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that will be used in the SEED
evaluation:
(1) SEED Implementation Evaluation
Survey. This survey will be distributed
to a sample of State legislators and their
staff who are members of intermediary
organizations participating in the SEED
initiative. It will identify barriers and
needs to inform the SEED
implementation team on what SEED
could do to assist states interested in
adopting disability employment
policies. It will also provide feedback
from State legislators and staff regarding
their perceptions of SEED activities and
resources to date as well as identify
where State legislators are currently
getting their information about
disability employment policy issues to
improve outreach.

II. Review Focus
Currently, DOL is soliciting comments
concerning the above data collection for
the evaluation of SEED. DOL is
particularly interested in comments that
do the following:
• 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.
III. Current Action
At this time, DOL is requesting
clearance for the SEED Implementation
Evaluation Survey.
Type of Review: New Information
Collection.
OMB Control Number: 1290–0NEW.
Title: State Exchange on Employment
and Disability (SEED) Initiative
Implementation Evaluation Survey.

ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS—SEED IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION SURVEY
Respondents

Number of
espondents

Number of
esponses per
respondent

Total
esponses

Estimated time
per response
(hours)

Estimated
total burden
(hours)

State legislators and staff who are members of organizations participating in the SEED initiative ..........................

1,039

1

1,039

.22

228.58

Affected Public: A sample of State
legislators and their staff who are
members of intermediary organizations
participating in the SEED initiative.
Annual Frequency: One time for the
SEED initiative evaluation survey.
Comments submitted in response to
this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information
collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 15, 2016.
Sharon Block,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.
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Proposed Extension of the Information
Collection Disclosure to Workers
Under the Migrant and Seasonal
Agricultural Worker Protection Act
Wage and Hour Division,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,

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conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general 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
(PRA95). 44 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)(A). This
program helps to 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 Wage
and Hour Division is soliciting
comments concerning its proposal to
extend Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the
Information Collection: Disclosures to
Workers Under the Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act. A copy of the proposed information
request can be obtained by contacting
the office listed below in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section below on or before
January 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Control Number 1235–
0002, by either one of the following
methods: Email: WHDPRAComments@
dol.gov; Mail, Hand Delivery, Courier:

