[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46666-46667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20082]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request

August 1, 2003.
    The Department of Labor has submitted the following (see below) 
information collection request (ICR), utilizing 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). OMB approval

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has been requested by August 5, 2003. A copy of this ICR, with 
applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling the 
Department of Labor. To obtain documentation, contact Darrin King on 
202-693-4129 (This is not a toll free number) or email: 
[email protected].
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
forwarded to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training Administration, Room 
10235, Washington, DC 20503.
    The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in 
comments which:
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] 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;
    [sbull] Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    [sbull] 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: Request for Determination of Eligibility to Apply For the 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) Program for Older 
Workers.
    OMB Number: 1205-NEW.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Businesses or other 
for-profit; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Annualized Reporting Burden (time measured in hours):

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     Number of         Estimated time      Number of
    respondents         per response        reports        Total burden
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       4,100                .017             4,100               68
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    Total Burden Hours: 68
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Description: The Trade Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-210) amends the 
Trade Act of 1974 and establishes an Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (ATAA) program for older workers effective August 6, 2003. 
Section 246 of Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
by the Trade Act of 2002, requires the Secretary of Labor to provide 
the opportunity for a group of workers on whose behalf a petition for 
Trade Adjustment Assistance is filed to request that the group of 
workers be certified for the alternative trade adjustment assistance 
program at the time the petition is filed. The Request for 
Determination of Eligibility to Apply for the Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) Program for Older Workers establishes a 
temporary format for making such a request. The Department is currently 
seeking approval of a new TAA petition form (ETA 9109) that includes 
the option to request certification for ATAA. The Federal Register 
notice was published on July 7, 2003, 68 FR 40301 with a comment due 
date of 9/5/2003. The Department will consider comments received in 
response to this notice as well as comments received in response to the 
July 7, 2003 notice in finalizing the petition form.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-20082 Filed 8-4-03; 10:40 am]
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