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OMB Control No: 1205-0466	ICR Reference No: 201103-1205-010
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201102-1205-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/ETA	Agency Tracking No: ETA 9141 electronic version
Title: Foreign Labor Certification Instruments
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 07/30/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/18/2011
Terms of Clearance: This collection should be resubmitted to OMB at the final rule stage.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2011	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2012
Responses	693,902	0	693,902
Time Burden (Hours)	513,010	0	513,010
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,575,340	0	1,575,340

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), (H)(i) 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 1188 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

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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 changes are due to new rulemaking. Previously this Information Collection Request (ICR) contained the burden and cost estimates for the H-2A and H-2B rulemaking that occurred in 2008 and became effective in January of 2009. The Department created two distinct ICs within the one ICR. This new H-2B NPRM modifies the current H-2B and PERM regulations and, because the H-1B regulations refer to the section modified in this rulemaking at 20 CFR 656.40, effectively the H-1B program is also affected. However, the burden hours previously accounted for in the PERM and H-1B programs have not changed, therefore, the totals listed in the previous H-2B IC are being included so that all the burdens previously accounted for and the ones being accounted for here are included for this updated IC. The changes in the H-2B IC are due to new requirements in the proposed rule, better calculations of the information collections required, and updated data on program usage. ROCIS entries for the H-2A information collections reflect the supporting statement information, which incorporates information from the previous supporting statement. The annual cost burden change in ROCIS is now disaggregated into $162,930 as the amount for a "change due to agency estimate," and $869,135 is attributed to a "change due to agency discretion."