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Division of Regulations, Legislation, and
Interpretation, Wage and Hour, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–3502, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210. Instructions: Please submit
one copy of your comments by only one
method. All submissions received must
include the agency name and Control
Number identified above for this
information collection. Because we
continue to experience delays in
receiving mail in the Washington, DC
area, commenters are strongly
encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit
them by mail early. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, become a matter of public
record. They will also be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB
approval of the information collection
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa Smith, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–3502, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–0406 (this is not a
toll-free number). Copies of this notice
may be obtained in alternative formats
(Large Print, Braille, Audio Tape, or
Disc), upon request, by calling (202)
693–0023 (not a toll-free number). TTY/
TTD callers may dial toll-free (877) 889–
5627 to obtain information or request
materials in alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background: The Migrant and
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection
Act (MSPA) safeguards migrant and
seasonal agricultural workers in their
interactions with Farm Labor
Contractors, Agricultural Employers and
Agricultural Associations, and providers
of migrant farm worker housing. See
Public Law 97–470. The MSPA requires
Farm Labor Contractors, Agricultural
Employers, and Agricultural
Associations, who recruit, solicit, hire,
employ, furnish, transport, or house
agricultural workers, as well as
providers of migrant housing, to meet
certain minimum requirements in their
dealings with migrant and seasonal
agricultural workers. Various sections of
the MSPA require respondents (e.g.,
Farm Labor Contractors, Agricultural
Employers, and Agricultural
Associations to disclose terms and
conditions in writing to their workers.
MSPA sections 201(g) and 301(f)
requires that the DOL make forms
available to provide such information.
The DOL prints and makes optional-use
form WH–516, Worker Information—
Terms and Conditions of Employment.
MSPA sections 201(d) and 301(c)—29
U.S.C. 1821(d), 1831(c) and regulations
29 CFR 500.80(a), require each Farm
Labor Contractor, Agricultural
Employer, and Agricultural Association
that employs a migrant or seasonal
worker to make, keep, and preserve
records for three years for each such
worker concerning the: (1) Basis on
which wages are paid; (2) number of
piece work units earned, if paid on a
piece work basis; (3) number of hours
worked; (4) total pay period earnings;
(5) specific sums withheld and the
purpose of each sum withheld; (6) net
pay. Respondents are also required to
provide an itemized written statement
of this information to each migrant and
seasonal agricultural worker each pay
period. See 29 U.S.C. 1821(d), 1831(c),
and 29 CFR 500.1-.80(d). Additionally,
MSPA sections 201(e) and 301(d)
require each Farm Labor Contractor
provide copies of all the records noted
above for the migrant and seasonal
agricultural workers the contractor has
furnished to other Farm Labor
Contractors, Agricultural Employers, or
Agricultural Associations who use the
workers. Respondents must also make
and keep certain records. Section 201(c)
of the MSPA requires all Farm Labor
Contractors, Agricultural Employers,
and Agricultural Associations providing
housing to a migrant agricultural worker
to post in a conspicuous place at the site
of the housing, or present to the migrant
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conditions. See 29 U.S.C. 1821(c); 29
CFR 500.75. In addition, MSPA section
201(g) requires them to provide such
information in English, or as necessary
and reasonable, in a language common
to the workers. See 29 U.S.C. 1821(g).
The provision also requires DOL make
the optional forms available to provide
the required disclosures. See 29 U.S.C.
1821(g); 29 CFR 500.1(i)(2).
II. Review Focus: The Department of
Labor 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;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
• 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;
• 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: The Department
of Labor seeks an approval for the
extension of this information collection
in order to ensure effective
administration of various special
employment programs.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Wage and Hour Division.
Title: Disclosure to Workers Under the
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural
Worker Protection Act.
OMB Number: 1235–0002.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms.
Agency Numbers: Forms WH–501
(English and Spanish versions), WH–
516 (English, Spanish and Haitian
Creole versions), and WH–521.
Total Respondents: 105,587.
Total Annual Responses: 82,418,590.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,387,565.
Estimated Time per Response:
Various.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup/
operation/maintenance): $3,296,743.60.
Dated: November 16, 2016.
Melissa Smith,
Director, Division of Regulations, Legislation,
and Interpretation.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs.
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances
and Worker Health: Subcommittee on
Medical Advice re: Weighing Medical
Evidence
Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting of
the Subcommittee on Medical Advice
re: Weighing Medical Evidence of the
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances
and Worker Health (Advisory Board) for
the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act
(EEOICPA).
AGENCY:

The subcommittee will meet
via teleconference on December 12,
2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
press inquiries: Ms. Amanda McClure,
Office of Public Affairs, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–1028, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–4672;
email mcclure.amanda.c@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Board is mandated by Section
3687 of EEOICPA. The Secretary of
Labor established the Board under this
authority and Executive Order 13699
(June 26, 2015). The purpose of the
Advisory Board is to advise the
Secretary with respect to: (1) The Site
Exposure Matrices (SEM) of the
Department of Labor; (2) medical
guidance for claims examiners for
claims with the EEOICPA program, with
respect to the weighing of the medical
evidence of claimants; (3) evidentiary
requirements for claims under Part B of
EEOICPA related to lung disease; and
(4) the work of industrial hygienists and
staff physicians and consulting
physicians of the Department of Labor
and reports of such hygienists and
physicians to ensure quality, objectivity,
and consistency. The Advisory Board
sunsets on December 19, 2019. This
subcommittee is being assembled to
gather and analyze data and continue
working on advice under Area #2,
Medical Advice re: Weighing Medical
Evidence.
The Advisory Board operates in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App.
2) and its implementing regulations (41
CFR part 102–3).
Agenda: The tentative agenda for the
Subcommittee on Medical Advice re:
Weighing Medical Evidence meeting
includes: review of claims filed under
SUMMARY:

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