[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64593-64594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3030]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment And Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection RequestSubmitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendations; Disaster Unemployment Assistance Handbook 
and Operating Forms

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 (ETA) is 
soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension of the Disaster 
Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook and Program Operating forms, 
including the ETA 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities under the Stafford 
Disaster Relief Act. A copy of the proposed information collection 
request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in 
the addressee section of this notice.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 4, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Miriam Thompson, Office of Workforce 
Security, Division of Unemployment Insurance Operations, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room S4231, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone: 202-693-3226 (this is not a toll-free 
number) or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

 I. Background

    Public Law 100-707 (Sections 410 and 423) provides for benefit 
assistance to ``any individual unemployed as a result of a major 
disaster.'' The President is directed by the Act to provide DUA through 
agreements with states that in his judgment have an adequate system for 
administering DUA. Through agreements between the states and the 
Secretary of Labor, act as agents of the Secretary for the purpose of 
providing assistance to applicants in the various states who are 
unemployed as a result of a major disaster. Without the data obtained 
from these reports, ETA would have insufficient information about the 
program as it is administered by the states.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Department of Labor is soliciting comments 
concerning the proposed extension for the collection of the DUA 
Handbook and Program Operating forms. Comments are requested to:
     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.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed above in the addressee section 
of this notice.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without change of currently approved 
collection.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Disaster 
Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Handbook and Program Operating Forms, 
Including the ETA 90-2, Disaster Payment Activities under the Stafford 
Disaster Relief Act.
    OMB Number: 1205-0051.
    Agency Number(s): DUA Handbook and Program Operating Forms, 
including the ETA 90-2.
    Affected Public: Individuals, State Governments.

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                                       Total                           Total       Average time
         Cite/Reference             respondents      Frequency       responses     per response    Burden hours
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ETA 90-2........................              50               6             300             1/6              50
Initial Application.............     11,000[reg]               1          11,000             1/6           1,833
Supplemental to Initial               3,800[reg]               1           3,800             1/6             633
 Application (self-empl.).......
Weekly Claim....................     11,000[reg]             * 6          66,000            1/12           5,500
Notice of Overpayment...........             235               1             235             1/4              59
Cost/Expense Report.............              50              **              75             1/4              19
Final Report....................              50               1              50               1              50
Miscellaneous Recordkeeping.....              50             n/a          81,335            1/40           2,033
    Totals......................          26,235  ..............         162,795  ..............          10,177
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.00.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $ 0.00.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for the Office of Management and 
Budget's approval of the information collection request; they will also 
become a matter of public record.

Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
 [FR Doc. E4-3030 Filed 11-4-04; 8:45 am]
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