[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32674]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Reporting Requirements Pursuant to Baker
v. Reich
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 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, collection
instruments 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 extension of the information collection of the Reporting
Requirements for Baker v. Reich, ETA 563a.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the contact section
of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 24,
1997. 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 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 Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-
5555 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This information is needed in order to comply with a Federal Court
Order issued on September 9, 1996, regarding individual eligibility
determinations for Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA) benefits under
the North American Free Trade Agreement-Transitional Adjustment
Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) program. The data to be collected comply with
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia's
preliminary approval of, pending a final hearing, a settlement of Baker
v. Reich between the Department of Labor and the United Auto Workers
Union (UAW). The Court Order requires the Department to report to the
UAW on the States' implementation of the settlement and beginning with
the quarterly reporting period ending December 31, 1996, the States
will provide the Department with quarterly written reports by petition
number on: the number of people requesting determination of
entitlement; the number of people determined entitled to benefits; and
the number of people receiving TRA first payments under this
settlement. The States are required to continue to report the data on a
quarterly basis for five more quarters.
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 an extension of collection of
information currently approved and assigned OMB Control No. 1205-0372.
There is a reduction of 40 burden hours from the previously approved
data collection, because the one-time interim report on the
implementation of the settlement, also approved under OMB Control No.
1205-0372, is no longer required.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
Title: Reporting requirements pursuant to Baker v. Reich.
OMB Number: 1205-0372.
Frequency: Quarterly report for six quarters.
Affected Public: State or local government.
Number of Respondents: 40.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 minutes per NAFTA-TAA petition.
Total Burden Hours: 168.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): None.
Total Estimated Cost: $800.
Total Burden Hours: 40.
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: December 18, 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-32674 Filed 12-23-96; 8:45 am]
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