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with comments and other pertinent
information. That motion was granted
on December 12, 2007. The Counsel was
provided with the business confidential
information from the initial
administrative record as well as with
the material generated in the
reconsideration/remand investigation.
While the investigator contacted
Plaintiff’s Counsel to remind him of his
opportunity, the Department received
no substantive input. SAR 68–70.
In addition, in accordance with
section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended, the Department herein
presents the results of its remand
investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA.
In order for the Department to issue
a certification of eligibility to apply for
ATAA, the subject worker group must
be certified as eligible to apply for TAA.
Since the workers have been denied
certification for TAA, they cannot be
certified for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the findings of
the remand investigation, I affirm the
original notice of negative
determination of eligibility to apply for
trade adjustment assistance for workers
and former workers of Hutchinson
Technology, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 18th day of
January 2008.
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
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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
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requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages Program. 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 1, 2008.
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 Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages (QCEW) program, a Federal/
State cooperative effort, produces
monthly employment and quarterly
wage information. It is a by-product of
quarterly reports submitted to State
Workforce Agencies (SWAs) by
employers subject to State
Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws.
The collection of these data is
authorized by 29 U.S.C. 1, 2. The QCEW
data, which are compiled for each
calendar quarter, provide a
comprehensive business name and
address file with employment and wage
information for employers subject to
State UI laws. Similar data for Federal
Government employers covered by the
Unemployment Compensation for
Federal Employees program also are
included. These data are submitted to
the BLS by all 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands. The BLS summarizes these data
to produce totals for all counties,
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, the
States, and the nation. The QCEW
program provides a virtual census of
nonagricultural employees and their
wages, with about 51 percent of the
workers in agriculture covered as well.
The QCEW program is a
comprehensive and accurate source of
data on the number of establishments,
monthly employment, and quarterly
wages, by industry, at the six-digit
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) level, and at the
national, State, Metropolitan Statistical
Area, and county levels. The QCEW
series has broad economic significance
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in measuring labor trends and major
industry developments, in time series
analyses and industry comparisons, and
in special studies such as analyses of
establishments, employment, and wages
by size of establishment.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the
Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages (QCEW) program.
The QCEW program is the only
Federal statistical program that provides
information on establishments, wages,
tax contributions and the number of
employees subject to State UI laws and
the Unemployment Compensation for
Federal Employees program. The
consequences of not collecting QCEW
data would be grave to the Federal
statistical community. The BLS would
not have a sampling frame for its
establishment surveys; it would not be
able to publish as accurate current
estimates of employment for the U.S.,
States, and metropolitan areas; and it
would not be able to publish quarterly
census totals of local establishment
counts, employment and wages. The
Bureau of Economic Analysis would not
be able to publish as accurate personal
income data in a timely manner for the
U.S., States, and local areas. Finally, the
Employment Training Administration
would not have the information it needs
to administer the Unemployment
Insurance Program.
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: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Title: Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Program.
OMB Number: 1220–0012.
Affected Public: State Government.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 212.
Average Time Per Response: 5,122
hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
1,085,760 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
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 28th day of
January 2008.
Kimberley Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice (08–012)]
Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel;
Meeting
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting; correction.
AGENCY:
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Federal Register Citation of Previous
Announcement: 73 FR 4641, Notice
Number 08–009, January 25, 2008.
SUMMARY: The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration published a
document in the Federal Register of
January 25, 2008, announcing a meeting
of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
(ASAP). The document did not
announce the meeting date.
Correction: Date of ASAP meeting is
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 1 p.m.
to 3 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Kathy Dakon, Aerospace Safety
Advisory Panel Executive Director,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Washington, DC 20546,
(202) 358–0732.
Dated: January 28, 2008.
P. Diane Rausch,
Advisory Committee Management Officer,
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory
Committee #13883; Notice of Meeting
In accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463, as amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory
Committee (#13883) meeting:
Date and Time: February 11–12, 2008, 8:30
a.m.–5 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation, Room
1235, Stafford I Building, 4201 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA 22230.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Dr. G. Wayne Van Citters,
Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences,
Suite 1045, National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230.
Telephone: 703–292–4908.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and
recommendations to the National Science
Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) and the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on issues
within the field of astronomy and
astrophysics that are of mutual interest and
concern to the agencies.
Agenda: To hear presentations of current
programming by representatives from NSF,
NASA, DOE and other agencies relevant to
astronomy and astrophysics; to discuss
current and potential areas of cooperation
between the agencies; to formulate
recommendations for continued and new
areas of cooperation and mechanisms for
achieving them.
Reason for Late Notice: Scheduling
conflicts and staff travel prevented the
meeting notice to be posted earlier.
Dated: January 29, 2008.
