[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11902-11903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4567]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Emergency Review; Comment Request

March 7, 2007.
    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 (PRA) of 1995 
(Pub.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval has been requested 
by March 16, 2007. A copy of this ICR, with applicable supporting 
documentation, may be obtained by accessing it on:

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http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, or by calling the Department 
of Labor Departmental Clearance Officer, Ira Mills, on 202-693-4122.
    Comments and questions about the ICR listed below should be 
submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
OMB Desk Officer for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202-
395-7316), and received prior to the requested OMB approval date.
    The Office of Management and Budget 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.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Evaluation of State Implementation of Section 303(k) of the 
Social Security Act.
    OMB Number: 1205-0NEW.
    Frequency: One-time Survey.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2 hours.
    Total Burden Hours: 106.
    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): 0.
    Description: The collection of this information is necessary to 
examine state implementation of section 303(k) of the Social Security 
Act (SSA) as to (1) status and effectiveness of state actions to meet 
the requirement of the law and operation guidance, and (2) whether the 
Secretary of Labor (Secretary) should recommend Congressional action to 
make revisions to the law. On August 9, 2004, Public Law (Pub.L.) 108-
295, the `` State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) Dumping Prevention Act of 
2004'' (Act) was enacted which amended section 303(k) of the SSA by 
establishing a minimum nationwide standard for curbing a unemployment 
compensation tax rate manipulation schemes known as SUTA dumping. The 
Act requires the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study of state 
implementation and report to Congress by July 15, 2007 at section 2, 
F(b)(1). ETA now requests emergency approval to enable ETA's contractor 
sufficient time to distribute, collect, and analyze the state survey 
results and incorporate them into the study findings before the July 
15, 2007, statutorily mandated submission date for the Secretary's 
report to Congress. The timing of the survey design and review request 
corresponds with the states' implementation of the detection systems, 
which began after enactment of the Federal law. If the survey design 
and distribution predated the implementation of state detection 
systems, states would be unable to provide useful data on the status 
and effectiveness of state actions to meet the requirement(s) of the 
Federal law and operation guidance.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-4567 Filed 3-13-07; 8:45 am]
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