

budget estimates series has been 

terminated. The CPI–U adjustments 

used to update LLSIL for this 

publication are not precisely 

comparable, most notably because 

certain tax items were included in the 

1981 LLSIL, but are not in the CPI–U. 

Thus, these figures should not be used 

for any statistical purposes, and are 

valid only for those purposes under 

WIOA as defined in the law. 

Appendix A 

TABLE 1—LOWER LIVING STANDARD

INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF

FOUR PERSONS) BY REGION 1

Region 2

2015 

Adjusted 

LLSIL 

70 Percent 

LLSIL 

Northeast: 

Metro ............. $41,954 $29,368 

Non-Metro 3 ... 41,994 29,396 

Midwest: 

Metro ............. 37,014 25,910 

Non-Metro ..... 35,711 24,998 

South: 

Metro ............. 38,485 26,939 

Non-Metro ..... 35,533 24,873 

West: 

Metro ............. 42,887 30,021 

Non-Metro 4 ... 42,727 29,909 

1For ease of use, these figures are rounded 

to the next highest dollar. 2 Metropolitan area measures were calculated from the weighted average CPI–U’s 

for city size classes A and B/C. Non-metropolitan area measures were calculated from the 

CPI–U’s for city size class D. 3 Non-metropolitan area percent changes for 

the Northeast region are no longer available. 

The Non-metropolitan percent change was 

calculated using the U.S. average CPI–U for 

city size class D. 

4 Non-metropolitan area percent changes for 

the West region are based on unpublished 

BLS data. 

Appendix B 

TABLE 2—LOWER LIVING STANDARD

INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF

FOUR PERSONS), FOR ALASKA, HAWAII AND GUAM 1

Region 

2015 

Adjusted 

LLSIL 

70 Percent 

LLSIL 

Alaska: 

Metro ............. $48,043 $33,630 

Non-Metro 2 ... 51,152 35,806 

Hawaii, Guam: 

Metro ............. 51,810 36,267 

Non-Metro 2 ... 54,609 38,226 

1For ease of use, these figures are rounded 

to the next highest dollar. 2 Non-Metropolitan percent changes for 

Alaska, Hawaii and Guam were calculated 

from the CPI–U’s for all urban consumers for 

city size class D in the Western Region. Generally the non-metro areas LLSIL is lower than 

the LLSIL in metro areas. This year the nonmetro area LLSIL incomes were larger because the change in CPI–U was smaller in the 

metro areas compared to the change in CPI– 

U in the non-metro areas of Alaska, Hawaii 

and Guam. 

Appendix C 

TABLE 3—LOWER LIVING STANDARD INCOME LEVEL (FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR PERSONS), FOR 23 SELECTED MSAS 1

Metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) 2015 Adjusted 

LLSIL 

70 Percent 

LLSIL 

Anchorage, AK ......................................................................................................................................................... $49,244 $34,471 

Atlanta, GA .............................................................................................................................................................. 34,612 24,228 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA/NH/ME/CT ............................................................................................................... 44,808 31,366 

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL/IN/WI ............................................................................................................................ 38,019 26,613 

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH/KY/IN ................................................................................................................................ 36,218 25,353 

Cleveland-Akron, OH ............................................................................................................................................... 37,538 26,276 

Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX ................................................................................................................................................ 34,141 23,899 

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO .................................................................................................................................. 38,300 26,810 

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ....................................................................................................................................... 35,521 24,865 

Honolulu, HI ............................................................................................................................................................. 52,741 36,919 

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ............................................................................................................................. 34,462 24,124 

Kansas City, MO/KS ................................................................................................................................................ 34,915 24,440 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ............................................................................................................ 42,615 29,830 

Milwaukee-Racine, WI ............................................................................................................................................. 36,595 25,617 

Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN/WI ................................................................................................................................... 36,540 25,578 

New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY/NJ/CT/PA ................................................................................................ 45,053 31,537 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA/NJ/DE/MD ............................................................................................. 40,652 28,457 

Pittsburgh, PA .......................................................................................................................................................... 44,495 31,147 

St. Louis, MO/IL ....................................................................................................................................................... 34,317 24,022 

San Diego, CA ......................................................................................................................................................... 46,274 32,392 

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .................................................................................................................... 44,850 31,395 

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .............................................................................................................................. 44,928 31,450 

Washington-Baltimore, DC/MD/VA/WV2 ................................................................................................................. 45,460 31,822 

1For ease of use, these figures are rounded to the next highest dollar. 

