[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47182-47183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22802]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance; Proposed Information 
Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; 
ETA 9018

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 Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed revised collection of the Business 
Confidential Data Request. A copy of the ICR is attached to this 
notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before November 5, 1996. The Department 
of Labor 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.

ADDRESSES: Russell T. Kile, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 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), FAX (202) 219-5753.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance is required under the 
Trade Act of 1974 to conduct investigations to determine whether 
increased imports have contributed importantly to actual or threatened 
decreases in employment at firms whose workers have petitioned for 
trade adjustment assistance benefits. The ``Oil and Gas Drilling and 
Exploration Oilfield Services'' Business Confidential Data Request is 
designed to provide information on which determinations are based.

II. Current Actions

    The Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance has made no substantial 
revisions to its existing data collection requirements. Various changes 
in data gathering processes have occurred including increased use of 
computerized data bases and the use of simplified forms transmitted by 
fax.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Oil and Gas Drilling and Exploration Oilfield Services.
    OMB Number: 1205-0272.
    Agency Number: ETA 9018.
    Recordkeeping: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Total Respondents: 75 per year.
    Frequency: On occasion (as needed).
    Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 225 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $4,021.
    Comments submitted in response to this request 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: August 29, 1996.
Russel T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Business Confidential

Department of Labor, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Oil and Gas 
Industry

Exploration, Drilling, Oilfield Services

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Subject Firm-----------------------------------------------------------
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1. Organization

    Describe the corporate structure of your firm, including the 
parent company, if any, and affiliates: ________________________

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2. Operations

    a. What percentage of your operations are directed primarily 
toward: Oil? ____  Gas? ____  Other? ____
    b. Check the activities performed by your firm's workers:

____ Wireline logging
____ Laying pipe
____ Inspecting pipe
____ Tool fishing
____ Cementing
____ Acidizing
____ Penetrating
____ Seismic data analysis
____ Installing mud
____ Mixing mud
____ Installing chemicals
____ Fracturing
____ Testing
____ Workovers

    c. If not listed in (b), describe other work performed by your 
firm's workers, such as pre-drilling or post-drilling activities:
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3. Revenues and Employment

    Report revenues for the two full year periods identified below, 
and the most recent year-to-date period compared with the same 
period in the previous year.

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            Period             ----------------------------  Employment 
                                  Crude oil    Natural gas              
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    1995......................    __________    __________    __________
January through June:                                                   
    1995......................  ............  ............  ............
    1996......................  ............  ............  ............
    Data reported above are for this operation ____ or corporate ____   
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Business Confidential

4. Customers

    a. Please list your major customers:

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    b. Is there any corporate affiliation between your firm and any 
of your customers? Yes ____ No ____ If yes, please explain:
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[FR Doc. 96-22802 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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