[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57456-57457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28171]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Quarterly Determinations, Allowance
Activities and Employability Services Under The Trade Act; and Training
Waivers Issued and Revoked
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
act of 1995 (PRA95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, reporting
forms are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements
on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employment and
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed
reinstatement of the collection of the Quarterly Determinations,
Allowance Activities and Employability Services Under The Trade Act,
Form ETA 563; and Training Waivers Issued and Revoked, Form ETA 9027.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by
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contacting the employee listed below in the contact section of this
notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 16,
1996. Written comments should evaluate whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
ADDRESSES: Russell T. Kile, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance,
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor, Room C-
4318, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-5555
(this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I: Background
The Trade Act of 1974, Section 236(d), as amended, requires the
President to submit an annual report to the Congress on the trade
agreements program which includes information on trade adjustment
assistance for workers. The information from this collection of
information is used by the Secretary of Labor to report to Congress
quarterly regarding the amount of funds expended to provide training.
Key workload data on the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and the
North American Free Trade Agreement--Transitional Adjustment Assistance
(NAFTA) programs is needed to measure program performance and to
allocate program and administrative funds to State agencies
administering the trade programs for the Secretary.
The Trade Act of 1974, (Pub. L. 93-618), Section 231(c)(3), as
amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act (OTCA) of 1988,
requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually, the number
of training waivers issued and revoked. NAFTA legislation does not
provide for the waiver of training. The Department has determined that
it is important to ascertain not only the number of waivers issued, but
the reasons why such waiver were issued following the guidelines
provided by the Congress. Further, the Department determined that such
information should be collected quarterly to assess the adequacy of the
regulations and operating instructions issued to the State Agencies
acting as an Agent of the United States when administering the Trade
Act provisions.
II: Current Actions
This is a request for OMB approval under [the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)] for a reinstatement of collection
of information previously approved and assigned OMB Control No. 1205-
0016. There is no change in burden.
Type of Review: Reinstatement without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
Title: Quarterly Determinations, Allowance Activities and
Employability Service Under The Trade Act; and Training Waivers Issued
and Revoked.
OMB Number: 1205-0016.
Frequently: Quarterly.
Affected Public: State or Local Government.
Number of Respondents: ETA-563 = Estimated 17,100; ETA-9027 =
Estimated 52.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: ETA-563 = 12 minutes per response;
ETA-9027=15 minutes per response.
Total Estimated Cost: $46,380.
Total Burden Hours: 3,472.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: November 11, 1995.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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