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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Request for Extension of Previously
Approved Information Collection:
ATAA Activities Report, 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 preclearance 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. Currently, the
Employment and Training
Administration is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the Alternative Trade Adjustment
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Assistance Activities Report (ATAAAR).
A copy of the proposed collection
request (ICR) can be obtained by
contacting the office listed below in the
addressee section of this notice by
accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed below on
or before March 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Susan Worden, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Room C–5325, 200
Constitution Avenue, Phone: 202–693–
3708 (this is not a toll-free number),
Fax: 202.693.3517, E-mail
worden.susan@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 246 of Title II, Chapter 2 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by
the Trade Act of 2002, establishes
ATAA as an alternative assistance
program for older workers certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance. This program is effective for
petitions filed on or after August 6,
2003. ATAA is designed to allow
eligible older workers for whom
retraining may not be appropriate to
quickly find reemployment and receive
a wage subsidy to help bridge the salary
gap between their old and new
employment. To receive the ATAA
benefits, workers must be TAA and
ATAA certified.
Key workload data on ATAA is
needed to measure program activities
and to allocate program and
administrative funds to the State
Agencies administering the Trade
programs for the Secretary. States will
provide this information on the ATAA
Activities Report (ATAAAR).
Regulations published at 617.61 give
the Secretary authority to require the
States to report the data described in
this directive; therefore the respondents’
obligation to fulfill these requirements
is mandatory.
II. Review Focus:
The Department of Labor is
particularly interested in comments
which:
• 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; and
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• 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.
III. Current Actions:
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Agency: Employment and Training
Administration.
Title: Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance Activities Report (ATAAAR),
ETA.
OMB Number: 1205–0459.
Recordkeeping: Respondent is
expected to maintain records which
support the requested data for three
years.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Burden (annual): 50 Responses × .43
Hours × 4 quarters = 86 hours.
Total Respondents: 50.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 200 annually.
Average Time per Response: .43
Hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 86
Hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $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 will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
Erin FitzGerald,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance, Office of National Response,
Employment and Training Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Request for Extension of Previously Approved Information
Collection: ATAA Activities Report, 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 preclearance
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.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed extension of the Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance Activities Report (ATAAAR). A copy of the
proposed collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the
office listed below in the addressee section of this notice by
accessing: https://www.doleta.gov/OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed below on
or before March 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Susan Worden, U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Room C-5325, 200
Constitution Avenue, Phone: 202-693-3708 (this is not a toll-free
number), Fax: 202.693.3517, E-mail worden.susan@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Section 246 of Title II, Chapter 2 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended by the Trade Act of 2002, establishes ATAA as an alternative
assistance program for older workers certified eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance. This program is effective for petitions
filed on or after August 6, 2003. ATAA is designed to allow eligible
older workers for whom retraining may not be appropriate to quickly
find reemployment and receive a wage subsidy to help bridge the salary
gap between their old and new employment. To receive the ATAA benefits,
workers must be TAA and ATAA certified.
Key workload data on ATAA is needed to measure program activities
and to allocate program and administrative funds to the State Agencies
administering the Trade programs for the Secretary. States will provide
this information on the ATAA Activities Report (ATAAAR).
Regulations published at 617.61 give the Secretary authority to
require the States to report the data described in this directive;
therefore the respondents' obligation to fulfill these requirements is
mandatory.
II. Review Focus:
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
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; and
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.
III. Current Actions:
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Activities Report
(ATAAAR), ETA.
OMB Number: 1205-0459.
Recordkeeping: Respondent is expected to maintain records which
support the requested data for three years.
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Burden (annual): 50 Responses x .43 Hours x 4 quarters = 86 hours.
Total Respondents: 50.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Responses: 200 annually.
Average Time per Response: .43 Hours.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 86 Hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $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 will also become a
matter of public record.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
Erin FitzGerald,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Office of National
Response, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-1027 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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