[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 94 (Monday, May 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 27583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11710]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for OMB Control No. 
1205-0478: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High Growth 
and Emerging Industries (HGEI) Grants, Extension With Revisions

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 (ETA) is 
soliciting comments concerning the collection of data for American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High Growth and Emerging 
Industries (HGEI) Grants, expiring on October 31, 2010. This notice 
utilizes standard clearance procedures in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 1320.12. This information collection 
follows an emergency review that was conducted in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR 1320.13. The submission for 
OMB emergency review was approved on April 1, 2010. A copy of this ICR 
can be obtained from the RegInfo.gov Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    A copy of the current proposed information collection request (ICR) 
can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
ADDRESSES section below on or before July 16, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Dani Abdullah, Room N4643, 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-3949 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3890. E-mail: [email protected]. 
Please reference OMB Control Number 1205-0478 in the subject line of 
the e-mail.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    I. Background: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(The Recovery Act) was signed into law by President Obama on February 
17, 2009. Among other funding directed to the Department of Labor, the 
Recovery Act provides $750 million for a program of competitive grants 
for worker training and placement in high growth and emerging 
industries, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High 
Growth and Emerging Industries (HGEI) grants. It is critical to record 
the impact of these Recovery Act resources, current information on 
participants in these grants, and the services provided to them. 
Therefore, to obtain comprehensive information on participants served 
by and services provided with Recovery Act resources, ETA proposes an 
extension with revisions of an information collection set for ARRA HGEI 
grantees.
    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 with revisions.
    Title: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High Growth 
and Emerging Industries (HGEI) Grants.
    OMB Number: 1205-0478.
    Affected Public: ARRA HGEI Grantees (includes grantees that provide 
training and non-training grant-funded services).
    Form(s): ETA-9153.
    Total Annual Respondents: 244.
    Annual Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Responses: 976.
    Average Time per Response (Training Grantees): 262 Hours.
    Average Time per Response (Non-training Grantees): 16 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (Training Grantees): 159,296 
Hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (Non-Training Grantees): 5,888 
Hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $0.
    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.

    Signed: At Washington, DC this 7th day of May, 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
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