[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19602-19603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9745]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration Submission for OMB 
Emergency Review: Revision of OMB Control No. 1205-0342, Petition and 
Investigative Forms To Assess Group Eligibility for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance, Comment Request

April 24, 2009.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted the following 
information collection request (ICR), utilizing the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (PRA) emergency review procedures, to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) and 5 CFR 
1320.13. OMB approval is requested by May 6, 2009. A copy of this ICR, 
with applicable supporting documentation; including among other things 
a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency of 
response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the 
RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain or by 
contacting Darrin King on 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free 
number)/e-mail: [email protected]. Interested parties are 
encouraged to send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the Department of Labor--ETA, 
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, 
Telephone: 202-395-7316/Fax: 202-395-6974 (these are not toll-free 
numbers), E-mail: [email protected]. Comments and questions 
about the ICR listed below should be received by no later than the 
requested OMB approval date. An additional opportunity to comment on 
this ICR will also be provided when DOL seeks approval under standard 
PRA clearance procedures.
    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 submissions of responses.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title of Collection: Investigative Data Collection Requirements for 
the Trade Act of 1974 as amended by the Trade and Globalization 
Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0342.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Businesses or other 
for-profits; and State, Local or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 18,642.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (excluding hourly wage costs: 
$0.
    Description: On February 17, 2009, the President signed into law 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Section 221 (a) of 
Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by ARRA (19 
U.S.C. 2271), authorizes the Secretary of Labor and the Governor of 
each State to accept petitions for certification of eligibility to 
apply for adjustment assistance. ARRA amended Section 222 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 to provide for new eligibility criteria designed to expand 
the number of petitioning worker groups assessed as adversely affected 
by trade and therefore determined eligible to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance. To solicit the data needed to address the new 
eligibility criteria, ETA is significantly expanding the petition and 
investigation forms currently approved under OMB No. 1205-0342.
    The Forms ETA-9042 Petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance and its 
Spanish translation, and ETA-9042a Solicitud De Asistencia Para Ajuste, 
establish a format that may be used for filing such petitions. The 
Department's regulations regarding petitions for worker adjustment 
assistance may be found at 29 CFR 90. Investigative forms designed to 
assess eligibility are undertaken in accordance with Sec. Sec.  222, 
223 and 249 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C., 2272 and 
2273), are used by the Secretary of Labor to certify groups of workers 
as eligible to apply for worker trade adjustment assistance. The Forms 
include: ETA-9043a--Business Confidential Data Request Firms that 
Produce an Article (CDR-A); ETA-9043b--Business Confidential Data 
Request Firms that Supply a Service (CDR-S); ETA-9043c--Business 
Confidential Data Request Firms Who Work on a Contractual Basis; ETA-
8562a--Business Confidential Customer Survey; ETA-8562a--Business 
Confidential Customer Survey; ETA-8562a--Business Confidential Customer 
Survey First Tier Purchases of Articles; ETA-8562a-1--Business 
Confidential Customer Survey Second Tier Purchases of Articles; ETA-
8562b--Business Confidential Customer Survey Services; ETA-8562c--
Business Confidential Customer Survey Firms who Work on a Contractual 
Basis; ETA-8562d--Business Confidential Customer Survey; and ETA-9118--
Business Confidential Information Request.
    Why are we requesting Emergency Processing? This collection is 
submitted on an emergency clearance basis because ARRA (Section 1891) 
mandates the implementation of the new criteria listed in Section 222 
of the Trade Act

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(19 U.S.C. 2271, 2272, 2273 et seq.), as amended, by May 18, 2009.

Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-9745 Filed 4-28-09; 8:45 am]
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