[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47186-47189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22804]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance; Proposed Information 
Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; 
ETA 9014

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.

ADDRESSEE: 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 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: Business Confidential Data Request.
    OMB Number: 1205-0197.
    Agency Number: ETA 9014.
    Recordkeeping: None.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Total Respondents: 1,500 per year.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Average Time per Response: 3 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,500 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $80,415.
    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.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.

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[FR Doc. 96-22804 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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