[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 72 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 19024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7150]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

April 11, 2007.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of 
this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained at 
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, or contact Ira Mills on 202-
693-4122 (this is not a toll-free number) or e-Mail: [email protected].
    Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for U.S. Department of Labor/Employment 
and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Management and Budget, 
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 202-395-7316 (this is not a toll free 
number), within 30 days from the date of this publication in the 
Federal Register.
    The OMB 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 submission of responses.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Title: Transmittal of Unemployment Insurance Materials.
    OMB Number: 1205-0222.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Type of Response: Reporting.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Annual Responses: 636.
    Average Response time: 1 minute.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 11.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Annual Costs (operating/maintaining systems or purchasing 
services): 0.
    Description: Section 303(a)(6), SSA, requires, as a condition of 
receiving administrative grants, that state law contain provision for 
the ``making of such reports, in such form and containing such 
information, as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time require, 
and compliance with such provisions as the Secretary of Labor may from 
time to time find necessary to ensure the correctness and verification 
of such reports.'' Departmental regulations at 20 CFR 601.3 in part 
implement this requirement by requiring the submission of ``all 
relevant state materials, such as statutes, executive and 
administrative orders, legal opinions, rules, regulations, 
interpretations, court opinions, etc. * * * '' Also, the regulations 
for the UC for Federal Civilian Employees (UCFE) program at 20 CFR 
609.1(d)(1) and for the UC for ex-service members (UCX) program at 20 
CFR 614.1(d)(1) require submission of certain documents to assure that 
states are properly administering these programs. The Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (which includes Trade Readjustment Allowances) program (TAA/
TRA) regulations provide similar requirements at 20 CFR 617.52(c)(1).
    The MA 8-7 is the mechanism for implementing these submittal 
requirements, the purpose of which is to provide the Secretary with 
sufficient information to determine if (a) employers in a state qualify 
for tax credits under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; (b) the state 
meets the requirements for obtaining administrative grants under Title 
III, SSA; and (c) the state is fulfilling it obligations under Federal 
UC programs.

Ira L. Mills,
Departmental Clearance Officer/Team Leader.
[FR Doc. E7-7150 Filed 4-13-07; 8:45 am]
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