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The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–58,623L is hereby issued as
follows:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–58,623L; TA–W–58,623EE; TA–W–
58,623FF]
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Westpoint Home, Inc., Formerly
Westpoint Stevens, Inc., Sales and
Marketing Office, New York, NY;
Including Employees of Westpoint
Home, Inc., Formerly Westpoint
Stevens, Inc., Sales and Marketing
Office, New York, NY Employees
Working at the Following Locations:
Malvern, PA, Santa Fe Springs, CA;
Amended Certification Regarding
Eligibility To Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the
Department of Labor issued a Notice of
Determination Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on February 21, 2006,
applicable to workers of WestPoint
Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens,
Inc., Sales and Marketing Office, New
York, New York. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on
March 22, 2006 (71 FR 14549).
At the request of a company official,
the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject
firm.
New information shows that worker
separations have occurred involving
employees of the Sales and Marketing
Office, New York, New York of
WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly
WestPoint Stevens, Inc. located in
Malvern, Pennsylvania and Santa Fe
Springs, California. Mr. Jim Connolly
and Ms. Janice Antista provided support
services for the manufacture of
comforters, sheets, pillowcases, towels
and blankets produced by WestPoint
Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens,
Inc.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include employees of the
Sales and Marketing Office New York,
New York facility of WestPoint Home,
Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc.
located in Malvern, Pennsylvania and
Santa Fe Springs, California.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers of
WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly
WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Sales and
Marketing Office, New York, New York
who were adversely affected by
increased company and customer
imports.
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All workers of WestPoint Home, Inc.,
formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Sales and
Marketing Office, New York, New York (TA–
W–58,623L), including employees reporting
to this office but working in Malvern,
Pennsylvania (TA–W–58,623EE) and Santa
Fe Springs, California (TA–W–58,623FF),
who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 12,
2005, through February 21, 2008, are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC this 31st day of
January 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance 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. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘Report on Occupational
Employment and Wages.’’ A copy of the
proposed information collection request
(ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
individual listed below in the Addresses
section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before April 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A.
Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Division
of Management Systems, Bureau of
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Labor Statistics, Room 4080, 2
Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212, 202–691–7628.
(This is not a toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment
Statistics (OES) survey is a Federal/State
establishment survey of wage and salary
workers designed to produce data on
current occupational employment and
wages. OES survey data assist in the
development of employment and
training programs established by the
1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA),
and the Perkins Vocational Education
Act of 1998.
The OES program operates a periodic
mail survey of a sample of non-farm
establishments conducted by all fifty
States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the District
of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands.
Over three-year periods, data on
occupational employment and wages
are collected by industry at the fourand five-digit North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) levels.
The Department of Labor uses OES data
in the administration of the Foreign
Labor Certification process under the
Immigration Act of 1990.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Occupational Employment Statistics
(OES) program. Occupational
employment data obtained by the OES
survey are used to develop information
regarding current and projected
employment needs and job
opportunities. These data assist in the
development of State vocational
education plans. OES wage data provide
a significant source of information to
support a number of different Federal,
State, and local efforts.
After being rigorously tested in six
volunteer States, email collection has
been implemented successfully in all
fifty States. Currently, six percent of
establishments submit data by email.
These six percent of establishments
account for twenty six percent of
collected employment for the November
2005 panel.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
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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.
• 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.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Report on Occupational
Employment and Wages.
OMB Number: 1220–0042.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,
Federal Government, State, Local, or
Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 315,900.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Total Responses: 315,900.
Average Time Per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
236,925.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$00.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $00.00.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of
February, 2007.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Meeting of National Council on the
Humanities
The National Endowment for
the Humanities, NFAH.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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AGENCY:
Pursuant to the provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public
L. 92–463, as amended) notice is hereby
given that the National Council on the
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A. Minutes of the Previous Meeting
B. Reports
1. Introductory Remarks.
2. Staff Report.
3. Congressional Report.
4. Budget Report.
5. Reports on Policy and General
Matters:
a. Education Programs,
b. Federal/State Partnership,
c. Preservation and Access,
d. Digital Humanities Initiative,
e. Public Programs,
f. Research Programs,
g. Jefferson Lecture.
The remainder of the proposed
meeting will be given to the
consideration of specific applications
and will be closed to the public for the
reasons stated above.
Further information about this
meeting can be obtained from Heather
Gottry, Acting Advisory Committee
Management Officer, National
Endowment for the Humanities, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20506, or by calling
(202) 606–8322, TDD (202) 606–8282.
