[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 6774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3342]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations; Procedures for Classifying Labor Surplus
Areas
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,
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 proposed extension of the information
collection for Procedures Classifying Labor Surplus Areas.
A copy of the proposed information collection request can be
obtained by contacting the employee listed below in the contact section
of this notice.
DATE: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 13, 1998.
Written comments should evaluate whether the proposed information
collection 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 collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
ADDRESSES: William McGarrity, U.S. Employment Service, Employment and
Training Administration, Department of Labor Room N-4470, 200
Constitution Avenue., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, 202-219-5185, ext.
129. (This is not a toll-free number)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under Executive Orders 12073 and 10582, the Secretary of Labor is
required to classify labor surplus areas (LSAs) and disseminate this
information for the use of Federal agencies. Federal agencies utilize
LSA classifications for various purposes including procurement
decisions, food stamp waiver decisions, certain Small Business loan
decisions, as well as other purposes determined by the agencies. The
LSA listings are issued annually, effective October 1 of each year,
utilizing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Areas meeting the
criteria are classified as Labor Surplus Areas.
The Department's regulations specify that the Department can add
other areas to the annual LSA listing under the exceptional
circumstance criteria. Such additions are based upon information
contained in petitions submitted by the State employment security
agencies (SESAs) to the national office of the Employment and Training
Administration. These petitions contain specific economic information
about an area in order to provide ample justification for adding the
area to the LSA listing under the exceptional circumstance criteria. An
area is eligible for classification as an LSA if it meets all of the
criteria, and if the exceptional circumstance event is not temporary or
seasonal. This data collection pertains only to data submitted
voluntarily by States in exceptional circumstance petitions.
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)) of an extension to an existing
collection of information previously approved and assigned OMB Control
No. 1205-0207. There is no change in burden.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
Titles: Procedures for Classifying Labor Surplus Areas.
OMB Number: 1205-0207.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: States.
Number of Respondents: 52.
Estimated Time Per Respondent:
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Annual Total
Item States hours hour
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Petitions................................. 52 4 208
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Estimated Burden Hours: 208.
Total Estimated Cost: $5,000.00.
Comments submitted in response to this 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: February 3, 1998.
John R. Beverly, III,
Director, U.S. Employment Service.
[FR Doc. 98-3342 Filed 2-9-98; 8:45 am]
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