2Baltimore and Washington are calculated as a single metropolitan statistical area. 

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Appendix D 

Table 4: 70 Percent of Updated 2015 Lower 

Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL), by 

Family Size 

To use the 70 percent LLSIL value, where 

it is stipulated for WIOA programs, begin by 

locating the region or metropolitan area 

where the program applicant resides. These 

are listed in Tables 1, 2 and 3. After locating 

the appropriate region or metropolitan 

statistical area, find the 70 percent LLSIL 

amount for that location. The 70 percent 

LLSIL figures are listed in the last column to 

the right on each of the three tables. These 

figures apply to a family of four. Larger and 

smaller family eligibility is based on a 

percentage of the family of four. To 

determine eligibility for other size families 

consult Table 4 and the instructions below. 

To use Table 4, locate the 70 percent LLSIL 

value that applies to the individual’s region 

or metropolitan area from Tables 1, 2 or 3. 

Find the same number in the ‘‘family of four’’ 

column of Table 4. Move left or right across 

that row to the size that corresponds to the 

individual’s family unit. That figure is the 

maximum household income the individual 

is permitted in order to qualify as 

economically disadvantaged under WIOA. 

Where the HHS poverty level for a 

particular family size is greater than the 

corresponding LLSIL figure, the LLSIL figure 

appears in a shaded block. For individuals 

from these size families, consult the 2015 

HHS poverty guidelines found on the Health 

and Human Services Web site at http:// 

aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/15poverty.cfm to find 

the higher eligibility standard. For 

individuals from Alaska and Hawaii, consult 

the HHS guidelines for the generally higher 

poverty levels that apply in those States. 

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Table 4. 

Family Family Family Family Family 

Of One of Two of Three of Four of Five 

24,873 29,353 

24,998 29,505 

29 

20,723 25,578 30,188 

20,753 25,617 30,232 

20 988 910 

29 909 

30 021 

31 147 

31 366 

31 395 

Family 

of Six 

34,327 

34,504 

35,304 

35,354 

35 763 
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Appendix E 

Table 5: Updated 2015 LLSIL (100 percent), 

by Family Size 

To use the LLSIL to determine the 

minimum level for establishing selfsufficiency criteria at the State or local level, 

begin by locating the metropolitan area or 

region from Table 1, 2 or 3. Then locate the 

appropriate region or metropolitan statistical 

area and then find the 2015 adjusted LLSIL 

amount for that location. These figures apply 

to a family of four. Locate the corresponding 

number in the family-of-four column in the 

table below. Move left or right across that 

row to the size that corresponds to the 

individual’s family unit. 

TABLE 5. 

Family of one Family of two Family of three Family of four Family of five Family of six 