Advance notice of any special needs or
accommodations is appreciated.
Heather C. Gottry,
Acting Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–2004 Filed 2–6–07; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Committee Meetings
(Open to the Public)
Notice of the Availability of a Draft
Environmental Assessment
Policy Discussion
AGENCY:
9 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Education Programs—Room M–07
Federal/State Partnership—Room 510
Preservation and Access—Room 415
Public Programs—Room 420
Research Programs—Room 315
(Closed to the Public)
Discussion of Specific Grant
Applications and Programs Before the
Council
10:30 a.m. until Adjourned
Education Programs—Room M–07
Federal/State Partnership—Room 510
Preservation and Access—Room 415
Public Programs—Room 420
Research Programs—Room 315
2 p.m.–4 p.m.
Jefferson Lecture—Room 527
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
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Humanities will meet in Washington,
DC on February 22–23, 2007.
The purpose of the meeting is to
advise the Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Humanities with
respect to policies, programs, and
procedures for carrying out his
functions, and to review applications for
financial support from and gifts offered
to the Endowment and to make
recommendations thereon to the
Chairman.
The meeting will be held in the Old
Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. A
portion of the morning and afternoon
sessions on February 22–23, 2007, will
not be open to the public pursuant to
subsections (c)(4), (c)(6) and (c)(9)(B) of
section 552b of Title 5, United States
Code because the Council will consider
information that may disclose: trade
secrets and commercial or financial
information obtained from a person and
privileged or confidential; information
of a personal nature the disclosure of
which would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy; and information the premature
disclosure of which would be likely to
significantly frustrate implementation of
proposed agency action. I have made
this determination under the authority
granted me by the Chairman’s
Delegation of Authority dated July 19,
1993.
The agenda for the sessions on
February 22, 2007 will be as follows:
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The morning session of the meeting
on February 23, 2007 will convene at 9
a.m., in the first floor Council Room M–
09, and will be open to the public, as
set out below. The agenda for the
morning session will be as follows:
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National Science Foundation.
Notice of availability of a draft
Environmental Assessment for proposed
activities in the Indian Ocean.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Science
Foundation (NSF) gives notice of the
availability of a draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) for proposed activities
in the Indian Ocean.
The Division of Ocean Sciences in the
Directorate for Geosciences (GEO/OCE)
has prepared a draft Environmental
Assessment for a low-energy marine
seismic survey by the Research Vessel
Roger Revelle in the northeastern Indian
Ocean, in international waters (1600–
5100 meters depth) roughly between 5°
N and 25° S, along ~90° E during May–
August 2007. The draft Environmental
Assessment is available for public
review for a 30-day period.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft
Environmental Assessment are available
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[FR Doc No: E7-1984]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
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 pre-clearance
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. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of the ``Report on Occupational Employment and
Wages.'' A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR)
can be obtained by contacting the individual listed below in the
Addresses section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before April 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212, 202-691-7628. (This
is not a toll free number.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628. (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a Federal/
State establishment survey of wage and salary workers designed to
produce data on current occupational employment and wages. OES survey
data assist in the development of employment and training programs
established by the 1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA), and the Perkins
Vocational Education Act of 1998.
The OES program operates a periodic mail survey of a sample of non-
farm establishments conducted by all fifty States, Guam, Puerto Rico,
the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands. Over three-year
periods, data on occupational employment and wages are collected by
industry at the four- and five-digit North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS) levels. The Department of Labor uses OES
data in the administration of the Foreign Labor Certification process
under the Immigration Act of 1990.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. Occupational
employment data obtained by the OES survey are used to develop
information regarding current and projected employment needs and job
opportunities. These data assist in the development of State vocational
education plans. OES wage data provide a significant source of
information to support a number of different Federal, State, and local
efforts.
After being rigorously tested in six volunteer States, email
collection has been implemented successfully in all fifty States.
Currently, six percent of establishments submit data by email. These
six percent of establishments account for twenty six percent of
collected employment for the November 2005 panel.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including
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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.
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.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: Report on Occupational Employment and Wages.
OMB Number: 1220-0042.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government, State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Total Respondents: 315,900.
Frequency: Semi-annually.
Total Responses: 315,900.
Average Time Per Response: 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 236,925.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $00.00.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $00.00.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of February, 2007.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. E7-1984 Filed 2-6-07; 8:45 am]
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