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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 1, 2020 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; HighWage Components of the Labor Value
Content Requirements Under the
USMCA
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Wage and Hour
Division (WHD)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before December 31, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(5) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony May by telephone at 202–693–
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or
by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with section 210(b) of the
United States-Mexico-Canada
Agreement Implementation Act, the
U.S. Department of Labor issued
regulations necessary to administer the
high-wage components of the labor
value content requirements as set forth
in section 202A of that Act (85 FR
39782, July 1, 2020). The Act

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implements the United States-MexicoCanada Agreement (USMCA). Section
202A of the Act, codified at 19 U.S.C.
4532, in part implements Article 7 of
the Automotive Appendix of the
USMCA. The USMCA establishes labor
value content (LVC) requirements for
passenger vehicles, light trucks, and
heavy trucks, pursuant to which an
importer can only obtain preferential
tariff treatment for a covered vehicle if
the covered vehicle meets certain highwage component requirements. The Act
requires importers who claim
preferential tariff treatment under the
USMCA for goods imported into the
United States from a USMCA Country,
and vehicle producers whose goods are
the subject of a claim for preferential
tariff treatment under the USMCA, to
make, keep, and, pursuant to rules and
regulations promulgated by the
Secretary, render for examination and
inspection records and supporting
documents related to the LVC
requirements. See 19 U.S.C. 1508(b)(4).
The Act further grants the Secretary
authority during the course of a
verification to request any records
relating to wages, hours, job
responsibilities, or any other
information in any plant or facility
relied on by a producer of covered
vehicles to demonstrate that the
production of those vehicles meets the
high-wage components of the LVC
requirements. See 19 U.S.C.
4532(e)(4)(B). The Act grants authority
to the Secretary to issue regulations. For
additional substantive information
about this ICR, see the related notice
published in the Federal Register on
July 10, 2020 (85 FR 41627).
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 the OMB
approves it 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 OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this
information collection for three (3)
years. OMB authorization for an ICR
cannot be for more than three (3) years
without renewal. The DOL notes that
information collection requirements
submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs
receive a month-to-month extension
while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL–WHD.

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Title of Collection: High-Wage
Components of the Labor Value Content
Requirements under the USMCA.
OMB Control Number: 1235–0032.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits institutions.
Total Estimated Number of
Respondents: 9,455.
Total Estimated Number of
Responses: 5,796,460.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden:
205,911 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs
Burden: $0.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Dated: November 24, 2020.
Anthony May,
Management and Program Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Annual
Refiling Survey
Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

The Department of Labor
(DOL) is submitting this Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA). Public comments on the ICR are
invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all
written comments that agency receives
on or before December 31, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) if the
information will be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimates of the burden and
cost of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (4)
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