[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 8 (Friday, January 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1560-1561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-352]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request for Form MA 8-7, 
Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials; 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 (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 extension of the Form MA 8-7, 
Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials. 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 or by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Submit comments on or before March 13, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Robert Johnston, Room S-4231, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210; phone (202) 693-3005 (this is not a toll-free number); internet 
address [email protected]; fax (202) 693-2874.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration 
regulations, 20 CFR 601, Administrative Procedures, contains collection 
of information requirements at Sections

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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. 
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 certify to the Secretary of 
Treasury whether employers in the state qualify for tax credits under 
Sections 3303 and 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and if the 
state qualifies for grants for the administration of their unemployment 
compensation laws by meeting the conditions found in Section 303 of the 
Social Security Act. 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 check off 
form is used by the states to identify material being transmitted to 
the Department of Labor/Employment Training Administration and allows 
the material to be routed to appropriate staff for prompt action. 
States could not be certified if this information was not collected and 
Form MA 8-7 greatly facilitates its receipt.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

    Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting 
comments concerning the proposed extension collection of the MA 8-7, 
Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials. 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.
    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.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Transmittal for Unemployment Insurance Materials.
    OMB Number: 1205-0222.
    Agency Number: MA 8-7.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: Social Security Act, Section 303(a)(6).
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: As needed.
    Total Responses: 600.
    Average Time per Response: 1 minute.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 10 hours.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): None.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): None
    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: January 4, 2007.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
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