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Negative Determinations for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the
investigation revealed that the eligibility
criteria for worker adjustment assistance
have not been met for the reasons
specified.
Because the workers of the firm are
not eligible to apply for TAA, the
workers cannot be certified eligible for
ATAA.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.)
(employment decline) have not been
met.
TA–W–61,388; Domtar Industries, Inc.,
Baileyville, ME.
TA–W–61,821; Hanes Brands, Inc.,
Forest City, NC.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) (Sales or
production, or both, did not decline)
and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in production
to a foreign country) have not been met.
None.
The investigation revealed that
criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) (increased
imports) and (a)(2)(B)(II.B.) (shift in
production to a foreign country) have
not been met.
TA–W–61,668; Camaco, LLC, Marianna
Division, Marianna, AR.
TA–W–61,745; Ampac Fine Chemicals,
LLC, Rancho Cordova, CA.
TA–W–61,783; H. Koch and Sons
Company, A Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of Cobham, Anaheim, CA.
TA–W–61,808; Dako Colorado, Eridan
Pathology Instrumentation Division,
Ft. Collins, CO.
TA–W–61,835; Caraustar Mill Group,
Reading Paperboard, Sinking Spring,
PA.
TA–W–61,777; Intersil Corporation,
Palm Bay, FL.
The workers’ firm does not produce
an article as required for certification
under section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974.
TA–W–61,652; Bank of America, Global
Foreign Exchange Operations,
Concord, CA.
The investigation revealed that
criteria of section 222(b)(2) has not been
met. The workers’ firm (or subdivision)
is not a supplier to or a downstream
producer for a firm whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for TAA.
None.
I hereby certify that the
aforementioned determinations were
issued during the period of July 23
through July 27, 2007. Copies of these
determinations are available for
inspection in Room C–5311, U.S.
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Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
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during normal business hours or will be
mailed to persons who write to the
above address.
Dated: August 2, 2007.
Ralph DiBattista,
Director, 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 revision of the
‘‘National Compensation Survey.’’ 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 October 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 National Compensation Survey
(NCS) is an ongoing survey of earnings
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and benefits among private firms, State,
and local government. The NCS is the
integration of the sampling, collection,
and processing for the Employment Cost
Index (ECI), the Employee Benefits
Survey (EBS), and the Locality Pay
Surveys (LPS) into a single, unified
program of compensation statistics. This
integration improves data for
policymakers and researchers, reduces
respondent burden, improves the
utilization of BLS resources, and
enhances the published measures of
compensation. Data from the integrated
program include estimates of wages by
job levels covering broad groups of
related occupations, and data that
directly links benefit plan costs with
detailed plan provisions. The integrated
program’s single sample also produces
both time-series indexes and cost levels
for industry and occupational groups,
thereby increasing the analytical
potential of the data. Benefits of the
integrated sample include: Improved
measures of trends, better integration of
benefit costs and plan provisions, data
for narrow occupations, and broad
regional and occupational coverage. The
NCS employs probability methods for
selection of occupations. This ensures
that sampled occupations represent all
occupations in the workforce, while
minimizing the reporting burden on
respondents. Data from the NCS are
critical for setting Federal white-collar
salaries, determining monetary policy
(as a Principal Federal Economic
Indicator), and for compensation
administrators and researchers in the
private sector.
The survey collects data from a
sample of employers. These data will
consist of information about the duties,
responsibilities, and compensation
(earnings and benefits) for a sample of
occupations for each sampled employer.
Data will be updated on either an
annual or quarterly basis. The updates
will allow for production of data on
change in earnings and total
compensation.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
National Compensation Survey.
The NCS collects earnings and work
level data on occupations for the nation
and selected localities. The NCS also
collects information on the cost,
provisions, and incidence of all the
major employee benefits through its
benefit cost and benefit provision
programs and publications.
The NCS data on benefit costs is used
to produce the ECI and Employer Costs
for Employee Compensation. The data
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provided will be the same, and the
series will be continuous.
The NCS will continue to provide
employee benefit provision and
participation data. These data include
estimates of how many workers receive
the various employer-sponsored
benefits. The data also will include
information about the common
provisions of benefit plans.
