Comment Request for Information Collection for Work-Flex Plan Submission and Reporting Requirements; Extension With Revisions, 14995-14996 [2011-6427]
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Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Extension of a currently approved
collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Reports of Suspicious Orders or Theft/
Loss of Listed Chemicals/Machines.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the
collection:
Form Number: Notification of
suspicious orders and thefts is provided
in writing on an as needed basis and
does not occur using a form.
Office of Diversion Control, Drug
Enforcement Administration,
Department of Justice.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract:
Primary: Business or other for-profit.
Other: None.
Abstract: Persons handling listed
chemicals and tableting and
encapsulating machines are required to
report thefts, losses and suspicious
orders pertaining to these items. These
reports provide DEA with information
regarding possible diversion to illicit
drug manufacture.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: DEA estimates that there are
300 responses to this collection and that
responses occur on an as needed basis.
Responses take 15 minutes.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: DEA estimates that this
collection takes 75 annual burden
hours.
If additional information is required
contact: Lynn Murray, Department
Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning
Staff, Justice Management Division,
Department of Justice, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street, NE., Suite 2E–808,
Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: March 15, 2011.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information
Collection for Work-Flex Plan
Submission and Reporting
Requirements; Extension With
Revisions
Employment and Training
Administration, DOL.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 collection of data about
the Work Flex Plan Submission and
Reporting Requirements.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or before
May 17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Kimberly Vitelli, Division of
Workforce System Support, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room C–4510,
Washington, DC 20210, Telephone
number: 202–693–3045 (this is not a
toll-free number). Fax: 202–693–3015.
E-mail: Vitelli.Kimberly@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Background
Section 192 of the Workforce
Investment Act (Pub. L. 105–220,
August 7, 1998) permits states to apply
for a workforce flexibility (Work-Flex)
waiver authority to implement reforms
to their workforce investment systems
in exchange for program improvements.
The Act provides that the Secretary may
grant Work-Flex waiver authority for up
to five years pursuant to a Work-Flex
Plan submitted by a state. Under WorkFlex, governors are granted the authority
to approve requests submitted by their
local areas to waive certain statutory
and regulatory provisions of WIA Title
I programs. States may also request
waivers from the Secretary of certain
requirements of the Wagner-Peyser Act
(Sections 8–10) as well as certain
provisions of the Older Americans Act
for state agencies that administer the
Senior Community Service Employment
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Program (SCSEP). The intent of the
Work-Flex provision is to provide states
and local areas with operational
flexibility to improve employment and
training program productivity for adult,
dislocated, and youth populations. One
of the underlying principles for granting
Work-Flex waivers is that the waivers
will result in improved performance
outcomes for persons served and that
waiver authority will be granted in
consideration of improved performance.
The proposed Work-Flex Quarterly
Reporting instructions are slightly
different than the currently approved
collection. The Department of Labor
proposes to eliminate four questions
requesting States to provide sums of
waivers granted, and replaces it with a
question asking States to explain any
conditions it imposes on local areas
granted a waiver under the Work-Flex
authority.
Work-Flex Plan Instructions
States requesting designation as a
Work-Flex state must submit a WorkFlex Plan which includes descriptions
of:
a. The process by which local areas in
the state may submit and obtain
approval by the state of applications for
waivers of requirements applicable
under Title I of WIA, including
provisions for public review and
comment on local area waiver
applications.
b. The statutory and regulatory
requirements of Title I that are likely to
be waived by the state under the plan.
c. The requirements applicable under
Sections 8–10 of the Wagner-Peyser Act
that are proposed to be waived, if any.
d. The statutory and regulatory
requirements of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 applicable to state agencies
on aging with respect to administration
of the Senior Community Service
Employment Program (SCSEP) that are
proposed to be waived, if any.
e. The outcomes to be achieved by the
waiver authority including, where
appropriate, revisions to adjusted levels
of performance included in the State or
Local Plan under Title I of WIA.
f. Special administrative measures (in
addition to current procedures) to be
taken to ensure appropriate
accountability for Federal funds in
connection with the waivers.
g. Prior to submitting a Work-Flex
plan, the state must provide all
interested parties and the general public
adequate notice and a reasonable
opportunity for comment on the waivers
proposed to be implemented. The plan
should describe the process used for
ensuring meaningful public comment,
including a description of the
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of
March 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and
Training Administration.