12,298 20,153 27,662 34,141 40,296 47,121 

12,364 20,255 27,803 34,317 40,500 47,359 

12,417 20,342 27,920 34,462 40,671 47,564 

12,462 20,424 28,046 34,612 40,847 47,767 

12,569 20,604 28,290 34,915 41,205 48,190 

12,792 20,958 28,777 35,521 41,917 49,018 

12,802 20,972 28,784 35,533 41,932 49,038 

12,866 21,074 28,931 35,711 42,150 49,291 

13,042 21,377 29,346 36,218 42,744 49,986 

13,160 21,564 29,605 36,540 43,126 50,434 

13,175 21,595 29,646 36,595 43,188 50,506 

13,326 21,844 29,983 37,014 43,677 51,090 

13,517 22,157 30,409 37,538 44,301 51,803 

13,687 22,440 30,794 38,019 44,869 52,476 

13,794 22,604 31,031 38,300 45,196 52,860 

13,861 22,711 31,172 38,485 45,422 53,122 

14,643 23,991 32,933 40,652 47,979 56,104 

15,109 24,763 33,986 41,954 49,514 57,900 

15,121 24,786 34,026 41,994 49,562 57,952 

15,343 25,143 34,520 42,615 50,287 58,817 

15,384 25,213 34,617 42,727 50,427 58,977 

15,441 25,303 34,741 42,887 50,608 59,192 

16,027 26,263 36,050 44,495 52,514 61,411 

16,134 26,441 36,305 44,808 52,881 61,838 

16,155 26,471 36,331 44,850 52,929 61,904 

16,184 26,510 36,397 44,928 53,020 62,004 

16,222 26,588 36,494 45,053 53,163 62,184 

16,373 26,831 36,829 45,460 53,653 62,747 

16,668 27,304 37,488 46,274 54,609 63,868 

17,304 28,348 38,922 48,043 56,696 66,310 

17,736 29,065 39,893 49,244 58,118 67,959 

18,423 30,181 41,438 51,152 60,363 70,590 


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TABLE 5.—Continued 

Family of one Family of two Family of three Family of four Family of five Family of six 

18,662 30,571 41,974 51,810 61,140 71,508 

18,994 31,120 42,721 52,741 62,237 72,794 

19,666 32,227 44,237 54,609 64,441 75,363 

Portia Wu, 

Assistant Secretary for Employment and 

Training Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07031 Filed 3–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Labor 

Condition Application for H–1B, H– 

1B1, and E–3 Non-Immigrants 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On March 31, 2015, the 

Department of Labor (DOL) will submit 

the Employment and Training 

Administration (ETA) sponsored 

information collection request (ICR) 

titled, ‘‘Labor Condition Application for 

H–1B, H–1B1, and E–3 NonImmigrants,’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval for continued use, 

without change, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 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 30, 2015. 

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 Web site at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAView

ICR?ref_nbr=201503-1205-016 (this link 

will only become active on April 1, 

2015) or by contacting Michel Smyth by 

telephone at 202–693–4129, TTY 202– 

693–8064, (these are not toll-free 

numbers) 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: 

Contact Michel Smyth by telephone at 

202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064, 

(these are not toll-free numbers) or by 

email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks to extend PRA authority for the 

Labor Condition Application for H–1B, 

H–1B1, and E–3 Non-Immigrants 

information collection. Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA) sections 212(n) 

and (t) and 214(c) require this 

information collection. See 8 U.S.C. 

1182(n) and (t) and 1184(c). The DOL 

and Department of Homeland Security 

have promulgated regulations to 

implement the INA. Specifically for this 

collection, 20 CFR 655 Subparts H and 

I and 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4) are applicable. 

The INA mandates that no alien may 

enter the U.S. for the purpose of 

performing professional work on a 

temporary basis unless the U.S. 

employer has attested to the Secretary of 

Labor that the working conditions for 

the alien will not adversely affect the 

working conditions of similarly 

employed U.S. workers; that the salary 

will be at least the prevailing wage for 

the occupational classification in the 

area of employment or the actual wage 

paid by the employer to all other 

individuals with similar experience and 

qualifications for the specific 

employment in question, whichever is 

higher; that there is no strike or lockout 

in the course of a labor dispute in the 

occupational classification at the place 

of employment; and that the employer 

has met all other requirements of the 

program as specified in the regulations. 

The information collection instruments 

are used by employers seeking to use 

non-immigrants (H–1B, H–1B1, E–3) in 

specialty occupations and as fashion 

models or by interested parties who 

want to report violations. The 

information permits the DOL to meet its 

statutory responsibilities for program 

administration, management, and 

oversight. 

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 1205–0310. 

OMB authorization for an ICR cannot 

be for more than three (3) years without 

renewal, and the current approval for 

this collection is scheduled to expire on 

March 31, 2015. The DOL seeks to 

extend PRA authorization for this 

information collection for three (3) more 

years, without any change to existing 

requirements. The DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. For 

additional substantive information 

about this ICR, see the related notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 31, 2014 (79 FR 78910). 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section by April 30, 2015. In order to 

help ensure appropriate consideration, 

comments should mention OMB Control 

Number 1205–0310. 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; 

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