Proposed Rules. Proposed rule; notice of informal briefing

Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor
Action: Proposed rule; notice of informal briefing
Citation: FR Doc. 01-24209 · RIN 1205-AB24 · 20 CFR 655

Summary

The Division of Foreign Labor Certification, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Department of Labor (Department), announces two informal briefings to allow agricultural workers and employers and other interested parties to communicate directly with the Department regarding proposed rule changes which would require employers to submit fees for temporary alien agricultural labor certification and the associated H-2A petition with a consolidated application form at the time of filing. See proposed rule reopening the comment period, published elsewhere in today's Federal Register . The proposed rule also would modify the fee structure for H-2A labor certification applications. These briefings are being held to allow the Department to solicit individual responses and experiences from interested persons and other entities.

Dates

The briefing dates are: • Thursday, November 8, 2001, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Washington, DC. • Friday, November 16, 2001, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monterey, CA. Notices of intention to appear at the briefing must be postmarked no later than October 11, 2001.

Supplementary Information

The informal public briefings will be chaired by a senior official of the Employment and Training Administration. Persons appearing at the briefings will be allowed to present their views and pose questions of Department staff and other parties presenting their views. Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of September, 2001. Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training. [FR Doc. 01-24209 Filed 9-26-01; 8:45 am]