[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 237 (Friday, December 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 77001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31065]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Comment Request for Information Collection for Labor Surplus 
Areas Extension Without Changes

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

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 for state petitions to add 
areas to the Labor Surplus Areas List. The expiration date is March 30, 
2011.
    A copy of the 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 February 8, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Samuel Wright, Room S-4231 
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone number: 202-693-2870 (this is not a 
toll-free number). E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Under Executive Orders 12073 and 10582, the Secretary of Labor is 
required to classify labor surplus areas (LSAs) for the use of Federal 
agencies in directing procurement activities and in locating new plants 
or facilities in areas of high unemployment. The LSAs list is issued 
annually, effective October 1 of each year, and is based upon the 
average unemployment rate during the previous two calendar years for 
each area in comparison with the national average rate for the same 
period.

II. Review Focus

    The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments 
which: 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.
    Title: Labor Surplus Areas.
    OMB Number: 1205-0207.
    Affected Public: Only the states requesting an area to be added to 
the Labor Surplus Areas list under the exceptional circumstances 
provision.
    Form(s): None.
    Total Annual Respondents: No more than three states have submitted 
exceptional circumstance petitions in any year.
    Annual Frequency: No more than three requests per year.
    Total Annual Responses: In the most recent year, three states have 
requested areas to be added to the Labor Surplus Areas list. Prior to 
that year only one or two states have made requests.
    Average Time per Response: Three hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 9 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Cost for Respondents: $356 (9 hours @ $39.59 an 
hour).
    Comments submitted in response to this 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 15th day of November 2010.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-31065 Filed 12-9-10; 8:45 am]
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