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RIN: 1205-AB70

Publication ID: Spring 2015

Title: Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Open Range in the United States
Abstract: Office of Foreign Labor Certification of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has established special procedures for certain occupations, including long-established variances for sheepherding, goat herding, and occupations involving the open range production of livestock. The wage-setting methodology and other employment standards for these occupations has been set in the past by sub-regulatory guidance. ETA is engaging in this regulatory action to establish standards for wages and working conditions in these occupations based on input from the regulated community.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 655
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1188

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Judicial	There is a court imposed schedule for DOL to publish the final rule by November 1, 2015.	11/01/2015

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/15/2015	80 FR 20300
NPRM Comment Period End	05/15/2015
NPRM Comment Period Extended	05/05/2015	80 FR 25633
NPRM Comment Period Extended End	06/01/2015
Final Rule	11/00/2015

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Janet Banos Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Division of Policy, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room C–4312, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-3010 Email: banos.janet@dol.gov