Governor’s and the state Workforce
Investment Board’s involvement in
drafting, reviewing and commenting.
Work-Flex Quarterly Report:
Instructions
[FR Doc. 2011–6427 Filed 3–17–11; 8:45 am]
Report for each waiver granted:
1. Waiver (assigned by State)
2. Date received
3. Date granted
4. Local Area(s) requesting waiver
5. Purpose (brief statement)
6. Regulation/statute affected.
7. State-imposed conditions of waiver
use, as appropriate.
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.
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III. Current Actions
Type of Review: Extension with minor
revisions.
Title: Work-Flex Plan Submission and
Reporting Requirements.
OMB Number: 1205–0432.
Affected Public: State and local
governments.
Form: See above instructions. There is
no form.
Total Estimated Annual Respondents:
5.
Estimates Annual Frequency: 5 state
plans annually; 20 quarterly reports.
Average Time per Response: 38.4
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 960.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Request for Certification of
Compliance—Rural Industrialization
Loan and Grant Program
Employment and Training
Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Employment and
Training Administration is issuing this
notice to announce the receipt of a
‘‘Certification of Non-Relocation and
Market and Capacity Information
Report’’ (Form 4279–2) for the following:
Applicant/Location: SoloPower, Inc.,
Wilsonville, Oregon.
Principal Product/Purpose: The loan,
guarantee, or grant application is to
expand operations and increase
production capacity by opening a new
facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. The
NAICS industry code for this enterprise
is: 334413 (Solar cells manufacturing).
DATES: All interested parties may submit
comments in writing no later than April
1, 2011.
Copies of adverse comments received
will be forwarded to the applicant noted
above.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Anthony D.
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room S–4231,
Washington, DC 20210; or e-mail
Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via
fax (202) 693–3015 (this is not a toll-free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number
(202) 693–2784 (this is not a toll-free
number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act of 1972, as established
under 29 CFR Part 75, authorizes the
United States Department of Agriculture
to make or guarantee loans or grants to
finance industrial and business
activities in rural areas. The Secretary of
Labor must review the application for
financial assistance for the purpose of
certifying to the Secretary of Agriculture
that the assistance is not calculated, or
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likely, to result in: (a) A transfer of any
employment or business activity from
one area to another by the loan
applicant’s business operation; or, (b)
An increase in the production of goods,
materials, services, or facilities in an
area where there is not sufficient
demand to employ the efficient capacity
of existing competitive enterprises
unless the financial assistance will not
have an adverse impact on existing
competitive enterprises in the area. The
Employment and Training
Administration within the Department
of Labor is responsible for the review
and certification process. Comments
should address the two bases for
certification and, if possible, provide
data to assist in the analysis of these
issues.
Signed: At Washington, DC, this 14th day
of March 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and
Training.
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Advisory Committee for Mathematical
and Physical Sciences; Notice of
Meeting
In accordance with Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as
amended), the National Science
Foundation announces the following
meeting:
Name: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Advisory Committee (#66).
Date/Time: April 7, 2010 8 a.m.–6 p.m.,
April 8, 2010 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
Place: National Science Foundation, Room
1235, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington.
Type of Meeting: Open.
Contact Person: Dr. Morris L. Aizenman,
Senior Science Associate, Directorate for
Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Room
1005, National Science Foundation, 4201
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
(703) 292–8807.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and
recommendations concerning NSF science
and education activities within the
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical
Sciences.
Agenda:
Update on current status of Directorate
Report of MPS Committee of Visitors
Report of NSF Advisory Working Groups
Meeting of MPSAC with Divisions within
MPS Directorate
Discussion of MPS Long-term Planning
Activities
Summary Minutes: May be obtained from
the contact person listed above.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Comment Request for Information Collection for Work-Flex Plan
Submission and Reporting Requirements; Extension With Revisions
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, DOL.