Susanne E. Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
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In the Matter of: Wackenhut Nuclear
Services, Inc.; Confirmatory Order
(Effective Immediately)
I
Wackenhut Nuclear Services, Inc.
(WNS) provides security related services
to the Turkey Point Nuclear Plant
(Turkey Point), operated by Florida
Power & Light Company (FPL or
Licensee). FPL holds License Nos. DPR–
31 and DPR–41, issued by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC or
Commission) on July 19, 1972, and
April 10, 1973, respectively, pursuant to
10 CFR Part 50. The license authorizes
the operation of Turkey Point, Units 3
and 4, in accordance with the
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conditions specified therein. Turkey
Point is located on the Licensee’s site in
Florida City, Florida.
II
On February 24, 2006, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC)
completed an on-site inspection of
security-related matters at FPL’s Turkey
Point Nuclear Plant. During the
inspection, an investigation was
initiated by the NRC’s Office of
Investigations (OI), which was
subsequently completed on August 23,
2006. The purpose of the investigation
was to determine whether WNS security
personnel rendered contingency
response weapons non-functional and
whether information in FPL documents
was inaccurate or incomplete in some
respect material to the Commission. The
results of the OI investigation and
additional in-office inspection activity
were documented in a letter to WNS
dated May 25, 2007, which identified
three apparent violations involving the
activities of WNS employees. The three
apparent violations included:
A. In August 2005, a broken firing pin
from a contingency response weapon
was discovered at FPL’s Turkey Point
facility. Based on an investigation, the
NRC’s OI determined that a WNS
security officer deliberately removed
and broke a firing pin from a
contingency response weapon,
rendering the weapon non-functional.
This activity caused FPL’s Turkey Point
Nuclear Plant to be in apparent
violation of its Physical Security Plan,
sections 4.1 and 5.4, Revision 0b, and
Security Force Instruction (SFI) 2404,
section 2.3, Revision 21, and caused
WNS to be in apparent violation of 10
CFR 50.5.
B. In April of 2004, a WNS employee
deliberately removed the firing pins
from two contingency response
weapons, rendering the weapons nonfunctional. These actions caused FPL to
be in apparent violation of a February
25, 2002, NRC Order and Interim
Compensatory Measures, section B.4(f) ,
and caused WNS to be in apparent
violation of 10 CFR 50.5.
C. On or about October 2004, the
WNS Project Manager assigned to FPL’s
Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, provided
the licensee with information in
Condition Report (CR) 2004–13573,
related to a damaged firing pin event,
which was not complete or accurate in
some respect material to the NRC. The
CR was provided by FPL to NRC
inspectors during a February 2006
inspection at Turkey Point, and was
used to inform the NRC’s inquiry
regarding additional actions necessary
to address serious security concerns.
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[Notices]
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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 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Program. 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 1, 2008.
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 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, a
Federal/State cooperative effort, produces monthly employment and
quarterly wage information. It is a by-product of quarterly reports
submitted to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) by employers subject to
State Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws. The collection of these data is
authorized by 29 U.S.C. 1, 2. The QCEW data, which are compiled for
each calendar quarter, provide a comprehensive business name and
address file with employment and wage information for employers subject
to State UI laws. Similar data for Federal Government employers covered
by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program also are
included. These data are submitted to the BLS by all 50 States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The BLS
summarizes these data to produce totals for all counties, Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, the States, and the nation. The QCEW program
provides a virtual census of nonagricultural employees and their wages,
with about 51 percent of the workers in agriculture covered as well.
The QCEW program is a comprehensive and accurate source of data on
the number of establishments, monthly employment, and quarterly wages,
by industry, at the six-digit North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS) level, and at the national, State, Metropolitan
Statistical Area, and county levels. The QCEW series has broad economic
significance in measuring labor trends and major industry developments,
in time series analyses and industry comparisons, and in special
studies such as analyses of establishments, employment, and wages by
size of establishment.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.
The QCEW program is the only Federal statistical program that
provides information on establishments, wages, tax contributions and
the number of employees subject to State UI laws and the Unemployment
Compensation for Federal Employees program. The consequences of not
collecting QCEW data would be grave to the Federal statistical
community. The BLS would not have a sampling frame for its
establishment surveys; it would not be able to publish as accurate
current estimates of employment for the U.S., States, and metropolitan
areas; and it would not be able to publish quarterly census totals of
local establishment counts, employment and wages. The Bureau of
Economic Analysis would not be able to publish as accurate personal
income data in a timely manner for the U.S., States, and local areas.
Finally, the Employment Training Administration would not have the
information it needs to administer the Unemployment Insurance Program.
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: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Title: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Program.
OMB Number: 1220-0012.
Affected Public: State Government.
Total Respondents: 53.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 212.
Average Time Per Response: 5,122 hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,085,760 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
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 28th day of January 2008.
Kimberley Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. E8-1803 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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