[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 237 (Wednesday, December 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65102-65103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32290]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment 
Assistance

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 renewal of the information collection 
of the Petition for Transitional Adjustment Assistance, ETA 9042.
    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 9, 
1998. 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

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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 
others forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

ADDRESSES: Grant D. Beale, 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

    The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act 
amended Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to add a 
Subchapter D--NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program. This 
program provides needed adjustment assistance to workers adversely 
affected because of imports from Canada to Mexico or shifts to 
production from the United States to those countries.
    Section 250 of the Act authorizes the Governor of each State to 
accept petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for NAFTA 
transitional adjustment assistance. A petition may be filed by a group 
of three workers (including workers in any agricultural firm or 
subdivision or an agricultural firm), their union or other duly 
authorized representative including community-based organizations, or a 
company official. Form ETA-9042, Petition for NAFTA Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance, establishes the format which has been used by 
the Governor to facilitate petition filings.

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 renewal of a of collection of 
information previously approved and assigned OMB Control No. 1205-0342. 
There is a reduction of 70 burden hours as the result of a reestimate 
of the number of petitions filed.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
    Title: Petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance.
    OMB Number: 1205-0342.
    Agency Number: ETA-9042.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Total Respondents: Estimated 1,000.
    Frequency: On Occasion.

Estimated Time Per Response:                                            
    Respondents (minutes)......................................       15
    State Review (minutes).....................................        5
Estimated Total Burden Hours:                                           
    Respondents (hours)........................................      250
    State Review (hours).......................................       80
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        Total (hours)..........................................      330
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Estimated Respondent Cost:                                              
    Respondents................................................   $6,250
    State Review...............................................   $1,406
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        Total..................................................   $7,656
                                                                        

    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 4, 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-32290 Filed 12-9-97; 8:45 am]
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