Proposed Information Collection Request of the ETA 581, Contribution Operations Report; Extension Without Change, 34041-34042 [E8-13438]

Download as PDF rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 116 / Monday, June 16, 2008 / Notices threatened release of hazardous substances into the environment at or from the Carolina Transformer Superfund Site in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina (‘‘the Site’’). The Consent Decree resolves the liability of the 27 named Defendants, 105 additional non-federal settling entities, and eight settling federal agencies. Under the proposed Consent Decree, the 132 non-federal settling parties (collectively termed ‘‘Settling Defendants’’) would pay $9,286,461 to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and $614,109.75 to the State; and the United States, on behalf of the settling federal agencies, would pay $3,095,487 to EPA and $204,703.25 to the State. In the Decree, the United States would covenant not to sue or take administrative action against the Settling Defendants under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, relating to the Site, subject to certain standard reopeners for new information or unknown conditions. In the Decree, the United States EPA would covenant not to take administrative action against the settling federal agencies under Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, relating to the Site, subject to certain standard reopeners for new information or unknown conditions. In the Decree, the State Plaintiff would release and agree not to sue or take administrative action against the Settling Defendants and the settling federal agencies pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607, or state law for past or future costs incurred by the State relating to the Site, subject to specific reservations included in the Decree. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the proposed Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and either emailed to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States et al. v. Albemarle Electric Membership Corp., et al., D.J. Ref. 90– 11–3–98/1. The proposed Consent Decree may be examined at the United States Attorney’s Office, 310 New Bern Avenue, Suite 800, Raleigh, NC 27601, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. During the public comment period, the Consent VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:04 Jun 13, 2008 Jkt 214001 Decree may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the proposed Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone confirmation no. (202) 514–1547. In requesting a copy from the Consent Decree Library, please enclose a check in the amount of $5.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy exclusive of signature pages and appendices, or $42.25 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) for a copy including signature pages and appendices payable to the ‘‘U.S. Treasury’’ or, if by e-mail or fax, forward a check in that amount to the Consent Decree Library at the stated address. Maureen M. Katz, Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. E8–13473 Filed 6–13–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Proposed Information Collection Request of the ETA 581, Contribution Operations Report; Extension Without Change Employment and Training Administration. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 collection 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. A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section of this notice or by PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 34041 accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/ OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm. DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the addressee section below on or before August 15, 2008. ADDRESSES: Send comments to Bill Whitt, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S– 4231, Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693–3219 (this is not a toll-free number) or by e-mail: whitt.bill@dol.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background: The Office of Workforce Security (OWS) of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has responsibility for the Tax Performance System (TPS), which evaluates the employer-related or tax functions of the UI program. The Contribution Operations report (Form ETA 581) is a comprehensive report of each state’s UI tax operations and is essential in providing quarterly tax performance data to OWS. ETA 581 data are the basis for measuring the performance and effectiveness of the states’ UI tax operations. Using ETA 581 data, the TPS program measures performance, accuracy, and promptness in employer registration (status determinations), report delinquency, collections (accounts receivable), and the audit function. II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed extension collection of the ETA 581, Contribution Operations Report. Comments are requested to: • Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary to assess 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; and • Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 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: It is important that approval of the ETA 581 report be E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1 34042 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 116 / Monday, June 16, 2008 / Notices extended because this report is the only vehicle for collection of information required under the TPS program. If ETA 581 data were not collected, there would be no basis for determining the adequacy of funding for states’ UI tax operations, making projections and forecasts in the budgetary process, nor measuring program performance and effectiveness. The ETA 581 accounts receivable data are necessary in the preparation of complete and accurate financial statements for the Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) and the maintenance of a modified accrual system for UTF accounting. Type of Review: Extension without change. Agency: Employment and Training Administration. Title: ETA 581, Report on Contribution Operations. OMB Number: 1205–0178. Agency Number: ETA 581. Recordkeeping: Respondent is expected to maintain data, which support the reported data for three years. Affected Public: State Government. Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 581. Total Respondents: 53. Frequency: Quarterly. Total Responses: 212. Average Time per Response: 8.5 hours. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,802. Total Burden Cost (operating/ maintaining): $-0-. Comments submitted in response to this comment 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. Dated: Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Cheryl Atkinson, Administrator, Office of Workforce Security. [FR Doc. E8–13438 Filed 6–13–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FW–P U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on February 21, 2008, applicable to workers of Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2008 (73 FR 12466). At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers were engaged in the production of board games and puzzles. New information shows that workers separated from employment at the subject firm had their wages reported under two separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax accounts Hasbro, Inc. and Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc. Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to properly reflect this matter. The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all workers of Hasbro, Inc., and Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc., who were adversely affected by increased imports of board games and puzzles following a shift in production to China. The amended notice applicable to TA–W–62,787 is hereby issued as follows: All workers of Hasbro, Inc., and Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 30, 2007, through February 21, 2010, 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 6th day of June, 2008. Richard Church, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E8–13403 Filed 6–13–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Employment and Training Administration rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES [TA–W–62,787] Hasbro, Inc., Hasbro Managerial Services, Inc., East Longmeadow, MA; 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:04 Jun 13, 2008 Jkt 214001 Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 workers (TA–W) number and alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by (TA–W) number issued during the period of May 27 through May 30, 2008. In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met. I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied: A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; B. The sales or production, or both, of such firm or subdivision have decreased absolutely; and C. Increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or threat of separation and to the decline in sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied: A. A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers’ firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated; B. There has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced by such firm or subdivision; and C. One of the following must be satisfied: 1. The country to which the workers’ firm has shifted production of the articles is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States; 2. The country to which the workers’ firm has shifted production of the articles to a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act; or 3. There has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with articles which are or were produced by such firm or subdivision. Also, in order for an affirmative determination to be made for secondarily affected workers of a firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group E:\FR\FM\16JNN1.SGM 16JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 116 (Monday, June 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34041-34042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-13438]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Proposed Information Collection Request of the ETA 581, 
Contribution Operations Report; Extension Without Change

