[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 133 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39724-39725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15712]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)


Proposed Information Collection Request, Extension of Approved 
Collection With One Revision: ``Petition for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, Business 
Confidential Data Request, Business Confidential Non-Production 
Questionnaire, and Business Confidential Customer Survey''

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, with revisions, of data 
collections using the ETA Form 9042A, Petition for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (1205-0342) and 
its Spanish translation ETA 9042A-1 (1205-0342); ETA 9043a, Business 
Confidential Data Request (1205-0342); ETA 8562a, Business Confidential 
Customer Survey (1205-0342). There is only one revision: ETA 9118 
Business Confidential Non Production Questionnaire (currently approved 
under OMB Control Number 1205-0447) will be consolidated with the other 
forms listed above into one reporting requirement under OMB control 
number 1205-0342.
    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 by accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed below on 
or before September 8, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Susan Worden, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Room C-5428, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Phone: 202-693-3517, Fax: 202-693-3584, E-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    Section 221(a) of Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended by the Trade Act of 2002, authorizes the Secretary of Labor and 
the Governor of each state to accept petitions for certification of 
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. The petitions may be 
filed by a group of workers, their certified or recognized union or 
duly authorized representative, employers of such workers, one-stop 
operators or one-stop partners. ETA Form 9042A, Petition for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, and 
its Spanish translation, ETA Form 9042A-1, Solicitud De Asistencia Para 
Ajuste, establish a format that may be used for filing such petitions.
    Sections 222, 223 and 249 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
require the Secretary of Labor to issue a determination for groups of 
workers as to their eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (TAA). After reviewing all of the information obtained for 
each petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance filed with the 
Department, a determination is issued as to whether the statutory 
criteria for certification are met. The information collected in ETA 
Form 9043a, Business Confidential Data Request, ETA Form 9118, Business 
Confidential Non Production Questionnaire, and ETA Form 8562a, Business 
Confidential Customer Survey, will be used by the Secretary to 
determine to what extent, if any, increased imports or shifts in 
production have impacted the petitioning worker group.

II. Review Focus

    ETA 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.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension, with revision, of OMB approved 
information collection.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ``Petition For Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance, Business Confidential Data Request, 
Business Confidential Non-Production Questionnaire, and Business 
Confidential Customer Survey: Investigative Data Collection

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Requirements for the Trade Act of 1974 as amended by the Trade Act of 
2002.''
    OMB Number: 1205-0342.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households, Businesses, State, 
Local or Tribal Governments.

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                                                                                                       Total
                 Cite/reference                      Responses         Total       Average time      requested
                                                                    respondents    per response   burden (hours)
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ETA 9042A & ETA 9042A-1.........................           2,200           2,200          25 min             916
ETA 9043a.......................................           2,200            1056       3.5 hours           7,700
ETA 8562a.......................................           8,800           8,800      1.78 hours          15,664
ETA 9118........................................             550             264       3.5 hours           1,925
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    Totals......................................          13,750          12,320  ..............          26,205
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $0.
    Comments submitted in response to this Notice will be summarized 
for inclusion in the request for Office of Management and Budget 
approval of this information collection request and will become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: July 2, 2008.
Ralph Di Battista,
Deputy Administrator, Office of National Response, Employment and 
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-15712 Filed 7-9-08; 8:45 am]
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