[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 25732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11518]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collections
of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
On February 13, 2019, the Economic Development Administration (EDA)
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register with a request for
comments on the Petition by a Firm for Certification of Eligibility to
Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, and Adjustment Proposals and
received a total of eleven comments. Several comments stated that the
estimate of burden hours for completing the ED-840P was too low. EDA
subsequently conducted a survey and found that the average response was
173 hours, instead of the original estimate of 128.2 hours. The burden
estimates provided in this notice represent the adjusted burden
estimates.
Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA), Department of
Commerce.
Title: Petition by a Firm for Certification of Eligibility to Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance, and Adjustment Proposals.
OMB Control Number: 0610-0091.
Form Number(s): ED-840P.
Type of Request: Regular submission (revision of a currently
approved collection).
Number of Respondents: 300.
Average Hours per Response: 173 hours.
Burden Hours: 25,950 hours.
Needs and Uses: The information collected on Form ED-840P, Petition
by a Firm for Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance, and relevant supporting documentation is used to
determine whether a firm satisfies the eligibility and programmatic
requirements contained in chapters 3 and 5 of title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2341). If certified as eligible for
Trade Adjustment Assistance following submission of Form ED-840P, firms
must create an EDA-approved Adjustment Proposal in order to receive
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: During application for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-11518 Filed 6-3-19; 8:45 am]
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