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Notices
Darrin A. King, Departmental Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E9-9745 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]
[ 4/29/2009]
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FR Doc E9-9745
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]
[Page 19602-19603]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration Submission for OMB
Emergency Review: Revision of OMB Control No. 1205-0342, Petition and
Investigative Forms To Assess Group Eligibility for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, Comment Request
April 24, 2009.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following
information collection request (ICR), utilizing the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR
1320.13. OMB approval is requested by May 6, 2009. A copy of this ICR,
with applicable supporting documentation; including among other things
a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of
response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the
RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free
number)/e-mail: DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. Interested parties are
encouraged to send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor--ETA,
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503,
Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not toll-free
numbers), E-mail: OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov. Comments and questions
about the ICR listed below should be received by no later than the
requested OMB approval date. An additional opportunity to comment on
this ICR will also be provided when DOL seeks approval under standard
PRA clearance procedures.
The OMB is particularly interested in comments which:
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 collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title of Collection: Investigative Data Collection Requirements for
the Trade Act of 1974 as amended by the Trade and Globalization
Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009.
OMB Control Number: 1205-0342.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Businesses or other
for-profits; and State, Local or Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 18,642.
Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excluding hourly wage costs:
$0.
Description: On February 17, 2009, the President signed into law
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Section 221 (a) of
Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by ARRA (19
U.S.C. 2271), authorizes the Secretary of Labor and the Governor of
each State to accept petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance. ARRA amended Section 222 of the Trade
Act of 1974 to provide for new eligibility criteria designed to expand
the number of petitioning worker groups assessed as adversely affected
by trade and therefore determined eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance. To solicit the data needed to address the new
eligibility criteria, ETA is significantly expanding the petition and
investigation forms currently approved under OMB No. 1205-0342.
The Forms ETA-9042 Petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance and its
Spanish translation, and ETA-9042a Solicitud De Asistencia Para Ajuste,
establish a format that may be used for filing such petitions. The
Department's regulations regarding petitions for worker adjustment
assistance may be found at 29 CFR 90. Investigative forms designed to
assess eligibility are undertaken in accordance with Sec. Sec. 222,
223 and 249 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C., 2272 and
2273), are used by the Secretary of Labor to certify groups of workers
as eligible to apply for worker trade adjustment assistance. The Forms
include: ETA-9043a--Business Confidential Data Request Firms that
Produce an Article (CDR-A); ETA-9043b--Business Confidential Data
Request Firms that Supply a Service (CDR-S); ETA-9043c--Business
Confidential Data Request Firms Who Work on a Contractual Basis; ETA-
8562a--Business Confidential Customer Survey; ETA-8562a--Business
Confidential Customer Survey; ETA-8562a--Business Confidential Customer
Survey First Tier Purchases of Articles; ETA-8562a-1--Business
Confidential Customer Survey Second Tier Purchases of Articles; ETA-
8562b--Business Confidential Customer Survey Services; ETA-8562c--
Business Confidential Customer Survey Firms who Work on a Contractual
Basis; ETA-8562d--Business Confidential Customer Survey; and ETA-9118--
Business Confidential Information Request.
Why are we requesting Emergency Processing? This collection is
submitted on an emergency clearance basis because ARRA (Section 1891)
mandates the implementation of the new criteria listed in Section 222
of the Trade Act
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(19 U.S.C. 2271, 2272, 2273 et seq.), as amended, by May 18, 2009.
Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-9745 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]
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