The NCS is revising the update
collection forms from two (one benefits
and one wages), to six forms by having
unique private industry and government
update collection forms and versions
for: Benefits only collection, wages only
collection, and combined benefit and
wage collection. NCS update collection
forms give respondents their previously
reported information and the dates they
expected change to occur to these data
and space for reporting these changes.
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
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
Total
respondents
per form
Form
Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04–
1G).
Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04–
1P).
Earnings form (NCS Form 04–2G) .....................
Earnings form (NCS Form 04–2P) ......................
Wage only—Government ....................................
Wage only—Private Industry ...............................
Work Level Form (NCS Form 04–3G) ................
Work Level Form (NCS Form 04–3P) ................
Work Schedule Form (NCS 05–4G) ...................
Work Schedule Form (NCS 04–4P) ....................
Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04–5G) ..............
Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04–5P) ..............
Index benefits summary only—Government .......
Index benefits summary only—Private industry ..
Index wage and benefits—Government ..............
Index wage and benefits—Private industry ........
Collection not tied to a specific form for private industry and government (testing,
QA/QM, etc.).
Frequency
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: National Compensation Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0164.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and
State, local, and tribal government.
Total Respondents: 39,904 (three-year
average).
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
All figures in the table below are
based on a three-year average. The total
respondents in the table are greater than
the figure shown above because many
respondents are asked to provide
information relating to more than one
form.
Total annual
responses
Avg. minutes
for the
predominant
form use**
Total hours
(*)
(*)
19
(*)
6,065
Annual ............................
6,065
19
1,921
(*)
6,065
2,272
15,042
(*)
6,065
(*)
6,065
(*)
3,032
108
2,316
2,055
9,266
5,204
........................................
Annual ............................
Annual or quarterly ........
Annual or quarterly ........
........................................
Annual ............................
........................................
Annual ............................
........................................
Annual ............................
Quarterly ........................
Quarterly ........................
Quarterly ........................
Quarterly ........................
Unknown ........................
(*)
6,065
2,526
20,486
(*)
6,065
(*)
6,065
(*)
3,032
362
7,759
6,884
31,040
6,819
20
20
20
20
25
25
10
10
177
177
19
19
39
39
38
(*)
2,022
842
6,828
(*)
2,527
(*)
1,011
(*)
8,944
115
2,457
4,475
20,176
4,319
63,555
Totals ............................................................
........................................
........................................
103,168
........................
55,637
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* Most NCS Government forms (NCS 04–XG), are only used for government sample initiations, but if any new metropolitan or non-metropolitan
areas are added during collection period NCS Government initiation forms would be used. A non-substantive change request will be submitted to
OMB if any new areas need to be added during the collection period.
** Collection forms can have multiple uses. The table above shows the average collection times for the predominant uses of the forms. Record
checks (for quality assurance and measurement) are done on a sub-sample of respondents verifying responses for pre-selected sections of the
forms.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of
August 2007.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. E7–15540 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am]
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
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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.
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
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[FR Doc No: E7-15540]
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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 revision of the ``National Compensation Survey.'' 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 October 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 National Compensation Survey (NCS) is an ongoing survey of
earnings and benefits among private firms, State, and local government.
The NCS is the integration of the sampling, collection, and processing
for the Employment Cost Index (ECI), the Employee Benefits Survey
(EBS), and the Locality Pay Surveys (LPS) into a single, unified
program of compensation statistics. This integration improves data for
policymakers and researchers, reduces respondent burden, improves the
utilization of BLS resources, and enhances the published measures of
compensation. Data from the integrated program include estimates of
wages by job levels covering broad groups of related occupations, and
data that directly links benefit plan costs with detailed plan
provisions. The integrated program's single sample also produces both
time-series indexes and cost levels for industry and occupational
groups, thereby increasing the analytical potential of the data.
