[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 198 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 60689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26156]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration Office of Workforce 
Security; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

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 [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 collection of the MA 8-7, Transmittal 
for Unemployment Insurance Materials. A copy of the proposed 
information collection request can be obtained by contacting the office 
listed below in the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Darlyne Bryant, Room C-4518, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 219-
5200, extension 366 (this is not a toll-free number); e-mail: 
[email protected]; facsimile (202) 208-5844.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration 
regulations, 20 CFR 601, Administrative Procedures, contains collection 
of information requirements at Sections 601.2 and 601.3. Section 601.2 
requires States to submit copies of their unemployment compensation 
laws for approval by the Secretary of Labor so that the Secretary may 
determine the status of State laws and plans of operation. Section 
601.3 requires States to ``submit all relevant State materials such as 
statutes, executive and administrative orders, legal opinions, rules, 
regulations, interpretations, court decisions, etc.'' These materials 
are used by the Secretary to determine whether the State law contains 
provisions required by Section 3304(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986. Grants of funds are made to States for the administration of 
their employment security laws if their unemployment compensation laws 
and their plans of operation for public employment offices meet 
required conditions of Federal laws. The information transmitted by 
Form MA 8-7 is used by the Secretary to make findings (as specified in 
the above cited Federal laws) required for certification to the 
Secretary of the Treasury for payment to States or for certification of 
the State law for purposes of additional tax credit. If this 
information is not available, the Secretary cannot make such 
certifications. To facilitate transmittal of required material, the 
Department prescribes the use of Form MA 8-7, Transmittal for 
Unemployment Insurance Materials. This simple checkoff form is used by 
the States to identify material being transmitted to the National 
Office and allows the material to be routed to appropriate staff for 
prompt action.

II. Review Focus

    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 technologies collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submissions of responses.

III. Current Actions

    States could not be certified if this information were not 
collected and Form MA 8-7 greatly facilitates its receipt.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials.
    OMB Number: 1205-0222.
    Agency Number: MA 8-7.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Total Responses: 3,120.
    Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 53 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $1,060.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment 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: October 5, 2000.
Grace A Kilbane,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
[FR Doc. 00-26156 Filed 10-11-00; 8:45 am]
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