[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 149 (Friday, August 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45076-45077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17650]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Proposed Information Collection Request for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Reform Act of 2002 (OMB Control Number 1205-0392): Comment 
Request for Extension Without Changes

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

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 collection of data about the Trade Adjustment 
Assistance Reform Act of 2002.
    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: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee's section below on or before September 30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Karen A. Staha, Performance and 
Technology Office, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-5206, 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3420 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3490. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background

    On June 16, 1998, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approved a Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) compliant 
performance and participant outcomes data system for the TAA Program; 
this system was revised in 2000 and is known as the Trade 
Act\Participant Report (TAPR). States implemented use of the TAPR 
beginning with the first quarter of the fiscal year 1999 (October 
through December, 1998), and have continued to collect and report data 
every quarter since then. The Employment and Training Administration is 
proposing similar changes to the reporting requirements for Workforce 
Investment Act Programs and the Wagner-Peyser Act Programs. Please note 
that ETA will seek comments regarding extensions to these

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collections in separate Federal Register notices.

II. Review Focus

    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.

III. Current Actions

    Type of Review: Extension without changes.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: Trade Act Participant Report (TAPR).
    OMB Number: 1205-0392.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Forms: Trade Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002, see table 
below for list of forms.
    Total Respondents: 50 States.
    Frequency: Quarterly and annual.
    Total Responses Annually: 50 submissions annually--each state 
submits TAPR files each quarter.
    Average Time per Response: 2.8 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours:

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                                      Annual
           TAA burden                national     Hours per TAPR    Annual TAPR     Applicable      Annual TAPR
                                   participants       record       burden hours     hourly rate   burden dollars
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Data Collection.................          30,000             0.3           9,000          $32.50        $292,500
TAPR Submission.................              50             2.5             500           32.50          16,250
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............         308,750
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    Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $308,750.
    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: July 25, 2008.
John R. Beverly,
Administrator, Office of Performance and Technology, Employment and 
Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-17650 Filed 7-31-08; 8:45 am]
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