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OMB Control No: 1205-0466	ICR Reference No: 200812-1205-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200810-1205-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No: H-2A Final Rule Submission
Title: Foreign Labor Certification Instruments
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/18/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/18/2008
Terms of Clearance: These form modifications may be used only when the associated regulations become effective.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2011	36 Months From Approved
Responses	693,902	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	513,010	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,575,340	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1188 Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1153(b)(3) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1182(a)(5)(A), (m), (n), (t) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1184 (c) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act
   US Code: 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), (H)(i) Name of Law: Immigration and Nationality Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	693,902	693,902
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	513,010	513,010
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,575,340	1,575,340

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The increase in burden through the use of a new form, ETA-9142, occurred because the form currently in use for the temporary H-2A and H-2B programs, ETA 750A (OMB control number 1205-0015; the form will no longer be used for these two programs), is no longer sufficient for the Secretary of Labor's foreign worker certification responsibilities. Thus the Department of Labor proposes that information previously collected by ETA 750A would now be collected by ETA-9142 for the H-2A and H-2B programs, and ETA-9141 would used to collect the necessary information for the newly federalized process previously done by the State Workforce Agencies for the H-2A, H-2B, H-1B (including H-1B1 and E-3) and the permanent labor certification programs.