[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 228 (Monday, November 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62601-62602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28499]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

November 19, 2009.
    The Department of Labor (DOL) hereby announces the submission of 
the following public information collection requests (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 each 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: 202-395-5806 (these 
are not toll-free numbers), E-mail: [email protected] within 
30 days from the date of this publication in the Federal Register. In 
order to ensure the appropriate consideration, comments should 
reference the OMB Control Number (see below).
    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: Extension with change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Overpayment Detection and Recovery Activities.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0173.
    Agency Form Number: ETA-227.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 2,968.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (does not include hour costs): 
$0.
    Description: The Secretary interprets applicable sections of 
Federal law to require States to address the prevention, detection, and 
recovery of benefit overpayments caused by willful misrepresentation of 
errors by claimants or others. The report provides an accounting of the 
types and amounts of such overpayments and serves as a useful 
management tool for monitoring overall integrity in the Unemployment 
Insurance system. For additional information, see related notice 
published at 74 FR 44385 on August 28, 2009.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension with change of a currently approved 
collection.
    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.
    Agency Form Numbers: ETA-9042; ETA-9042a; ETA-8562a1; ETA-8562A; 
ETA-8562B; ETA-9118; ETA-9043A; and ETA-9043B.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households; Businesses or other 
for-profits; and State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,916.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 17,883.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (does not include hour costs): 
$0.
    Description: Section 221(a) of Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended by the Trade and Globalization Adjustment 
Assistance Act of 2009, authorizes the Secretary of Labor and the 
Governor of each State to accept petitions for certification of 
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance. The Forms ETA 9042A, 
Petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance, and its Spanish translation, Form 9042a-1, 
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. 
The Forms ETA 9043a, Business Confidential Data Request, ETA 8562a, 
Business Confidential Customer Survey and ETA 9118, Business 
Confidential Non-Production Questionnaire are undertaken in accordance 
with Sections 222, 223 and 249 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by 
the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009, are used 
by the Secretary of Labor to certify groups of workers as eligible to 
apply for worker trade adjustment assistance. For additional 
information, see related notice published at 74 FR 28955 on June 18, 
2009.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Reporting and Performance Standards System for 
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Programs Under Title I, Section 167 of 
the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0425.
    Agency Form Numbers: ETA-9093; ETA-9094; and ETA-9095.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 70,562.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (does not include hour costs): 
$0.
    Description: This collection of information relates to the 
operation of employment and training programs for Migrant and Seasonal 
Farmworkers under title I, section 167 of the Workforce Investment Act 
(WIA). It also

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contains the basis of the performance standards system for WIA section 
167 grantees, which is used for program oversight, evaluation and 
performance assessment. For additional information, see related notice 
published at 74 FR 43159 on August 26, 2009.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Pell Grants and the Payment of Unemployment 
Benefits to Individuals in Approved Training.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0473.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 265.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (does not include hour costs): 
$0.
    Description: The Administration seeks to enable more individuals to 
obtain job training while receiving unemployment benefits, so they can 
develop their skills while the economy recovers. Therefore states, as 
third party disseminators, are strongly encouraged to notify unemployed 
individuals of their potential eligibility for Pell Grants. For 
additional information, see related notice published at 74 FR 49401 on 
September 27, 2009.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved 
collection.
    Title of Collection: Collecting Aggregate Participant Counts for 
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title 1B, Wagner-Peyser Act, National 
Emergency Grants, and Reemployment Services Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0474.
    Agency Form Number: ETA-9147; ETA-9148; and ETA-9149.
    Affected Public: State Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 614,632.
    Total Estimated Annual Costs Burden (does not include hour costs): 
$0.
    Description: This request is to extend OMB approval for a 
collection previously approved on an emergency basis which both 
modified the frequency of reporting and requests the collection of an 
additional data element contained in the following two performance-
related data instruments: (1) OMB Control Number 1205-0420--Workforce 
Investment Act (WIA), Title I Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth 
Activities Programs. This control number includes the following ETA 
forms: (A) Workforce Investment Act Annual Report--ETA form 9091, (B) 
Workforce Investment Act Quarterly Report--ETA Form 9090, and (C) 
Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data--WIASRD. and (2) from 
OMB control number 1205-0240, ETA 9002 A-E and VETS 200 A-C. For 
additional information, see related notice published at 74 FR 28553 on 
June 16, 2009.

Darrin A. King,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-28499 Filed 11-27-09; 8:45 am]
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