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration.

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 collection 
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.
    A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be 
obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addressee section 
of this notice or by accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/
OMBControlNumber.cfm.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the 
addressee section below on or before August 15, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Bill Whitt, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Security, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Frances Perkins Bldg. Room S-4231, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone number (202) 693-3219 (this is not a 
toll-free number) or by e-mail: whitt.bill@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    I. Background: The Office of Workforce Security (OWS) of the 
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has responsibility for the 
Tax Performance System (TPS), which evaluates the employer-related or 
tax functions of the UI program. The Contribution Operations report 
(Form ETA 581) is a comprehensive report of each state's UI tax 
operations and is essential in providing quarterly tax performance data 
to OWS. ETA 581 data are the basis for measuring the performance and 
effectiveness of the states' UI tax operations. Using ETA 581 data, the 
TPS program measures performance, accuracy, and promptness in employer 
registration (status determinations), report delinquency, collections 
(accounts receivable), and the audit function.
    II. Desired Focus of Comments: Currently, the Employment and 
Training Administration is soliciting comments concerning the proposed 
extension collection of the ETA 581, Contribution Operations Report. 
Comments are requested to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary to assess 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; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including 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: It is important that approval of the ETA 581 
report be

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extended because this report is the only vehicle for collection of 
information required under the TPS program. If ETA 581 data were not 
collected, there would be no basis for determining the adequacy of 
funding for states' UI tax operations, making projections and forecasts 
in the budgetary process, nor measuring program performance and 
effectiveness. The ETA 581 accounts receivable data are necessary in 
the preparation of complete and accurate financial statements for the 
Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) and the maintenance of a modified accrual 
system for UTF accounting.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
    Title: ETA 581, Report on Contribution Operations.
    OMB Number: 1205-0178.
    Agency Number: ETA 581.
    Recordkeeping: Respondent is expected to maintain data, which 
support the reported data for three years.
    Affected Public: State Government.
    Cite/Reference/Form/etc: ETA 581.
    Total Respondents: 53.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Responses: 212.
    Average Time per Response: 8.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,802.
    Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $-0-.
    Comments submitted in response to this comment 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.

    Dated: Wednesday, June 4, 2008.
Cheryl Atkinson,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Security.
 [FR Doc. E8-13438 Filed 6-13-08; 8:45 am]
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