Benefits of the integrated sample include: Improved measures of trends,
better integration of benefit costs and plan provisions, data for
narrow occupations, and broad regional and occupational coverage. The
NCS employs probability methods for selection of occupations. This
ensures that sampled occupations represent all occupations in the
workforce, while minimizing the reporting burden on respondents. Data
from the NCS are critical for setting Federal white-collar salaries,
determining monetary policy (as a Principal Federal Economic
Indicator), and for compensation administrators and researchers in the
private sector.
The survey collects data from a sample of employers. These data
will consist of information about the duties, responsibilities, and
compensation (earnings and benefits) for a sample of occupations for
each sampled employer.
Data will be updated on either an annual or quarterly basis. The
updates will allow for production of data on change in earnings and
total compensation.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
National Compensation Survey.
The NCS collects earnings and work level data on occupations for
the nation and selected localities. The NCS also collects information
on the cost, provisions, and incidence of all the major employee
benefits through its benefit cost and benefit provision programs and
publications.
The NCS data on benefit costs is used to produce the ECI and
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. The data
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provided will be the same, and the series will be continuous.
The NCS will continue to provide employee benefit provision and
participation data. These data include estimates of how many workers
receive the various employer-sponsored benefits. The data also will
include information about the common provisions of benefit plans.
The NCS is revising the update collection forms from two (one
benefits and one wages), to six forms by having unique private industry
and government update collection forms and versions for: Benefits only
collection, wages only collection, and combined benefit and wage
collection. NCS update collection forms give respondents their
previously reported information and the dates they expected change to
occur to these data and space for reporting these changes.
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 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: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: National Compensation Survey.
OMB Number: 1220-0164.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit; not-for-profit
institutions; and State, local, and tribal government.
Total Respondents: 39,904 (three-year average).
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
All figures in the table below are based on a three-year average.
The total respondents in the table are greater than the figure shown
above because many respondents are asked to provide information
relating to more than one form.
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Avg. minutes
Total Total annual for the
Form respondents Frequency responses predominant Total hours
per form form use\**\
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Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04- (*) ............................................ (*) 19 (*)
1G).
Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04- 6,065 Annual...................................... 6,065 19 1,921
1P).
Earnings form (NCS Form 04-2G)............ (*) ............................................ (*) 20 (*)
Earnings form (NCS Form 04-2P)............ 6,065 Annual...................................... 6,065 20 2,022
Wage only--Government..................... 2,272 Annual or quarterly......................... 2,526 20 842
Wage only--Private Industry............... 15,042 Annual or quarterly......................... 20,486 20 6,828
Work Level Form (NCS Form 04-3G).......... (*) ............................................ (*) 25 (*)
Work Level Form (NCS Form 04-3P).......... 6,065 Annual...................................... 6,065 25 2,527
Work Schedule Form (NCS 05-4G)............ (*) ............................................ (*) 10 (*)
Work Schedule Form (NCS 04-4P)............ 6,065 Annual...................................... 6,065 10 1,011
Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04-5G)...... (*) ............................................ (*) 177 (*)
Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04-5P)...... 3,032 Annual...................................... 3,032 177 8,944
Index benefits summary only--Government... 108 Quarterly................................... 362 19 115
Index benefits summary only--Private 2,316 Quarterly................................... 7,759 19 2,457
industry.
Index wage and benefits--Government....... 2,055 Quarterly................................... 6,884 39 4,475
Index wage and benefits--Private industry. 9,266 Quarterly................................... 31,040 39 20,176
Collection not tied to a specific form 5,204 Unknown..................................... 6,819 38 4,319
for private industry and government
(testing, QA/QM, etc.).
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Totals................................ 63,555 ............................................ 103,168 .............. 55,637
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* Most NCS Government forms (NCS 04-XG), are only used for government sample initiations, but if any new metropolitan or non-metropolitan areas are
added during collection period NCS Government initiation forms would be used. A non-substantive change request will be submitted to OMB if any new
areas need to be added during the collection period.
** Collection forms can have multiple uses. The table above shows the average collection times for the predominant uses of the forms. Record checks (for
quality assurance and measurement) are done on a sub-sample of respondents verifying responses for pre-selected sections of the forms.
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 6th day of August 2007.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. E7-15540 Filed 8-8-07; 8:45 am]
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