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 collection of data about the Work Flex Plan
Submission and Reporting Requirements.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before May 17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Kimberly Vitelli, Division of
Workforce System Support, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room C-4510, Washington, DC 20210, Telephone number: 202-
693-3045 (this is not a toll-free number). Fax: 202-693-3015. E-mail:
Vitelli.Kimberly@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 192 of the Workforce Investment Act (Pub. L. 105-220,
August 7, 1998) permits states to apply for a workforce flexibility
(Work-Flex) waiver authority to implement reforms to their workforce
investment systems in exchange for program improvements. The Act
provides that the Secretary may grant Work-Flex waiver authority for up
to five years pursuant to a Work-Flex Plan submitted by a state. Under
Work-Flex, governors are granted the authority to approve requests
submitted by their local areas to waive certain statutory and
regulatory provisions of WIA Title I programs. States may also request
waivers from the Secretary of certain requirements of the Wagner-Peyser
Act (Sections 8-10) as well as certain provisions of the Older
Americans Act for state agencies that administer the Senior Community
Service Employment Program (SCSEP). The intent of the Work-Flex
provision is to provide states and local areas with operational
flexibility to improve employment and training program productivity for
adult, dislocated, and youth populations. One of the underlying
principles for granting Work-Flex waivers is that the waivers will
result in improved performance outcomes for persons served and that
waiver authority will be granted in consideration of improved
performance.
The proposed Work-Flex Quarterly Reporting instructions are
slightly different than the currently approved collection. The
Department of Labor proposes to eliminate four questions requesting
States to provide sums of waivers granted, and replaces it with a
question asking States to explain any conditions it imposes on local
areas granted a waiver under the Work-Flex authority.
Work-Flex Plan Instructions
States requesting designation as a Work-Flex state must submit a
Work-Flex Plan which includes descriptions of:
a. The process by which local areas in the state may submit and
obtain approval by the state of applications for waivers of
requirements applicable under Title I of WIA, including provisions for
public review and comment on local area waiver applications.
b. The statutory and regulatory requirements of Title I that are
likely to be waived by the state under the plan.
c. The requirements applicable under Sections 8-10 of the Wagner-
Peyser Act that are proposed to be waived, if any.
d. The statutory and regulatory requirements of the Older Americans
Act of 1965 applicable to state agencies on aging with respect to
administration of the Senior Community Service Employment Program
(SCSEP) that are proposed to be waived, if any.
e. The outcomes to be achieved by the waiver authority including,
where appropriate, revisions to adjusted levels of performance included
in the State or Local Plan under Title I of WIA.
f. Special administrative measures (in addition to current
procedures) to be taken to ensure appropriate accountability for
Federal funds in connection with the waivers.
g. Prior to submitting a Work-Flex plan, the state must provide all
interested parties and the general public adequate notice and a
reasonable opportunity for comment on the waivers proposed to be
implemented. The plan should describe the process used for ensuring
meaningful public comment, including a description of the
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Governor's and the state Workforce Investment Board's involvement in
drafting, reviewing and commenting.
Work-Flex Quarterly Report: Instructions
Report for each waiver granted:
1. Waiver (assigned by State)
2. Date received
3. Date granted
4. Local Area(s) requesting waiver
5. Purpose (brief statement)
6. Regulation/statute affected.
7. State-imposed conditions of waiver use, as appropriate.
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 with minor revisions.
Title: Work-Flex Plan Submission and Reporting Requirements.
OMB Number: 1205-0432.
Affected Public: State and local governments.
Form: See above instructions. There is no form.
Total Estimated Annual Respondents: 5.
Estimates Annual Frequency: 5 state plans annually; 20 quarterly
reports.
Average Time per Response: 38.4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 960.
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.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of March 2011.
Jane Oates,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-6427 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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